C Specification

If the pNext chain of VkMemoryAllocateInfo includes a VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo structure, then that structure includes flags and a device mask controlling how many instances of the memory will be allocated.

The VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
typedef struct VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo {
    VkStructureType          sType;
    const void*              pNext;
    VkMemoryAllocateFlags    flags;
    uint32_t                 deviceMask;
} VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

  • pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

  • flags is a bitmask of VkMemoryAllocateFlagBits controlling the allocation.

  • deviceMask is a mask of physical devices in the logical device, indicating that memory must be allocated on each device in the mask, if VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_MASK_BIT is set in flags.

Description

If VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_MASK_BIT is not set, the number of instances allocated depends on whether VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT is set in the memory heap. If VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT is set, then memory is allocated for every physical device in the logical device (as if deviceMask has bits set for all device indices). If VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT is not set, then a single instance of memory is allocated (as if deviceMask is set to one).

On some implementations, allocations from a multi-instance heap may consume memory on all physical devices even if the deviceMask excludes some devices. If VkPhysicalDeviceGroupProperties::subsetAllocation is VK_TRUE, then memory is only consumed for the devices in the device mask.

Note

In practice, most allocations on a multi-instance heap will be allocated across all physical devices. Unicast allocation support is an optional optimization for a minority of allocations.

Valid Usage
  • VUID-VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo-deviceMask-00675
    If VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_MASK_BIT is set, deviceMask must be a valid device mask

  • VUID-VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo-deviceMask-00676
    If VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_MASK_BIT is set, deviceMask must not be zero

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_FLAGS_INFO

  • VUID-VkMemoryAllocateFlagsInfo-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkMemoryAllocateFlagBits values

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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