C Specification

The VkRenderPassCreateInfo structure is defined as:

Warning
This functionality is superseded by Vulkan Version 1.2. See Legacy Functionality for more information.
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef struct VkRenderPassCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                   sType;
    const void*                       pNext;
    VkRenderPassCreateFlags           flags;
    uint32_t                          attachmentCount;
    const VkAttachmentDescription*    pAttachments;
    uint32_t                          subpassCount;
    const VkSubpassDescription*       pSubpasses;
    uint32_t                          dependencyCount;
    const VkSubpassDependency*        pDependencies;
} VkRenderPassCreateInfo;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

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

  • flags is reserved for future use.

  • attachmentCount is the number of attachments used by this render pass.

  • pAttachments is a pointer to an array of attachmentCount VkAttachmentDescription structures describing the attachments used by the render pass.

  • subpassCount is the number of subpasses to create.

  • pSubpasses is a pointer to an array of subpassCount VkSubpassDescription structures describing each subpass.

  • dependencyCount is the number of memory dependencies between pairs of subpasses.

  • pDependencies is a pointer to an array of dependencyCount VkSubpassDependency structures describing dependencies between pairs of subpasses.

Description

Note

Care should be taken to avoid a data race here; if any subpasses access attachments with overlapping memory locations, and one of those accesses is a write, a subpass dependency needs to be included between them.

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_CREATE_INFO

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
    Each pNext member of any structure (including this one) in the pNext chain must be either NULL or a pointer to a valid instance of VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo or VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-sType-unique
    The sType value of each structure in the pNext chain must be unique

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-flags-zerobitmask
    flags must be 0

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pAttachments-parameter
    If attachmentCount is not 0, pAttachments must be a valid pointer to an array of attachmentCount valid VkAttachmentDescription structures

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pSubpasses-parameter
    pSubpasses must be a valid pointer to an array of subpassCount valid VkSubpassDescription structures

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pDependencies-parameter
    If dependencyCount is not 0, pDependencies must be a valid pointer to an array of dependencyCount valid VkSubpassDependency structures

  • VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-subpassCount-arraylength
    subpassCount must be greater than 0

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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