C Specification
Buffer and image objects are created with a sharing mode controlling how they can be accessed from queues. The supported sharing modes are:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkSharingMode {
VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE = 0,
VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT = 1,
} VkSharingMode;
Description
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VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
specifies that access to any range or image subresource of the object will be exclusive to a single queue family at a time. -
VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT
specifies that concurrent access to any range or image subresource of the object from multiple queue families is supported.
Note
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Ranges of buffers and image subresources of image objects created using
VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
must only be accessed by queues in the
queue family that has ownership of the resource.
Upon creation, such resources are not owned by any queue family; ownership
is implicitly acquired upon first use within a queue.
Once a resource using VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
is owned by some queue
family, the application must perform a
queue family ownership transfer to make
the memory contents of a range or image subresource accessible to a
different queue family.
Note
Images still require a layout transition from
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A queue family can take ownership of an image subresource or buffer range
of a resource created with VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
, without an
ownership transfer, in the same way as for a resource that was just created;
however, taking ownership in this way has the effect that the contents of
the image subresource or buffer range are undefined.
Ranges of buffers and image subresources of image objects created using
VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT
must only be accessed by queues from the
queue families specified through the queueFamilyIndexCount
and
pQueueFamilyIndices
members of the corresponding create info
structures.
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.