C Specification

To attach memory to a VkImage object created without the VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT set, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VkResult vkBindImageMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    VkDeviceSize                                memoryOffset);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that owns the image and memory.

  • image is the image.

  • memory is the VkDeviceMemory object describing the device memory to attach.

  • memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of memory which is to be bound to the image. The number of bytes returned in the VkMemoryRequirements::size member in memory, starting from memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified image.

Description

vkBindImageMemory is equivalent to passing the same parameters through VkBindImageMemoryInfo to vkBindImageMemory2.

If the memory is allocated by a memory import operation with VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo::handleTypes assigned to VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_SCI_BUF_BIT_NV, the properties of image and the memoryoffset must be compatible with the attributes used to create NvSciBufObj, otherwise the implementation will return VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED.

If VkPhysicalDeviceVulkanSC10Properties::deviceNoDynamicHostAllocations is VK_TRUE, vkBindImageMemory must not return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-07460
    image must not have been bound to a memory object

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01045
    image must not have been created with any sparse memory binding flags

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memoryOffset-01046
    memoryOffset must be less than the size of memory

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01445
    If image requires a dedicated allocation (as reported by vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 in VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements::requiresDedicatedAllocation for image), memory must have been created with VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::image equal to image

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-02628
    If the VkMemoryAllocateInfo provided when memory was allocated included a VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo structure in its pNext chain, and VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::image was not VK_NULL_HANDLE, then image must equal VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::image and memoryOffset must be zero

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-01901
    If image was created with the VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit set, the image must be bound to a memory object allocated with a memory type that reports VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-01902
    If image was created with the VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit not set, the image must not be bound to a memory object created with a memory type that reports VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-02728
    If the value of VkExportMemoryAllocateInfo::handleTypes used to allocate memory is not 0, it must include at least one of the handles set in VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::handleTypes when image was created

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-02989
    If memory was created by a memory import operation, the external handle type of the imported memory must also have been set in VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::handleTypes when image was created

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01608
    image must not have been created with the VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT set

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-01047
    memory must have been allocated using one of the memory types allowed in the memoryTypeBits member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-10735
    memoryOffset must be an integer multiple of the alignment member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-10737
    size member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image must be less than or equal to the size of memory minus memoryOffset

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-parameter
    image must be a valid VkImage handle

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-parameter
    memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-parent
    image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

  • VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-parent
    memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to image must be externally synchronized

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkDeviceSize, VkImage

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.

Copyright

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