C Specification

A command buffer debug label region can be opened by calling:

// Provided by VK_EXT_debug_utils
void vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkDebugUtilsLabelEXT*                 pLabelInfo);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.

  • pLabelInfo is a pointer to a VkDebugUtilsLabelEXT structure specifying parameters of the label region to open.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT-pLabelInfo-parameter
    pLabelInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDebugUtilsLabelEXT structure

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT, VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT, or VK_QUEUE_TRANSFER_BIT operations

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

  • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties
Command Buffer Levels Render Pass Scope Supported Queue Types Command Type

Primary
Secondary

Both

VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT
VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT
VK_QUEUE_TRANSFER_BIT

Action
State

See Also

VK_EXT_debug_utils, VkCommandBuffer, VkDebugUtilsLabelEXT

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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