C Specification

A single debug label can be inserted into a command buffer by calling:

// Provided by VK_EXT_debug_utils
void vkCmdInsertDebugUtilsLabelEXT(
    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 to insert.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)
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

State

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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