C Specification

To create descriptor set layout objects, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VkResult vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo*      pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkDescriptorSetLayout*                      pSetLayout);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that creates the descriptor set layout.

  • pCreateInfo is a pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the descriptor set layout object.

  • pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

  • pSetLayout is a pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle in which the resulting descriptor set layout object is returned.

Description

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

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-device-05068
    The number of descriptor set layouts currently allocated from device plus 1 must be less than or equal to the total number of descriptor set layouts requested via VkDeviceObjectReservationCreateInfo::descriptorSetLayoutRequestCount specified when device was created

  • VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-layoutbindings-device-05089
    The number of descriptor set layout bindings currently allocated from device across all VkDescriptorSetLayout objects plus pCreateInfo->bindingCount must be less than or equal to the total number of descriptor set layout bindings requested via VkDeviceObjectReservationCreateInfo::descriptorSetLayoutBindingRequestCount specified when device was created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

  • VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pCreateInfo-parameter
    pCreateInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure

  • VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pAllocator-null
    pAllocator must be NULL

  • VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pSetLayout-parameter
    pSetLayout must be a valid pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle

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, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorSetLayout, VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo, VkDevice

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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