C Specification

To create a render pass, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
VkResult vkCreateRenderPass2(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkRenderPassCreateInfo2*              pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkRenderPass*                               pRenderPass);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that creates the render pass.

  • pCreateInfo is a pointer to a VkRenderPassCreateInfo2 structure describing the parameters of the render pass.

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

  • pRenderPass is a pointer to a VkRenderPass handle in which the resulting render pass object is returned.

Description

This command is functionally identical to vkCreateRenderPass, but includes extensible sub-structures that include sType and pNext parameters, allowing them to be more easily extended.

If VkPhysicalDeviceVulkanSC10Properties::deviceNoDynamicHostAllocations is VK_TRUE, vkCreateRenderPass2 must not return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-device-10001
    device must support at least one queue family with the VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT capability

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-device-05068
    The number of render passes currently allocated from device plus 1 must be less than or equal to the total number of render passes requested via VkDeviceObjectReservationCreateInfo::renderPassRequestCount specified when device was created

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-subpasses-device-05089
    The number of subpasses currently allocated from device across all VkRenderPass objects plus pCreateInfo->subpassCount must be less than or equal to the total number of subpasses requested via VkDeviceObjectReservationCreateInfo::subpassDescriptionRequestCount specified when device was created

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-attachments-device-05089
    The number of attachments currently allocated from device across all VkRenderPass objects plus pCreateInfo->attachmentCount must be less than or equal to the total number of attachments requested via VkDeviceObjectReservationCreateInfo::attachmentDescriptionRequestCount specified when device was created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-pCreateInfo-parameter
    pCreateInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkRenderPassCreateInfo2 structure

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-pAllocator-null
    pAllocator must be NULL

  • VUID-vkCreateRenderPass2-pRenderPass-parameter
    pRenderPass must be a valid pointer to a VkRenderPass handle

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  • VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_2, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkRenderPass, VkRenderPassCreateInfo2

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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