C Specification

To destroy a semaphore, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
void vkDestroySemaphore(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkSemaphore                                 semaphore,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that destroys the semaphore.

  • semaphore is the handle of the semaphore to destroy.

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

Description

If semaphore was created with VkSemaphoreSciSyncCreateInfoNV present in the VkSemaphoreCreateInfo::pNext chain, semaphore can be destroyed immediately after all batches that refer to it are submitted. Otherwise, all submitted batches that refer to semaphore must have completed execution before it can be destroyed.

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

  • VUID-vkDestroySemaphore-semaphore-parameter
    If semaphore is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, semaphore must be a valid VkSemaphore handle

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

  • VUID-vkDestroySemaphore-semaphore-parent
    If semaphore is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to semaphore must be externally synchronized

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSemaphore

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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