C Specification
Buffers represent linear arrays of data which are used for various purposes by binding them to a graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets or certain commands, or by directly specifying them as parameters to certain commands.
Buffers are represented by VkBuffer handles:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkBuffer)See Also
VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR, VkBindBufferMemoryInfo, VkBufferCaptureDescriptorDataInfoEXT, VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo, VkBufferMemoryBarrier, VkBufferMemoryBarrier2, VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2, VkBufferViewCreateInfo, VkConditionalRenderingBeginInfoEXT, VkCopyBufferInfo2, VkCopyBufferToImageInfo2, VkCopyImageToBufferInfo2, VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV, VkDescriptorBufferBindingPushDescriptorBufferHandleEXT, VkDescriptorBufferInfo, VkGeneratedCommandsInfoNV, VkGeometryAABBNV, VkGeometryTrianglesNV, VkIndirectCommandsStreamNV, VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo, VkMicromapCreateInfoEXT, VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo, VkVideoDecodeInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeInfoKHR, vkBindBufferMemory, vkCmdBeginTransformFeedbackEXT, vkCmdBindIndexBuffer, vkCmdBindTransformFeedbackBuffersEXT, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers2, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers2EXT, vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructureNV, vkCmdCopyBuffer, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, vkCmdDispatchIndirect, vkCmdDrawClusterIndirectHUAWEI, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCount, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCountAMD, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCountKHR, vkCmdDrawIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndirectByteCountEXT, vkCmdDrawIndirectCount, vkCmdDrawIndirectCountAMD, vkCmdDrawIndirectCountKHR, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountEXT, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectEXT, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV, vkCmdEndTransformFeedbackEXT, vkCmdFillBuffer, vkCmdTraceRaysNV, vkCmdUpdateBuffer, vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD, vkCmdWriteBufferMarkerAMD, vkCreateBuffer, vkDestroyBuffer, vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements
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.