C Specification

If the pNext chain of VkRenderPassBeginInfo or VkRenderingInfo includes a VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo structure, then that structure includes a device mask and set of render areas for the render pass instance.

The VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
typedef struct VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo {
    VkStructureType    sType;
    const void*        pNext;
    uint32_t           deviceMask;
    uint32_t           deviceRenderAreaCount;
    const VkRect2D*    pDeviceRenderAreas;
} VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo;

or the equivalent

// Provided by VK_KHR_device_group
typedef VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfoKHR;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

  • pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

  • deviceMask is the device mask for the render pass instance.

  • deviceRenderAreaCount is the number of elements in the pDeviceRenderAreas array.

  • pDeviceRenderAreas is a pointer to an array of VkRect2D structures defining the render area for each physical device.

Description

The deviceMask serves several purposes. It is an upper bound on the set of physical devices that can be used during the render pass instance, and the initial device mask when the render pass instance begins. In addition, commands transitioning to the next subpass in a render pass instance and commands ending the render pass instance, and, accordingly render pass load, store, and multisample resolve operations and subpass dependencies corresponding to the render pass instance, are executed on the physical devices included in the device mask provided here.

If deviceRenderAreaCount is not zero, then the elements of pDeviceRenderAreas override the value of VkRenderPassBeginInfo::renderArea, and provide a render area specific to each physical device. These render areas serve the same purpose as VkRenderPassBeginInfo::renderArea, including controlling the region of attachments that are cleared by VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR and that are resolved into resolve attachments.

If this structure is not present, the render pass instance’s device mask is the value of VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo::deviceMask. If this structure is not present or if deviceRenderAreaCount is zero, VkRenderPassBeginInfo::renderArea is used for all physical devices.

Valid Usage
  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-deviceMask-00905
    deviceMask must be a valid device mask value

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-deviceMask-00906
    deviceMask must not be zero

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-deviceMask-00907
    deviceMask must be a subset of the command buffer’s initial device mask

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-deviceRenderAreaCount-00908
    deviceRenderAreaCount must either be zero or equal to the number of physical devices in the logical device

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-offset-06166
    The offset.x member of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be greater than or equal to 0

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-offset-06167
    The offset.y member of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be greater than or equal to 0

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-offset-06168
    The sum of the offset.x and extent.width members of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be less than or equal to maxFramebufferWidth

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-offset-06169
    The sum of the offset.y and extent.height members of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be less than or equal to maxFramebufferHeight

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-extent-08998
    The extent.width member of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be greater than 0

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-extent-08999
    The extent.height member of any element of pDeviceRenderAreas must be greater than 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO

  • VUID-VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo-pDeviceRenderAreas-parameter
    If deviceRenderAreaCount is not 0, pDeviceRenderAreas must be a valid pointer to an array of deviceRenderAreaCount VkRect2D structures

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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