C Specification

The VkFrameBoundaryEXT structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_EXT_frame_boundary
typedef struct VkFrameBoundaryEXT {
    VkStructureType            sType;
    const void*                pNext;
    VkFrameBoundaryFlagsEXT    flags;
    uint64_t                   frameID;
    uint32_t                   imageCount;
    const VkImage*             pImages;
    uint32_t                   bufferCount;
    const VkBuffer*            pBuffers;
    uint64_t                   tagName;
    size_t                     tagSize;
    const void*                pTag;
} VkFrameBoundaryEXT;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

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

  • flags is a bitmask of VkFrameBoundaryFlagBitsEXT that can flag the last submission of a frame identifier.

  • frameID is the frame identifier.

  • imageCount is the number of images that store frame results.

  • pImages is a pointer to an array of VkImage objects with imageCount entries.

  • bufferCount is the number of buffers the store the frame results.

  • pBuffers is a pointer to an array of VkBuffer objects with bufferCount entries.

  • tagName is a numerical identifier for tag data.

  • tagSize is the number of bytes of tag data.

  • pTag is a pointer to an array of tagSize bytes containing tag data.

Description

The application can associate frame boundary information to a queue submission call by adding a VkFrameBoundaryEXT structure to the pNext chain of queue submission, VkPresentInfoKHR, or VkBindSparseInfo.

The frame identifier is used to associate one or more queue submission to a frame, it is thus meant to be unique within a frame lifetime, i.e. it is possible (but not recommended) to reuse frame identifiers, as long as any two frames with any chance of having overlapping queue submissions (as in the example above) use two different frame identifiers.

Note

Since the concept of frame is application-dependent, there is no way to validate the use of frame identifier. It is good practice to use a monotonically increasing counter as the frame identifier and not reuse identifiers between frames.

The pImages and pBuffers arrays contain a list of images and buffers which store the "end result" of the frame. As the concept of frame is application-dependent, not all frames may produce their results in images or buffers, yet this is a sufficiently common case to be handled by VkFrameBoundaryEXT. Note that no extra information, such as image layout is being provided, since the images are meant to be used by tools which would already be tracking this required information. Having the possibility of passing a list of end-result images makes VkFrameBoundaryEXT as expressive as vkQueuePresentKHR, which is often the default frame boundary delimiter.

The application can also associate arbitrary extra information via tag data using tagName, tagSize and pTag. This extra information is typically tool-specific.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAME_BOUNDARY_EXT

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkFrameBoundaryFlagBitsEXT values

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-pImages-parameter
    If imageCount is not 0, and pImages is not NULL, pImages must be a valid pointer to an array of imageCount valid VkImage handles

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-pBuffers-parameter
    If bufferCount is not 0, and pBuffers is not NULL, pBuffers must be a valid pointer to an array of bufferCount valid VkBuffer handles

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-pTag-parameter
    If tagSize is not 0, and pTag is not NULL, pTag must be a valid pointer to an array of tagSize bytes

  • VUID-VkFrameBoundaryEXT-commonparent
    Both of the elements of pBuffers, and the elements of pImages that are valid handles of non-ignored parameters must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VK_EXT_frame_boundary, VkBuffer, VkFrameBoundaryFlagsEXT, VkImage, VkStructureType

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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