C Specification

The VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo {
    VkStructureType                       sType;
    const void*                           pNext;
    VkBufferCreateFlags                   flags;
    VkBufferUsageFlags                    usage;
    VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits    handleType;
} VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo;

or the equivalent

// Provided by VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities
typedef VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfoKHR;

Members

Description

Only usage flags representable in VkBufferUsageFlagBits are returned in this structure’s usage. If a VkBufferUsageFlags2CreateInfoKHR structure is present in the pNext chain, all usage flags of the buffer are returned in VkBufferUsageFlags2CreateInfoKHR::usage.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_EXTERNAL_BUFFER_INFO

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-pNext-pNext
    pNext must be NULL or a pointer to a valid instance of VkBufferUsageFlags2CreateInfoKHR

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-sType-unique
    The sType value of each struct in the pNext chain must be unique

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkBufferCreateFlagBits values

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-usage-parameter
    usage must be a valid combination of VkBufferUsageFlagBits values

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-usage-requiredbitmask
    usage must not be 0

  • VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo-handleType-parameter
    handleType must be a valid VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits value

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_1, VkBufferCreateFlags, VkBufferUsageFlags, VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits, VkStructureType, vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferPropertiesKHR

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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