C Specification

To transition to the next subpass in the render pass instance after recording the commands for a subpass, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
void vkCmdNextSubpass(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkSubpassContents                           contents);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer in which to record the command.

  • contents specifies how the commands in the next subpass will be provided, in the same fashion as the corresponding parameter of vkCmdBeginRenderPass.

Description

The subpass index for a render pass begins at zero when vkCmdBeginRenderPass is recorded, and increments each time vkCmdNextSubpass is recorded.

After transitioning to the next subpass, the application can record the commands for that subpass.

Valid Usage
  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-None-00909
    The current subpass index must be less than the number of subpasses in the render pass minus one

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-None-02349
    This command must not be recorded when transform feedback is active

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-contents-parameter
    contents must be a valid VkSubpassContents value

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-renderpass
    This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-videocoding
    This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

  • VUID-vkCmdNextSubpass-bufferlevel
    commandBuffer must be a primary VkCommandBuffer

Host Synchronization
  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

  • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties
Command Buffer Levels Render Pass Scope Video Coding Scope Supported Queue Types Command Type

Primary

Inside

Outside

Graphics

Action
State
Synchronization

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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