C Specification

To record a pipeline barrier, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
void vkCmdPipelineBarrier2(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkDependencyInfo*                     pDependencyInfo);

or the equivalent command

// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
void vkCmdPipelineBarrier2KHR(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkDependencyInfo*                     pDependencyInfo);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.

  • pDependencyInfo is a pointer to a VkDependencyInfo structure defining the scopes of this operation.

Description

When vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is submitted to a queue, it defines memory dependencies between commands that were submitted to the same queue before it, and those submitted to the same queue after it.

The first synchronization scope and access scope of each memory dependency defined by pDependencyInfo are applied to operations that occurred earlier in submission order.

The second synchronization scope and access scope of each memory dependency defined by pDependencyInfo are applied to operations that occurred later in submission order.

If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is recorded within a render pass instance, the synchronization scopes are limited to a subset of operations within the same subpass or render pass instance.

Valid Usage
  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-07889
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance using a VkRenderPass object, the render pass must have been created with at least one subpass dependency that expresses a dependency from the current subpass to itself, does not include VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT if this command does not, does not include VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT if this command does not, and has synchronization scopes and access scopes that are all supersets of the scopes defined in this command

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-bufferMemoryBarrierCount-01178
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance using a VkRenderPass object, it must not include any buffer memory barriers

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-image-04073
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance using a VkRenderPass object, the image member of any image memory barrier included in this command must be an attachment used in the current subpass both as an input attachment, and as either a color, color resolve, or depth/stencil attachment

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-image-09373
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance using a VkRenderPass object, and the image member of any image memory barrier is a color resolve attachment, the corresponding color attachment must be VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-image-09374
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance using a VkRenderPass object, and the image member of any image memory barrier is a color resolve attachment, it must have been created with a non-zero VkExternalFormatANDROID::externalFormat value

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-oldLayout-01181
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance, the oldLayout and newLayout members of any image memory barrier included in this command must be equal

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-srcQueueFamilyIndex-01182
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance, the srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex members of any memory barrier included in this command must be equal

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-07890
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance, and the source stage masks of any memory barriers include framebuffer-space stages, destination stage masks of all memory barriers must only include framebuffer-space stages

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-dependencyFlags-07891
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance, and the source stage masks of any memory barriers include framebuffer-space stages, then dependencyFlags must include VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-07892
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance, the source and destination stage masks of any memory barriers must only include graphics pipeline stages

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-dependencyFlags-01186
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called outside of a render pass instance, the dependency flags must not include VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-07893
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called inside a render pass instance, and there is more than one view in the current subpass, dependency flags must include VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-09553
    If none of the shaderTileImageColorReadAccess, shaderTileImageStencilReadAccess, or shaderTileImageDepthReadAccess features are enabled, and the dynamicRenderingLocalRead feature is not enabled, vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 must not be called within a render pass instance started with vkCmdBeginRendering

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-09554
    If the dynamicRenderingLocalRead feature is not enabled, and vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance started with vkCmdBeginRendering, there must be no buffer or image memory barriers specified by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-None-09586
    If the dynamicRenderingLocalRead feature is not enabled, and vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance started with vkCmdBeginRendering, memory barriers specified by this command must only include VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT, VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT, VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT, or VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT in their access masks

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-image-09555
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance started with vkCmdBeginRendering, and the image member of any image memory barrier is used as an attachment in the current render pass instance, it must be in the VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_RENDERING_LOCAL_READ_KHR or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL layout

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-srcStageMask-09556
    If vkCmdPipelineBarrier2 is called within a render pass instance started with vkCmdBeginRendering, this command must only specify framebuffer-space stages in srcStageMask and dstStageMask

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-synchronization2-03848
    The synchronization2 feature must be enabled

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-srcStageMask-03849
    The srcStageMask member of any element of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers, or pImageMemoryBarriers members of pDependencyInfo must only include pipeline stages valid for the queue family that was used to create the command pool that commandBuffer was allocated from

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-dstStageMask-03850
    The dstStageMask member of any element of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers, or pImageMemoryBarriers members of pDependencyInfo must only include pipeline stages valid for the queue family that was used to create the command pool that commandBuffer was allocated from

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-pDependencyInfo-parameter
    pDependencyInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDependencyInfo structure

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, compute, decode, or encode operations

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
Secondary

Both

Both

Transfer
Graphics
Compute
Decode
Encode

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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