C Specification

To copy an acceleration structure to host accessible memory, call:

// Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
VkResult vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDeferredOperationKHR                      deferredOperation,
    const VkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryInfoKHR* pInfo);

Parameters

Description

This command fulfills the same task as vkCmdCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR but is executed by the host.

This command produces the same results as vkCmdCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR, but writes its result directly to a host pointer, and is executed on the host rather than the device. The output may not necessarily be bit-for-bit identical, but it can be equally used by either vkCmdCopyMemoryToAccelerationStructureKHR or vkCopyMemoryToAccelerationStructureKHR.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-deferredOperation-03678
    Any previous deferred operation that was associated with deferredOperation must be complete

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-buffer-03731
    The buffer used to create pInfo->src must be bound to host-visible device memory

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-pInfo-03732
    pInfo->dst.hostAddress must be a valid host pointer

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-pInfo-03751
    pInfo->dst.hostAddress must be aligned to 16 bytes

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-buffer-03783
    The buffer used to create pInfo->src must be bound to memory that was not allocated with multiple instances

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-deferredOperation-parameter
    If deferredOperation is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, deferredOperation must be a valid VkDeferredOperationKHR handle

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-pInfo-parameter
    pInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryInfoKHR structure

  • VUID-vkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryKHR-deferredOperation-parent
    If deferredOperation is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

  • VK_OPERATION_DEFERRED_KHR

  • VK_OPERATION_NOT_DEFERRED_KHR

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VkCopyAccelerationStructureToMemoryInfoKHR, VkDeferredOperationKHR, VkDevice

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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