C Specification

To create buffers, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VkResult vkCreateBuffer(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkBufferCreateInfo*                   pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkBuffer*                                   pBuffer);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that creates the buffer object.

  • pCreateInfo is a pointer to a VkBufferCreateInfo structure containing parameters affecting creation of the buffer.

  • pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

  • pBuffer is a pointer to a VkBuffer handle in which the resulting buffer object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-flags-00911
    If the flags member of pCreateInfo includes VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, and the extendedSparseAddressSpace feature is not enabled, creating this VkBuffer must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device to exceed VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::sparseAddressSpaceSize

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-flags-09383
    If the flags member of pCreateInfo includes VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, the extendedSparseAddressSpace feature is enabled, and the usage member of pCreateInfo contains bits not in VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpacePropertiesNV::extendedSparseBufferUsageFlags, creating this VkBuffer must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device, excluding VkBuffer created with usage member of pCreateInfo containing bits in VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpacePropertiesNV::extendedSparseBufferUsageFlags and VkImage created with usage member of pCreateInfo containing bits in VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpacePropertiesNV::extendedSparseImageUsageFlags, to exceed VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::sparseAddressSpaceSize

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-flags-09384
    If the flags member of pCreateInfo includes VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT and the extendedSparseAddressSpace feature is enabled, creating this VkBuffer must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device to exceed VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpacePropertiesNV::extendedSparseAddressSpaceSize

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-pCreateInfo-parameter
    pCreateInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkBufferCreateInfo structure

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-pAllocator-parameter
    If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

  • VUID-vkCreateBuffer-pBuffer-parameter
    pBuffer must be a valid pointer to a VkBuffer handle

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_INVALID_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_KHR

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBuffer, VkBufferCreateInfo, 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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