C Specification
Peer memory is memory that is allocated for a given physical device and then bound to a resource and accessed by a different physical device, in a logical device that represents multiple physical devices. Some ways of reading and writing peer memory may not be supported by a device.
To determine how peer memory can be accessed, call:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
void vkGetDeviceGroupPeerMemoryFeatures(
VkDevice device,
uint32_t heapIndex,
uint32_t localDeviceIndex,
uint32_t remoteDeviceIndex,
VkPeerMemoryFeatureFlags* pPeerMemoryFeatures);
or the equivalent command
// Provided by VK_KHR_device_group
void vkGetDeviceGroupPeerMemoryFeaturesKHR(
VkDevice device,
uint32_t heapIndex,
uint32_t localDeviceIndex,
uint32_t remoteDeviceIndex,
VkPeerMemoryFeatureFlags* pPeerMemoryFeatures);
Parameters
-
device
is the logical device that owns the memory. -
heapIndex
is the index of the memory heap from which the memory is allocated. -
localDeviceIndex
is the device index of the physical device that performs the memory access. -
remoteDeviceIndex
is the device index of the physical device that the memory is allocated for. -
pPeerMemoryFeatures
is a pointer to a VkPeerMemoryFeatureFlags bitmask indicating which types of memory accesses are supported for the combination of heap, local, and remote devices.
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.