C Specification

To export a Windows handle representing the payload of a semaphore, call:

// Provided by VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32
VkResult vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkSemaphoreGetWin32HandleInfoKHR*     pGetWin32HandleInfo,
    HANDLE*                                     pHandle);

Parameters

  • device is the logical device that created the semaphore being exported.

  • pGetWin32HandleInfo is a pointer to a VkSemaphoreGetWin32HandleInfoKHR structure containing parameters of the export operation.

  • pHandle will return the Windows handle representing the semaphore state.

Description

For handle types defined as NT handles, the handles returned by vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR are owned by the application. To avoid leaking resources, the application must release ownership of them using the CloseHandle system call when they are no longer needed.

Exporting a Windows handle from a semaphore may have side effects depending on the transference of the specified handle type, as described in Importing Semaphore Payloads.

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR-pGetWin32HandleInfo-parameter
    pGetWin32HandleInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkSemaphoreGetWin32HandleInfoKHR structure

  • VUID-vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR-pHandle-parameter
    pHandle must be a valid pointer to a HANDLE value

Return Codes
On success, this command returns
  • VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns
  • VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

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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