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vkCmdDispatch(3)
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Name
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vkCmdDispatch - Dispatch compute work items.
C Specification
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include::../protos/vkCmdDispatch.txt[]
Parameters
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pname:commandBuffer::
Command buffer upon which to execute the command.
pname:x::
Number of workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.
pname:y::
Number of workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.
pname:z::
Number of workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.
Description
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fname:vkCmdDispatch dispatches a pname:x by pname:y by pname:z group of compute workgroups.
Two- and one-dimensional work groups can be dispatched by setting the pname:z, or
pname:y and pname:z parameters to 1, respectively. The size of each workgroup is
determined by the pipeline bound to the ename:VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE bind point
on the command buffer specified by pname:commandBuffer.
include::../validity/protos/vkCmdDispatch.txt[]
Notes
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Although fname:vkCmdDispatch does not generate errors or return a value, enabled
validation layers may detect possible error conditions or potentially undefined
behavior and report this via some other means.
See Also
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flink:vkCmdDispatchIndirect
include::footer.txt[]