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// Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a
// Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; see
// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
[[commandbuffers]]
= Command Buffers
[open,refpage='VkCommandBuffer',desc='Opaque handle to a command buffer object',type='handles']
--
Command buffers are objects used to record commands which can: be
subsequently submitted to a device queue for execution.
There are two levels of command buffers - _primary command buffers_, which
can: execute secondary command buffers, and which are submitted to queues,
and _secondary command buffers_, which can: be executed by primary command
buffers, and which are not directly submitted to queues.
Command buffers are represented by sname:VkCommandBuffer handles:
include::{generated}/api/handles/VkCommandBuffer.txt[]
--
Recorded commands include commands to bind pipelines and descriptor sets to
the command buffer, commands to modify dynamic state, commands to draw (for
graphics rendering), commands to dispatch (for compute), commands to execute
secondary command buffers (for primary command buffers only), commands to
copy buffers and images, and other commands.
[[commandbuffers-statereset]]
Each command buffer manages state independently of other command buffers.
There is no inheritance of state across primary and secondary command
buffers, or between secondary command buffers.
When a command buffer begins recording, all state in that command buffer is
undefined:.
When secondary command buffer(s) are recorded to execute on a primary
command buffer, the secondary command buffer inherits no state from the
primary command buffer, and all state of the primary command buffer is
undefined: after an execute secondary command buffer command is recorded.
There is one exception to this rule - if the primary command buffer is
inside a render pass instance, then the render pass and subpass state is not
disturbed by executing secondary command buffers.
For state dependent commands (such as draws and dispatches), any state
consumed by those commands must: not be undefined:.
Unless otherwise specified, and without explicit synchronization, the
various commands submitted to a queue via command buffers may: execute in
arbitrary order relative to each other, and/or concurrently.
Also, the memory side-effects of those commands may: not be directly visible
to other commands without explicit memory dependencies.
This is true within a command buffer, and across command buffers submitted
to a given queue.
See <<synchronization, the synchronization chapter>> for information on
<<synchronization-implicit, implicit>> and explicit synchronization between
commands.
[[commandbuffers-lifecycle]]
== Command Buffer Lifecycle
Each command buffer is always in one of the following states:
Initial::
When a command buffer is <<vkAllocateCommandBuffers, allocated>>, it is
in the _initial state_.
Some commands are able to _reset_ a command buffer, or a set of command
buffers, back to this state from any of the executable, recording or
invalid state.
Command buffers in the initial state can: only be moved to the recording
state, or freed.
Recording::
flink:vkBeginCommandBuffer changes the state of a command buffer from
the initial state to the _recording state_.
Once a command buffer is in the recording state, ftext:vkCmd* commands
can: be used to record to the command buffer.
Executable::
flink:vkEndCommandBuffer ends the recording of a command buffer, and
moves it from the recording state to the _executable state_.
Executable command buffers can: be <<commandbuffers-submission,
submitted>>, reset, or <<commandbuffers-secondary, recorded to another
command buffer>>.
Pending::
<<commandbuffers-submission, Queue submission>> of a command buffer
changes the state of a command buffer from the executable state to the
_pending state_.
Whilst in the pending state, applications must: not attempt to modify
the command buffer in any way - as the device may: be processing the
commands recorded to it.
Once execution of a command buffer completes, the command buffer reverts
back to either the _executable state_, or the _invalid state_ if it was
recorded with ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT.
A <<synchronization, synchronization>> command should: be used to detect
when this occurs.
Invalid::
Some operations, such as <<fundamentals-objectmodel-lifetime-cmdbuffers,
modifying or deleting a resource>> that was used in a command recorded
to a command buffer, will transition the state of that command buffer
into the _invalid state_.
Command buffers in the invalid state can: only be reset or freed.
[[commandbuffer-lifecycle-diagram]]
image::{images}/commandbuffer_lifecycle.svg[title="Lifecycle of a command buffer",align="center",opts="{imageopts}"]
Any given command that operates on a command buffer has its own requirements
on what state a command buffer must: be in, which are detailed in the valid
usage constraints for that command.
Resetting a command buffer is an operation that discards any previously
recorded commands and puts a command buffer in the initial state.
Resetting occurs as a result of flink:vkResetCommandBuffer or
flink:vkResetCommandPool, or as part of flink:vkBeginCommandBuffer (which
additionally puts the command buffer in the recording state).
<<commandbuffers-secondary, Secondary command buffers>> can: be recorded to
a primary command buffer via flink:vkCmdExecuteCommands.
This partially ties the lifecycle of the two command buffers together - if
the primary is submitted to a queue, both the primary and any secondaries
recorded to it move to the pending state.
Once execution of the primary completes, so does any secondary recorded
within it, and once all executions of each command buffer complete, they
move to the executable state.
If a secondary moves to any other state whilst it is recorded to another
command buffer, the primary moves to the invalid state.
A primary moving to any other state does not affect the state of the
secondary.
Resetting or freeing a primary command buffer removes the linkage to any
secondary command buffers that were recorded to it.
[[commandbuffers-pools]]
== Command Pools
[open,refpage='VkCommandPool',desc='Opaque handle to a command pool object',type='handles']
--
Command pools are opaque objects that command buffer memory is allocated
from, and which allow the implementation to amortize the cost of resource
creation across multiple command buffers.
Command pools are externally synchronized, meaning that a command pool must:
not be used concurrently in multiple threads.
That includes use via recording commands on any command buffers allocated
from the pool, as well as operations that allocate, free, and reset command
buffers or the pool itself.
Command pools are represented by sname:VkCommandPool handles:
include::{generated}/api/handles/VkCommandPool.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkCreateCommandPool',desc='Create a new command pool object',type='protos']
--
To create a command pool, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCreateCommandPool.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that creates the command pool.
* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
slink:VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the
command pool object.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
* pname:pCommandPool points to a slink:VkCommandPool handle in which the
created pool is returned.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkCreateCommandPool-queueFamilyIndex-01937]]
pname:pCreateInfo::pname:queueFamilyIndex must: be the index of a queue
family available in the logical device pname:device.
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCreateCommandPool.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolCreateInfo',desc='Structure specifying parameters of a newly created command pool',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkCommandPoolCreateInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:flags is a bitmask of elink:VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits indicating
usage behavior for the pool and command buffers allocated from it.
* pname:queueFamilyIndex designates a queue family as described in section
<<devsandqueues-queueprops,Queue Family Properties>>.
All command buffers allocated from this command pool must: be submitted
on queues from the same queue family.
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkCommandPoolCreateInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying usage behavior for a command pool',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkCommandPoolCreateInfo::pname:flags to
specify usage behavior for a command pool are:
include::{generated}/api/enums/VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_TRANSIENT_BIT specifies that command
buffers allocated from the pool will be short-lived, meaning that they
will be reset or freed in a relatively short timeframe.
This flag may: be used by the implementation to control memory
allocation behavior within the pool.
* ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT allows any command
buffer allocated from a pool to be individually reset to the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial state>>; either by calling
flink:vkResetCommandBuffer, or via the implicit reset when calling
flink:vkBeginCommandBuffer.
If this flag is not set on a pool, then fname:vkResetCommandBuffer must:
not be called for any command buffer allocated from that pool.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT specifies that command
buffers allocated from the pool are protected command buffers.
If the protected memory feature is not enabled, the
ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit of pname:flags must: not
be set.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolCreateFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits',type='flags']
--
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandPoolCreateFlags.txt[]
tname:VkCommandPoolCreateFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero
or more elink:VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits.
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
[open,refpage='vkTrimCommandPool',desc='Trim a command pool',type='protos']
--
To trim a command pool, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkTrimCommandPool.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_maintenance1[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkTrimCommandPoolKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
* pname:commandPool is the command pool to trim.
* pname:flags is reserved for future use.
Trimming a command pool recycles unused memory from the command pool back to
the system.
Command buffers allocated from the pool are not affected by the command.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
This command provides applications with some control over the internal
memory allocations used by command pools.
Unused memory normally arises from command buffers that have been recorded
and later reset, such that they are no longer using the memory.
On reset, a command buffer can return memory to its command pool, but the
only way to release memory from a command pool to the system requires
calling flink:vkResetCommandPool, which cannot be executed while any command
buffers from that pool are still in use.
Subsequent recording operations into command buffers will re-use this memory
but since total memory requirements fluctuate over time, unused memory can
accumulate.
In this situation, trimming a command pool may: be useful to return unused
memory back to the system, returning the total outstanding memory allocated
by the pool back to a more "`average`" value.
Implementations utilize many internal allocation strategies that make it
impossible to guarantee that all unused memory is released back to the
system.
For instance, an implementation of a command pool may: involve allocating
memory in bulk from the system and sub-allocating from that memory.
In such an implementation any live command buffer that holds a reference to
a bulk allocation would prevent that allocation from being freed, even if
only a small proportion of the bulk allocation is in use.
In most cases trimming will result in a reduction in allocated but unused
memory, but it does not guarantee the "`ideal`" behavior.
Trimming may: be an expensive operation, and should: not be called
frequently.
Trimming should: be treated as a way to relieve memory pressure after
application-known points when there exists enough unused memory that the
cost of trimming is "`worth`" it.
====
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkTrimCommandPool.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolTrimFlags',desc='Reserved for future use',type='flags']
--
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandPoolTrimFlags.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
or the equivalent
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandPoolTrimFlagsKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
tname:VkCommandPoolTrimFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask, but is
currently reserved for future use.
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
[open,refpage='vkResetCommandPool',desc='Reset a command pool',type='protos']
--
To reset a command pool, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkResetCommandPool.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
* pname:commandPool is the command pool to reset.
* pname:flags is a bitmask of elink:VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits controlling
the reset operation.
Resetting a command pool recycles all of the resources from all of the
command buffers allocated from the command pool back to the command pool.
All command buffers that have been allocated from the command pool are put
in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial state>>.
Any primary command buffer allocated from another slink:VkCommandPool that
is in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, recording or executable state>> and
has a secondary command buffer allocated from pname:commandPool recorded
into it, becomes <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkResetCommandPool-commandPool-00040]]
All sname:VkCommandBuffer objects allocated from pname:commandPool must:
not be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkResetCommandPool.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits',desc='Bitmask controlling behavior of a command pool reset',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in flink:vkResetCommandPool::pname:flags to control
the reset operation are:
include::{generated}/api/enums/VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_RESET_RELEASE_RESOURCES_BIT specifies that
resetting a command pool recycles all of the resources from the command
pool back to the system.
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandPoolResetFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits',type='flags']
--
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandPoolResetFlags.txt[]
tname:VkCommandPoolResetFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero
or more elink:VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='vkDestroyCommandPool',desc='Destroy a command pool object',type='protos']
--
To destroy a command pool, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkDestroyCommandPool.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that destroys the command pool.
* pname:commandPool is the handle of the command pool to destroy.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
When a pool is destroyed, all command buffers allocated from the pool are
<<vkFreeCommandBuffers, freed>>.
Any primary command buffer allocated from another slink:VkCommandPool that
is in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, recording or executable state>> and
has a secondary command buffer allocated from pname:commandPool recorded
into it, becomes <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkDestroyCommandPool-commandPool-00041]]
All sname:VkCommandBuffer objects allocated from pname:commandPool must:
not be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>.
* [[VUID-vkDestroyCommandPool-commandPool-00042]]
If sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:commandPool was
created, a compatible set of callbacks must: be provided here
* [[VUID-vkDestroyCommandPool-commandPool-00043]]
If no sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:commandPool
was created, pname:pAllocator must: be `NULL`
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkDestroyCommandPool.txt[]
--
[[commandbuffer-allocation]]
== Command Buffer Allocation and Management
[open,refpage='vkAllocateCommandBuffers',desc='Allocate command buffers from an existing command pool',type='protos']
--
To allocate command buffers, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkAllocateCommandBuffers.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
* pname:pAllocateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure describing parameters of the
allocation.
* pname:pCommandBuffers is a pointer to an array of slink:VkCommandBuffer
handles in which the resulting command buffer objects are returned.
The array must: be at least the length specified by the
pname:commandBufferCount member of pname:pAllocateInfo.
Each allocated command buffer begins in the initial state.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
fname:vkAllocateCommandBuffers can: be used to create multiple command
buffers.
If the creation of any of those command buffers fails, the implementation
must: destroy all successfully created command buffer objects from this
command, set all entries of the pname:pCommandBuffers array to `NULL` and
return the error.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
When command buffers are first allocated, they are in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial state>>.
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkAllocateCommandBuffers.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo',desc='Structure specifying the allocation parameters for command buffer object',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:commandPool is the command pool from which the command buffers are
allocated.
* pname:level is a elink:VkCommandBufferLevel value specifying the command
buffer level.
* pname:commandBufferCount is the number of command buffers to allocate
from the pool.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo-commandBufferCount-00044]]
pname:commandBufferCount must: be greater than `0`
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferLevel',desc='Enumerant specifying a command buffer level',type='enums']
--
Possible values of slink:VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo::pname:level,
specifying the command buffer level, are:
include::{generated}/api/enums/VkCommandBufferLevel.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_PRIMARY specifies a primary command
buffer.
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_SECONDARY specifies a secondary command
buffer.
--
[open,refpage='vkResetCommandBuffer',desc='Reset a command buffer to the initial state',type='protos']
--
To reset command buffers, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkResetCommandBuffer.txt[]
* pname:commandBuffer is the command buffer to reset.
The command buffer can: be in any state other than
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending>>, and is moved into the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial state>>.
* pname:flags is a bitmask of elink:VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits
controlling the reset operation.
Any primary command buffer that is in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
recording or executable state>> and has pname:commandBuffer recorded into
it, becomes <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00045]]
pname:commandBuffer must: not be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
pending state>>
* [[VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00046]]
pname:commandBuffer must: have been allocated from a pool that was
created with the ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkResetCommandBuffer.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits',desc='Bitmask controlling behavior of a command buffer reset',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in flink:vkResetCommandBuffer::pname:flags to control
the reset operation are:
include::{generated}/api/enums/VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_RESET_RELEASE_RESOURCES_BIT specifies that most
or all memory resources currently owned by the command buffer should: be
returned to the parent command pool.
If this flag is not set, then the command buffer may: hold onto memory
resources and reuse them when recording commands.
pname:commandBuffer is moved to the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial
state>>.
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferResetFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits',type='flags']
--
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandBufferResetFlags.txt[]
tname:VkCommandBufferResetFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero
or more elink:VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='vkFreeCommandBuffers',desc='Free command buffers',type='protos']
--
To free command buffers, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkFreeCommandBuffers.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
* pname:commandPool is the command pool from which the command buffers
were allocated.
* pname:commandBufferCount is the length of the pname:pCommandBuffers
array.
* pname:pCommandBuffers is an array of handles of command buffers to free.
Any primary command buffer that is in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
recording or executable state>> and has any element of pname:pCommandBuffers
recorded into it, becomes <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-pCommandBuffers-00047]]
All elements of pname:pCommandBuffers must: not be in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>
* [[VUID-vkFreeCommandBuffers-pCommandBuffers-00048]]
pname:pCommandBuffers must: be a valid pointer to an array of
pname:commandBufferCount sname:VkCommandBuffer handles, each element of
which must: either be a valid handle or `NULL`
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkFreeCommandBuffers.txt[]
--
[[commandbuffers-recording]]
== Command Buffer Recording
[open,refpage='vkBeginCommandBuffer',desc='Start recording a command buffer',type='protos']
--
To begin recording a command buffer, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkBeginCommandBuffer.txt[]
* pname:commandBuffer is the handle of the command buffer which is to be
put in the recording state.
* pname:pBeginInfo is an instance of the slink:VkCommandBufferBeginInfo
structure, which defines additional information about how the command
buffer begins recording.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00049]]
pname:commandBuffer must: not be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
recording or pending state>>.
* [[VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00050]]
If pname:commandBuffer was allocated from a slink:VkCommandPool which
did not have the ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT
flag set, pname:commandBuffer must: be in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, initial state>>.
* [[VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00051]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer, the
pname:pInheritanceInfo member of pname:pBeginInfo must: be a valid
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure
* [[VUID-vkBeginCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00052]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer and either the
pname:occlusionQueryEnable member of the pname:pInheritanceInfo member
of pname:pBeginInfo is ename:VK_FALSE, or the precise occlusion queries
feature is not enabled, the pname:queryFlags member of the
pname:pInheritanceInfo member pname:pBeginInfo must: not contain
ename:VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkBeginCommandBuffer.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferBeginInfo',desc='Structure specifying a command buffer begin operation',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkCommandBufferBeginInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkCommandBufferBeginInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:flags is a bitmask of elink:VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits
specifying usage behavior for the command buffer.
* pname:pInheritanceInfo is a pointer to a
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure, which is used if
pname:commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer.
If this is a primary command buffer, then this value is ignored.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferBeginInfo-flags-00053]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the
pname:renderPass member of pname:pInheritanceInfo must: be a valid
sname:VkRenderPass
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferBeginInfo-flags-00054]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the
pname:subpass member of pname:pInheritanceInfo must: be a valid subpass
index within the pname:renderPass member of pname:pInheritanceInfo
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferBeginInfo-flags-00055]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the
pname:framebuffer member of pname:pInheritanceInfo must: be either
dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, or a valid sname:VkFramebuffer that is compatible
with the pname:renderPass member of pname:pInheritanceInfo
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkCommandBufferBeginInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying usage behavior for command buffer',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkCommandBufferBeginInfo::pname:flags to
specify usage behavior for a command buffer are:
include::{generated}/api/enums/VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT specifies that each
recording of the command buffer will only be submitted once, and the
command buffer will be reset and recorded again between each submission.
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT specifies that a
secondary command buffer is considered to be entirely inside a render
pass.
If this is a primary command buffer, then this bit is ignored.
* ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT specifies that a
command buffer can: be resubmitted to a queue while it is in the
_pending state_, and recorded into multiple primary command buffers.
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferUsageFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits',type='flags']
--
include::{generated}/api/flags/VkCommandBufferUsageFlags.txt[]
tname:VkCommandBufferUsageFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero
or more elink:VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo',desc='Structure specifying command buffer inheritance info',type='structs']
--
If the command buffer is a secondary command buffer, then the
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure defines any state that will
be inherited from the primary command buffer:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:renderPass is a slink:VkRenderPass object defining which render
passes the sname:VkCommandBuffer will be <<renderpass-compatibility,
compatible>> with and can: be executed within.
If the sname:VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass
instance, pname:renderPass is ignored.
* pname:subpass is the index of the subpass within the render pass
instance that the sname:VkCommandBuffer will be executed within.
If the sname:VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass
instance, pname:subpass is ignored.
* pname:framebuffer optionally refers to the slink:VkFramebuffer object
that the sname:VkCommandBuffer will be rendering to if it is executed
within a render pass instance.
It can: be dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE if the framebuffer is not known, or if
the sname:VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass
instance.
+
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Specifying the exact framebuffer that the secondary command buffer will be
executed with may: result in better performance at command buffer execution
time.
====
* pname:occlusionQueryEnable specifies whether the command buffer can: be
executed while an occlusion query is active in the primary command
buffer.
If this is ename:VK_TRUE, then this command buffer can: be executed
whether the primary command buffer has an occlusion query active or not.
If this is ename:VK_FALSE, then the primary command buffer must: not
have an occlusion query active.
* pname:queryFlags specifies the query flags that can: be used by an
active occlusion query in the primary command buffer when this secondary
command buffer is executed.
If this value includes the ename:VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT bit, then
the active query can: return boolean results or actual sample counts.
If this bit is not set, then the active query must: not use the
ename:VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT bit.
* pname:pipelineStatistics is a bitmask of
elink:VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits specifying the set of pipeline
statistics that can: be counted by an active query in the primary
command buffer when this secondary command buffer is executed.
If this value includes a given bit, then this command buffer can: be
executed whether the primary command buffer has a pipeline statistics
query active that includes this bit or not.
If this value excludes a given bit, then the active pipeline statistics
query must: not be from a query pool that counts that statistic.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo-occlusionQueryEnable-00056]]
If the <<features-inheritedQueries,inherited queries>> feature is not
enabled, pname:occlusionQueryEnable must: be ename:VK_FALSE
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo-queryFlags-00057]]
If the <<features-inheritedQueries,inherited queries>> feature is
enabled, pname:queryFlags must: be a valid combination of
elink:VkQueryControlFlagBits values
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo-pipelineStatistics-00058]]
If the <<features-pipelineStatisticsQuery,pipeline statistics queries>>
feature is not enabled, pname:pipelineStatistics must: be code:0
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo.txt[]
--
If ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT was not set when
creating a command buffer, that command buffer must: not be submitted to a
queue whilst it is already in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending
state>>.
If ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT is not set on a
secondary command buffer, that command buffer must: not be used more than
once in a given primary command buffer.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
On some implementations, not using the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT bit enables command
buffers to be patched in-place if needed, rather than creating a copy of the
command buffer.
====
If a command buffer is in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid, or
executable state>>, and the command buffer was allocated from a command pool
with the ename:VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT flag set,
then fname:vkBeginCommandBuffer implicitly resets the command buffer,
behaving as if fname:vkResetCommandBuffer had been called with
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_RESET_RELEASE_RESOURCES_BIT not set.
After the implicit reset, pname:commandBuffer is moved to the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, recording state>>.
ifdef::VK_EXT_conditional_rendering[]
[open,refpage='VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT',desc='Structure specifying command buffer inheritance info',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo includes a
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT structure, then
that structure controls whether a command buffer can: be executed while
conditional rendering is <<active-conditional-rendering,active>> in the
primary command buffer.
The sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT structure is
defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure
* pname:conditionalRenderingEnable specifies whether the command buffer
can: be executed while conditional rendering is active in the primary
command buffer.
If this is ename:VK_TRUE, then this command buffer can: be executed
whether the primary command buffer has active conditional rendering or
not.
If this is ename:VK_FALSE, then the primary command buffer must: not
have conditional rendering active.
If this structure is not present, the behavior is as if
pname:conditionalRenderingEnable is ename:VK_FALSE.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT-conditionalRenderingEnable-01977]]
If the <<features-inheritedConditionalRendering, inherited conditional
rendering>> feature is not enabled, pname:conditionalRenderingEnable
must: be ename:VK_FALSE
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkCommandBufferInheritanceConditionalRenderingInfoEXT.txt[]
--
endif::VK_EXT_conditional_rendering[]
Once recording starts, an application records a sequence of commands
(ftext:vkCmd*) to set state in the command buffer, draw, dispatch, and other
commands.
ifdef::VK_NVX_device_generated_commands[]
Several commands can also be recorded indirectly from sname:VkBuffer
content, see <<device-generated-commands>>.
endif::VK_NVX_device_generated_commands[]
[open,refpage='vkEndCommandBuffer',desc='Finish recording a command buffer',type='protos']
--
To complete recording of a command buffer, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkEndCommandBuffer.txt[]
* pname:commandBuffer is the command buffer to complete recording.
If there was an error during recording, the application will be notified by
an unsuccessful return code returned by fname:vkEndCommandBuffer.
If the application wishes to further use the command buffer, the command
buffer must: be reset.
The command buffer must: have been in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
recording state>>, and is moved to the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
executable state>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00059]]
pname:commandBuffer must: be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle,
recording state>>.
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00060]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a primary command buffer, there must: not be
an active render pass instance
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00061]]
All queries made <<queries-operation-active,active>> during the
recording of pname:commandBuffer must: have been made inactive
ifdef::VK_EXT_conditional_rendering[]
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-None-01978]]
Conditional rendering must not be
<<active-conditional-rendering,active>>
endif::VK_EXT_conditional_rendering[]
ifdef::VK_EXT_debug_utils[]
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-01815]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer, there must: not be
an outstanding flink:vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT command recorded to
pname:commandBuffer that has not previously been ended by a call to
flink:vkCmdEndDebugUtilsLabelEXT.
endif::VK_EXT_debug_utils[]
ifdef::VK_EXT_debug_marker[]
* [[VUID-vkEndCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-00062]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer, there must: not be
an outstanding flink:vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT command recorded to
pname:commandBuffer that has not previously been ended by a call to
flink:vkCmdDebugMarkerEndEXT.
endif::VK_EXT_debug_marker[]
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkEndCommandBuffer.txt[]
--
When a command buffer is in the executable state, it can: be submitted to a
queue for execution.
[[commandbuffers-submission]]
== Command Buffer Submission
[open,refpage='vkQueueSubmit',desc='Submits a sequence of semaphores or command buffers to a queue',type='protos']
--
To submit command buffers to a queue, call:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkQueueSubmit.txt[]
* pname:queue is the queue that the command buffers will be submitted to.
* pname:submitCount is the number of elements in the pname:pSubmits array.
* pname:pSubmits is a pointer to an array of slink:VkSubmitInfo
structures, each specifying a command buffer submission batch.
* pname:fence is an optional: handle to a fence to be signaled once all
submitted command buffers have completed execution.
If pname:fence is not dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, it defines a
<<synchronization-fences-signaling, fence signal operation>>.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Submission can be a high overhead operation, and applications should:
attempt to batch work together into as few calls to fname:vkQueueSubmit as
possible.
====
fname:vkQueueSubmit is a <<devsandqueues-submission,queue submission
command>>, with each batch defined by an element of pname:pSubmits as an
instance of the slink:VkSubmitInfo structure.
Batches begin execution in the order they appear in pname:pSubmits, but may:
complete out of order.
Fence and semaphore operations submitted with flink:vkQueueSubmit have
additional ordering constraints compared to other submission commands, with
dependencies involving previous and subsequent queue operations.
Information about these additional constraints can be found in the
<<synchronization-semaphores, semaphore>> and <<synchronization-fences,
fence>> sections of <<synchronization, the synchronization chapter>>.
Details on the interaction of pname:pWaitDstStageMask with synchronization
are described in the <<synchronization-semaphores-waiting, semaphore wait
operation>> section of <<synchronization, the synchronization chapter>>.
The order that batches appear in pname:pSubmits is used to determine
<<synchronization-submission-order, submission order>>, and thus all the
<<synchronization-implicit, implicit ordering guarantees>> that respect it.
Other than these implicit ordering guarantees and any <<synchronization,
explicit synchronization primitives>>, these batches may: overlap or
otherwise execute out of order.
If any command buffer submitted to this queue is in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, executable state>>, it is moved to the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>.
Once execution of all submissions of a command buffer complete, it moves
from the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>, back to the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, executable state>>.
If a command buffer was recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT flag, it instead moves
back to the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid state>>.
If fname:vkQueueSubmit fails, it may: return
ename:VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY or ename:VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY.
If it does, the implementation must: ensure that the state and contents of
any resources or synchronization primitives referenced by the submitted
command buffers and any semaphores referenced by pname:pSubmits is
unaffected by the call or its failure.
If fname:vkQueueSubmit fails in such a way that the implementation is unable
to make that guarantee, the implementation must: return
ename:VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST.
See <<devsandqueues-lost-device,Lost Device>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-fence-00063]]
If pname:fence is not dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, pname:fence must: be
unsignaled
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-fence-00064]]
If pname:fence is not dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, pname:fence must: not be
associated with any other queue command that has not yet completed
execution on that queue
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00065]]
Any calls to flink:vkCmdSetEvent, flink:vkCmdResetEvent or
flink:vkCmdWaitEvents that have been recorded into any of the command
buffer elements of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of any element of
pname:pSubmits, must: not reference any slink:VkEvent that is referenced
by any of those commands in a command buffer that has been submitted to
another queue and is still in the _pending state_.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pWaitDstStageMask-00066]]
Any stage flag included in any element of the pname:pWaitDstStageMask
member of any element of pname:pSubmits must: be a pipeline stage
supported by one of the capabilities of pname:queue, as specified in the
<<synchronization-pipeline-stages-supported, table of supported pipeline
stages>>.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pSignalSemaphores-00067]]
Each element of the pname:pSignalSemaphores member of any element of
pname:pSubmits must: be unsignaled when the semaphore signal operation
it defines is executed on the device
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pWaitSemaphores-00068]]
When a semaphore unsignal operation defined by any element of the
pname:pWaitSemaphores member of any element of pname:pSubmits executes
on pname:queue, no other queue must: be waiting on the same semaphore.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pWaitSemaphores-00069]]
All elements of the pname:pWaitSemaphores member of all elements of
pname:pSubmits must: be semaphores that are signaled, or have
<<synchronization-semaphores-signaling, semaphore signal operations>>
previously submitted for execution.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00070]]
Each element of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of each element of
pname:pSubmits must: be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending or
executable state>>.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00071]]
If any element of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of any element of
pname:pSubmits was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT, it must: not be in
the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00072]]
Any <<commandbuffers-secondary, secondary command buffers recorded>>
into any element of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of any element of
pname:pSubmits must: be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending or
executable state>>.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00073]]
If any <<commandbuffers-secondary, secondary command buffers recorded>>
into any element of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of any element of
pname:pSubmits was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT, it must: not be in
the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pCommandBuffers-00074]]
Each element of the pname:pCommandBuffers member of each element of
pname:pSubmits must: have been allocated from a sname:VkCommandPool that
was created for the same queue family pname:queue belongs to.
* [[VUID-vkQueueSubmit-pSubmits-02207]]
If any element of pname:pSubmits\->pname:pCommandBuffers includes a
<<synchronization-queue-transfers-acquire, Queue Family Transfer Acquire
Operation>>, there must: exist a previously submitted
<<synchronization-queue-transfers-release, Queue Family Transfer Release
Operation>> on a queue in the queue family identified by the acquire
operation, with parameters matching the acquire operation as defined in
the definition of such <<synchronization-queue-transfers-acquire,
acquire operations>>, and which happens before the acquire operation.
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkQueueSubmit.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkSubmitInfo',desc='Structure specifying a queue submit operation',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkSubmitInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkSubmitInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:waitSemaphoreCount is the number of semaphores upon which to wait
before executing the command buffers for the batch.
* pname:pWaitSemaphores is a pointer to an array of semaphores upon which
to wait before the command buffers for this batch begin execution.
If semaphores to wait on are provided, they define a
<<synchronization-semaphores-waiting, semaphore wait operation>>.
* pname:pWaitDstStageMask is a pointer to an array of pipeline stages at
which each corresponding semaphore wait will occur.
* pname:commandBufferCount is the number of command buffers to execute in
the batch.
* pname:pCommandBuffers is a pointer to an array of command buffers to
execute in the batch.
* pname:signalSemaphoreCount is the number of semaphores to be signaled
once the commands specified in pname:pCommandBuffers have completed
execution.
* pname:pSignalSemaphores is a pointer to an array of semaphores which
will be signaled when the command buffers for this batch have completed
execution.
If semaphores to be signaled are provided, they define a
<<synchronization-semaphores-signaling, semaphore signal operation>>.
The order that command buffers appear in pname:pCommandBuffers is used to
determine <<synchronization-submission-order, submission order>>, and thus
all the <<synchronization-implicit, implicit ordering guarantees>> that
respect it.
Other than these implicit ordering guarantees and any <<synchronization,
explicit synchronization primitives>>, these command buffers may: overlap or
otherwise execute out of order.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pCommandBuffers-00075]]
Each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: not have been allocated with
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_SECONDARY
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pWaitDstStageMask-00076]]
If the <<features-geometryShader,geometry shaders>> feature is not
enabled, each element of pname:pWaitDstStageMask must: not contain
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pWaitDstStageMask-00077]]
If the <<features-tessellationShader,tessellation shaders>> feature is
not enabled, each element of pname:pWaitDstStageMask must: not contain
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pWaitDstStageMask-00078]]
Each element of pname:pWaitDstStageMask must: not include
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT.
ifdef::VK_NV_mesh_shader[]
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pWaitDstStageMask-02089]]
If the <<features-meshShader,mesh shaders>> feature is not enabled, each
element of pname:pWaitDstStageMask must: not contain
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_MESH_SHADER_BIT_NV
* [[VUID-VkSubmitInfo-pWaitDstStageMask-02090]]
If the <<features-taskShader,task shaders>> feature is not enabled, each
element of pname:pWaitDstStageMask must: not contain
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TASK_SHADER_BIT_NV
endif::VK_NV_mesh_shader[]
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkSubmitInfo.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32[]
[open,refpage='VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR',desc='Structure specifying values for Direct3D 12 fence-backed semaphores',type='structs']
--
To specify the values to use when waiting for and signaling semaphores whose
<<synchronization-semaphores-importing,current payload>> refers to a
Direct3D 12 fence, add the slink:VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR structure to the
pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkSubmitInfo structure.
The sname:VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:waitSemaphoreValuesCount is the number of semaphore wait values
specified in pname:pWaitSemaphoreValues.
* pname:pWaitSemaphoreValues is an array of length
pname:waitSemaphoreValuesCount containing values for the corresponding
semaphores in slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pWaitSemaphores to wait for.
* pname:signalSemaphoreValuesCount is the number of semaphore signal
values specified in pname:pSignalSemaphoreValues.
* pname:pSignalSemaphoreValues is an array of length
pname:signalSemaphoreValuesCount containing values for the corresponding
semaphores in slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pSignalSemaphores to set when
signaled.
If the semaphore in slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pWaitSemaphores or
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pSignalSemaphores corresponding to an entry in
pname:pWaitSemaphoreValues or pname:pSignalSemaphoreValues respectively does
not currently have a <<synchronization-semaphores-payloads, payload>>
referring to a Direct3D 12 fence, the implementation must: ignore the value
in the pname:pWaitSemaphoreValues or pname:pSignalSemaphoreValues entry.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR-waitSemaphoreValuesCount-00079]]
pname:waitSemaphoreValuesCount must: be the same value as
sname:VkSubmitInfo::pname:waitSemaphoreCount, where sname:VkSubmitInfo
is in the pname:pNext chain of this sname:VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR
structure.
* [[VUID-VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR-signalSemaphoreValuesCount-00080]]
pname:signalSemaphoreValuesCount must: be the same value as
sname:VkSubmitInfo::pname:signalSemaphoreCount, where sname:VkSubmitInfo
is in the pname:pNext chain of this sname:VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR
structure.
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkD3D12FenceSubmitInfoKHR.txt[]
--
endif::VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex[]
[open,refpage='VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR',desc='Use the Windows keyed mutex mechanism to synchronize work',type='structs']
--
When submitting work that operates on memory imported from a Direct3D 11
resource to a queue, the keyed mutex mechanism may: be used in addition to
Vulkan semaphores to synchronize the work.
Keyed mutexes are a property of a properly created shareable Direct3D 11
resource.
They can: only be used if the imported resource was created with the
etext:D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_SHARED_KEYEDMUTEX flag.
To acquire keyed mutexes before submitted work and/or release them after,
add a slink:VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR structure to the
pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkSubmitInfo structure.
The sname:VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR.txt[]
* pname:acquireCount is the number of entries in the pname:pAcquireSyncs,
pname:pAcquireKeys, and pname:pAcquireTimeoutMilliseconds arrays.
* pname:pAcquireSyncs is a pointer to an array of slink:VkDeviceMemory
objects which were imported from Direct3D 11 resources.
* pname:pAcquireKeys is a pointer to an array of mutex key values to wait
for prior to beginning the submitted work.
Entries refer to the keyed mutex associated with the corresponding
entries in pname:pAcquireSyncs.
* pname:pAcquireTimeoutMilliseconds is an array of timeout values, in
millisecond units, for each acquire specified in pname:pAcquireKeys.
* pname:releaseCount is the number of entries in the pname:pReleaseSyncs
and pname:pReleaseKeys arrays.
* pname:pReleaseSyncs is a pointer to an array of slink:VkDeviceMemory
objects which were imported from Direct3D 11 resources.
* pname:pReleaseKeys is a pointer to an array of mutex key values to set
when the submitted work has completed.
Entries refer to the keyed mutex associated with the corresponding
entries in pname:pReleaseSyncs.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR-pAcquireSyncs-00081]]
Each member of pname:pAcquireSyncs and pname:pReleaseSyncs must: be a
device memory object imported by setting
slink:VkImportMemoryWin32HandleInfoKHR::pname:handleType to
ename:VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_D3D11_TEXTURE_BIT or
ename:VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_D3D11_TEXTURE_KMT_BIT.
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkWin32KeyedMutexAcquireReleaseInfoKHR.txt[]
--
endif::VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex[]
ifdef::VK_NV_win32_keyed_mutex[]
include::VK_NV_win32_keyed_mutex/keyed_mutex_submit.txt[]
endif::VK_NV_win32_keyed_mutex[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
[open,refpage='VkProtectedSubmitInfo',desc='Structure indicating whether the submission is protected',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkSubmitInfo includes a
sname:VkProtectedSubmitInfo structure, then the structure indicates whether
the batch is protected.
The sname:VkProtectedSubmitInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkProtectedSubmitInfo.txt[]
* pname:protectedSubmit specifies whether the batch is protected.
If pname:protectedSubmit is ename:VK_TRUE, the batch is protected.
If pname:protectedSubmit is ename:VK_FALSE, the batch is unprotected.
If the sname:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pNext chain does not contain this
structure, the batch is unprotected.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkProtectedSubmitInfo-protectedSubmit-01816]]
If the protected memory feature is not enabled, pname:protectedSubmit
must: not be ename:VK_TRUE.
* [[VUID-VkProtectedSubmitInfo-protectedSubmit-01817]]
If pname:protectedSubmit is ename:VK_TRUE, then each element of the
pname:pCommandBuffers array must: be a protected command buffer.
* [[VUID-VkProtectedSubmitInfo-protectedSubmit-01818]]
If pname:protectedSubmit is ename:VK_FALSE, then each element of the
pname:pCommandBuffers array must: be an unprotected command buffer.
* [[VUID-VkProtectedSubmitInfo-pNext-01819]]
If the sname:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pNext chain does not include a
sname:VkProtectedSubmitInfo structure, then each element of the command
buffer of the pname:pCommandBuffers array must: be an unprotected
command buffer.
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkProtectedSubmitInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[open,refpage='VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo',desc='Structure indicating which physical devices execute semaphore operations and command buffers',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkSubmitInfo includes a
sname:VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo structure, then that structure includes device
indices and masks specifying which physical devices execute semaphore
operations and command buffers.
The sname:VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_device_group[]
or the equivalent
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_device_group[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:waitSemaphoreCount is the number of elements in the
pname:pWaitSemaphoreDeviceIndices array.
* pname:pWaitSemaphoreDeviceIndices is an array of device indices
indicating which physical device executes the semaphore wait operation
in the corresponding element of
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pWaitSemaphores.
* pname:commandBufferCount is the number of elements in the
pname:pCommandBufferDeviceMasks array.
* pname:pCommandBufferDeviceMasks is an array of device masks indicating
which physical devices execute the command buffer in the corresponding
element of slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pCommandBuffers.
A physical device executes the command buffer if the corresponding bit
is set in the mask.
* pname:signalSemaphoreCount is the number of elements in the
pname:pSignalSemaphoreDeviceIndices array.
* pname:pSignalSemaphoreDeviceIndices is an array of device indices
indicating which physical device executes the semaphore signal operation
in the corresponding element of
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:pSignalSemaphores.
If this structure is not present, semaphore operations and command buffers
execute on device index zero.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo-waitSemaphoreCount-00082]]
pname:waitSemaphoreCount must: equal
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:waitSemaphoreCount
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo-commandBufferCount-00083]]
pname:commandBufferCount must: equal
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:commandBufferCount
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo-signalSemaphoreCount-00084]]
pname:signalSemaphoreCount must: equal
slink:VkSubmitInfo::pname:signalSemaphoreCount
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo-pWaitSemaphoreDeviceIndices-00085]]
All elements of pname:pWaitSemaphoreDeviceIndices and
pname:pSignalSemaphoreDeviceIndices must: be valid device indices
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo-pCommandBufferDeviceMasks-00086]]
All elements of pname:pCommandBufferDeviceMasks must: be valid device
masks
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[[commandbuffers-submission-progress]]
== Queue Forward Progress
The application must: ensure that command buffer submissions will be able to
complete without any subsequent operations by the application on any queue.
After any call to fname:vkQueueSubmit, for every queued wait on a semaphore
there must: be a prior signal of that semaphore that will not be consumed by
a different wait on the semaphore.
Command buffers in the submission can: include flink:vkCmdWaitEvents
commands that wait on events that will not be signaled by earlier commands
in the queue.
Such events must: be signaled by the application using flink:vkSetEvent, and
the fname:vkCmdWaitEvents commands that wait upon them must: not be inside a
render pass instance.
The event must: be set before the flink:vkCmdWaitEvents command is executed.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Implementations may have some tolerance for waiting on events to be set, but
this is defined outside of the scope of Vulkan.
====
[[commandbuffers-secondary]]
== Secondary Command Buffer Execution
[open,refpage='vkCmdExecuteCommands',desc='Execute a secondary command buffer from a primary command buffer',type='protos']
--
A secondary command buffer must: not be directly submitted to a queue.
Instead, secondary command buffers are recorded to execute as part of a
primary command buffer with the command:
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdExecuteCommands.txt[]
* pname:commandBuffer is a handle to a primary command buffer that the
secondary command buffers are executed in.
* pname:commandBufferCount is the length of the pname:pCommandBuffers
array.
* pname:pCommandBuffers is an array of secondary command buffer handles,
which are recorded to execute in the primary command buffer in the order
they are listed in the array.
If any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, and it was recorded
into any other primary command buffer which is currently in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, executable or recording state>>, that primary
command buffer becomes <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, invalid>>.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-00087]]
pname:commandBuffer must: have been allocated with a pname:level of
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_PRIMARY
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00088]]
Each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been allocated with a
pname:level of ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_SECONDARY
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00089]]
Each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: be in the
<<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending or executable state>>.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00090]]
If any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, and it was
recorded into any other primary command buffer, that primary command
buffer must: not be in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00091]]
If any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must: not be
in the <<commandbuffers-lifecycle, pending state>>.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00092]]
If any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must: not
have already been recorded to pname:commandBuffer.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00093]]
If any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the
ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must: not
appear more than once in pname:pCommandBuffers.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00094]]
Each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been allocated from a
sname:VkCommandPool that was created for the same queue family as the
sname:VkCommandPool from which pname:commandBuffer was allocated
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-contents-00095]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass
instance, that render pass instance must: have been begun with the
pname:contents parameter of fname:vkCmdBeginRenderPass set to
ename:VK_SUBPASS_CONTENTS_SECONDARY_COMMAND_BUFFERS
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00096]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass
instance, each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been recorded
with the ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00097]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass
instance, each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been recorded
with sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pname:subpass set to the
index of the subpass which the given command buffer will be executed in
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pInheritanceInfo-00098]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass
instance, the render passes specified in the
pname:pBeginInfo::pname:pInheritanceInfo::pname:renderPass members of
the flink:vkBeginCommandBuffer commands used to begin recording each
element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: be
<<renderpass-compatibility,compatible>> with the current render pass.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00099]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass
instance, and any element of pname:pCommandBuffers was recorded with
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pname:framebuffer not equal to
dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, that sname:VkFramebuffer must: match the
sname:VkFramebuffer used in the current render pass instance
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00100]]
If fname:vkCmdExecuteCommands is not being called within a render pass
instance, each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: not have been
recorded with the ename:VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-00101]]
If the <<features-inheritedQueries,inherited queries>> feature is not
enabled, pname:commandBuffer must: not have any queries
<<queries-operation-active,active>>
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-00102]]
If pname:commandBuffer has a ename:VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION query
<<queries-operation-active,active>>, then each element of
pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been recorded with
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pname:occlusionQueryEnable set to
ename:VK_TRUE
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-00103]]
If pname:commandBuffer has a ename:VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION query
<<queries-operation-active,active>>, then each element of
pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been recorded with
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pname:queryFlags having all bits
set that are set for the query
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-00104]]
If pname:commandBuffer has a ename:VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS
query <<queries-operation-active,active>>, then each element of
pname:pCommandBuffers must: have been recorded with
sname:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pname:pipelineStatistics having
all bits set that are set in the sname:VkQueryPool the query uses
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-pCommandBuffers-00105]]
Each element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: not begin any query types
that are <<queries-operation-active,active>> in pname:commandBuffer
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-01820]]
If pname:commandBuffer is a protected command buffer, then each element
of pname:pCommandBuffers must: be a protected command buffer.
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-commandBuffer-01821]]
If pname:commandBuffer is an unprotected command buffer, then each
element of pname:pCommandBuffers must: be an unprotected command buffer.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_EXT_transform_feedback[]
* [[VUID-vkCmdExecuteCommands-None-02286]]
This command must: not be recorded when transform feedback is active
endif::VK_EXT_transform_feedback[]
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCmdExecuteCommands.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[[commandbuffers-devicemask]]
== Command Buffer Device Mask
Each command buffer has a piece of state storing the current device mask of
the command buffer.
This mask controls which physical devices within the logical device all
subsequent commands will execute on, including state-setting commands,
action commands, and synchronization commands.
ifndef::VK_NV_scissor_exclusive[]
Scissor
endif::VK_NV_scissor_exclusive[]
ifdef::VK_NV_scissor_exclusive[]
Scissor, exclusive scissor,
endif::VK_NV_scissor_exclusive[]
and viewport state can: be set to different values on each physical device
(only when set as dynamic state), and each physical device will render using
its local copy of the state.
Other state is shared between physical devices, such that all physical
devices use the most recently set values for the state.
However, when recording an action command that uses a piece of state, the
most recent command that set that state must: have included all physical
devices that execute the action command in its current device mask.
The command buffer's device mask is orthogonal to the
pname:pCommandBufferDeviceMasks member of slink:VkDeviceGroupSubmitInfo.
Commands only execute on a physical device if the device index is set in
both device masks.
[open,refpage='VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo',desc='Set the initial device mask for a command buffer',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkCommandBufferBeginInfo includes a
sname:VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo structure, then that structure
includes an initial device mask for the command buffer.
The sname:VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo structure is defined as:
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_device_group[]
or the equivalent
include::{generated}/api/structs/VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_device_group[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:deviceMask is the initial value of the command buffer's device
mask.
The initial device mask also acts as an upper bound on the set of devices
that can: ever be in the device mask in the command buffer.
If this structure is not present, the initial value of a command buffer's
device mask is set to include all physical devices in the logical device
when the command buffer begins recording.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo-deviceMask-00106]]
pname:deviceMask must: be a valid device mask value
* [[VUID-VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo-deviceMask-00107]]
pname:deviceMask must: not be zero
****
include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkCmdSetDeviceMask',desc='Modify device mask of a command buffer',type='protos']
--
To update the current device mask of a command buffer, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdSetDeviceMask.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_device_group[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_device_group[]
include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCmdSetDeviceMaskKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_device_group[]
* pname:commandBuffer is command buffer whose current device mask is
modified.
* pname:deviceMask is the new value of the current device mask.
pname:deviceMask is used to filter out subsequent commands from executing on
all physical devices whose bit indices are not set in the mask, except
commands beginning a render pass instance, commands transitioning to the
next subpass in the render pass instance, and commands ending a render pass
instance, which always execute on the set of physical devices whose bit
indices are included in the pname:deviceMask member of the instance of the
slink:VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfoKHR structure passed to the command
beginning the corresponding render pass instance.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkCmdSetDeviceMask-deviceMask-00108]]
pname:deviceMask must: be a valid device mask value
* [[VUID-vkCmdSetDeviceMask-deviceMask-00109]]
pname:deviceMask must: not be zero
* [[VUID-vkCmdSetDeviceMask-deviceMask-00110]]
pname:deviceMask must: not include any set bits that were not in the
slink:VkDeviceGroupCommandBufferBeginInfo::pname:deviceMask value when
the command buffer began recording.
* [[VUID-vkCmdSetDeviceMask-deviceMask-00111]]
If fname:vkCmdSetDeviceMask is called inside a render pass instance,
pname:deviceMask must: not include any set bits that were not in the
slink:VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo::pname:deviceMask value when the
render pass instance began recording.
****
include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCmdSetDeviceMask.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
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