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// Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a
// Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; see
// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
[[resources]]
= Resource Creation
Vulkan supports two primary resource types: _buffers_ and _images_.
Resources are views of memory with associated formatting and dimensionality.
Buffers are essentially unformatted arrays of bytes whereas images contain
format information, can: be multidimensional and may: have associated
metadata.
[[resources-buffers]]
== Buffers
[open,refpage='VkBuffer',desc='Opaque handle to a buffer object',type='handles']
--
Buffers represent linear arrays of data which are used for various purposes
by binding them to a graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets or via
certain commands, or by directly specifying them as parameters to certain
commands.
Buffers are represented by sname:VkBuffer handles:
include::../api/handles/VkBuffer.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkCreateBuffer',desc='Create a new buffer object',type='protos']
--
To create buffers, call:
include::../api/protos/vkCreateBuffer.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that creates the buffer object.
* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure containing parameters affecting
creation of the buffer.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
* pname:pBuffer points to a sname:VkBuffer handle in which the resulting
buffer object is returned.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkCreateBuffer-flags-00911]]
If the pname:flags member of pname:pCreateInfo includes
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, creating this sname:VkBuffer
must: not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid
sparse resources on the device to exceed
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:sparseAddressSpaceSize
****
include::../validity/protos/vkCreateBuffer.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferCreateInfo',desc='Structure specifying the parameters of a newly created buffer object',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBufferCreateInfo.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:VkBufferCreateFlagBits specifying
additional parameters of the buffer.
* pname:size is the size in bytes of the buffer to be created.
* pname:usage is a bitmask of elink:VkBufferUsageFlagBits specifying
allowed usages of the buffer.
* pname:sharingMode is a elink:VkSharingMode value specifying the sharing
mode of the buffer when it will be accessed by multiple queue families.
* pname:queueFamilyIndexCount is the number of entries in the
pname:pQueueFamilyIndices array.
* pname:pQueueFamilyIndices is a list of queue families that will access
this buffer (ignored if pname:sharingMode is not
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT).
ifdef::editing-notes[]
[NOTE]
.editing-note
====
(Jon) Should the constraint on usage != 0 be converted to a Valid Usage
statement? See gitlab #854.
====
endif::editing-notes[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-size-00912]]
pname:size must: be greater than `0`
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-sharingMode-00913]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT,
pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be a valid pointer to an array of
pname:queueFamilyIndexCount basetype:uint32_t values
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-sharingMode-00914]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT,
pname:queueFamilyIndexCount must: be greater than `1`
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-sharingMode-01391]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element
of pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be unique and must: be less than
pname:pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties for the
pname:physicalDevice that was used to create pname:device
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-sharingMode-01419]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element
of pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be unique and must: be less than
pname:pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by either
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties or
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties2 for the
pname:physicalDevice that was used to create pname:device
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-flags-00915]]
If the <<features-features-sparseBinding,sparse bindings>> feature is
not enabled, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-flags-00916]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidencyBuffer,sparse buffer
residency>> feature is not enabled, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-flags-00917]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidencyAliased,sparse aliased
residency>> feature is not enabled, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-flags-00918]]
If pname:flags contains ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT, it must: also contain
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-pNext-00920]]
If the pname:pNext chain contains an instance of
slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo, its pname:handleTypes member
must: only contain bits that are also in
slink:VkExternalBufferProperties::pname:externalMemoryProperties.pname:compatibleHandleTypes,
as returned by flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties with
pname:pExternalBufferInfo\->pname:handleType equal to any one of the
handle types specified in
slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-flags-01887]]
If the protected memory feature is not enabled, pname:flags must: not
contain ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-None-01888]]
If any of the bits ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, or
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT are set,
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT must: not also be set
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBufferCreateInfo-pNext-01571]]
If the pname:pNext chain contains an instance of
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV, and the
pname:dedicatedAllocation member of the chained structure is
ename:VK_TRUE, then pname:flags must: not include
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, or
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBufferCreateInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferUsageFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying allowed usage of a buffer',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkBufferCreateInfo::pname:usage, specifying
usage behavior of a buffer, are:
include::../api/enums/VkBufferUsageFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT specifies that the buffer can: be
used as the source of a _transfer command_ (see the definition of
<<synchronization-pipeline-stages-transfer,
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT>>).
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT specifies that the buffer can: be
used as the destination of a transfer command.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer
can: be used to create a sname:VkBufferView suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer
can: be used to create a sname:VkBufferView suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer can:
be used in a sname:VkDescriptorBufferInfo suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot either of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer can:
be used in a sname:VkDescriptorBufferInfo suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot either of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDEX_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer is
suitable for passing as the pname:buffer parameter to
fname:vkCmdBindIndexBuffer.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer is
suitable for passing as an element of the pname:pBuffers array to
fname:vkCmdBindVertexBuffers.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDIRECT_BUFFER_BIT specifies that the buffer is
suitable for passing as the pname:buffer parameter to
fname:vkCmdDrawIndirect, fname:vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect, or
fname:vkCmdDispatchIndirect.
ifdef::VK_NVX_device_generated_commands[]
It is also suitable for passing as the pname:buffer member of
sname:VkIndirectCommandsTokenNVX, or pname:sequencesCountBuffer or
pname:sequencesIndexBuffer member of sname:VkCmdProcessCommandsInfoNVX
endif::VK_NVX_device_generated_commands[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferUsageFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkBufferUsageFlagBits',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkBufferUsageFlags.txt[]
sname:VkBufferUsageFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or
more slink:VkBufferUsageFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferCreateFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying additional parameters of a buffer',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkBufferCreateInfo::pname:flags, specifying
additional parameters of a buffer, are:
include::../api/enums/VkBufferCreateFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT specifies that the buffer will
be backed using sparse memory binding.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT specifies that the buffer
can: be partially backed using sparse memory binding.
Buffers created with this flag must: also be created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT flag.
* ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT specifies that the buffer will
be backed using sparse memory binding with memory ranges that might also
simultaneously be backing another buffer (or another portion of the same
buffer).
Buffers created with this flag must: also be created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT flag.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT specifies that the buffer is a
protected buffer.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
See <<sparsememory-sparseresourcefeatures,Sparse Resource Features>> and
<<features-features,Physical Device Features>> for details of the sparse
memory features supported on a device.
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferCreateFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkBufferCreateFlagBits',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkBufferCreateFlags.txt[]
sname:VkBufferCreateFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or
more slink:VkBufferCreateFlagBits.
--
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
[open,refpage='VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV',desc='Specify that a buffer is bound to a dedicated memory resource',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain includes a
sname:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV structure, then that structure
includes an enable controlling whether the buffer will have a dedicated
memory allocation bound to it.
The sname:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:dedicatedAllocation specifies whether the buffer will have a
dedicated allocation bound to it.
include::../validity/structs/VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV.txt[]
--
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
[open,refpage='VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo',desc='Specify that a buffer may be backed by external memory',type='structs']
--
To define a set of external memory handle types that may: be used as backing
store for a buffer, add a slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo structure
to the pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkBufferCreateInfo structure.
The sname:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_external_memory[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:handleTypes is a bitmask of
elink:VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits specifying one or more external
memory handle types.
include::../validity/structs/VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
[open,refpage='vkDestroyBuffer',desc='Destroy a buffer object',type='protos']
--
To destroy a buffer, call:
include::../api/protos/vkDestroyBuffer.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that destroys the buffer.
* pname:buffer is the buffer to destroy.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBuffer-buffer-00922]]
All submitted commands that refer to pname:buffer, either directly or
via a sname:VkBufferView, must: have completed execution
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBuffer-buffer-00923]]
If sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:buffer was
created, a compatible set of callbacks must: be provided here
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBuffer-buffer-00924]]
If no sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:buffer was
created, pname:pAllocator must: be `NULL`
****
include::../validity/protos/vkDestroyBuffer.txt[]
--
[[resources-buffer-views]]
== Buffer Views
[open,refpage='VkBufferView',desc='Opaque handle to a buffer view object',type='handles']
--
A _buffer view_ represents a contiguous range of a buffer and a specific
format to be used to interpret the data.
Buffer views are used to enable shaders to access buffer contents
interpreted as formatted data.
In order to create a valid buffer view, the buffer must: have been created
with at least one of the following usage flags:
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
* ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
Buffer views are represented by sname:VkBufferView handles:
include::../api/handles/VkBufferView.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkCreateBufferView',desc='Create a new buffer view object',type='protos']
--
To create a buffer view, call:
include::../api/protos/vkCreateBufferView.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that creates the buffer view.
* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used
to create the buffer.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
* pname:pView points to a sname:VkBufferView handle in which the resulting
buffer view object is returned.
include::../validity/protos/vkCreateBufferView.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferViewCreateInfo',desc='Structure specifying parameters of a newly created buffer view',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBufferViewCreateInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:flags is reserved for future use.
* pname:buffer is a sname:VkBuffer on which the view will be created.
* pname:format is a elink:VkFormat describing the format of the data
elements in the buffer.
* pname:offset is an offset in bytes from the base address of the buffer.
Accesses to the buffer view from shaders use addressing that is relative
to this starting offset.
* pname:range is a size in bytes of the buffer view.
If pname:range is equal to ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE, the range from
pname:offset to the end of the buffer is used.
If ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE is used and the remaining size of the buffer is
not a multiple of the element size of pname:format, then the nearest
smaller multiple is used.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-offset-00925]]
pname:offset must: be less than the size of pname:buffer
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-offset-00926]]
pname:offset must: be a multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-range-00928]]
If pname:range is not equal to ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE, pname:range must: be
greater than `0`
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-range-00929]]
If pname:range is not equal to ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE, pname:range must: be
a multiple of the element size of pname:format
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-range-00930]]
If pname:range is not equal to ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE, pname:range divided
by the element size of pname:format must: be less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxTexelBufferElements
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-offset-00931]]
If pname:range is not equal to ename:VK_WHOLE_SIZE, the sum of
pname:offset and pname:range must: be less than or equal to the size of
pname:buffer
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-buffer-00932]]
pname:buffer must: have been created with a pname:usage value containing
at least one of ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-buffer-00933]]
If pname:buffer was created with pname:usage containing
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, pname:format must: be
supported for uniform texel buffers, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:bufferFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-buffer-00934]]
If pname:buffer was created with pname:usage containing
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, pname:format must: be
supported for storage texel buffers, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:bufferFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
* [[VUID-VkBufferViewCreateInfo-buffer-00935]]
If pname:buffer is non-sparse then it must: be bound completely and
contiguously to a single sname:VkDeviceMemory object
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBufferViewCreateInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferViewCreateFlags',desc='Reserved for future use',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkBufferViewCreateFlags.txt[]
sname:VkBufferViewCreateFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask, but is
currently reserved for future use.
--
[open,refpage='vkDestroyBufferView',desc='Destroy a buffer view object',type='protos']
--
To destroy a buffer view, call:
include::../api/protos/vkDestroyBufferView.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that destroys the buffer view.
* pname:bufferView is the buffer view to destroy.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBufferView-bufferView-00936]]
All submitted commands that refer to pname:bufferView must: have
completed execution
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBufferView-bufferView-00937]]
If sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:bufferView was
created, a compatible set of callbacks must: be provided here
* [[VUID-vkDestroyBufferView-bufferView-00938]]
If no sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:bufferView
was created, pname:pAllocator must: be `NULL`
****
include::../validity/protos/vkDestroyBufferView.txt[]
--
[[resources-images]]
== Images
[open,refpage='VkImage',desc='Opaque handle to a image object',type='handles']
--
Images represent multidimensional - up to 3 - arrays of data which can: be
used for various purposes (e.g. attachments, textures), by binding them to a
graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets, or by directly specifying
them as parameters to certain commands.
Images are represented by sname:VkImage handles:
include::../api/handles/VkImage.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkCreateImage',desc='Create a new image object',type='protos']
--
To create images, call:
include::../api/protos/vkCreateImage.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that creates the image.
* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used to
create the image.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
* pname:pImage points to a sname:VkImage handle in which the resulting
image object is returned.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkCreateImage-flags-00939]]
If the pname:flags member of pname:pCreateInfo includes
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, creating this sname:VkImage
must: not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid
sparse resources on the device to exceed
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:sparseAddressSpaceSize
****
include::../validity/protos/vkCreateImage.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageCreateInfo',desc='Structure specifying the parameters of a newly created image object',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageCreateInfo.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:VkImageCreateFlagBits describing
additional parameters of the image.
* pname:imageType is a elink:VkImageType value specifying the basic
dimensionality of the image.
Layers in array textures do not count as a dimension for the purposes of
the image type.
* pname:format is a elink:VkFormat describing the format and type of the
data elements that will be contained in the image.
* pname:extent is a slink:VkExtent3D describing the number of data
elements in each dimension of the base level.
* pname:mipLevels describes the number of levels of detail available for
minified sampling of the image.
* pname:arrayLayers is the number of layers in the image.
* pname:samples is the number of sub-data element samples in the image as
defined in elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits.
See <<primsrast-multisampling,Multisampling>>.
* pname:tiling is a elink:VkImageTiling value specifying the tiling
arrangement of the data elements in memory.
* pname:usage is a bitmask of elink:VkImageUsageFlagBits describing the
intended usage of the image.
* pname:sharingMode is a elink:VkSharingMode value specifying the sharing
mode of the image when it will be accessed by multiple queue families.
* pname:queueFamilyIndexCount is the number of entries in the
pname:pQueueFamilyIndices array.
* pname:pQueueFamilyIndices is a list of queue families that will access
this image (ignored if pname:sharingMode is not
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT).
* pname:initialLayout is a elink:VkImageLayout value specifying the
initial elink:VkImageLayout of all image subresources of the image.
See <<resources-image-layouts,Image Layouts>>.
Images created with pname:tiling equal to ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR have
further restrictions on their limits and capabilities compared to images
created with pname:tiling equal to ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL.
Creation of images with tiling ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR may: not be
supported unless other parameters meet all of the constraints:
* pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
* pname:format is not a depth/stencil format
* pname:mipLevels is 1
* pname:arrayLayers is 1
* pname:samples is ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
* pname:usage only includes ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT and/or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT
Implementations may: support additional limits and capabilities beyond those
listed above.
To query an implementation's specific capabilities for a given combination
of pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage,
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities[]
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities[]
and pname:flags, call
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
The return value specifies whether that combination of image settings is
supported.
On success, the sname:VkImageFormatProperties output parameter specifies the
set of valid pname:samples bits and the limits for pname:extent,
pname:mipLevels, pname:arrayLayers, and pname:maxResourceSize.
Even if
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
returns success and the parameters to vkCreateImage are all within the
returned limits, fname:vkCreateImage must: fail and return
ename:VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY if the resulting size of the image would
be larger than pname:maxResourceSize.
To determine the set of valid pname:usage bits for a given format, call
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
[NOTE]
.Note
====
For images created without ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_EXTENDED_USAGE_BIT a
pname:usage bit is valid if it is supported for the format the image is
created with.
For images created with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_EXTENDED_USAGE_BIT a
pname:usage bit is valid if it is supported for at least one of the formats
a sname:VkImageView created from the image can: have (see
<<resources-image-views,Image Views>> for more detail).
====
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
.Valid Usage
****
ifndef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-format-00940]]
The combination of pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling,
pname:usage, and pname:flags must: be supported, as indicated by a
ename:VK_SUCCESS return value from
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties invoked with the same
values passed to the corresponding parameters.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-01889]]
If the pname:pNext chain doesn't contain an instance of
slink:VkExternalFormatANDROID, or if pname:format is not
VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, the combination of pname:format, pname:imageType,
pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags must: be supported, as
indicated by a ename:VK_SUCCESS return value from
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties invoked with the same
values passed to the corresponding parameters.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-sharingMode-00941]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT,
pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be a valid pointer to an array of
pname:queueFamilyIndexCount basetype:uint32_t values
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-sharingMode-00942]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT,
pname:queueFamilyIndexCount must: be greater than `1`
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-sharingMode-01392]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element
of pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be unique and must: be less than
pname:pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties for the
pname:physicalDevice that was used to create pname:device
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-sharingMode-01420]]
If pname:sharingMode is ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element
of pname:pQueueFamilyIndices must: be unique and must: be less than
pname:pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by either
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties or
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties2 for the
pname:physicalDevice that was used to create pname:device
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-format-00943]]
pname:format must: not be ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-extent-00944]]
pname:extent::pname:width must: be greater than `0`.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-extent-00945]]
pname:extent::pname:height must: be greater than `0`.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-extent-00946]]
pname:extent::pname:depth must: be greater than `0`.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-mipLevels-00947]]
pname:mipLevels must: be greater than `0`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-arrayLayers-00948]]
pname:arrayLayers must: be greater than `0`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-00949]]
If pname:flags contains ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT,
pname:imageType must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-00950]]
If pname:flags contains ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT,
pname:imageType must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00951]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, pname:extent.width must:
be less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxImageDimension1D, or
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxExtent.width (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with pname:format,
pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags equal to
those in this structure) - whichever is higher
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00952]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:flags does not
contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, pname:extent.width
and pname:extent.height must: be less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxImageDimension2D, or
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxExtent.width/pname:height (as
returned by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with
pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and
pname:flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00953]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, pname:extent.width and
pname:extent.height must: be less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxImageDimensionCube, or
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxExtent.width/pname:height (as
returned by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with
pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and
pname:flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00954]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, pname:extent.width and
pname:extent.height must: be equal and pname:arrayLayers must: be
greater than or equal to 6
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00955]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, pname:extent.width,
pname:extent.height and pname:extent.depth must: be less than or equal
to sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxImageDimension3D, or
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxExtent.width/pname:height/pname:depth
(as returned by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with
pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and
pname:flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00956]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, both pname:extent.height
and pname:extent.depth must: be `1`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00957]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, pname:extent.depth must:
be `1`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-mipLevels-00958]]
pname:mipLevels must: be less than or equal to
[eq]#{lfloor}log~2~(max(pname:extent.width, pname:extent.height,
pname:extent.depth)){rfloor} {plus} 1#.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-extent-00959]]
pname:mipLevels must: be less than or equal to
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxMipLevels (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with pname:format,
pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags equal to
those in this structure)
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-arrayLayers-00960]]
pname:arrayLayers must: be less than or equal to
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:maxArrayLayers (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with pname:format,
pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags equal to
those in this structure)
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00961]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, pname:arrayLayers must: be
`1`.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-samples-00962]]
If pname:samples is not ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT, pname:imageType
must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, pname:tiling must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and pname:mipLevels must: be equal to `1`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-usage-00963]]
If pname:usage includes ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
then bits other than ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, and
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT must: not be set
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-usage-00964]]
If pname:usage includes ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:extent.width must: be
less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxFramebufferWidth
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-usage-00965]]
If pname:usage includes ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:extent.height must: be
less than or equal to
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:maxFramebufferHeight
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-usage-00966]]
If pname:usage includes ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
pname:usage must: also contain at least one of
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-samples-00967]]
pname:samples must: be a bit value that is set in
sname:VkImageFormatProperties::pname:sampleCounts returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with pname:format,
pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags equal to
those in this structure
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-usage-00968]]
If the <<features-features-shaderStorageImageMultisample,multisampled
storage images>> feature is not enabled, and pname:usage contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT, pname:samples must: be
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-00969]]
If the <<features-features-sparseBinding,sparse bindings>> feature is
not enabled, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00970]]
If pname:imageType is ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, pname:flags must: not
contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00971]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidencyImage2D,sparse residency for
2D images>> feature is not enabled, and pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00972]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidencyImage3D,sparse residency for
3D images>> feature is not enabled, and pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00973]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidency2Samples,sparse residency for
images with 2 samples>> feature is not enabled, pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and pname:samples is
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00974]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidency4Samples,sparse residency for
images with 4 samples>> feature is not enabled, pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and pname:samples is
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00975]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidency8Samples,sparse residency for
images with 8 samples>> feature is not enabled, pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and pname:samples is
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-imageType-00976]]
If the <<features-features-sparseResidency16Samples,sparse residency for
images with 16 samples>> feature is not enabled, pname:imageType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and pname:samples is
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00977]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, pname:format must: be a
format that has at least one supported feature bit present in the value
of sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00978]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, pname:usage must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00979]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT, pname:usage must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00980]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:usage must: not
contain ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00981]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:usage must:
not contain ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00982]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, pname:format must: be
a format that has at least one supported feature bit present in the
value of sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned
by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00983]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, pname:usage must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00984]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT, pname:usage must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00985]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:usage must: not
contain ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-00986]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, pname:usage must:
not contain ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-00987]]
If pname:flags contains ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT or
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT, it must: also contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-01890]]
If the protected memory feature is not enabled, pname:flags must: not
contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-None-01891]]
If any of the bits ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT are set,
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT must: not also be set.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-00988]]
If the pname:pNext chain contains an instance of
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV, it must: not contain an
instance of slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo.
endif::VK_NV_external_memory[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-00990]]
If the pname:pNext chain contains an instance of
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo, its pname:handleTypes member
must: only contain bits that are also in
slink:VkExternalImageFormatProperties::pname:externalMemoryProperties::pname:compatibleHandleTypes,
as returned by flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2 with
pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and
pname:flags equal to those in this structure, and with an instance of
slink:VkPhysicalDeviceExternalImageFormatInfo in the pname:pNext chain,
with a pname:handleType equal to any one of the handle types specified
in slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory+VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-00991]]
If the pname:pNext chain contains an instance of
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV, its pname:handleTypes member
must: only contain bits that are also in
slink:VkExternalImageFormatPropertiesNV::pname:externalMemoryProperties::pname:compatibleHandleTypes,
as returned by flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalImageFormatPropertiesNV
with pname:format, pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and
pname:flags equal to those in this structure, and with
pname:externalHandleType equal to any one of the handle types specified
in slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV::pname:handleTypes
endif::VK_NV_external_memory+VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-physicalDeviceCount-01421]]
If the logical device was created with
slink:VkDeviceGroupDeviceCreateInfo::pname:physicalDeviceCount equal to
1, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-00992]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT, then
pname:mipLevels must: be one, pname:arrayLayers must: be one,
pname:imageType must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and pname:tiling must:
be ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-01572]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT, then pname:format
must: be a <<appendix-compressedtex-bc,block-compressed image format>>,
an <<appendix-compressedtex-etc2, ETC compressed image format>>, or an
<<appendix-compressedtex-astc, ASTC compressed image format>>.
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-01573]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT, then pname:flags
must: also contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-initialLayout-00993]]
pname:initialLayout must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory,VK_NV_external_memory[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-01443]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes a
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory[or]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory[slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV]
structure whose pname:handleTypes member is not `0`, pname:initialLayout
must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory,VK_NV_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-format-01574]]
If the image pname:format is one of those listed in
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion>>:
** pname:mipLevels must: be 1
** pname:samples must be ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
** pname:imageType must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
** pname:arrayLayers must: be 1
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-01575]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, pname:format is a
_multi-planar_ format, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DISJOINT_BIT,
pname:flags must: not contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-tiling-01576]]
If pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, pname:format is a
_multi-planar_ format, and
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures (as returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format) does not include ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DISJOINT_BIT,
pname:flags must: not contain ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-format-01577]]
If pname:format is not a _multi-planar_ format, and pname:flags does not
include ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT, pname:flags must: not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-flags-01533]]
If pname:flags contains
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_COMPATIBLE_DEPTH_BIT_EXT
pname:format must: be a depth or depth/stencil format
endif::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-01892]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes a
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo structure whose pname:handleTypes
member includes
ename:VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID:
** pname:imageType must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
** pname:mipLevels must: either be `1` or equal to
[eq]#{lfloor}log~2~(max(pname:extent.width, pname:extent.height,
pname:extent.depth)){rfloor} {plus} 1#.
** If pname:format is not ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, then pname:format,
pname:imageType, pname:tiling, pname:usage, pname:flags,
pname:mipLevels, and pname:samples must: be supported with
ename:VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID
external memory handle types according to
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2
** If pname:format is ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED, then the pname:pNext
chain must: include a slink:VkExternalFormatANDROID structure whose
pname:externalFormat member is not `0`
* [[VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-pNext-01893]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes a slink:VkExternalFormatANDROID
structure whose pname:externalFormat member is not code:0:
** pname:format must: be ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED
** pname:flags must: not include VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT
** pname:usage must: not include any usages except
pname:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT
** pname:tiling must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageCreateInfo.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
[open,refpage='VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV',desc='Specify that an image is bound to a dedicated memory resource',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain includes a
sname:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV structure, then that structure
includes an enable controlling whether the image will have a dedicated
memory allocation bound to it.
The sname:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:dedicatedAllocation specifies whether the image will have a
dedicated allocation bound to it.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Using a dedicated allocation for color and depth/stencil attachments or
other large images may: improve performance on some devices.
====
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV-dedicatedAllocation-00994]]
If pname:dedicatedAllocation is ename:VK_TRUE,
sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:flags must: not include
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT
****
include::../validity/structs/VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV.txt[]
--
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
[open,refpage='VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo',desc='Specify that an image may be backed by external memory',type='structs']
--
To define a set of external memory handle types that may: be used as backing
store for an image, add a slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo structure to
the pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
The sname:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_external_memory[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:handleTypes is a bitmask of
elink:VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits specifying one or more external
memory handle types.
include::../validity/structs/VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory[]
[open,refpage='VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV',desc='Specify that an image may be backed by external memory',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain includes a sname:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV
structure, then that structure defines a set of external memory handle types
that may: be used as backing store for the image.
The sname:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:handleTypes is a bitmask of
elink:VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBitsNV specifying one or more
external memory handle types.
include::../validity/structs/VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV.txt[]
--
endif::VK_NV_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
[open,refpage='VkExternalFormatANDROID',desc='Structure containing an Android hardware buffer external format',type='structs']
--
To create an image with an
<<memory-external-android-hardware-buffer-external-formats,external
format>>, include an instance of sname:VkExternalFormatANDROID in the
pname:pNext chain of sname:VkImageCreateInfo.
sname:VkExternalFormatANDROID is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkExternalFormatANDROID.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:externalFormat is an implementation-defined identifier for the
external format
If pname:externalFormat is zero, the effect is as if the
sname:VkExternalFormatANDROID structure was not present.
Otherwise, the image will have the specified external format, and
sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:format must: be ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkExternalFormatANDROID-externalFormat-01894]]
pname:externalFormat must: be code:0 or a value returned in the
pname:externalFormat member of
slink:VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID by an earlier call
to flink:vkGetAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID
****
include::../validity/structs/VkExternalFormatANDROID.txt[]
--
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
[open,refpage='VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR',desc='Specify that an image will be bound to swapchain memory',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkImageCreateInfo includes a
sname:VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR structure, then that structure includes
a swapchain handle indicating that the image will be bound to memory from
that swapchain.
The sname:VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:swapchain is dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE or a handle of a swapchain that
the image will be bound to.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR-swapchain-00995]]
If pname:swapchain is not dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE, the fields of
slink:VkImageCreateInfo must: match the
<<swapchain-wsi-image-create-info, implied image creation parameters>>
of the swapchain
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
--
endif::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_image_format_list[]
[open,refpage='VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR',desc='Specify that an image can: be used with a particular set of formats',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext list of slink:VkImageCreateInfo includes a
sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR structure, then that structure contains
a list of all formats that can: be used when creating views of this image.
The sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:viewFormatCount is the number of entries in the pname:pViewFormats
array.
* pname:pViewFormats is an array which lists of all formats which can: be
used when creating views of this image.
If pname:viewFormatCount is zero, pname:pViewFormats is ignored and the
image is created as if the sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR structure
were not included in the pname:pNext list of slink:VkImageCreateInfo.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR-viewFormatCount-01578]]
If pname:viewFormatCount is not `0`, all of the formats in the
pname:pViewFormats array must: be compatible with the format specified
in the pname:format field of sname:VkImageCreateInfo, as described in
the <<resources-image-views-compatibility,compatibility table>>.
* [[VUID-VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR-flags-01579]]
If sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:flags does not contain
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT, pname:viewFormatCount must: be
`0` or `1`.
* [[VUID-VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR-viewFormatCount-01580]]
If pname:viewFormatCount is not `0`,
sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:format must: be in pname:pViewFormats.
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
--
endif::VK_KHR_image_format_list[]
[open,refpage='VkImageUsageFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying intended usage of an image',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:usage, specifying
intended usage of an image, are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageUsageFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT specifies that the image can: be
used as the source of a transfer command.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT specifies that the image can: be
used as the destination of a transfer command.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT specifies that the image can: be used
to create a sname:VkImageView suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot either of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and be sampled by a
shader.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT specifies that the image can: be used
to create a sname:VkImageView suitable for occupying a
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT specifies that the image can:
be used to create a sname:VkImageView suitable for use as a color or
resolve attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT specifies that the
image can: be used to create a sname:VkImageView suitable for use as a
depth/stencil attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT specifies that the memory
bound to this image will have been allocated with the
ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT (see <<memory>> for more
detail).
This bit can: be set for any image that can: be used to create a
sname:VkImageView suitable for use as a color, resolve, depth/stencil,
or input attachment.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT specifies that the image can:
be used to create a sname:VkImageView suitable for occupying
sname:VkDescriptorSet slot of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT; be read from a shader as an
input attachment; and be used as an input attachment in a framebuffer.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageUsageFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkImageUsageFlags.txt[]
sname:VkImageUsageFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or more
slink:VkImageUsageFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageCreateFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying additional parameters of an image',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in slink:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:flags, specifying
additional parameters of an image, are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageCreateFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT specifies that the image will
be backed using sparse memory binding.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT specifies that the image can:
be partially backed using sparse memory binding.
Images created with this flag must: also be created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT flag.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT specifies that the image will
be backed using sparse memory binding with memory ranges that might also
simultaneously be backing another image (or another portion of the same
image).
Images created with this flag must: also be created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT flag
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT specifies that the image can:
be used to create a sname:VkImageView with a different format from the
image.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
For <<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
formats, ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT specifies that a
sname:VkImageView can be created of a _plane_ of the image.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT specifies that the image can:
be used to create a sname:VkImageView of type
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT specifies that the image
can: be used to create a sname:VkImageView of type
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT specifies that the image is a
protected image.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT specifies that the
image can: be used with a non-zero value of the
pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount member of a
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo structure passed into
flink:vkBindImageMemory2.
This flag also has the effect of making the image use the standard
sparse image block dimensions.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT specifies that the
image having a compressed format can: be used to create a
sname:VkImageView with an uncompressed format where each texel in the
image view corresponds to a compressed texel block of the image.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_EXTENDED_USAGE_BIT specifies that the image can:
be created with usage flags that are not supported for the format the
image is created with but are supported for at least one format a
sname:VkImageView created from the image can: have.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT specifies that an image with a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar
format>> must: have each plane separately bound to memory, rather than
having a single memory binding for the whole image; the presence of this
bit distinguishes a _disjoint image_ from an image without this bit set.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT specifies that two images created with
the same creation parameters and aliased to the same memory can:
interpret the contents of the memory consistently with each other,
subject to the rules described in the <<resources-memory-aliasing,Memory
Aliasing>> section.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
This flag further specifies that each plane of a _disjoint_ image can:
share an in-memory non-linear representation with single-plane images,
and that a single-plane image can: share an in-memory non-linear
representation with a plane of a multi-planar disjoint image, according
to the rules in <<features-formats-compatible-planes>>.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory,VK_NV_external_memory[]
If the pname:pNext chain includes a
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo]
// @Jon: logic needs to incorporate VK_VERSION_1_1
ifdef::VK_KHR_external_memory+VK_NV_external_memory[or]
ifdef::VK_NV_external_memory[slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfoNV]
structure whose pname:handleTypes member is not `0`, it is as if
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT is set.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory,VK_NV_external_memory[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
ifdef::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_COMPATIBLE_DEPTH_BIT_EXT
specifies that an image with a depth or depth/stencil format can: be
used with custom sample locations when used as a depth/stencil
attachment.
endif::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
If any of the bits ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT are set,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT must: not also be set.
See <<sparsememory-sparseresourcefeatures,Sparse Resource Features>> and
<<sparsememory-physicalfeatures,Sparse Physical Device Features>> for more
details.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageCreateFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkImageCreateFlagBits',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkImageCreateFlags.txt[]
sname:VkImageCreateFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or
more slink:VkImageCreateFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageType',desc='Specifies the type of an image object',type='enums']
--
Possible values of slink:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:imageType, specifying the
basic dimensionality of an image, are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageType.txt[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D specifies a one-dimensional image.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D specifies a two-dimensional image.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D specifies a three-dimensional image.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageTiling',desc='Specifies the tiling arrangement of data in an image',type='enums']
--
Possible values of slink:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:tiling, specifying the
tiling arrangement of data elements in an image, are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageTiling.txt[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL specifies optimal tiling (texels are laid
out in an implementation-dependent arrangement, for more optimal memory
access).
* ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR specifies linear tiling (texels are laid
out in memory in row-major order, possibly with some padding on each
row).
--
[open,refpage='vkGetImageSubresourceLayout',desc='Retrieve information about an image subresource',type='protos']
--
To query the host access layout of an image subresource, for an image
created with linear tiling, call:
include::../api/protos/vkGetImageSubresourceLayout.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the image.
* pname:image is the image whose layout is being queried.
* pname:pSubresource is a pointer to a slink:VkImageSubresource structure
selecting a specific image for the image subresource.
* pname:pLayout points to a slink:VkSubresourceLayout structure in which
the layout is returned.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
If the elink:VkFormat of pname:image is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar format>>,
fname:vkGetImageSubresourceLayout describes one plane of the image.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
flink:vkGetImageSubresourceLayout is invariant for the lifetime of a single
image.
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
However, the subresource layout of images in Android hardware buffer
external memory isn't known until the image has been bound to memory, so
calling fname:vkGetImageSubresourceLayout for such an image before it has
been bound will result in undefined behavior.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-image-00996]]
pname:image must: have been created with pname:tiling equal to
ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-aspectMask-00997]]
The pname:aspectMask member of pname:pSubresource must: only have a
single bit set
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-mipLevel-01716]]
The pname:mipLevel member of pname:pSubresource must: be less than the
pname:mipLevels specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-arrayLayer-01717]]
The pname:arrayLayer member of pname:pSubresource must: be less than the
pname:arrayLayers specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-format-01581]]
If the pname:format of pname:image is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar
format>> with two planes, the pname:aspectMask member of
pname:pSubresource must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT or
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-format-01582]]
If the pname:format of pname:image is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar
format>> with three planes, the pname:aspectMask member of
pname:pSubresource must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-vkGetImageSubresourceLayout-image-01895]]
If pname:image was created with the
VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID
external memory handle type, then pname:image must: be bound to memory.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
****
include::../validity/protos/vkGetImageSubresourceLayout.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageSubresource',desc='Structure specifying a image subresource',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkImageSubresource structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageSubresource.txt[]
* pname:aspectMask is a elink:VkImageAspectFlags selecting the image
_aspect_.
* pname:mipLevel selects the mipmap level.
* pname:arrayLayer selects the array layer.
include::../validity/structs/VkImageSubresource.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkSubresourceLayout',desc='Structure specifying subresource layout',type='structs']
--
Information about the layout of the image subresource is returned in a
sname:VkSubresourceLayout structure:
include::../api/structs/VkSubresourceLayout.txt[]
* pname:offset is the byte offset from the start of the image where the
image subresource begins.
* pname:size is the size in bytes of the image subresource.
pname:size includes any extra memory that is required based on
pname:rowPitch.
* pname:rowPitch describes the number of bytes between each row of texels
in an image.
* pname:arrayPitch describes the number of bytes between each array layer
of an image.
* pname:depthPitch describes the number of bytes between each slice of 3D
image.
For images created with linear tiling, pname:rowPitch, pname:arrayPitch and
pname:depthPitch describe the layout of the image subresource in linear
memory.
For uncompressed formats, pname:rowPitch is the number of bytes between
texels with the same x coordinate in adjacent rows (y coordinates differ by
one).
pname:arrayPitch is the number of bytes between texels with the same x and y
coordinate in adjacent array layers of the image (array layer values differ
by one).
pname:depthPitch is the number of bytes between texels with the same x and y
coordinate in adjacent slices of a 3D image (z coordinates differ by one).
Expressed as an addressing formula, the starting byte of a texel in the
image subresource has address:
[source,c]
---------------------------------------------------
// (x,y,z,layer) are in texel coordinates
address(x,y,z,layer) = layer*arrayPitch + z*depthPitch + y*rowPitch + x*elementSize + offset
---------------------------------------------------
For compressed formats, the pname:rowPitch is the number of bytes between
compressed texel blocks in adjacent rows.
pname:arrayPitch is the number of bytes between compressed texel blocks in
adjacent array layers.
pname:depthPitch is the number of bytes between compressed texel blocks in
adjacent slices of a 3D image.
[source,c]
---------------------------------------------------
// (x,y,z,layer) are in compressed texel block coordinates
address(x,y,z,layer) = layer*arrayPitch + z*depthPitch + y*rowPitch + x*compressedTexelBlockByteSize + offset;
---------------------------------------------------
pname:arrayPitch is undefined for images that were not created as arrays.
pname:depthPitch is defined only for 3D images.
For
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
_single-plane_
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
color formats, the pname:aspectMask member of sname:VkImageSubresource must:
be ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT.
For depth/stencil formats, pname:aspectMask must: be either
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT.
On implementations that store depth and stencil aspects separately, querying
each of these image subresource layouts will return a different pname:offset
and pname:size representing the region of memory used for that aspect.
On implementations that store depth and stencil aspects interleaved, the
same pname:offset and pname:size are returned and represent the interleaved
memory allocation.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
For <<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar
formats>>, the pname:aspectMask member of sname:VkImageSubresource must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, or
(for 3-plane formats only) ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT.
Querying each of these image subresource layouts will return a different
pname:offset and pname:size representing the region of memory used for that
plane.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
include::../validity/structs/VkSubresourceLayout.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkDestroyImage',desc='Destroy an image object',type='protos']
--
To destroy an image, call:
include::../api/protos/vkDestroyImage.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that destroys the image.
* pname:image is the image to destroy.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImage-image-01000]]
All submitted commands that refer to pname:image, either directly or via
a sname:VkImageView, must: have completed execution
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImage-image-01001]]
If sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:image was
created, a compatible set of callbacks must: be provided here
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImage-image-01002]]
If no sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:image was
created, pname:pAllocator must: be `NULL`
****
include::../validity/protos/vkDestroyImage.txt[]
--
[[resources-image-layouts]]
== Image Layouts
Images are stored in implementation-dependent opaque layouts in memory.
Each layout has limitations on what kinds of operations are supported for
image subresources using the layout.
At any given time, the data representing an image subresource in memory
exists in a particular layout which is determined by the most recent layout
transition that was performed on that image subresource.
Applications have control over which layout each image subresource uses, and
can: transition an image subresource from one layout to another.
Transitions can: happen with an image memory barrier, included as part of a
fname:vkCmdPipelineBarrier or a fname:vkCmdWaitEvents command buffer command
(see <<synchronization-image-memory-barriers>>), or as part of a subpass
dependency within a render pass (see sname:VkSubpassDependency).
The image layout is per-image subresource, and separate image subresources
of the same image can: be in different layouts at the same time with one
exception - depth and stencil aspects of a given image subresource must:
always be in the same layout.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Each layout may: offer optimal performance for a specific usage of image
memory.
For example, an image with a layout of
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL may: provide optimal
performance for use as a color attachment, but be unsupported for use in
transfer commands.
Applications can: transition an image subresource from one layout to another
in order to achieve optimal performance when the image subresource is used
for multiple kinds of operations.
After initialization, applications need not use any layout other than the
general layout, though this may: produce suboptimal performance on some
implementations.
====
Upon creation, all image subresources of an image are initially in the same
layout, where that layout is selected by the
sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:initialLayout member.
The pname:initialLayout must: be either ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED.
If it is ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED, then the image data can: be
preinitialized by the host while using this layout, and the transition away
from this layout will preserve that data.
If it is ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED, then the contents of the data are
considered to be undefined, and the transition away from this layout is not
guaranteed to preserve that data.
For either of these initial layouts, any image subresources must: be
transitioned to another layout before they are accessed by the device.
Host access to image memory is only well-defined for images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR tiling and for image subresources of those
images which are currently in either the
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED or ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
layout.
Calling flink:vkGetImageSubresourceLayout for a linear image returns a
subresource layout mapping that is valid for either of those image layouts.
[open,refpage='VkImageLayout',desc='Layout of image and image subresources',type='enums']
--
The set of image layouts consists of:
include::../api/enums/VkImageLayout.txt[]
The type(s) of device access supported by each layout are:
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED does not support device access.
This layout must: only be used as the pname:initialLayout member of
sname:VkImageCreateInfo or sname:VkAttachmentDescription, or as the
pname:oldLayout in an image transition.
When transitioning out of this layout, the contents of the memory are
not guaranteed to be preserved.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED does not support device access.
This layout must: only be used as the pname:initialLayout member of
sname:VkImageCreateInfo or sname:VkAttachmentDescription, or as the
pname:oldLayout in an image transition.
When transitioning out of this layout, the contents of the memory are
preserved.
This layout is intended to be used as the initial layout for an image
whose contents are written by the host, and hence the data can: be
written to memory immediately, without first executing a layout
transition.
Currently, ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED is only useful with
ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR images because there is not a standard
layout defined for ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL images.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL supports all types of device access.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL must: only be used as a
color or resolve attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer.
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL must: only be
used as a depth/stencil attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer.
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL must: only be used
as a read-only depth/stencil attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer and/or
as a read-only image in a shader (which can: be read as a sampled image,
combined image/sampler and/or input attachment).
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
Only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT can: be used as a sampled image or
combined image/sampler in a shader.
Similarly, only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT can: be used as input
attachments.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_READ_ONLY_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL: must:
only be used as a depth/stencil attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer,
where the depth aspect is read-only, and/or as a read-only image in a
shader (which can: be read as a sampled image, combined image/sampler
and/or input attachment) where only the depth aspect is accessed.
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
Only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT can: be used as a sampled image or
combined image/sampler in a shader.
Similarly, only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT can: be used as input
attachments.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL: must:
only be used as a depth/stencil attachment in a sname:VkFramebuffer,
where the stencil aspect is read-only, and/or as a read-only image in a
shader (which can: be read as a sampled image, combined image/sampler
and/or input attachment) where only the stencil aspect is accessed.
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
Only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT can: be used as a sampled image or
combined image/sampler in a shader.
Similarly, only image subresources of images created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT can: be used as input
attachments.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL must: only be used as a
read-only image in a shader (which can: be read as a sampled image,
combined image/sampler and/or input attachment).
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT usage bit enabled.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL must: only be used as a
source image of a transfer command (see the definition of
<<synchronization-pipeline-stages-transfer,
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT>>).
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage bit enabled.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL must: only be used as a
destination image of a transfer command.
This layout is valid only for image subresources of images created with
the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage bit enabled.
ifdef::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR must: only be used for presenting
a presentable image for display.
A swapchain's image must: be transitioned to this layout before calling
flink:vkQueuePresentKHR, and must: be transitioned away from this layout
after calling flink:vkAcquireNextImageKHR.
ifdef::VK_KHR_shared_presentable_image[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHARED_PRESENT_KHR is valid only for shared
presentable images, and must: be used for any usage the image supports.
endif::VK_KHR_shared_presentable_image[]
endif::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
The layout of each image subresource is not a state of the image subresource
itself, but is rather a property of how the data in memory is organized, and
thus for each mechanism of accessing an image in the API the application
must: specify a parameter or structure member that indicates which image
layout the image subresource(s) are considered to be in when the image will
be accessed.
For transfer commands, this is a parameter to the command (see <<clears>>
and <<copies>>).
For use as a framebuffer attachment, this is a member in the substructures
of the sname:VkRenderPassCreateInfo (see <<renderpass,Render Pass>>).
For use in a descriptor set, this is a member in the
sname:VkDescriptorImageInfo structure (see <<descriptorsets-updates>>).
At the time that any command buffer command accessing an image executes on
any queue, the layouts of the image subresources that are accessed must: all
match the layout specified via the API controlling those accesses.
When performing a layout transition on an image subresource, the old layout
value must: either equal the current layout of the image subresource (at the
time the transition executes), or else be ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED
(implying that the contents of the image subresource need not be preserved).
The new layout used in a transition must: not be
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED.
ifdef::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
The image layout of each image subresource of a depth/stencil image created
with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_COMPATIBLE_DEPTH_BIT_EXT is
dependent on the last sample locations used to render to the image
subresource as a depth/stencil attachment, thus applications must: provide
the same sample locations that were last used to render to the given image
subresource whenever a layout transition of the image subresource happens,
otherwise the contents of the depth aspect of the image subresource become
undefined.
In addition, depth reads from a depth/stencil attachment referring to an
image subresource range of a depth/stencil image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_COMPATIBLE_DEPTH_BIT_EXT using
different sample locations than what have been last used to perform depth
writes to the image subresources of the same image subresource range produce
undefined results.
Similarly, depth writes to a depth/stencil attachment referring to an image
subresource range of a depth/stencil image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_COMPATIBLE_DEPTH_BIT_EXT using
different sample locations than what have been last used to perform depth
writes to the image subresources of the same image subresource range make
the contents of the depth aspect of those image subresources undefined.
endif::VK_EXT_sample_locations[]
--
[[resources-image-views]]
== Image Views
[open,refpage='VkImageView',desc='Opaque handle to a image view object',type='handles']
--
Image objects are not directly accessed by pipeline shaders for reading or
writing image data.
Instead, _image views_ representing contiguous ranges of the image
subresources and containing additional metadata are used for that purpose.
Views must: be created on images of compatible types, and must: represent a
valid subset of image subresources.
Image views are represented by sname:VkImageView handles:
include::../api/handles/VkImageView.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageViewType',desc='Image view types',type='enums']
--
The types of image views that can: be created are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageViewType.txt[]
The exact image view type is partially implicit, based on the image's type
and sample count, as well as the view creation parameters as described in
the <<resources-image-views-compatibility,image view compatibility table>>
for flink:vkCreateImageView.
This table also shows which SPIR-V code:OpTypeImage code:Dim and
code:Arrayed parameters correspond to each image view type.
--
[open,refpage='vkCreateImageView',desc='Create an image view from an existing image',type='protos']
--
To create an image view, call:
include::../api/protos/vkCreateImageView.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that creates the image view.
* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used
to create the image view.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
* pname:pView points to a sname:VkImageView handle in which the resulting
image view object is returned.
Some of the image creation parameters are inherited by the view.
In particular, image view creation inherits the implicit parameter
pname:usage specifying the allowed usages of the image view that, by
default, takes the value of the corresponding pname:usage parameter
specified in sname:VkImageCreateInfo at image creation time.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
This implicit parameter can: be overriden by chaining a
slink:VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure through the pname:pNext member to
sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo as described later in this section.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
The remaining parameters are contained in the pname:pCreateInfo.
include::../validity/protos/vkCreateImageView.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageViewCreateInfo',desc='Structure specifying parameters of a newly created image view',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageViewCreateInfo.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:flags is reserved for future use.
* pname:image is a sname:VkImage on which the view will be created.
* pname:viewType is an elink:VkImageViewType value specifying the type of
the image view.
* pname:format is a elink:VkFormat describing the format and type used to
interpret data elements in the image.
* pname:components is a slink:VkComponentMapping specifies a remapping of
color components (or of depth or stencil components after they have been
converted into color components).
* pname:subresourceRange is a slink:VkImageSubresourceRange selecting the
set of mipmap levels and array layers to be accessible to the view.
If pname:image was created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT
flag,
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
and if the pname:format of the image is not
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
pname:format can: be different from the image's format, but if
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
pname:image was created without the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT flag and
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
they are not equal they must: be _compatible_.
Image format compatibility is defined in the
<<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility Classes>>
section.
Views of compatible formats will have the same mapping between texel
coordinates and memory locations irrespective of the pname:format, with only
the interpretation of the bit pattern changing.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Values intended to be used with one view format may: not be exactly
preserved when written or read through a different format.
For example, an integer value that happens to have the bit pattern of a
floating point denorm or NaN may: be flushed or canonicalized when written
or read through a view with a floating point format.
Similarly, a value written through a signed normalized format that has a bit
pattern exactly equal to [eq]#-2^b^# may: be changed to [eq]#-2^b^ {plus} 1#
as described in <<fundamentals-fixedfpconv,Conversion from Normalized
Fixed-Point to Floating-Point>>.
====
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT flag, pname:format
must: be _compatible_ with the image's format as described above, or must:
be an uncompressed format in which case it must: be _size-compatible_ with
the image's format, as defined for
<<copies-images-format-size-compatibility, copying data between images>> In
this case the resulting image view's texel dimensions equal the dimensions
of the selected mip level divided by the compressed texel block size and
rounded up.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
If the image view is to be used with a sampler which supports
<<samplers-YCbCr-conversion,sampler Y'C~B~C~R~ conversion>>, an _identically
defined object_ of type slink:VkSamplerYcbcrConversion to that used to
create the sampler must: be passed to flink:vkCreateImageView in a
slink:VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo added to the pname:pNext chain of
slink:VkImageViewCreateInfo.
If the image has a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
pname:format and pname:subresourceRange.aspectMask is
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, pname:format must: be identical to the
image pname:format, and the sampler to be used with the image view must:
enable <<samplers-YCbCr-conversion,sampler Y'C~B~C~R~ conversion>>.
If pname:image was created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT
and the image has a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
pname:format, and if pname:subresourceRange.aspectMask is
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT, pname:format must: be
<<features-formats-compatible-planes,compatible>> with the corresponding
plane of the image, and the sampler to be used with the image view must: not
enable <<samplers-YCbCr-conversion,sampler Y'C~B~C~R~ conversion>>.
The pname:width and pname:height of the single-plane image view must: be
derived from the multi-planar image's dimensions in the manner listed for
<<features-formats-compatible-planes,plane compatibility>> for the plane.
Any view of an image plane will have the same mapping between texel
coordinates and memory locations as used by the channels of the color
aspect, subject to the formulae relating texel coordinates to
lower-resolution planes as described in <<textures-chroma-reconstruction,
Chroma Reconstruction>>.
That is, if an R or B plane has a reduced resolution relative to the G plane
of the multi-planar image, the image view operates using the (_u~plane~_,
_v~plane~_) unnormalized coordinates of the reduced-resolution plane, and
these coordinates access the same memory locations as the (_u~color~_,
_v~color~_) unnormalized coordinates of the color aspect for which chroma
reconstruction operations operate on the same (_u~plane~_, _v~plane~_) or
(_i~plane~_, _j~plane~_) coordinates.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
[[resources-image-views-compatibility]]
.Image and image view parameter compatibility requirements
[cols="15%h,35%,50%",options="header"]
|====
| Dim, Arrayed, MS | Image parameters | View parameters
| | pname:imageType = ci.pname:imageType +
pname:width = ci.pname:extent.width +
pname:height = ci.pname:extent.height +
pname:depth = ci.pname:extent.depth +
pname:arrayLayers = ci.pname:arrayLayers +
pname:samples = ci.pname:samples +
pname:flags = ci.pname:flags +
where ci is the slink:VkImageCreateInfo used to create pname:image.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
| pname:baseArrayLayer, pname:layerCount, and pname:levelCount
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
| pname:baseArrayLayer and pname:layerCount
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
are members of the pname:subresourceRange member.
| 1D, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height = 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples = 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 1
| 1D, 1, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height = 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples = 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount {geq} 1
| 2D, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples = 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 1
| 2D, 1, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples = 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount {geq} 1
| 2D, 0, 1 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples > 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 1
| 2D, 1, 1 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 1 +
pname:samples > 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount {geq} 1
| CUBE, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height = pname:width +
pname:depth = 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 6 +
pname:samples = 1 +
pname:flags includes ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 6
| CUBE, 1, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height = width +
pname:depth = 1 +
_N_ {geq} 1 +
pname:arrayLayers {geq} 6 {times} _N_ +
pname:samples = 1 +
pname:flags includes ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 6 {times} _N_, _N_ {geq} 1
| 3D, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth {geq} 1 +
pname:arrayLayers = 1 +
pname:samples = 1 |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D +
pname:baseArrayLayer = 0 +
pname:layerCount = 1
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
| 3D, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth {geq} 1 +
pname:arrayLayers = 1 +
pname:samples = 1 +
pname:flags includes ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT +
pname:flags does not include ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, and ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D +
pname:levelCount = 1 +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount = 1
| 3D, 0, 0 |
pname:imageType = ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D +
pname:width {geq} 1 +
pname:height {geq} 1 +
pname:depth {geq} 1 +
pname:arrayLayers = 1 +
pname:samples = 1 +
pname:flags includes ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT +
pname:flags does not include ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT, and ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT |
pname:viewType = ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY +
pname:levelCount = 1 +
pname:baseArrayLayer {geq} 0 +
pname:layerCount {geq} 1
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
|====
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01003]]
If pname:image was not created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT then pname:viewType must: not
be ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-viewType-01004]]
If the <<features-features-imageCubeArray,image cubemap arrays>> feature
is not enabled, pname:viewType must: not be
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01005]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D but without
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT set then pname:viewType
must: not be ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01006]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR,
pname:format must: be format that has at least one supported feature bit
present in the value of
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01007]]
pname:image must: have been created with a pname:usage value containing
at least one of ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01008]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, pname:format
must: be supported for sampled images, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01009]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT, pname:format
must: be supported for storage images, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01010]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
pname:format must: be supported for color attachments, as specified by
the ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01011]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
pname:format must: be supported for depth/stencil attachments, as
specified by the ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
flag in sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:linearTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01012]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL,
pname:format must: be format that has at least one supported feature bit
present in the value of
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01013]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, pname:format
must: be supported for sampled images, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01014]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT, pname:format
must: be supported for storage images, as specified by the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01015]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
pname:format must: be supported for color attachments, as specified by
the ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT flag in
sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01016]]
If pname:image was created with ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL and
pname:usage contains ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT,
pname:format must: be supported for depth/stencil attachments, as
specified by the ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
flag in sname:VkFormatProperties::pname:optimalTilingFeatures returned
by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of
pname:format
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01478]]
pname:subresourceRange.baseMipLevel must: be less than the
pname:mipLevels specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01718]]
If pname:subresourceRange.levelCount is not
ename:VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS, [eq]#pname:subresourceRange.baseMipLevel
{plus} pname:subresourceRange.levelCount# must: be less than or equal to
the pname:mipLevels specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when
pname:image was created
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01480]]
pname:subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer must: be less than the
pname:arrayLayers specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01719]]
If pname:subresourceRange.layerCount is not
ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS,
[eq]#pname:subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer {plus}
pname:subresourceRange.layerCount# must: be less than or equal to the
pname:arrayLayers specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01482]]
If pname:image is not a 3D image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT set, or pname:viewType is
not ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY,
pname:subresourceRange::pname:baseArrayLayer must: be less than the
pname:arrayLayers specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01483]]
If pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount is not
ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, pname:image is not a 3D image created
with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT set, or
pname:viewType is not ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY,
pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount must: be non-zero and
[eq]#pname:subresourceRange::pname:baseArrayLayer {plus}
pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount# must: be less than or equal to
the pname:arrayLayers specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when
pname:image was created
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01484]]
If pname:image is a 3D image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT set, and pname:viewType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY,
pname:subresourceRange::pname:baseArrayLayer must: be less than the
pname:extent.depth specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when pname:image
was created
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subresourceRange-01485]]
If pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount is not
ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, pname:image is a 3D image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT set, and pname:viewType is
ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D or ename:VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY,
pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount must: be non-zero and
[eq]#pname:subresourceRange::pname:baseArrayLayer {plus}
pname:subresourceRange::pname:layerCount# must: be less than or equal to
the pname:extent.depth specified in slink:VkImageCreateInfo when
pname:image was created
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
// The VU below comes in 3 alternate versions when the two extensions
// are enabled, or only one is.
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01018]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag, pname:format must: be
compatible with the pname:format used to create pname:image, as defined
in <<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility
Classes>>
// The nested ifdefs are there in anticipation of the hoped-for day when the
// VU extractor and validation layers can handle VU with imbedded
// conditionals.
//
// If VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2 and NOT VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01759]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag, but without the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT flag, pname:format
must: be compatible with the pname:format used to create pname:image, as
defined in <<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility
Classes>>
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
// If NOT VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2 and VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01760]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag, and if the pname:format
of the pname:image is not a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
format, pname:format must: be compatible with the pname:format used to
create pname:image, as defined in
<<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility Classes>>
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
// If VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2 and VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01761]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag,
// ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
but without the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT
flag,
// endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
// ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
and if the pname:format of the pname:image is not a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
format,
// endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
pname:format must: be compatible with the pname:format used to create
pname:image, as defined in
<<features-formats-compatibility-classes,Format Compatibility Classes>>
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01583]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT flag, pname:format
must: be compatible with, or must: be an uncompressed format that is
size-compatible with, the pname:format used to create pname:image.
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01584]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT flag, the
pname:levelCount and pname:layerCount members of pname:subresourceRange
must: both be `1`.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_image_format_list[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-pNext-01585]]
If a sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR structure was included in the
pname:pNext chain of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo struct used when
creating pname:image and the pname:viewFormatCount field of
sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR is not zero then pname:format must:
be one of the formats in
sname:VkImageFormatListCreateInfoKHR::pname:pViewFormats.
endif::VK_KHR_image_format_list[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01586]]
If pname:image was created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag, if the pname:format of
the pname:image is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
format, and if pname:subresourceRange.aspectMask is one of
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT, then pname:format must: be compatible
with the elink:VkFormat for the plane of the pname:image pname:format
indicated by pname:subresourceRange.aspectMask, as defined in
<<features-formats-compatible-planes>>
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
// The VU below comes in an alternate version when the extension is
// enabled.
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01019]]
If pname:image was not created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag, pname:format must: be
identical to the pname:format used to create pname:image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
// The nested ifdefs are there in anticipation of the hoped-for day when the
// VU extractor and validation layers can handle VU with imbedded
// conditionals.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01762]]
If pname:image was not created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT flag,
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
or if the pname:format of the pname:image is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>
format and if pname:subresourceRange.aspectMask is
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
pname:format must: be identical to the pname:format used to create
pname:image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01020]]
If pname:image is non-sparse then it must: be bound completely and
contiguously to a single sname:VkDeviceMemory object
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-subResourceRange-01021]]
pname:subresourceRange and pname:viewType must: be compatible with the
image, as described in the
<<resources-image-views-compatibility,compatibility table>>
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageViewCreateInfo-image-01896]]
If pname:image has an
<<memory-external-android-hardware-buffer-external-formats,external
format>>:
** pname:format must be ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED
** The pname:pNext chain must contain an instance of
slink:VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo with a pname:conversion object
created with the same external format as pname:image
** All members of pname:components must be
pname:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageViewCreateInfo.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageViewCreateFlags',desc='Reserved for future use',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkImageViewCreateFlags.txt[]
sname:VkImageViewCreateFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask, but is
currently reserved for future use.
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
[open,refpage='VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo',desc='Specify the intended usage of an image view',type='structs']
--
The set of usages for the created image view can: be restricted compared to
the parent image's pname:usage flags by chaining a
sname:VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure through the pname:pNext member to
sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo.
The sname:VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkImageViewUsageCreateInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:usage is a bitmask describing the allowed usages of the image
view.
See elink:VkImageUsageFlagBits for a description of the supported bits.
When this structure is chained to sname:VkImageViewCreateInfo the
pname:usage field overrides the implicit pname:usage parameter inherited
from image creation time and its value is used instead for the purposes of
determining the valid usage conditions of slink:VkImageViewCreateInfo.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo-usage-01587]]
pname:usage must: not include any set bits that were not set in the
pname:usage member of the slink:VkImageCreateInfo structure used to
create the image this image view is created from.
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance2[]
[open,refpage='VkImageSubresourceRange',desc='Structure specifying a image subresource range',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkImageSubresourceRange structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageSubresourceRange.txt[]
* pname:aspectMask is a bitmask of elink:VkImageAspectFlagBits specifying
which aspect(s) of the image are included in the view.
* pname:baseMipLevel is the first mipmap level accessible to the view.
* pname:levelCount is the number of mipmap levels (starting from
pname:baseMipLevel) accessible to the view.
* pname:baseArrayLayer is the first array layer accessible to the view.
* pname:layerCount is the number of array layers (starting from
pname:baseArrayLayer) accessible to the view.
The number of mipmap levels and array layers must: be a subset of the image
subresources in the image.
If an application wants to use all mip levels or layers in an image after
the pname:baseMipLevel or pname:baseArrayLayer, it can: set pname:levelCount
and pname:layerCount to the special values ename:VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS and
ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS without knowing the exact number of mip
levels or layers.
For cube and cube array image views, the layers of the image view starting
at pname:baseArrayLayer correspond to faces in the order +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z,
-Z.
For cube arrays, each set of six sequential layers is a single cube, so the
number of cube maps in a cube map array view is _pname:layerCount / 6_, and
image array layer [eq]#(pname:baseArrayLayer {plus} i)# is face index
[eq]#(i mod 6)# of cube _i / 6_.
If the number of layers in the view, whether set explicitly in
pname:layerCount or implied by ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, is not a
multiple of 6, behavior when indexing the last cube is undefined.
pname:aspectMask must: be only ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT if
pname:format is a color, depth-only or stencil-only format,
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
respectively.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
respectively, except if pname:format is a
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar format>>.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
If using a depth/stencil format with both depth and stencil components,
pname:aspectMask must: include at least one of
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT and ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT, and
can: include both.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
When the sname:VkImageSubresourceRange structure is used to select a subset
of the slices of a 3D image's mip level in order to create a 2D or 2D array
image view of a 3D image created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT, pname:baseArrayLayer and
pname:layerCount specify the first slice index and the number of slices to
include in the created image view.
Such an image view can: be used as a framebuffer attachment that refers only
to the specified range of slices of the selected mip level.
However, any layout transitions performed on such an attachment view during
a render pass instance still apply to the entire subresource referenced
which includes all the slices of the selected mip level.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_maintenance1[]
When using an imageView of a depth/stencil image to populate a descriptor
set (e.g. for sampling in the shader, or for use as an input attachment),
the pname:aspectMask must: only include one bit and selects whether the
imageView is used for depth reads (i.e. using a floating-point sampler or
input attachment in the shader) or stencil reads (i.e. using an unsigned
integer sampler or input attachment in the shader).
When an imageView of a depth/stencil image is used as a depth/stencil
framebuffer attachment, the pname:aspectMask is ignored and both depth and
stencil image subresources are used.
The pname:components member is of type slink:VkComponentMapping, and
describes a remapping from components of the image to components of the
vector returned by shader image instructions.
This remapping must: be identity for storage image descriptors, input
attachment descriptors,
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
and framebuffer attachments.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
framebuffer attachments, and any sname:VkImageView used with a combined
image sampler that enables <<samplers-YCbCr-conversion,sampler Y'C~B~C~R~
conversion>>.
When creating a sname:VkImageView, if <<samplers-YCbCr-conversion,sampler
Y'C~B~C~R~ conversion>> is enabled in the sampler, the pname:aspectMask of a
pname:subresourceRange used by the sname:VkImageView must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT.
When creating a sname:VkImageView, if sampler Y'C~B~C~R~ conversion is not
enabled in the sampler and the image pname:format is
<<features-formats-requiring-sampler-ycbcr-conversion,multi-planar>>, the
image must: have been created with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT,
and the pname:aspectMask of the sname:VkImageView's pname:subresourceRange
must: be ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageSubresourceRange-levelCount-01720]]
If pname:levelCount is not ename:VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS, it must: be
greater than `0`
* [[VUID-VkImageSubresourceRange-layerCount-01721]]
If pname:layerCount is not ename:VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, it must: be
greater than `0`
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkImageSubresourceRange-aspectMask-01670]]
If pname:aspectMask includes ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, then it
must: not include any of ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT,
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImageSubresourceRange.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageAspectFlagBits',desc='Bitmask specifying which aspects of an image are included in a view',type='enums']
--
Bits which can: be set in an aspect mask to specify aspects of an image for
purposes such as identifying a subresource, are:
include::../api/enums/VkImageAspectFlagBits.txt[]
* ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT specifies the color aspect.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT specifies the depth aspect.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT specifies the stencil aspect.
* ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_METADATA_BIT specifies the metadata aspect, used
for sparse <<sparsememory, sparse resource>> operations.
--
[open,refpage='VkImageAspectFlags',desc='Bitmask of VkImageAspectFlagBits',type='enums']
--
include::../api/flags/VkImageAspectFlags.txt[]
sname:VkImageAspectFlags is a bitmask type for setting a mask of zero or
more slink:VkImageAspectFlagBits.
--
[open,refpage='VkComponentMapping',desc='Structure specifying a color component mapping',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkComponentMapping structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkComponentMapping.txt[]
* pname:r is a elink:VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value
placed in the R component of the output vector.
* pname:g is a elink:VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value
placed in the G component of the output vector.
* pname:b is a elink:VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value
placed in the B component of the output vector.
* pname:a is a elink:VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value
placed in the A component of the output vector.
include::../validity/structs/VkComponentMapping.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkComponentSwizzle',desc='Specify how a component is swizzled',type='enums']
--
Possible values of the members of slink:VkComponentMapping, specifying the
component values placed in each component of the output vector, are:
include::../api/enums/VkComponentSwizzle.txt[]
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY specifies that the component is set
to the identity swizzle.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ZERO specifies that the component is set to
zero.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_ONE specifies that the component is set to
either 1 or 1.0, depending on whether the type of the image view format
is integer or floating-point respectively, as determined by the
<<features-formats-definition,Format Definition>> section for each
elink:VkFormat.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R specifies that the component is set to the
value of the R component of the image.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G specifies that the component is set to the
value of the G component of the image.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B specifies that the component is set to the
value of the B component of the image.
* ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_A specifies that the component is set to the
value of the A component of the image.
Setting the identity swizzle on a component is equivalent to setting the
identity mapping on that component.
That is:
[[resources-image-views-identity-mappings]]
.Component Mappings Equivalent To ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY
[options="header"]
|====
| Component | Identity Mapping
| pname:components.r | ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R
| pname:components.g | ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G
| pname:components.b | ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B
| pname:components.a | ename:VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_A
|====
--
[open,refpage='vkDestroyImageView',desc='Destroy an image view object',type='protos']
--
To destroy an image view, call:
include::../api/protos/vkDestroyImageView.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that destroys the image view.
* pname:imageView is the image view to destroy.
* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImageView-imageView-01026]]
All submitted commands that refer to pname:imageView must: have
completed execution
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImageView-imageView-01027]]
If sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:imageView was
created, a compatible set of callbacks must: be provided here
* [[VUID-vkDestroyImageView-imageView-01028]]
If no sname:VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pname:imageView was
created, pname:pAllocator must: be `NULL`
****
include::../validity/protos/vkDestroyImageView.txt[]
--
[[resources-association]]
== Resource Memory Association
Resources are initially created as _virtual allocations_ with no backing
memory.
Device memory is allocated separately (see <<memory-device>>) and then
associated with the resource.
This association is done differently for sparse and non-sparse resources.
Resources created with any of the sparse creation flags are considered
sparse resources.
Resources created without these flags are non-sparse.
The details on resource memory association for sparse resources is described
in <<sparsememory>>.
Non-sparse resources must: be bound completely and contiguously to a single
sname:VkDeviceMemory object before the resource is passed as a parameter to
any of the following operations:
* creating image or buffer views
* updating descriptor sets
* recording commands in a command buffer
Once bound, the memory binding is immutable for the lifetime of the
resource.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
In a logical device representing more than one physical device, buffer and
image resources exist on all physical devices but can: be bound to memory
differently on each.
Each such replicated resource is an _instance_ of the resource.
For sparse resources, each instance can: be bound to memory arbitrarily
differently.
For non-sparse resources, each instance can: either be bound to the local or
a peer instance of the memory, or for images can: be bound to rectangular
regions from the local and/or peer instances.
When a resource is used in a descriptor set, each physical device interprets
the descriptor according to its own instance's binding to memory.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
There are no new copy commands to transfer data between physical devices.
Instead, an application can: create a resource with a peer mapping and use
it as the source or destination of a transfer command executed by a single
physical device to copy the data from one physical device to another.
====
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[open,refpage='vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements',desc='Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object',type='protos']
--
To determine the memory requirements for a buffer resource, call:
include::../api/protos/vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the buffer.
* pname:buffer is the buffer to query.
* pname:pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure in which the memory requirements of
the buffer object are returned.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkGetImageMemoryRequirements',desc='Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object',type='protos']
--
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
To determine the memory requirements for an image resource, call:
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
To determine the memory requirements for an image resource which is not
created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT flag set, call:
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
include::../api/protos/vkGetImageMemoryRequirements.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the image.
* pname:image is the image to query.
* pname:pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure in which the memory requirements of
the image object are returned.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkGetImageMemoryRequirements-image-01588]]
pname:image must: not have been created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT flag set
****
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
include::../validity/protos/vkGetImageMemoryRequirements.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkMemoryRequirements',desc='Structure specifying memory requirements',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkMemoryRequirements.txt[]
* pname:size is the size, in bytes, of the memory allocation required: for
the resource.
* pname:alignment is the alignment, in bytes, of the offset within the
allocation required: for the resource.
* pname:memoryTypeBits is a bitmask and contains one bit set for every
supported memory type for the resource.
Bit `i` is set if and only if the memory type `i` in the
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties structure for the physical device
is supported for the resource.
include::../validity/structs/VkMemoryRequirements.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
The precise size of images that will be bound to external Android hardware
buffer memory is unknown until the memory has been imported or allocated, so
calling flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with such an image before it has
been bound to memory will result in undefined behavior.
When importing Android hardware buffer memory, the pname:allocationSize can:
be determined by calling
flink:vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID.
When allocating new memory for an image that can: be exported to a Android
hardware buffer, the memory's pname:allocationSize must: be zero; the actual
size will be determined by the dedicated image's parameters.
After the memory has been allocated, the amount of space allocated from the
memory's heap can be obtained by getting the image's memory requirements or
by calling flink:vkGetAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID with the
Android hardware buffer exported from the memory.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
The implementation guarantees certain properties about the memory
requirements returned by flink:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements and
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements:
* The pname:memoryTypeBits member always contains at least one bit set.
* If pname:buffer is a sname:VkBuffer not created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT bit set, or if pname:image is
a sname:VkImage that was created with a ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR
value in the pname:tiling member of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo
structure passed to fname:vkCreateImage, then the pname:memoryTypeBits
member always contains at least one bit set corresponding to a
sname:VkMemoryType with a pname:propertyFlags that has both the
ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT bit and the
ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT bit set.
In other words, mappable coherent memory can: always be attached to
these objects.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* If pname:buffer was created with
slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes set to `0` or
pname:image was created with
slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes set to `0`, the
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* The
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
pname:memoryTypeBits member always contains at least one bit set
corresponding to a sname:VkMemoryType with a pname:propertyFlags that
has the ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT bit set.
* The pname:memoryTypeBits member is identical for all sname:VkBuffer
objects created with the same value for the pname:flags and pname:usage
members in the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
and the pname:handleTypes member of the
slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo structure
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
passed to fname:vkCreateBuffer.
Further, if code:usage1 and code:usage2 of type elink:VkBufferUsageFlags
are such that the bits set in code:usage2 are a subset of the bits set
in code:usage1, and they have the same
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
pname:flags and
slink:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
pname:flags,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
then the bits set in pname:memoryTypeBits returned for code:usage1 must:
be a subset of the bits set in pname:memoryTypeBits returned for
code:usage2, for all values of pname:flags.
* The pname:alignment member is a power of two.
* The pname:alignment member is identical for all sname:VkBuffer objects
created with the same combination of values for the pname:usage and
pname:flags members in the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure passed to
fname:vkCreateBuffer.
* For images created with a color format, the pname:memoryTypeBits member
is identical for all sname:VkImage objects created with the same
combination of values for the pname:tiling member, the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT bit of the pname:flags member,
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT bit of the
pname:flags member,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
pname:handleTypes member of slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
and the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT of the pname:usage
member in the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure passed to
fname:vkCreateImage.
* For images created with a depth/stencil format, the pname:memoryTypeBits
member is identical for all sname:VkImage objects created with the same
combination of values for the pname:format member, the pname:tiling
member, the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT bit of the
pname:flags member,
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT bit of the
pname:flags member,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
pname:handleTypes member of slink:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
and the ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT of the pname:usage
member in the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure passed to
fname:vkCreateImage.
* If the memory requirements are for a sname:VkImage, the
pname:memoryTypeBits member must: not refer to a sname:VkMemoryType with
a pname:propertyFlags that has the
ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT bit set if the
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements::pname:image did not have
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT bit set in the pname:usage
member of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure passed to
fname:vkCreateImage.
* If the memory requirements are for a sname:VkBuffer, the
pname:memoryTypeBits member must: not refer to a sname:VkMemoryType with
a pname:propertyFlags that has the
ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT bit set.
+
[NOTE]
.Note
====
The implication of this requirement is that lazily allocated memory is
disallowed for buffers in all cases.
====
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
[open,refpage='vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2',desc='Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object',type='protos']
--
To determine the memory requirements for a buffer resource, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::../api/protos/vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
include::../api/protos/vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the buffer.
* pname:pInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure containing parameters
required for the memory requirements query.
* pname:pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure in which the memory requirements
of the buffer object are returned.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2',desc='(None)',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:buffer is the buffer to query.
include::../validity/structs/VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2',desc='Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object',type='protos']
--
To determine the memory requirements for an image resource, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::../api/protos/vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
include::../api/protos/vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the image.
* pname:pInfo is a pointer to an instance of the
sname:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure containing parameters
required for the memory requirements query.
* pname:pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure in which the memory requirements
of the image object are returned.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2',desc='(None)',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:image is the image to query.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2-image-01589]]
If pname:image was created with a _multi-planar_ format and the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT flag, there must: be a
slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo in the pname:pNext chain of the
slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure
* [[VUID-VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2-image-01590]]
If pname:image was not created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT flag, there must: not be a
slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo in the pname:pNext chain of the
slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure
* [[VUID-VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2-image-01591]]
If pname:image was created with a single-plane format, there must: not
be a slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo in the pname:pNext chain
of the slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure
ifdef::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
* [[VUID-VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2KHR-image-01897]]
If pname:image was created with the
VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID
external memory handle type, then pname:image must: be bound to memory.
endif::VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer[]
****
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
include::../validity/structs/VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
[open,refpage='VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo',desc='Structure specifying image plane for memory requirements',type='structs']
--
To determine the memory requirements for a plane of a disjoint image, add a
sname:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo to the pname:pNext chain of the
sname:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2 structure.
The sname:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:planeAspect is the aspect corresponding to the image plane to
query.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo-planeAspect-01592]]
pname:planeAspect must: be an aspect that exists in the format; that is,
for a two-plane image pname:planeAspect must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT,
and for a three-plane image pname:planeAspect must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT or
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT
****
include::../validity/structs/VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
[open,refpage='VkMemoryRequirements2',desc='Structure specifying memory requirements',type='structs']
--
The sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkMemoryRequirements2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:memoryRequirements is a structure of type
slink:VkMemoryRequirements describing the memory requirements of the
resource.
include::../validity/structs/VkMemoryRequirements2.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
[open,refpage='VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements',desc='Structure describing dedicated allocation requirements of buffer and image resources',type='structs']
--
To determine the dedicated allocation requirements of a buffer or image
resource, add a slink:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure to the
pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed as the
pname:pMemoryRequirements parameter of fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2
or fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2.
The sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkMemoryDedicatedRequirementsKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:prefersDedicatedAllocation specifies that the implementation would
prefer a dedicated allocation for this resource.
The application is still free to suballocate the resource but it may:
get better performance if a dedicated allocation is used.
* pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation specifies that a dedicated allocation
is required for this resource.
If the sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the
pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed as the
pname:pMemoryRequirements parameter of a
fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2 call, pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation
may: be ename:VK_TRUE under one of the following conditions:
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* none
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* The pname:pNext chain of sname:VkBufferCreateInfo for the call to
fname:vkCreateBuffer used to create the buffer being queried contained
an instance of sname:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo, and any of the
handle types specified in
sname:VkExternalMemoryBufferCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes requires
dedicated allocation, as reported by
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties in
sname:VkExternalBufferProperties::pname:externalMemoryProperties::pname:externalMemoryFeatures,
the pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation field will be set to
ename:VK_TRUE.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
In all other cases, pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE by the implementation whenever a
sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the pname:pNext
chain of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed to a call to
fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2.
If the sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the
pname:pNext chain of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed as the
pname:pMemoryRequirements parameter of a
fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2 call and
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT was set in
sname:VkBufferCreateInfo::pname:flags when pname:buffer was created then the
implementation must: set both pname:prefersDedicatedAllocation and
pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation to ename:VK_FALSE.
If the sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the
pname:pNext chain of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed as the
pname:pMemoryRequirements parameter of a fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2
call, pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation may: be ename:VK_TRUE under one of
the following conditions:
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* none
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
* The pname:pNext chain of sname:VkImageCreateInfo for the call to
fname:vkCreateImage used to create the image being queried contained an
instance of sname:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo, and any of the handle
types specified in
sname:VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo::pname:handleTypes requires
dedicated allocation, as reported by
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2 in
sname:VkExternalImageFormatProperties::pname:externalMemoryProperties::pname:externalMemoryFeatures,
the pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation field will be set to
ename:VK_TRUE.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
In all other cases, pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE by the implementation whenever a
sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the pname:pNext
chain of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed to a call to
fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2.
If the sname:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements structure is included in the
pname:pNext chain of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements2 structure passed as the
pname:pMemoryRequirements parameter of a fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2
call and ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT was set in
sname:VkImageCreateInfo::pname:flags when pname:image was created then the
implementation must: set both pname:prefersDedicatedAllocation and
pname:requiresDedicatedAllocation to ename:VK_FALSE.
include::../validity/structs/VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
[open,refpage='vkBindBufferMemory',desc='Bind device memory to a buffer object',type='protos']
--
To attach memory to a buffer object, call:
include::../api/protos/vkBindBufferMemory.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the buffer and memory.
* pname:buffer is the buffer to be attached to memory.
* pname:memory is a sname:VkDeviceMemory object describing the device
memory to attach.
* pname:memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of pname:memory
which is to be bound to the buffer.
The number of bytes returned in the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements::pname:size member in pname:memory, starting
from pname:memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified buffer.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
fname:vkBindBufferMemory is equivalent to passing the same parameters
through slink:VkBindBufferMemoryInfo to flink:vkBindBufferMemory2.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01029]]
pname:buffer must: not already be backed by a memory object
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01030]]
pname:buffer must: not have been created with any sparse memory binding
flags
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-memoryOffset-01031]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be less than the size of pname:memory
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01032]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must:
be a multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01033]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must: be a
multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01034]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must: be a
multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-memory-01035]]
pname:memory must: have been allocated using one of the memory types
allowed in the pname:memoryTypeBits member of the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with pname:buffer
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-memoryOffset-01036]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be an integer multiple of the pname:alignment
member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call
to fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with pname:buffer
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-size-01037]]
The pname:size member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with
pname:buffer must: be less than or equal to the size of pname:memory
minus pname:memoryOffset
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01444]]
If pname:buffer requires a dedicated allocation(as reported by
flink:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2 in
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements::requiresDedicatedAllocation for
pname:buffer), pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer equal to pname:buffer
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-memory-01508]]
If the sname:VkMemoryAllocateInfo provided when pname:memory was
allocated included an instance of slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo in
its pname:pNext chain, and
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer was not
ename:VK_NULL_HANDLE, then pname:buffer must: equal
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer, and
pname:memoryOffset must: be zero.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-None-01898]]
If buffer was created with the ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit
set, the buffer must: be bound to a memory object allocated with a
memory type that reports ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-None-01899]]
If buffer was created with the ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit
not set, the buffer must: not be bound to a memory object created with a
memory type that reports ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01038]]
If pname:buffer was created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV::pname:buffer equal to a
buffer handle created with identical creation parameters to pname:buffer
and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindBufferMemory-buffer-01039]]
If pname:buffer was not created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: not have been allocated
dedicated for a specific buffer or image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
****
include::../validity/protos/vkBindBufferMemory.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
[open,refpage='vkBindBufferMemory2',desc='Bind device memory to buffer objects',type='protos']
--
To attach memory to buffer objects for one or more buffers at a time, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::../api/protos/vkBindBufferMemory2.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
include::../api/protos/vkBindBufferMemory2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the buffers and memory.
* pname:bindInfoCount is the number of elements in pname:pBindInfos.
* pname:pBindInfos is a pointer to an array of structures of type
slink:VkBindBufferMemoryInfo, describing buffers and memory to bind.
On some implementations, it may: be more efficient to batch memory bindings
into a single command.
include::../validity/protos/vkBindBufferMemory2.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBindBufferMemoryInfo',desc='Structure specifying how to bind a buffer to memory',type='structs']
--
sname:VkBindBufferMemoryInfo contains members corresponding to the
parameters of flink:vkBindBufferMemory.
The sname:VkBindBufferMemoryInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:buffer is the buffer to be attached to memory.
* pname:memory is a sname:VkDeviceMemory object describing the device
memory to attach.
* pname:memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of pname:memory
which is to be bound to the buffer.
The number of bytes returned in the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements::pname:size member in pname:memory, starting
from pname:memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified buffer.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01593]]
pname:buffer must: not already be backed by a memory object
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01594]]
pname:buffer must: not have been created with any sparse memory binding
flags
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-memoryOffset-01595]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be less than the size of pname:memory
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01596]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must:
be a multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01597]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must: be a
multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01598]]
If pname:buffer was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT, pname:memoryOffset must: be a
multiple of
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::pname:minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-memory-01599]]
pname:memory must: have been allocated using one of the memory types
allowed in the pname:memoryTypeBits member of the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with pname:buffer
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-memoryOffset-01600]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be an integer multiple of the pname:alignment
member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call
to fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with pname:buffer
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-size-01601]]
The pname:size member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to fname:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with
pname:buffer must: be less than or equal to the size of pname:memory
minus pname:memoryOffset
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01602]]
If pname:buffer requires a dedicated allocation(as reported by
flink:vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2 in
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements::requiresDedicatedAllocation for
pname:buffer), pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer equal to pname:buffer
and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfoKHR-memory-01900]]
If the sname:VkMemoryAllocateInfo provided when pname:memory was
allocated included an instance of slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo in
its pname:pNext chain, and
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer was not
ename:VK_NULL_HANDLE, then pname:buffer must: equal
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:buffer and pname:memoryOffset
must: be zero.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01603]]
If pname:buffer was created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV::pname:buffer equal to
pname:buffer and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-buffer-01604]]
If pname:buffer was not created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationBufferCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: not have been allocated
dedicated for a specific buffer or image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryInfo-pNext-01605]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes
slink:VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo, all instances of pname:memory
specified by
slink:VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pDeviceIndices must: have
been allocated
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryInfo.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[open,refpage='VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo',desc='Structure specifying device within a group to bind to',type='structs']
--
include::../api/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo.txt[]
// @Jon: this conditional needs to be enhanced for 1.1 / bind_memory_2
ifdef::VK_KHR_device_group+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_device_group+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
If the pname:pNext list of slink:VkBindBufferMemoryInfo includes a
sname:VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo structure, then that structure
determines how memory is bound to buffers across multiple devices in a
device group.
The sname:VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo structure is defined as:
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:deviceIndexCount is the number of elements in
pname:pDeviceIndices.
* pname:pDeviceIndices is a pointer to an array of device indices.
If pname:deviceIndexCount is greater than zero, then on device index [eq]#i#
the buffer is attached to the instance of pname:memory on the physical
device with device index [eq]#pDeviceIndices[i]#.
If pname:deviceIndexCount is zero and pname:memory comes from a memory heap
with the ename:VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT bit set, then it is as if
pname:pDeviceIndices contains consecutive indices from zero to the number of
physical devices in the logical device, minus one.
In other words, by default each physical device attaches to its own instance
of pname:memory.
If pname:deviceIndexCount is zero and pname:memory comes from a memory heap
without the ename:VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT bit set, then it is as
if pname:pDeviceIndices contains an array of zeros.
In other words, by default each physical device attaches to instance zero.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-deviceIndexCount-01606]]
pname:deviceIndexCount must: either be zero or equal to the number of
physical devices in the logical device
* [[VUID-VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-pDeviceIndices-01607]]
All elements of pname:pDeviceIndices must: be valid device indices
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindBufferMemoryDeviceGroupInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
[open,refpage='vkBindImageMemory',desc='Bind device memory to an image object',type='protos']
--
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
To attach memory to an image object, call:
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
To attach memory to a sname:VkImage object created without the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT set, call:
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
include::../api/protos/vkBindImageMemory.txt[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the image and memory.
* pname:image is the image.
* pname:memory is the sname:VkDeviceMemory object describing the device
memory to attach.
* pname:memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of pname:memory
which is to be bound to the image.
The number of bytes returned in the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements::pname:size member in pname:memory, starting
from pname:memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified image.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
fname:vkBindImageMemory is equivalent to passing the same parameters through
slink:VkBindImageMemoryInfo to flink:vkBindImageMemory2.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
.Valid Usage
****
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01608]]
pname:image must: not have been created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT set.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01044]]
pname:image must: not already be backed by a memory object
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01045]]
pname:image must: not have been created with any sparse memory binding
flags
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memoryOffset-01046]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be less than the size of pname:memory
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-01047]]
pname:memory must: have been allocated using one of the memory types
allowed in the pname:memoryTypeBits member of the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with pname:image
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memoryOffset-01048]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be an integer multiple of the pname:alignment
member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call
to fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with pname:image
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-size-01049]]
The pname:size member of the sname:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to fname:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with
pname:image must: be less than or equal to the size of pname:memory
minus pname:memoryOffset
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01445]]
If pname:image requires a dedicated allocation (as reported by
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 in
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements::requiresDedicatedAllocation for
pname:image), pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image equal to pname:image
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-memory-01509]]
If the sname:VkMemoryAllocateInfo provided when pname:memory was
allocated included an instance of slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo in
its pname:pNext chain, and
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image was not
ename:VK_NULL_HANDLE, then pname:image must: equal
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image and pname:memoryOffset
must: be zero.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-01901]]
If image was created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit
set, the image must: be bound to a memory object allocated with a memory
type that reports ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-None-01902]]
If image was created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT bit
not set, the image must: not be bound to a memory object created with a
memory type that reports ename:VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01050]]
If pname:image was created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV::pname:image equal to an
image handle created with identical creation parameters to pname:image
and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-vkBindImageMemory-image-01051]]
If pname:image was not created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: not have been allocated
dedicated for a specific buffer or image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
****
include::../validity/protos/vkBindImageMemory.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
[open,refpage='vkBindImageMemory2',desc='Bind device memory to image objects',type='protos']
--
To attach memory to image objects for one or more images at a time, call:
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
include::../api/protos/vkBindImageMemory2.txt[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[or the equivalent command]
ifdef::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
include::../api/protos/vkBindImageMemory2KHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
* pname:device is the logical device that owns the images and memory.
* pname:bindInfoCount is the number of elements in pname:pBindInfos.
* pname:pBindInfos is a pointer to an array of structures of type
slink:VkBindImageMemoryInfo, describing images and memory to bind.
On some implementations, it may: be more efficient to batch memory bindings
into a single command.
include::../validity/protos/vkBindImageMemory2.txt[]
--
[open,refpage='VkBindImageMemoryInfo',desc='Structure specifying how to bind an image to memory',type='structs']
--
sname:VkBindImageMemoryInfo contains members corresponding to the parameters
of flink:vkBindImageMemory.
The sname:VkBindImageMemoryInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBindImageMemoryInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBindImageMemoryInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:image is the image to be attached to memory.
* pname:memory is a sname:VkDeviceMemory object describing the device
memory to attach.
* pname:memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of pname:memory
which is to be bound to the image.
The number of bytes returned in the
sname:VkMemoryRequirements::pname:size member in pname:memory, starting
from pname:memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified image.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01609]]
pname:image must: not already be backed by a memory object
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01610]]
pname:image must: not have been created with any sparse memory binding
flags
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-memoryOffset-01611]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be less than the size of pname:memory
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-memory-01612]]
pname:memory must: have been allocated using one of the memory types
allowed in the pname:memoryTypeBits member of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-memoryOffset-01613]]
pname:memoryOffset must: be an integer multiple of the pname:alignment
member of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call
to flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-memory-01614]]
The difference of the size of pname:memory and pname:memoryOffset must:
be greater than or equal to the pname:size member of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with the same pname:image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01615]]
If the pname:pNext chain does not include an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, pname:memory must: have been
allocated using one of the memory types allowed in the
pname:memoryTypeBits member of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with
pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01616]]
If the pname:pNext chain does not include an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, pname:memoryOffset must: be
an integer multiple of the pname:alignment member of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01617]]
If the pname:pNext chain does not include an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, the difference of the size
of pname:memory and pname:memoryOffset must: be greater than or equal to
the pname:size member of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with the
same pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01618]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, pname:image must: have been
created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT bit set.
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01619]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, pname:memory must: have been
allocated using one of the memory types allowed in the
pname:memoryTypeBits member of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with
pname:image and the correct pname:planeAspect for this plane in the
slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo structure attached to the
slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2's pname:pNext chain
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01620]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, pname:memoryOffset must: be
an integer multiple of the pname:alignment member of the
slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with pname:image and the correct
pname:planeAspect for this plane in the
slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo structure attached to the
slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2's pname:pNext chain
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01621]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes an instance of the
slink:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure, the difference of the size
of pname:memory and pname:memoryOffset must: be greater than or equal to
the pname:size member of the slink:VkMemoryRequirements structure
returned from a call to flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 with the
same pname:image and the correct pname:planeAspect for this plane in the
slink:VkImagePlaneMemoryRequirementsInfo structure attached to the
slink:VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2's pname:pNext chain
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01622]]
If pname:image requires a dedicated allocation (as reported by
flink:vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2 in
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements::requiresDedicatedAllocation for
pname:image), pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image equal to pname:image
and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfoKHR-memory-01903]]
If the sname:VkMemoryAllocateInfo provided when pname:memory was
allocated included an instance of slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo in
its pname:pNext chain, and
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image was not
ename:VK_NULL_HANDLE, then pname:image must: equal
slink:VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo::pname:image and pname:memoryOffset
must: be zero.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
ifdef::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01623]]
If pname:image was created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: have been created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV::pname:image equal to
pname:image and pname:memoryOffset must: be zero
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01624]]
If pname:image was not created with
slink:VkDedicatedAllocationImageCreateInfoNV::pname:dedicatedAllocation
equal to ename:VK_TRUE, pname:memory must: not have been allocated
dedicated for a specific buffer or image
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation[]
endif::VK_NV_dedicated_allocation[]
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-memory-01625]]
pname:memory must: be a valid dname:VkDeviceMemory handle
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01626]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo, all instances of pname:memory
specified by
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pDeviceIndices must: have
been allocated
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01627]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo, and
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount
is not zero, then pname:image must: have been created with the
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT bit set
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01628]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo, all elements of
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions
must: be valid rectangles contained within the dimensions of pname:image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01629]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo, the union of the areas of all
elements of
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions
that correspond to the same instance of pname:image must: cover the
entire image.
ifdef::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-image-01630]]
If pname:image was created with a valid swapchain handle in
slink:VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR::pname:swapchain, then the
pname:pNext chain must: include a valid instance of
slink:VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01631]]
If the pname:pNext chain includes an instance of
slink:VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR, pname:memory must: be
dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryInfo-pNext-01632]]
If the pname:pNext chain does not include an instance of
slink:VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR, pname:memory must: be a valid
dname:VkDeviceMemory handle
endif::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindImageMemoryInfo.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
[open,refpage='VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo',desc='Structure specifying device within a group to bind to',type='structs']
--
include::../api/structs/VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo.txt[]
// @Jon: this conditional needs to be enhanced for 1.1 / bind_memory_2
ifdef::VK_KHR_device_group+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_device_group+VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
If the pname:pNext list of slink:VkBindImageMemoryInfo includes a
sname:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo structure, then that structure
determines how memory is bound to images across multiple devices in a device
group.
The sname:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo structure is defined as:
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:deviceIndexCount is the number of elements in
pname:pDeviceIndices.
* pname:pDeviceIndices is a pointer to an array of device indices.
* pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount is the number of elements in
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions.
* pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions is a pointer to an array of rectangles
describing which regions of the image are attached to each instance of
memory.
If pname:deviceIndexCount is greater than zero, then on device index [eq]#i#
pname:image is attached to the instance of the memory on the physical device
with device index [eq]#pDeviceIndices[i]#.
Let [eq]#N# be the number of physical devices in the logical device.
If pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount is greater than zero, then
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions is an array of [eq]#N^2^# rectangles, where
the image region specified by the rectangle at element [eq]#i*N+j# in
resource instance [eq]#i# is bound to the memory instance [eq]#j#.
The blocks of the memory that are bound to each sparse image block region
use an offset in memory, relative to pname:memoryOffset, computed as if the
whole image were being bound to a contiguous range of memory.
In other words, horizontally adjacent image blocks use consecutive blocks of
memory, vertically adjacent image blocks are separated by the number of
bytes per block multiplied by the width in blocks of pname:image, and the
block at [eq]#(0,0)# corresponds to memory starting at pname:memoryOffset.
If pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount and pname:deviceIndexCount are zero
and the memory comes from a memory heap with the
ename:VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT bit set, then it is as if
pname:pDeviceIndices contains consecutive indices from zero to the number of
physical devices in the logical device, minus one.
In other words, by default each physical device attaches to its own instance
of the memory.
If pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount and pname:deviceIndexCount are zero
and the memory comes from a memory heap without the
ename:VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT bit set, then it is as if
pname:pDeviceIndices contains an array of zeros.
In other words, by default each physical device attaches to instance zero.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-deviceIndexCount-01633]]
At least one of pname:deviceIndexCount and
pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount must: be zero.
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-deviceIndexCount-01634]]
pname:deviceIndexCount must: either be zero or equal to the number of
physical devices in the logical device
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-pDeviceIndices-01635]]
All elements of pname:pDeviceIndices must: be valid device indices.
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-splitInstanceBindRegionCount-01636]]
pname:splitInstanceBindRegionCount must: either be zero or equal to the
number of physical devices in the logical device squared
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-pSplitInstanceBindRegions-01637]]
Elements of pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions that correspond to the same
instance of an image must: not overlap.
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-offset-01638]]
The pname:offset.x member of any element of
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions must: be a multiple of the sparse image
block width
(sname:VkSparseImageFormatProperties::pname:imageGranularity.width) of
all non-metadata aspects of the image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-offset-01639]]
The pname:offset.y member of any element of
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions must: be a multiple of the sparse image
block height
(sname:VkSparseImageFormatProperties::pname:imageGranularity.height) of
all non-metadata aspects of the image
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-extent-01640]]
The pname:extent.width member of any element of
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions must: either be a multiple of the sparse
image block width of all non-metadata aspects of the image, or else
pname:extent.width + pname:offset.x must: equal the width of the image
subresource
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo-extent-01641]]
The pname:extent.height member of any element of
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions must: either be a multiple of the sparse
image block height of all non-metadata aspects of the image, or else
pname:extent.height +
pname:offset.y must: equal the width of the image subresource
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo.txt[]
--
ifdef::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
[open,refpage='VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR',desc='Structure specifying swapchain image memory to bind to',type='structs']
--
If the pname:pNext chain of slink:VkBindImageMemoryInfo includes a
sname:VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR structure, then that structure
includes a swapchain handle and image index indicating that the image will
be bound to memory from that swapchain.
The sname:VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR.txt[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:swapchain is dlink:VK_NULL_HANDLE or a swapchain handle.
* pname:imageIndex is an image index within pname:swapchain.
If pname:swapchain is not `NULL`, the pname:swapchain and pname:imageIndex
are used to determine the memory that the image is bound to, instead of
pname:memory and pname:memoryOffset.
Memory can: be bound to a swapchain and use the pname:pDeviceIndices or
pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions members of
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR-imageIndex-01644]]
pname:imageIndex must: be less than the number of images in
pname:swapchain
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindImageMemorySwapchainInfoKHR.txt[]
--
endif::VK_KHR_swapchain[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
[open,refpage='VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo',desc='Structure specifying how to bind an image plane to memory',type='structs']
--
In order to bind _planes_ of a _disjoint image_, include a
sname:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure in the pname:pNext chain of
slink:VkBindImageMemoryInfo.
The sname:VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo structure is defined as:
include::../api/structs/VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo.txt[]
ifdef::VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
or the equivalent
include::../api/structs/VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfoKHR.txt[]
endif::VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
* pname:sType is the type of this structure.
* pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
* pname:planeAspect is the aspect of the disjoint image plane to bind.
.Valid Usage
****
* [[VUID-VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo-planeAspect-01642]]
pname:planeAspect must: be a single valid plane aspect for the image
format (that is, pname:planeAspect must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT or ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT
for "`etext:_2PLANE`" formats and pname:planeAspect must: be
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, or
ename:VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT for "`etext:_3PLANE`" formats)
* [[VUID-VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo-None-01643]]
A single call to flink:vkBindImageMemory2 must: bind all or none of the
planes of an image (i.e. bindings to all planes of an image must: be
made in a single flink:vkBindImageMemory2 call), as separate bindings
****
include::../validity/structs/VkBindImagePlaneMemoryInfo.txt[]
--
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
[[resources-bufferimagegranularity,Buffer-Image Granularity]]
.Buffer-Image Granularity
There is an implementation-dependent limit, pname:bufferImageGranularity,
which specifies a page-like granularity at which linear and non-linear
resources must: be placed in adjacent memory locations to avoid aliasing.
Two resources which do not satisfy this granularity requirement are said to
<<resources-memory-aliasing,alias>>.
pname:bufferImageGranularity is specified in bytes, and must: be a power of
two.
Implementations which do not impose a granularity restriction may: report a
pname:bufferImageGranularity value of one.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Despite its name, pname:bufferImageGranularity is really a granularity
between "`linear`" and "`non-linear`" resources.
====
Given resourceA at the lower memory offset and resourceB at the higher
memory offset in the same sname:VkDeviceMemory object, where one resource is
linear and the other is non-linear (as defined in the
<<glossary-linear-resource,Glossary>>), and the following:
[source,c]
---------------------------------------------------
resourceA.end = resourceA.memoryOffset + resourceA.size - 1
resourceA.endPage = resourceA.end & ~(bufferImageGranularity-1)
resourceB.start = resourceB.memoryOffset
resourceB.startPage = resourceB.start & ~(bufferImageGranularity-1)
---------------------------------------------------
The following property must: hold:
[source,c]
---------------------------------------------------
resourceA.endPage < resourceB.startPage
---------------------------------------------------
That is, the end of the first resource (A) and the beginning of the second
resource (B) must: be on separate "`pages`" of size
pname:bufferImageGranularity.
pname:bufferImageGranularity may: be different than the physical page size
of the memory heap.
This restriction is only needed when a linear resource and a non-linear
resource are adjacent in memory and will be used simultaneously.
The memory ranges of adjacent resources can: be closer than
pname:bufferImageGranularity, provided they meet the pname:alignment
requirement for the objects in question.
Sparse block size in bytes and sparse image and buffer memory alignments
must: all be multiples of the pname:bufferImageGranularity.
Therefore, memory bound to sparse resources naturally satisfies the
pname:bufferImageGranularity.
[[resources-sharing]]
== Resource Sharing Mode
[open,refpage='VkSharingMode',desc='Buffer and image sharing modes',type='enums']
--
Buffer and image objects are created with a _sharing mode_ controlling how
they can: be accessed from queues.
The supported sharing modes are:
include::../api/enums/VkSharingMode.txt[]
* ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE specifies that access to any range or
image subresource of the object will be exclusive to a single queue
family at a time.
* ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT specifies that concurrent access to any
range or image subresource of the object from multiple queue families is
supported.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT may: result in lower performance access to
the buffer or image than ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE.
====
Ranges of buffers and image subresources of image objects created using
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE must: only be accessed by queues in the
queue family that has _ownership_ of the resource.
Upon creation, such resources are not owned by any queue family; ownership
is implicitly acquired upon first use within a queue.
Once a resource using ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE is owned by some queue
family, the application must: perform a
<<synchronization-queue-transfers,queue family ownership transfer>> to make
the memory contents of a range or image subresource accessible to a
different queue family.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Images still require a <<resources-image-layouts, layout transition>> from
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED
before being used on the first queue.
====
A queue family can: take ownership of an image subresource or buffer range
of a resource created with ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE, without an
ownership transfer, in the same way as for a resource that was just created;
however, taking ownership in this way has the effect that the contents of
the image subresource or buffer range are undefined.
Ranges of buffers and image subresources of image objects created using
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT must: only be accessed by queues from the
queue families specified through the pname:queueFamilyIndexCount and
pname:pQueueFamilyIndices members of the corresponding create info
structures.
--
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
[[resources-external-sharing]]
=== External Resource Sharing
Resources should: only be accessed in the Vulkan instance that has exclusive
ownership of their underlying memory.
Only one Vulkan instance has exclusive ownership of a resource's underlying
memory at a given time, regardless of whether the resource was created using
ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE or ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT.
Applications can transfer ownership of a resource's underlying memory only
if the memory has been imported from or exported to another instance or
external API using external memory handles.
The semantics for transferring ownership outside of the instance are similar
to those used for transferring ownership of ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
resources between queues, and is also accomplished using
slink:VkBufferMemoryBarrier or slink:VkImageMemoryBarrier operations.
Applications must:
. Release exclusive ownership from the source instance or API.
. Ensure the release operation has completed using semaphores or fences.
. Acquire exclusive ownership in the destination instance or API
Unlike queue ownership transfers, the destination instance or API is not
specified explicitly when releasing ownership, nor is the source instance or
API specified when acquiring ownership.
Instead, the image or memory barrier's pname:dstQueueFamilyIndex or
pname:srcQueueFamilyIndex parameters are set to the reserved queue family
index ename:VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_EXTERNAL
ifdef::VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign[]
or ename:VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_FOREIGN_EXT
endif::VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign[]
to represent the external destination or source respectively.
Binding a resource to a memory object shared between multiple Vulkan
instances or other APIs does not change the ownership of the underlying
memory.
The first entity to access the resource implicitly acquires ownership.
Accessing a resource backed by memory that is owned by a particular instance
or API has the same semantics as accessing a ename:VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE
resource, with one exception: Implementations must: ensure layout
transitions performed on one member of a set of identical subresources of
identical images that alias the same range of an underlying memory object
affect the layout of all the subresources in the set.
As a corollary, writes to any image subresources in such a set must: not
make the contents of memory used by other subresources in the set undefined.
An application can: define the content of a subresource of one image by
performing device writes to an identical subresource of another image
provided both images are bound to the same region of external memory.
Applications may: also add resources to such a set after the content of the
existing set members has been defined without making the content undefined
by creating a new image with the initial layout
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED and binding it to the same region of
external memory as the existing images.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Because layout transitions apply to all identical images aliasing the same
region of external memory, the actual layout of the memory backing a new
image as well as an existing image with defined content will not be
undefined.
Such an image is not usable until it acquires ownership of its memory from
the existing owner.
Therefore, the layout specified as part of this transition will be the true
initial layout of the image.
The undefined layout specified when creating it is a placeholder to simplify
valid usage requirements.
====
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
[[resources-memory-aliasing]]
== Memory Aliasing
A range of a sname:VkDeviceMemory allocation is _aliased_ if it is bound to
multiple resources simultaneously, as described below, via
flink:vkBindImageMemory, flink:vkBindBufferMemory,
ifndef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
or via <<sparsememory-resource-binding,sparse memory bindings>>.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
via <<sparsememory-resource-binding,sparse memory bindings>>, or by binding
the memory to resources in multiple Vulkan instances or external APIs using
external memory handle export and import mechanisms.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
Consider two resources, resource~A~ and resource~B~, bound respectively to
memory range~A~ and range~B~.
Let paddedRange~A~ and paddedRange~B~ be, respectively, range~A~ and
range~B~ aligned to pname:bufferImageGranularity.
If the resources are both linear or both non-linear (as defined in the
<<glossary-linear-resource,Glossary>>), then the resources _alias_ the
memory in the intersection of range~A~ and range~B~.
If one resource is linear and the other is non-linear, then the resources
_alias_ the memory in the intersection of paddedRange~A~ and paddedRange~B~.
Applications can: alias memory, but use of multiple aliases is subject to
several constraints.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Memory aliasing can: be useful to reduce the total device memory footprint
of an application, if some large resources are used for disjoint periods of
time.
====
When an opaque, non-ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT image is
bound to an aliased range, all image subresources of the image _overlap_ the
range.
When a linear image is bound to an aliased range, the image subresources
that (according to the image's advertised layout) include bytes from the
aliased range overlap the range.
When a ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT image has sparse image
blocks bound to an aliased range, only image subresources including those
sparse image blocks overlap the range, and when the memory bound to the
image's mip tail overlaps an aliased range all image subresources in the mip
tail overlap the range.
Buffers, and linear image subresources in either the
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED or ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
layouts, are _host-accessible subresources_.
That is, the host has a well-defined addressing scheme to interpret the
contents, and thus the layout of the data in memory can: be consistently
interpreted across aliases if each of those aliases is a host-accessible
subresource.
Non-linear images, and linear image subresources in other layouts, are not
host-accessible.
If two aliases are both host-accessible, then they interpret the contents of
the memory in consistent ways, and data written to one alias can: be read by
the other alias.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
[[resources-memory-aliasing-consistency]]
If two aliases are both images that were created with identical creation
parameters, both were created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT flag
set, and both are bound identically to memory
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
except for slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pDeviceIndices and
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions,
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
then they interpret the contents of the memory in consistent ways, and data
written to one alias can: be read by the other alias.
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
[[resources-memory-aliasing-consistency-planes]]
Additionally, if an invididual plane of a multi-planar image and a
single-plane image alias the same memory, then they also interpret the
contents of the memory in consistent ways under the same conditions, but
with the following modifications:
* Both must: have been created with the ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT
flag.
* The single-plane image must: have an elink:VkFormat that is
<<features-formats-compatible-planes,equivalent>> to that of the
multi-planar image's individual plane.
* The single-plane image and the individual plane of the multi-planar
image must: be bound identically to memory
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
except for slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pDeviceIndices
and
slink:VkBindImageMemoryDeviceGroupInfo::pname:pSplitInstanceBindRegions.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_device_group[]
* The pname:width and pname:height of the single-plane image are derived
from the multi-planar image's dimensions in the manner listed for
<<features-formats-compatible-planes,plane compatibility>> for the
aliased plane.
* All other creation parameters must: be identical
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion[]
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_bind_memory2[]
ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
Aliases created by binding the same memory to resources in multiple Vulkan
instances or external APIs using external memory handle export and import
mechanisms interpret the contents of the memory in consistent ways, and data
written to one alias can: be read by the other alias.
endif::VK_VERSION_1_1,VK_KHR_external_memory[]
Otherwise, the aliases interpret the contents of the memory differently, and
writes via one alias make the contents of memory partially or completely
undefined to the other alias.
If the first alias is a host-accessible subresource, then the bytes affected
are those written by the memory operations according to its addressing
scheme.
If the first alias is not host-accessible, then the bytes affected are those
overlapped by the image subresources that were written.
If the second alias is a host-accessible subresource, the affected bytes
become undefined.
If the second alias is a not host-accessible, all sparse image blocks (for
sparse partially-resident images) or all image subresources (for non-sparse
image and fully resident sparse images) that overlap the affected bytes
become undefined.
If any image subresources are made undefined due to writes to an alias, then
each of those image subresources must: have its layout transitioned from
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED to a valid layout before it is used, or from
ename:VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED if the memory has been written by the
host.
If any sparse blocks of a sparse image have been made undefined, then only
the image subresources containing them must: be transitioned.
Use of an overlapping range by two aliases must: be separated by a memory
dependency using the appropriate <<synchronization-access-types, access
types>> if at least one of those uses performs writes, whether the aliases
interpret memory consistently or not.
If buffer or image memory barriers are used, the scope of the barrier must:
contain the entire range and/or set of image subresources that overlap.
If two aliasing image views are used in the same framebuffer, then the
render pass must: declare the attachments using the
<<renderpass-aliasing,ename:VK_ATTACHMENT_DESCRIPTION_MAY_ALIAS_BIT>>, and
follow the other rules listed in that section.
Access to resources which alias memory from shaders using variables
decorated with code:Coherent are not automatically coherent with each other.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Memory recycled via an application suballocator (i.e. without freeing and
reallocating the memory objects) is not substantially different from memory
aliasing.
However, a suballocator usually waits on a fence before recycling a region
of memory, and signaling a fence involves sufficient implicit dependencies
to satisfy all the above requirements.
====
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