C Specification
Fences are a synchronization primitive that can be used to insert a dependency from a queue to the host. Fences have two states - signaled and unsignaled. A fence can be signaled as part of the execution of a queue submission command. Fences can be unsignaled on the host with vkResetFences. Fences can be waited on by the host with the vkWaitForFences command, and the current state can be queried with vkGetFenceStatus.
As with most objects in Vulkan, fences are an interface to internal data which is typically opaque to applications. This internal data is referred to as a fence’s payload.
However, in order to enable communication with agents outside of the current device, it is necessary to be able to export that payload to a commonly understood format, and subsequently import from that format as well.
The internal data of a fence may include a reference to any resources and pending work associated with signal or unsignal operations performed on that fence object. Mechanisms to import and export that internal data to and from fences are provided below. These mechanisms indirectly enable applications to share fence state between two or more fences and other synchronization primitives across process and API boundaries.
Fences are represented by VkFence
handles:
VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkFence)
Description
See Also
VkAcquireNextImageInfoKHR, VkFenceGetFdInfoKHR, VkFenceGetWin32HandleInfoKHR, VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR, VkImportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR, vkAcquireNextImageKHR, vkCreateFence, vkDestroyFence, vkGetFenceStatus, vkQueueBindSparse, vkQueueSubmit, vkRegisterDeviceEventEXT, vkRegisterDisplayEventEXT, vkResetFences, vkWaitForFences
Document Notes
For more information, see the Vulkan Specification
This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.
Copyright
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