C Specification

If the pNext chain of a VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure includes a VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo structure, then that structure includes an array of flags, one for each descriptor set layout binding.

The VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
typedef struct VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                    sType;
    const void*                        pNext;
    uint32_t                           bindingCount;
    const VkDescriptorBindingFlags*    pBindingFlags;
} VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo;

or the equivalent

// Provided by VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing
typedef VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfoEXT;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

  • pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

  • bindingCount is zero or the number of elements in pBindingFlags.

  • pBindingFlags is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorBindingFlags bitfields, one for each descriptor set layout binding.

Description

If bindingCount is zero or if this structure is not included in the pNext chain, the VkDescriptorBindingFlags for each descriptor set layout binding is considered to be zero. Otherwise, the descriptor set layout binding at VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::pBindings[i] uses the flags in pBindingFlags[i].

Valid Usage
  • If bindingCount is not zero, bindingCount must equal VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::bindingCount

  • If VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::flags includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT_KHR, then all elements of pBindingFlags must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_UNUSED_WHILE_PENDING_BIT, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT

  • If an element of pBindingFlags includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT, then all other elements of VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::pBindings must have a smaller value of binding

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingUniformBufferUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingSampledImageUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingStorageImageUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceInlineUniformBlockFeaturesEXT::descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_EXT must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • All bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingUpdateUnusedWhilePending is not enabled, all elements of pBindingFlags must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_UNUSED_WHILE_PENDING_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingPartiallyBound is not enabled, all elements of pBindingFlags must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_PARTIALLY_BOUND_BIT

  • If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount is not enabled, all elements of pBindingFlags must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT

  • If an element of pBindingFlags includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT, that element’s descriptorType must not be VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_BINDING_FLAGS_CREATE_INFO

  • If bindingCount is not 0, pBindingFlags must be a valid pointer to an array of bindingCount valid combinations of VkDescriptorBindingFlagBits values

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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