C Specification

The VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing
typedef struct VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR {
    VkStructureType                      sType;
    const void*                          pNext;
    uint32_t                             accelerationStructureCount;
    const VkAccelerationStructureKHR*    pAccelerationStructures;
} VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR;

or the equivalent

// Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
typedef VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

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

  • accelerationStructureCount is the number of elements in pAccelerationStructures.

  • pAccelerationStructures are the acceleration structures to update.

Description

Valid Usage
  • VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR-accelerationStructureCount-02236
    accelerationStructureCount must be equal to descriptorCount in the extended structure

  • VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR-pAccelerationStructures-02764
    Each acceleration structure in pAccelerationStructures must have been created with VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TOP_LEVEL_KHR

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_KHR

  • VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR-pAccelerationStructures-parameter
    pAccelerationStructures must be a valid pointer to an array of accelerationStructureCount valid VkAccelerationStructureKHR handles

  • VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR-accelerationStructureCount-arraylength
    accelerationStructureCount must be greater than 0

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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