C Specification

Data describing a VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER descriptor is passed in a VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT structure:

// Provided by VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer
typedef struct VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT {
    VkStructureType    sType;
    void*              pNext;
    VkDeviceAddress    address;
    VkDeviceSize       range;
    VkFormat           format;
} VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

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

  • address is either 0 or a device address at an offset in a buffer, where the base address can be queried from vkGetBufferDeviceAddress.

  • range is the size in bytes of the buffer or buffer view used by the descriptor.

  • format is the format of the data elements in the buffer view and is ignored for buffers.

Description

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_ADDRESS_INFO_EXT

  • VUID-VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT-pNext-pNext
    pNext must be NULL

  • VUID-VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT-address-parameter
    If address is not 0, address must be a valid VkDeviceAddress value

  • VUID-VkDescriptorAddressInfoEXT-format-parameter
    format must be a valid VkFormat value

If the nullDescriptor feature is enabled, address can be zero. Loads from a null descriptor return zero values and stores and atomics to a null descriptor are discarded.

See Also

VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer, VkDescriptorDataEXT, VkDeviceAddress, VkDeviceSize, VkFormat, VkStructureType

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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