C Specification

Alternatively, to bind one or more descriptor sets to a command buffer, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_4
void vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkBindDescriptorSetsInfo*             pBindDescriptorSetsInfo);

or the equivalent command

// Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance6
void vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2KHR(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkBindDescriptorSetsInfo*             pBindDescriptorSetsInfo);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer that the descriptor sets will be bound to.

  • pBindDescriptorSetsInfo is a pointer to a VkBindDescriptorSetsInfo structure.

Description

Valid Usage
  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-pBindDescriptorSetsInfo-09467
    Each bit in pBindDescriptorSetsInfo->stageFlags must be a stage supported by the commandBuffer’s parent VkCommandPool’s queue family

Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-pBindDescriptorSetsInfo-parameter
    pBindDescriptorSetsInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkBindDescriptorSetsInfo structure

  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT, or VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2-videocoding
    This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization
  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

  • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties
Command Buffer Levels Render Pass Scope Video Coding Scope Supported Queue Types Command Type

Primary
Secondary

Both

Outside

VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT
VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT

State

Conditional Rendering

vkCmdBindDescriptorSets2 is not affected by conditional rendering

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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