C Specification
Buffers represent linear arrays of data which are used for various purposes by binding them to a graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets or via certain commands, or by directly specifying them as parameters to certain commands.
Buffers are represented by VkBuffer handles:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkBuffer)See Also
VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR, VkBindBufferMemoryInfo, VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo, VkBufferMemoryBarrier, VkBufferMemoryBarrier2KHR, VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2, VkBufferViewCreateInfo, VkConditionalRenderingBeginInfoEXT, VkCopyBufferInfo2KHR, VkCopyBufferToImageInfo2KHR, VkCopyImageToBufferInfo2KHR, VkDedicatedAllocationMemoryAllocateInfoNV, VkDescriptorBufferInfo, VkGeneratedCommandsInfoNV, VkGeometryAABBNV, VkGeometryTrianglesNV, VkIndirectCommandsStreamNV, VkMemoryDedicatedAllocateInfo, VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo, VkVideoDecodeInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeInfoKHR, vkBindBufferMemory, vkCmdBeginTransformFeedbackEXT, vkCmdBindIndexBuffer, vkCmdBindTransformFeedbackBuffersEXT, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers2EXT, vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructureNV, vkCmdCopyBuffer, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, vkCmdDispatchIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCount, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCountAMD, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCountKHR, vkCmdDrawIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndirectByteCountEXT, vkCmdDrawIndirectCount, vkCmdDrawIndirectCountAMD, vkCmdDrawIndirectCountKHR, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectCountNV, vkCmdDrawMeshTasksIndirectNV, vkCmdEndTransformFeedbackEXT, vkCmdFillBuffer, vkCmdTraceRaysNV, vkCmdUpdateBuffer, vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD, vkCmdWriteBufferMarkerAMD, vkCreateBuffer, vkDestroyBuffer, vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements
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.