C Specification

To export device memory as a Zircon handle that can be used by another instance, device, or process, retrieve the handle to the VkDeviceMemory using the command:

// Provided by VK_FUCHSIA_external_memory
VkResult vkGetMemoryZirconHandleFUCHSIA(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkMemoryGetZirconHandleInfoFUCHSIA*   pGetZirconHandleInfo,
    zx_handle_t*                                pZirconHandle);

Parameters

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkGetMemoryZirconHandleFUCHSIA-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkGetMemoryZirconHandleFUCHSIA-pGetZirconHandleInfo-parameter
    pGetZirconHandleInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkMemoryGetZirconHandleInfoFUCHSIA structure

  • VUID-vkGetMemoryZirconHandleFUCHSIA-pZirconHandle-parameter
    pZirconHandle must be a valid pointer to a zx_handle_t value

Return Codes
On success, this command returns
On failure, this command returns

See Also

VK_FUCHSIA_external_memory, VkDevice, VkMemoryGetZirconHandleInfoFUCHSIA

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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