C Specification

The set of usages for the created image view can be restricted compared to the parent image’s usage flags by adding a VkImageViewUsage2CreateInfoKHR structure to the pNext chain of VkImageViewCreateInfo.

The VkImageViewUsage2CreateInfoKHR structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_KHR_extended_flags
typedef struct VkImageViewUsage2CreateInfoKHR {
    VkStructureType          sType;
    void*                    pNext;
    VkImageUsageFlags2KHR    usage;
} VkImageViewUsage2CreateInfoKHR;

Members

  • sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

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

  • usage is a bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits2KHR specifying allowed usages of the image view.

Description

When this structure is chained to VkImageViewCreateInfo the usage field overrides the implicit usage parameter inherited from image creation time and its value is used instead for the purposes of determining the valid usage conditions of VkImageViewCreateInfo.

Valid Usage (Implicit)
Structure Chaining
Extends the structure

See Also

VK_KHR_extended_flags, VkImageUsageFlags2KHR, 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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