VkImageMemoryBarrier

The VkImageMemoryBarrier structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageMemoryBarrier {
    VkStructureType sType;
    const void* pNext;
    VkAccessFlags srcAccessMask;
    VkAccessFlags dstAccessMask;
    VkImageLayout oldLayout;
    VkImageLayout newLayout;
    uint32_t srcQueueFamilyIndex;
    uint32_t dstQueueFamilyIndex;
    VkImage image;
    VkImageSubresourceRange subresourceRange;
} VkImageMemoryBarrier;

• sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
• srcAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a source access mask.
• dstAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a destination access mask.
• oldLayout is the old layout in an image layout transition.
• newLayout is the new layout in an image layout transition.
• srcQueueFamilyIndex is the source queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• dstQueueFamilyIndex is the destination queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• image is a handle to the image affected by this barrier.
• subresourceRange describes the image subresource range within image that is affected by this barrier.

The first access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified image subresource range, via access types in the source access mask specified by srcAccessMask. If srcAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT, memory writes performed by that access type are also made visible, as that access type is not performed through a resource.

The second access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified image subresource range, via access types in the destination access mask specified by dstAccessMask. If dstAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT or VK_ACCESS_HOST_READ_BIT, available memory writes are also made visible to accesses of those types, as those access types are not performed through a resource.

If srcQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to dstQueueFamilyIndex, and srcQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family release operation for the specified image subresource range, and if dependencyFlags did not include VK_DEPENDENCY_QUEUE_FAMILY_OWNERSHIP_TRANSFER_USE_ALL_STAGES_BIT_KHR, the second synchronization scope of the calling command does not apply to this operation.

If dstQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to srcQueueFamilyIndex, and dstQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family acquire operation for the specified image subresource range, and if dependencyFlags did not include VK_DEPENDENCY_QUEUE_FAMILY_OWNERSHIP_TRANSFER_USE_ALL_STAGES_BIT_KHR, the first synchronization scope of the calling command does not apply to this operation.

If the synchronization2 feature is not enabled or oldLayout is not equal to newLayout, oldLayout and newLayout define an image layout transition for the specified image subresource range.

If image has a multi-planar format and the image is disjoint, then including VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT in the aspectMask member of subresourceRange is equivalent to including VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT, VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT, and (for three-plane formats only) VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT.