VkPipelineBinaryKHR

Pipeline binary objects allow the result of pipeline construction to be reused between pipelines and between runs of an application. Reuse is achieved by extracting pipeline binaries from a VkPipeline object, associating them with a corresponding VkPipelineBinaryKeyKHR and then adding a VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR to the pNext chain of any Vk*PipelineCreateInfo when creating a pipeline. Pipeline binaries can be reused between runs by extracting VkPipelineBinaryDataKHR from VkPipelineBinaryKHR objects, saving the contents, and then using them to create a VkPipelineBinaryKHR object on subsequent runs.

When creating a pipeline that includes VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR in the pNext chain, or has the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_2_CAPTURE_DATA_BIT_KHR flag set, the use of VkPipelineCache objects is not allowed.

Pipeline binary objects are represented by VkPipelineBinaryKHR handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkPipelineBinaryKHR)