VkRenderPassCreateInfo

The VkRenderPassCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkRenderPassCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType sType;
    const void* pNext;
    VkRenderPassCreateFlags flags;
    uint32_t attachmentCount;
    const VkAttachmentDescription* pAttachments;
    uint32_t subpassCount;
    const VkSubpassDescription* pSubpasses;
    uint32_t dependencyCount;
    const VkSubpassDependency* pDependencies;
} VkRenderPassCreateInfo;

sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
flags is a bitmask of VkRenderPassCreateFlagBits
attachmentCount is the number of attachments used by this render pass.
pAttachments is a pointer to an array of attachmentCount
VkAttachmentDescription structures describing the attachments used by the render pass.
subpassCount is the number of subpasses to create.
pSubpasses is a pointer to an array of subpassCount
VkSubpassDescription structures describing each subpass.
dependencyCount is the number of memory dependencies between pairs of subpasses.
pDependencies is a pointer to an array of dependencyCount
VkSubpassDependency structures describing dependencies between pairs of subpasses.

Care should be taken to avoid a data race here; if any subpasses access attachments with overlapping memory locations, and one of those accesses is a write, a subpass dependency needs to be included between them.

Valid Usage

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-attachment-00834

If the attachment member of any element of pInputAttachments, pColorAttachments, pResolveAttachments or pDepthStencilAttachment, or any element of pPreserveAttachments in any element of pSubpasses is not VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED, then it must be less than attachmentCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-fragmentDensityMapAttachment-06471

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassFragmentDensityMapCreateInfoEXT structure and the fragmentDensityMapAttachment member is not VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED, then attachment must be less than attachmentCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pAttachments-00836

For any member of pAttachments with a loadOp equal to VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR, the first use of that attachment must not specify a layout equal to VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pAttachments-02511

For any member of pAttachments with a stencilLoadOp equal to VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR, the first use of that attachment must not specify a layout equal to VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pAttachments-01566

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pAttachments-01567

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01926

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo structure, the subpass member of each element of its pAspectReferences member must be less than subpassCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01927

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo structure, the inputAttachmentIndex member of each element of its pAspectReferences member must be less than the value of inputAttachmentCount in the element of pSubpasses identified by its subpass member

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01963

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo structure, for any element of the pInputAttachments member of any element of pSubpasses where the attachment member is not VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED, the aspectMask member of the corresponding element of VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo::pAspectReferencesmust only include aspects that are present in images of the format specified by the element of pAttachments at attachment

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01928

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, and its subpassCount member is not zero, that member must be equal to the value of subpassCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01929

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, if its dependencyCount member is not zero, it must be equal to dependencyCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-01930

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, for each non-zero element of pViewOffsets, the srcSubpass and dstSubpass members of pDependencies at the same index must not be equal

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-02512

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, for any element of pDependencies with a dependencyFlags member that does not include VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT, the corresponding element of the pViewOffsets member of that VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo instance must be 0

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-02513

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, elements of its pViewMasks member must either all be 0, or all not be 0

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-02514

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, and each element of its pViewMasks member is 0, the dependencyFlags member of each element of pDependencies must not include VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-02515

If the pNext chain includes a VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo structure, and each element of its pViewMasks member is 0, its correlationMaskCount member must be 0

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pDependencies-00837

For any element of pDependencies, if the srcSubpass is not VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL, all stage flags included in the srcStageMask member of that dependency must be a pipeline stage supported by the pipeline identified by the pipelineBindPoint member of the source subpass

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pDependencies-00838

For any element of pDependencies, if the dstSubpass is not VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL, all stage flags included in the dstStageMask member of that dependency must be a pipeline stage supported by the pipeline identified by the pipelineBindPoint member of the destination subpass

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pDependencies-06866

For any element of pDependencies, if its srcSubpass is not VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL, it must be less than subpassCount

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pDependencies-06867

For any element of pDependencies, if its dstSubpass is not VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL, it must be less than subpassCount

Valid Usage (Implicit)

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-sType-sType

sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_CREATE_INFO

VUID-VkRenderPassCreateInfo-pNext-pNext

Each pNext member of any structure (including this one) in the pNext chain must be either NULL or a pointer to a valid instance of VkRenderPassFragmentDensityMapCreateInfoEXT, VkRenderPassInputAttachmentAspectCreateInfo, or VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo