VkWriteDescriptorSet

The VkWriteDescriptorSet structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkWriteDescriptorSet {
    VkStructureType sType;
    const void* pNext;
    VkDescriptorSet dstSet;
    uint32_t dstBinding;
    uint32_t dstArrayElement;
    uint32_t descriptorCount;
    VkDescriptorType descriptorType;
    const VkDescriptorImageInfo* pImageInfo;
    const VkDescriptorBufferInfo* pBufferInfo;
    const VkBufferView* pTexelBufferView;
} VkWriteDescriptorSet;

sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
dstSet is the destination descriptor set to update.
dstBinding is the descriptor binding within that set.
dstArrayElement is the starting element in that array. If the descriptor binding identified by dstSet and dstBinding has a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK then dstArrayElement specifies the starting byte offset within the binding.
descriptorCount is the number of descriptors to update. If the descriptor binding identified by dstSet and dstBinding has a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK, then descriptorCount specifies the number of bytes to update. Otherwise, descriptorCount is one of
- the number of elements in pImageInfo
- the number of elements in pBufferInfo
- the number of elements in pTexelBufferView
- a value matching the dataSize member of a VkWriteDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlock structure in the pNext chain
- a value matching the accelerationStructureCount of a VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR structure in the pNext chain
descriptorType is a VkDescriptorType specifying the type of each descriptor in pImageInfo, pBufferInfo, or pTexelBufferView, as described below. If VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding for dstSet at dstBinding is not equal to VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_MUTABLE_EXT, descriptorType must be the same type as the descriptorType specified in VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding for dstSet at dstBinding. The type of the descriptor also controls which array the descriptors are taken from.
pImageInfo is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorImageInfo structures or is ignored, as described below.
pBufferInfo is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures or is ignored, as described below.
pTexelBufferView is a pointer to an array of VkBufferView handles as described in the Buffer Views section or is ignored, as described below.

Only one of pImageInfo, pBufferInfo, or pTexelBufferView members is used according to the descriptor type specified in the descriptorType member of the containing VkWriteDescriptorSet structure, or none of them in case descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK, in which case the source data for the descriptor writes is taken from the VkWriteDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlock structure included in the pNext chain of VkWriteDescriptorSet, or if descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_KHR, in which case the source data for the descriptor writes is taken from the VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR structure in the pNext chain of VkWriteDescriptorSet, or if descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_NV, in which case the source data for the descriptor writes is taken from the VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV structure in the pNext chain of VkWriteDescriptorSet, as specified below.

If the nullDescriptor feature is enabled, the buffer, acceleration structure, imageView, or bufferView can be VK_NULL_HANDLE. Loads from a null descriptor return zero values and stores and atomics to a null descriptor are discarded. A null acceleration structure descriptor results in the miss shader being invoked.

If the destination descriptor is a mutable descriptor, the active descriptor type for the destination descriptor becomes descriptorType.

If the dstBinding has fewer than descriptorCount array elements remaining starting from dstArrayElement, then the remainder will be used to update the subsequent binding - dstBinding+1 starting at array element zero. If a binding has a descriptorCount of zero, it is skipped. This behavior applies recursively, with the update affecting consecutive bindings as needed to update all descriptorCount descriptors. Consecutive bindings must have identical VkDescriptorType, VkShaderStageFlags, VkDescriptorBindingFlagBits, and immutable samplers references. In addition, if the VkDescriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_MUTABLE_EXT, the supported descriptor types in VkMutableDescriptorTypeCreateInfoEXT must be equally defined.

The same behavior applies to bindings with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK where descriptorCount specifies the number of bytes to update while dstArrayElement specifies the starting byte offset, thus in this case if the dstBinding has a smaller byte size than the sum of dstArrayElement and descriptorCount, then the remainder will be used to update the subsequent binding - dstBinding+1 starting at offset zero. This falls out as a special case of the above rule.

Valid Usage

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstBinding-00315

dstBinding must be less than or equal to the maximum value of binding of all VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structures specified when dstSet’s descriptor set layout was created

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstBinding-00316

dstBinding must be a binding with a non-zero descriptorCount

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstBinding-10009

dstBinding must be a binding with a non-zero VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::bindingCount

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorCount-00317

All consecutive bindings updated via a single VkWriteDescriptorSet structure, except those with a descriptorCount of zero, must have identical descriptorType and stageFlags

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorCount-00318

All consecutive bindings updated via a single VkWriteDescriptorSet structure, except those with a descriptorCount of zero, must all either use immutable samplers or must all not use immutable samplers

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00319

descriptorType must match the type of dstBinding within dstSet

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstSet-00320

dstSet must be a valid VkDescriptorSet handle

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstArrayElement-00321

The sum of dstArrayElement and descriptorCount must be less than or equal to the number of array elements in the descriptor set binding specified by dstBinding, and all applicable consecutive bindings, as described by VkWriteDescriptorSet

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02219

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK, dstArrayElementmust be an integer multiple of 4

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02220

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK, descriptorCountmust be an integer multiple of 4

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02994

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER, each element of pTexelBufferView must be either a valid VkBufferView handle or VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02995

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER and the nullDescriptor feature is not enabled, each element of pTexelBufferView must not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00324

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, pBufferInfo must be a valid pointer to an array of descriptorCount valid VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00325

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and dstSet was not allocated with a layout that included immutable samplers for dstBinding with descriptorType, the sampler member of each element of pImageInfo must be a valid VkSampler object

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02996

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must be either a valid VkImageView handle or VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02997

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, and the nullDescriptor feature is not enabled, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfomust not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-07683

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02221

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK, the pNext chain must include a VkWriteDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlock structure whose dataSize member equals descriptorCount

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02382

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_KHR, the pNext chain must include a VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR structure whose accelerationStructureCount member equals descriptorCount

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-03817

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_NV, the pNext chain must include a VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV structure whose accelerationStructureCount member equals descriptorCount

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-01946

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, then the imageView member of each pImageInfo element must have been created without a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure in its pNext chain

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02738

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and if any element of pImageInfo has an imageView member that was created with a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure in its pNext chain, then dstSet must have been allocated with a layout that included immutable samplers for dstBinding, and the corresponding immutable sampler must have been created with an identically defined

VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo object

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-01948

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and dstSet was allocated with a layout that included immutable samplers for dstBinding, then the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo which corresponds to an immutable sampler that enables sampler Y′C_BC_R conversion must have been created with a VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo structure in its pNext chain with an identically defined

VkSamplerYcbcrConversionInfo to the corresponding immutable sampler

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-09506

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, dstSet was allocated with a layout that included immutable samplers for dstBinding, and those samplers enable sampler Y′C_BC_R conversion, then imageView must not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00327

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the offset member of each element of pBufferInfo must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00328

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the offset member of each element of pBufferInfo must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00329

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, and the buffer member of any element of pBufferInfo is the handle of a non-sparse buffer, then that buffer must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00330

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the buffer member of each element of pBufferInfo must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT set

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00331

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the buffer member of each element of pBufferInfo must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT set

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00332

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the range member of each element of pBufferInfo, or the effective range if range is VK_WHOLE_SIZE, must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxUniformBufferRange

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00333

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, the range member of each element of pBufferInfo, or the effective range if range is VK_WHOLE_SIZE, must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxStorageBufferRange

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-08765

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER, the pTexelBufferView buffer view usage must include VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-08766

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER, the pTexelBufferView buffer view usage must include VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00336

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with the identity swizzle

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00337

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT set

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-04149

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE the imageLayout member of each element of pImageInfo must be a member of the list given in Sampled Image

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-04150

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER the imageLayout member of each element of pImageInfo must be a member of the list given in Combined Image Sampler

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-04151

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT the imageLayout member of each element of pImageInfo must be a member of the list given in Input Attachment

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-04152

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE the imageLayout member of each element of pImageInfo must be a member of the list given in Storage Image

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00338

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT set

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-00339

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT set

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-02752

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, then dstSet must not have been allocated with a layout that included immutable samplers for dstBinding

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-dstSet-04611

If the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding for dstSet at dstBinding is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_MUTABLE_EXT, the new active descriptor type descriptorType must exist in the corresponding pMutableDescriptorTypeLists list for dstBinding

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-06450

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have either been created without a VkImageViewMinLodCreateInfoEXT included in the pNext chain or with a VkImageViewMinLodCreateInfoEXT::minLod of 0.0

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-06942

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_IMAGE_QCOM, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with a view created with an image created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_BIT_QCOM

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-descriptorType-06943

If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_BLOCK_MATCH_IMAGE_QCOM, the imageView member of each element of pImageInfo must have been created with a view created with an image created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLE_BLOCK_MATCH_BIT_QCOM

Valid Usage (Implicit)

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-sType-sType

sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET

VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSet-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 VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureKHR, VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV, or VkWriteDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlock