Function Prototype

vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT

Open a command buffer marker region
primary / secondary
both
graphics / compute
action

A marker region can be opened by calling:

void vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT(
    VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
    const VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT* pMarkerInfo);
  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
  • pMarkerInfo is a pointer to a VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT structure specifying the parameters of the marker region to open.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT-pMarkerInfo-parameter

pMarkerInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT structure

VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT-commandBuffer-cmdpool

The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations

VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT-videocoding

This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
  • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized ::