GLCOPYBUFFERSUBDATA(3G)

NAME
glCopyBufferSubData, glCopyNamedBufferSubData - copy all or part of the data store of a buffer object to the data store of another buffer object

C SPECIFICATION

void glCopyBufferSubData(GLenum readTarget, GLenum writeTarget, GLintptr readOffset, GLintptr writeOffset, GLsizeiptr size);

void glCopyNamedBufferSubData(GLuint readBuffer, GLuint writeBuffer, GLintptr readOffset, GLintptr writeOffset, GLsizeiptr size);

PARAMETERS

readTarget
    Specifies the target to which the source buffer object is bound for glCopyBufferSubData

writeTarget
    Specifies the target to which the destination buffer object is bound for glCopyBufferSubData.

readBuffer
    Specifies the name of the source buffer object for glCopyNamedBufferSubData.

writeBuffer
    Specifies the name of the destination buffer object for glCopyNamedBufferSubData.

readOffset
    Specifies the offset, in basic machine units, within the data store of the source buffer object at which data will be read.

writeOffset
    Specifies the offset, in basic machine units, within the data store of the destination buffer object at which data will be written.

size
    Specifies the size, in basic machine units, of the data to be copied from the source buffer object to the destination buffer object.

DESCRIPTION

glCopyBufferSubData and glCopyNamedBufferSubData copy part of the data store attached to a source buffer object to the data store attached to a destination buffer object. The number of basic machine units indicated by size is copied from the source at offset readOffset to the destination at writeOffset. readOffset, writeOffset and size are in terms of basic machine units.

For glCopyBufferSubData, readTarget and writeTarget specify the targets to which the source and destination buffer objects are bound, and must each be one of the buffer binding targets in the following table:
Buffer Binding Target | Purpose
GL_ARRAY_BUFFER | Vertex attributes
GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER | Atomic counter storage
GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER | Buffer copy source
GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER | Buffer copy destination
GL_DISPATCH_INDIRECT_BUFFER | Indirect compute dispatch commands
GL_DRAW_INDIRECT_BUFFER | Indirect command arguments
GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER | Vertex array indices
GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER | Pixel read target
GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER | Texture data source
GL_QUERY_BUFFER | Query result buffer
GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER | Read-write storage for shaders
GL_TEXTURE_BUFFER | Texture data buffer
GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER | Transform feedback buffer
GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER | Uniform block storage

Any of these targets may be used, but the targets GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER and GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER are provided specifically to allow copies between buffers without disturbing other GL state.

readOffset, writeOffset and size must all be greater than or equal to zero. Furthermore, $readOffset+size$ must not exceeed the size of the source buffer object, and $writeOffset+size$ must not exceeed the size of the buffer bound to writeTarget. If the source and destination are the same buffer object, then the source and destination ranges must not overlap.

NOTES

The GL_DISPATCH_INDIRECT_BUFFER and GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER targets are available only if the GL version is 4.3 or greater.

The GL_QUERY_BUFFER target is available only if the GL version is 4.4 or greater.

ERRORS

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated by glCopyBufferSubData if readTarget or writeTarget is not one of the buffer binding targets listed above.

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated by glCopyBufferSubData if zero is bound to readTarget or writeTarget.

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated by glCopyNamedBufferSubData if readBuffer or writeBuffer is not the name of an existing buffer object.

GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if any of readOffset, writeOffset or size is negative, if $readOffset + size$ is greater than the size of the source buffer object (its value of GL_BUFFER_SIZE), or if $writeOffset + size$ is greater than the size of the destination buffer object.

GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if the source and destination are the same buffer object, and the ranges $[readOffset,readOffset+size)$ and $[writeOffset,writeOffset+size)$ overlap.

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if either the source or destination buffer object is mapped with glMapBufferRange() or glMapBuffer(), unless they were mapped with the GL_MAP_PERSISTENT bit set in the glMapBufferRange access flags.

VERSION SUPPORT
 | OpenGL Version
Function / Feature Name | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
glCopyBufferSubData | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔
glCopyNamedBufferSubData | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✔

SEE ALSO

glGenBuffers(), glBindBuffer(), glBufferData(), glBufferSubData(), glGetBufferSubData(), glMapBuffer(), glMapBufferRange()

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