VkBufferCreateFlagBits(3)

# VkBufferCreateFlagBits(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkBufferCreateFlagBits - Bitmask specifying additional parameters of a buffer

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## C Specification

Bits which can be set in VkBufferCreateInfo::`flags`, specifying additional parameters of a buffer, are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef enum VkBufferCreateFlagBits {
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT = 0x00000001,
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT = 0x00000002,
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT = 0x00000004,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT = 0x00000008,
      // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT = 0x00000010,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_buffer_device_address
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT_EXT = VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_buffer_device_address
        VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT_KHR = VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT,
    } VkBufferCreateFlagBits;

## Description

- `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT` specifies that the buffer will be backed using sparse memory binding.

- `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` specifies that the buffer can be partially backed using sparse memory binding. Buffers created with this flag must also be created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT` flag.

- `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT` specifies that the buffer will be backed using sparse memory binding with memory ranges that might also simultaneously be backing another buffer (or another portion of the same buffer). Buffers created with this flag must also be created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT` flag.

- `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT` specifies that the buffer is a protected buffer.

- `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT` specifies that the buffer’s address can be saved and reused on a subsequent run (e.g. for trace capture and replay), see VkBufferOpaqueCaptureAddressCreateInfo for more detail.

See Sparse Resource Features and Physical Device Features for details of the sparse memory features supported on a device.

## See Also

VkBufferCreateFlags

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The Khronos Group Inc.

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