vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT(3)

# vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT - Insert a marker label into a command buffer

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## C Specification

A single marker label can be inserted into a command buffer by calling:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_debug_marker
    void vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        const VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT*           pMarkerInfo);

## Parameters

- `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 to insert.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT-pMarkerInfo-parameter
  `pMarkerInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT structure

- VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdDebugMarkerInsertEXT-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

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types
--- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Both | Outside | Graphics Compute

## See Also

VK_EXT_debug_marker, VkCommandBuffer, VkDebugMarkerMarkerInfoEXT

## 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 2014-2022 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0