C Specification

To set parameters that affect dispatch commands, call:

// Provided by VK_ARM_scheduling_controls
void vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkDispatchParametersARM*              pDispatchParameters);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

  • pDispatchParameters is a pointer to a VkDispatchParametersARM structure specifying the dispatch parameters to be set.

Description

Parameters set using vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM affect the following dispatch commands:

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)
  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-pDispatchParameters-parameter
    pDispatchParameters must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDispatchParametersARM structure

  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT operations

  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-renderpass
    This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

  • VUID-vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM-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 Command Type

Primary
Secondary

Outside

Outside

VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT

State

Conditional Rendering

vkCmdSetDispatchParametersARM is not affected by conditional rendering

See Also

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.

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