C Specification

To reset a command buffer, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
VkResult vkResetCommandBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkCommandBufferResetFlags                   flags);

Parameters

Description

Any primary command buffer that is in the recording or executable state and has commandBuffer recorded into it, becomes invalid.

After a command buffer is reset, any objects or memory specified by commands recorded into the command buffer must no longer be accessed when the command buffer is accessed by the implementation.

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkResetCommandBuffer-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits values

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

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

Return Codes
On success, this command returns
On failure, this command returns

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandBufferResetFlags

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

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