vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT(3)

# vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT - Returns an image's DRM format modifier

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## C Specification

If an image was created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXT, then the image has a Linux DRM format modifier. To query the modifier, call:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier
    VkResult vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        VkImage                                     image,
        VkImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT*      pProperties);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that owns the image.

- `image` is the queried image.

- `pProperties` is a pointer to a VkImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT structure in which properties of the image’s DRM format modifier are returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT-image-02272
  `image` must have been created with `tiling` equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT-image-parameter
  `image` must be a valid VkImage handle

- VUID-vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT-pProperties-parameter
  `pProperties` must be a valid pointer to a VkImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT structure

- VUID-vkGetImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT-image-parent
  `image` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `device`

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier, VkDevice, VkImage, VkImageDrmFormatModifierPropertiesEXT

## 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 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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