VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo(3)

# VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo - Structure specifying creation flags for descriptor set layout bindings

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## C Specification

If the `pNext` chain of a VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure includes a VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo structure, then that structure includes an array of flags, one for each descriptor set layout binding.

The VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
    typedef struct VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType                    sType;
        const void*                        pNext;
        uint32_t                           bindingCount;
        const VkDescriptorBindingFlags*    pBindingFlags;
    } VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo;

    // Provided by VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing
    // Equivalent to VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo
    typedef VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfoEXT;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `bindingCount` is zero or the number of elements in `pBindingFlags`.

- `pBindingFlags` is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorBindingFlags bitfields, one for each descriptor set layout binding.

## Description

If `bindingCount` is zero or if this structure is not included in the `pNext` chain, the VkDescriptorBindingFlags for each descriptor set layout binding is considered to be zero. Otherwise, the descriptor set layout binding at VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::`pBindings`[i] uses the flags in `pBindingFlags`[i].

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-bindingCount-03002
  If `bindingCount` is not zero, `bindingCount` must equal VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::`bindingCount`

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-flags-03003
  If VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::`flags` includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT, then all elements of `pBindingFlags` must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_UNUSED_WHILE_PENDING_BIT, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-pBindingFlags-03004
  If an element of `pBindingFlags` includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT, then it must be the element with the highest `binding` number

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingUniformBufferUpdateAfterBind-03005
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingUniformBufferUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingSampledImageUpdateAfterBind-03006
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingSampledImageUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingStorageImageUpdateAfterBind-03007
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingStorageImageUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind-03008
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind-03009
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind-03010
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind-02211
  If VkPhysicalDeviceInlineUniformBlockFeatures::`descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingAccelerationStructureUpdateAfterBind-03570
  If VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructureFeaturesKHR::`descriptorBindingAccelerationStructureUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_KHR or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_NV must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-None-03011
  All bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingUpdateUnusedWhilePending-03012
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingUpdateUnusedWhilePending` is not enabled, all elements of `pBindingFlags` must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_UNUSED_WHILE_PENDING_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingPartiallyBound-03013
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingPartiallyBound` is not enabled, all elements of `pBindingFlags` must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_PARTIALLY_BOUND_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount-03014
  If VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures::`descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount` is not enabled, all elements of `pBindingFlags` must not include VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-pBindingFlags-03015
  If an element of `pBindingFlags` includes VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT, that element’s `descriptorType` must not be VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-descriptorBindingStorageTensorUpdateAfterBind-09697
  If VkPhysicalDeviceTensorFeaturesARM::`descriptorBindingStorageTensorUpdateAfterBind` is not enabled, all bindings with descriptor type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_TENSOR_ARM must not use VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_BINDING_FLAGS_CREATE_INFO

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfo-pBindingFlags-parameter
  If `bindingCount` is not `0`, `pBindingFlags` must be a valid pointer to an array of `bindingCount` valid combinations of VkDescriptorBindingFlagBits values

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing, VK_VERSION_1_2, VkDescriptorBindingFlags, VkStructureType

## 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.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0