VkQueryPoolCreateInfo(3)

# VkQueryPoolCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkQueryPoolCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created query pool

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## C Specification

The `VkQueryPoolCreateInfo` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkQueryPoolCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType                  sType;
        const void*                      pNext;
        VkQueryPoolCreateFlags           flags;
        VkQueryType                      queryType;
        uint32_t                         queryCount;
        VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlags    pipelineStatistics;
    } VkQueryPoolCreateInfo;

## Members

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

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

- `flags` is reserved for future use.

- `queryType` is a VkQueryType value specifying the type of queries managed by the pool.

- `queryCount` is the number of queries managed by the pool.

- `pipelineStatistics` is a bitmask of VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits specifying which counters will be returned in queries on the new pool, as described below in https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#queries-pipestats.

## Description

`pipelineStatistics` is ignored if `queryType` is not `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS`.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-00791
  If the `pipelineStatisticsQuery` feature is not enabled, `queryType` must not be `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS`

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-meshShaderQueries-07068
  If the `meshShaderQueries` feature is not enabled, `queryType` must not be `VK_QUERY_TYPE_MESH_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_EXT`

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-meshShaderQueries-07069
  If the `meshShaderQueries` feature is not enabled, and `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS`, `pipelineStatistics` must not contain `VK_QUERY_PIPELINE_STATISTIC_TASK_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_BIT_EXT` or `VK_QUERY_PIPELINE_STATISTIC_MESH_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-00792
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS`, `pipelineStatistics` must be a valid combination of VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits values

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-09534
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS`, `pipelineStatistics` must not be zero

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-03222
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR`, the `pNext` chain must include a VkQueryPoolPerformanceCreateInfoKHR structure

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryCount-02763
  `queryCount` must be greater than 0

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-07133
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_KHR`, then the `pNext` chain must include a VkVideoProfileInfoKHR structure with `videoCodecOperation` specifying an encode operation

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-07906
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_KHR`, then the `pNext` chain must include a VkQueryPoolVideoEncodeFeedbackCreateInfoKHR structure

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-07907
  If `queryType` is `VK_QUERY_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_KHR`, and the `pNext` chain includes a VkVideoProfileInfoKHR structure and a VkQueryPoolVideoEncodeFeedbackCreateInfoKHR structure, then VkQueryPoolVideoEncodeFeedbackCreateInfoKHR::`encodeFeedbackFlags` must not contain any bits that are not set in VkVideoEncodeCapabilitiesKHR::`supportedEncodeFeedbackFlags`, as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoCapabilitiesKHR for the video profile described by VkVideoProfileInfoKHR and its `pNext` chain

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-pNext-10248
  If the `pNext` chain includes a VkVideoProfileInfoKHR structure and its `videoCodecOperation` member is `VK_VIDEO_CODEC_OPERATION_ENCODE_AV1_BIT_KHR`, then the `videoEncodeAV1` feature must be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_QUERY_POOL_CREATE_INFO`

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
  Each `pNext` member of any structure (including this one) in the `pNext` chain must be either `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkQueryPoolPerformanceCreateInfoKHR, VkQueryPoolPerformanceQueryCreateInfoINTEL, VkQueryPoolVideoEncodeFeedbackCreateInfoKHR, VkVideoDecodeAV1ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoDecodeH264ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoDecodeH265ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoDecodeUsageInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeAV1ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH264ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeH265ProfileInfoKHR, VkVideoEncodeUsageInfoKHR, or VkVideoProfileInfoKHR

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each structure in the `pNext` chain must be unique

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-flags-zerobitmask
  `flags` must be `0`

- VUID-VkQueryPoolCreateInfo-queryType-parameter
  `queryType` must be a valid VkQueryType value

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlags, VkQueryPoolCreateFlags, VkQueryType, VkStructureType, vkCreateQueryPool

## 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 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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