VkRenderPassBeginInfo(3)

# VkRenderPassBeginInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkRenderPassBeginInfo - Structure specifying render pass begin information

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## C Specification

The `VkRenderPassBeginInfo` structure is defined as:

Warning | This functionality is deprecated by VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read. See Deprecated Functionality for more information.

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkRenderPassBeginInfo {
        VkStructureType        sType;
        const void*            pNext;
        VkRenderPass           renderPass;
        VkFramebuffer          framebuffer;
        VkRect2D               renderArea;
        uint32_t               clearValueCount;
        const VkClearValue*    pClearValues;
    } VkRenderPassBeginInfo;

## Members

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

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

- `renderPass` is the render pass to begin an instance of.

- `framebuffer` is the framebuffer containing the attachments that are used with the render pass.

- `renderArea` is the render area that is affected by the render pass instance, and is described in more detail below.

- `clearValueCount` is the number of elements in `pClearValues`.

- `pClearValues` is a pointer to an array of `clearValueCount` VkClearValue structures containing clear values for each attachment, if the attachment uses a `loadOp` value of `VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR` or if the attachment has a depth/stencil format and uses a `stencilLoadOp` value of `VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR`. The array is indexed by attachment number. Only elements corresponding to cleared attachments are used. Other elements of `pClearValues` are ignored.

## Description

`renderArea` is the render area that is affected by the render pass instance. The effects of attachment load, store and multisample resolve operations are restricted to the pixels whose x and y coordinates fall within the render area on all attachments. The render area extends to all layers of `framebuffer`. The application must ensure (using scissor if necessary) that all rendering is contained within the render area. The render area, after any transform specified by VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM::`transform` is applied, must be contained within the framebuffer dimensions.

If render pass transform is enabled, then `renderArea` must equal the framebuffer pre-transformed dimensions. After `renderArea` has been transformed by VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM::`transform`, the resulting render area must be equal to the framebuffer dimensions.

If multiview is enabled in `renderPass`, and `multiviewPerViewRenderAreas` feature is enabled, and there is an instance of VkMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasRenderPassBeginInfoQCOM included in the `pNext` chain with `perViewRenderAreaCount` not equal to `0`, then the elements of VkMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasRenderPassBeginInfoQCOM::`pPerViewRenderAreas` override `renderArea` and define a render area for each view. In this case, `renderArea` must be an area at least as large as the union of all the per-view render areas.

If the `subpassShading` feature is enabled, then `renderArea` must equal the framebuffer dimensions.

Note | There may be a performance cost for using a render area smaller than the framebuffer, unless it matches the render area granularity for the render pass.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-clearValueCount-00902
  `clearValueCount` must be greater than the largest attachment index in `renderPass` specifying a `loadOp` (or `stencilLoadOp`, if the attachment has a depth/stencil format) of `VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-clearValueCount-04962
  If `clearValueCount` is not `0`, `pClearValues` must be a valid pointer to an array of `clearValueCount` VkClearValue unions

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-renderPass-00904
  `renderPass` must be compatible with the `renderPass` member of the VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure specified when creating `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-None-08996
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.extent.width` must be greater than 0

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-None-08997
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.extent.height` must be greater than 0

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02850
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.offset.x` must be greater than or equal to 0

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02851
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.offset.y` must be greater than or equal to 0

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02852
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.offset.x` + `renderArea.extent.width` must be less than or equal to VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`width` the `framebuffer` was created with

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02853
  If the `pNext` chain does not contain VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo or its `deviceRenderAreaCount` member is equal to 0, `renderArea.offset.y` + `renderArea.extent.height` must be less than or equal to VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`height` the `framebuffer` was created with

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02856
  If the `pNext` chain contains VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo, `offset.x` + `extent.width` of each element of `pDeviceRenderAreas` must be less than or equal to VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`width` the `framebuffer` was created with

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02857
  If the `pNext` chain contains VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo, `offset.y` + `extent.height` of each element of `pDeviceRenderAreas` must be less than or equal to VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`height` the `framebuffer` was created with

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03207
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that did not include `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, and the `pNext` chain includes a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure, its `attachmentCount` must be zero

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03208
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, the `attachmentCount` of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be equal to the value of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`attachmentImageInfoCount` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-02780
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must have been created on the same VkDevice as `framebuffer` and `renderPass`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03209
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkImageCreateInfo::`flags` equal to the `flags` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-04627
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView with an inherited usage equal to the `usage` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03211
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView with a width equal to the `width` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03212
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView with a height equal to the `height` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03213
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkImageViewCreateInfo::`subresourceRange.layerCount` equal to the `layerCount` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03214
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkImageFormatListCreateInfo::`viewFormatCount` equal to the `viewFormatCount` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03215
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a set of elements in VkImageFormatListCreateInfo::`pViewFormats` equal to the set of elements in the `pViewFormats` member of the corresponding element of VkFramebufferAttachmentsCreateInfo::`pAttachmentImageInfos` used to create `framebuffer`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-03216
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkImageViewCreateInfo::`format` equal to the corresponding value of VkAttachmentDescription::`format` in `renderPass`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-09353
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, and the `nullColorAttachmentWithExternalFormatResolve` is `VK_FALSE`, the format of the color attachment for each subpass that includes an external format image as a resolve attachment must have a format equal to the value of VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatResolvePropertiesANDROID::`colorAttachmentFormat` as returned by a call to vkGetAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID for the Android hardware buffer that was used to create the image view use as its resolve attachment

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-09354
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkExternalFormatANDROID::`externalFormat` equal to VkExternalFormatANDROID::`externalFormat` in the `pNext` chain of the corresponding VkAttachmentDescription2 structure used to create `renderPass`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-09047
  If `framebuffer` was created with a VkFramebufferCreateInfo::`flags` value that included `VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT`, each element of the `pAttachments` member of a VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo structure included in the `pNext` chain must be a VkImageView of an image created with a value of VkImageCreateInfo::`samples` equal to the corresponding value of VkAttachmentDescription::`samples` in `renderPass` , or `VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT` if `renderPass` was created with VkMultisampledRenderToSingleSampledInfoEXT structure in the `pNext` chain with `multisampledRenderToSingleSampledEnable` equal to `VK_TRUE`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02869
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM, `renderArea.offset` must equal (0,0)

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-02870
  If the `pNext` chain includes VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM, `renderArea.extent` transformed by VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM::`transform` must equal the `framebuffer` dimensions

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-perViewRenderAreaCount-07859
  If the `perViewRenderAreaCount` member of a VkMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasRenderPassBeginInfoQCOM structure included in the `pNext` chain is not `0`, then the `multiviewPerViewRenderAreas` feature must be enabled

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-perViewRenderAreaCount-07860
  If the `perViewRenderAreaCount` member of a VkMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasRenderPassBeginInfoQCOM structure included in the `pNext` chain is not `0`, then `renderArea` must specify a render area that includes the union of all per view render areas

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-pNext-09539
  If the `pNext` chain contains a VkRenderPassStripeBeginInfoARM structure, the union of stripe areas defined by the elements of VkRenderPassStripeBeginInfoARM::`pStripeInfos` must cover the `renderArea`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO`

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-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 VkDeviceGroupRenderPassBeginInfo, VkMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasRenderPassBeginInfoQCOM, VkRenderPassAttachmentBeginInfo, VkRenderPassSampleLocationsBeginInfoEXT, VkRenderPassStripeBeginInfoARM, or VkRenderPassTransformBeginInfoQCOM

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

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-renderPass-parameter
  `renderPass` must be a valid VkRenderPass handle

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-framebuffer-parameter
  `framebuffer` must be a valid VkFramebuffer handle

- VUID-VkRenderPassBeginInfo-commonparent
  Both of `framebuffer`, and `renderPass` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkClearValue, VkFramebuffer, VkRect2D, VkRenderPass, VkStructureType, vkCmdBeginRenderPass, vkCmdBeginRenderPass2, vkCmdBeginRenderPass2KHR

## 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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