VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport(3)

# VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport - Structure returning information about whether a descriptor set layout can be supported

## C Specification

Information about support for the descriptor set layout is returned in a `VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport` structure:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    typedef struct VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           supported;
    } VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance3
    // Equivalent to VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport
    typedef VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupportKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `supported` specifies whether the descriptor set layout can be created.

## Description

`supported` will be VK_TRUE if the descriptor set can be created, or else VK_FALSE.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_SUPPORT

- VUID-VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkDescriptorSetVariableDescriptorCountLayoutSupport

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

## See Also

VK_KHR_maintenance3, VK_VERSION_1_1, VkBool32, VkStructureType, vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport, vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport

## 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