VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR - Structure describing the out-of-bounds behavior for an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_robustness2
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           robustBufferAccess2;
        VkBool32           robustImageAccess2;
        VkBool32           nullDescriptor;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR;

    // Provided by VK_EXT_robustness2
    // Equivalent to VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR
    typedef VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesEXT;

## Members

This structure describes the following features:

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

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

- `robustBufferAccess2` enables https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#shaders-robust-buffer-access2 guarantees for shader buffer accesses.

- `robustImageAccess2` enables https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#shaders-robust-image-access2 guarantees for shader image accesses.

- `nullDescriptor` indicates whether descriptors can be written with a VK_NULL_HANDLE resource or view, which are considered valid to access and act as if the descriptor were bound to nothing.

## Description

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled in to indicate whether each corresponding feature is supported. If the application wishes to use a VkDevice with any features described by `VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR`, it must add an instance of the structure, with the desired feature members set to VK_TRUE, to the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo when creating the VkDevice.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR-robustBufferAccess2-04000
  If `robustBufferAccess2` is enabled then `robustBufferAccess` must also be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_ROBUSTNESS_2_FEATURES_KHR

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_EXT_robustness2, VK_KHR_robustness2, VkBool32, 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

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