vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV(3)

# vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV - Create an external compute queue for use by a compatible external API.

## C Specification

To create an external compute queue for use by compatible external APIs call:

    // Provided by VK_NV_external_compute_queue
    VkResult vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkExternalComputeQueueCreateInfoNV*   pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkExternalComputeQueueNV*                   pExternalQueue);

## Parameters

- `device` is the VkDevice that the external queue will be a part of.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkExternalComputeQueueCreateInfoNV structure specifying configuration info for creating the external queue.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pExternalQueue` is a pointer to a VkExternalComputeQueueNV object that will be filled with the handle for the created external queue.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkExternalComputeQueueCreateInfoNV structure

- VUID-vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV-pAllocator-parameter
  If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- VUID-vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV-pExternalQueue-parameter
  `pExternalQueue` must be a valid pointer to a VkExternalComputeQueueNV handle

- VUID-vkCreateExternalComputeQueueNV-device-queuecount
  The device must have been created with at least `1` queue

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_NV_external_compute_queue, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkExternalComputeQueueCreateInfoNV, VkExternalComputeQueueNV

## 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.

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