VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV(3)

# VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV - Structure specifying acceleration structure descriptor information

## C Specification

The `VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    typedef struct VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV {
        VkStructureType                     sType;
        const void*                         pNext;
        uint32_t                            accelerationStructureCount;
        const VkAccelerationStructureNV*    pAccelerationStructures;
    } VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV;

## Members

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

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

- `accelerationStructureCount` is the number of elements in `pAccelerationStructures`.

- `pAccelerationStructures` is a pointer to an array of VkAccelerationStructureNV structures specifying the acceleration structures to update.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV-pAccelerationStructures-03748
  Each acceleration structure in `pAccelerationStructures` must have been created with VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TOP_LEVEL_KHR

- VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV-pAccelerationStructures-03749
  If the `nullDescriptor` feature is not enabled, each member of `pAccelerationStructures` must not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_NV

- VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV-pAccelerationStructures-parameter
  `pAccelerationStructures` must be a valid pointer to an array of `accelerationStructureCount` valid or VK_NULL_HANDLE VkAccelerationStructureNV handles

- VUID-VkWriteDescriptorSetAccelerationStructureNV-accelerationStructureCount-arraylength
  `accelerationStructureCount` must be greater than `0`

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkWriteDescriptorSet

## See Also

VK_NV_ray_tracing, VkAccelerationStructureNV, 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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