VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR(3)

# VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR - Structure specifying device fault information

## C Specification

The `VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_device_fault
    typedef struct VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                sType;
        void*                          pNext;
        VkDeviceFaultFlagsKHR          flags;
        uint64_t                       groupId;
        char                           description[VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
        VkDeviceFaultAddressInfoKHR    faultAddressInfo;
        VkDeviceFaultAddressInfoKHR    instructionAddressInfo;
        VkDeviceFaultVendorInfoKHR     vendorInfo;
    } VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkDeviceFaultFlagBitsKHR values giving information as to the type of fault and which additional fields have been populated by the driver provide further information.

- `groupID` is a monotonically increasing value for associating multiple entries with a single fault.

- `description` is an array of VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE `char` containing a null-terminated UTF-8 string which is a human readable description of the fault.

- `faultAddressInfo` is a VkDeviceFaultAddressInfoKHR structure providing details of the memory access which caused a fault.

- `instructionAddressInfo` is a VkDeviceFaultAddressInfoKHR structure providing details of the GPU instruction which cause a fault.

- `vendorInfo` is a VkDeviceFaultVendorInfoKHR structure providing vendor specific fault information.

## Description

An implementation should populate as many members of VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR as possible, given the information available at the time of the fault and the constraints of the implementation itself.

A single error may generate multiple instances of `VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR`. For example, multiple page faults may be generated, with the `faultAddress` member of each instance identifying a different memory address. In this case, all instances of `VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR` should share the same `groupID` where the implementation can reasonably ascertain this association.

Due to hardware limitations, `faultAddressInfo` and `instructionAddressInfo` describe ranges of GPU virtual address space, rather than precise addresses. The precise memory address accessed or the precise value of the instruction pointer must lie within the region described.

Note | Each `VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR` reported may (depending on the `flags` set) provide: A memory access which may have triggered a page fault and may have contributed to device loss The value of an active instruction pointer at the time a fault occurred. This value may be indicative of the active pipeline or shader at the time of device loss Comparison of the GPU virtual addresses described by `faultAddressInfo` or `instructionAddressInfo` to GPU virtual address ranges reported by the `VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report` extension may allow applications to correlate between these addresses and Vulkan objects. Applications should be aware that these addresses may also correspond to resources internal to an implementation, which will not be reported via the `VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report` extension.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_FAULT_INFO_KHR

- VUID-VkDeviceFaultInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

## See Also

VK_KHR_device_fault, VkDeviceFaultAddressInfoKHR, VkDeviceFaultFlagsKHR, VkDeviceFaultVendorInfoKHR, VkStructureType, vkGetDeviceFaultReportsKHR

## 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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