vkEnumerateInstanceVersion(3)

# vkEnumerateInstanceVersion(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkEnumerateInstanceVersion - Query instance-level version before instance creation

## C Specification

To query the version of instance-level functionality supported by the implementation, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    VkResult vkEnumerateInstanceVersion(
        uint32_t*                                   pApiVersion);

## Parameters

- `pApiVersion` is a pointer to a `uint32_t`, which is the version of Vulkan supported by instance-level functionality, encoded as described in https://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/latest/html/vkspec.html#extendingvulkan-coreversions-versionnumbers.

## Description

Note | The intended behavior of vkEnumerateInstanceVersion is that an implementation should not need to perform memory allocations and should unconditionally return VK_SUCCESS. The loader, and any enabled layers, may return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY in the case of a failed memory allocation.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkEnumerateInstanceVersion-pApiVersion-parameter
  `pApiVersion` must be a valid pointer to a `uint32_t` value

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_1

## 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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