VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT - Structure describing whether nested command buffers are supported by the implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           nestedCommandBuffer;
        VkBool32           nestedCommandBufferRendering;
        VkBool32           nestedCommandBufferSimultaneousUse;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT;

## Members

This structure describes the following features:

- `nestedCommandBuffer` indicates the implementation supports nested command buffers, which allows Secondary Command Buffers to execute other Secondary Command Buffers.

- `nestedCommandBufferRendering` indicates that it is valid to call vkCmdExecuteCommands inside a Secondary Command Buffer recorded with VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT.

- `nestedCommandBufferSimultaneousUse` indicates that the implementation supports nested command buffers with command buffers that are recorded with VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT.

## Description

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT` 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 `VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT`, 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 (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_NESTED_COMMAND_BUFFER_FEATURES_EXT

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer, 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

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0