VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT(3)

# VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT - Structure specifying mapping resources to a heap index in push data

## C Specification

The `VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_descriptor_heap
    typedef struct VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT {
        uint32_t                      heapOffset;
        uint32_t                      pushOffset;
        uint32_t                      heapIndexStride;
        uint32_t                      heapArrayStride;
        const VkSamplerCreateInfo*    pEmbeddedSampler;
        VkBool32                      useCombinedImageSamplerIndex;
        uint32_t                      samplerHeapOffset;
        uint32_t                      samplerPushOffset;
        uint32_t                      samplerHeapIndexStride;
        uint32_t                      samplerHeapArrayStride;
    } VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT;

## Members

- `heapOffset` is a constant byte offset added to the heap address for the mapped resource or sampler.

- `pushOffset` is an index into push data where an index into the heap for the mapped resource will be retrieved.

- `heapIndexStride` is a constant byte stride that multiplies the index in push data.

- `heapArrayStride` is a constant byte stride that multiplies the shader binding and array index.

- `pEmbeddedSampler` is an optional VkSamplerCreateInfo structure specifying a sampler to embed into the shader, in place of looking the sampler up in a heap.

- `useCombinedImageSamplerIndex` specifies whether the generated index value will be decoded as two packed indices if the mapped resource is an `OpTypeSampledImage`.

- `samplerHeapOffset` is used only when mapping a combined image sampler, used in place of `heapOffset` to retrieve the sampler.

- `samplerPushOffset` is used only when mapping a combined image sampler, used in place of `pushOffset` to retrieve the sampler.

- `samplerHeapIndexStride` is used only when mapping a combined image sampler, used in place of `heapIndexStride` to retrieve the sampler.

- `samplerHeapArrayStride` is used only when mapping a combined image sampler, used in place of `heapArrayStride` to retrieve the sampler.

## Description

Resources using this mapping will be backed by a descriptor in the heap, at an offset calculated as

  pushIndex = ((uint32_t*)pPushData)[pushOffset/4]

  shaderIndex = (Binding - firstBinding) + arrayIndex

  offset = heapOffset + (pushIndex × heapIndexStride) + (shaderIndex × heapArrayStride)

where Binding is the binding value in the shader, arrayIndex is the index into the array if the shader binding is declared as an array, and pPushData is the total set of push data specified by vkCmdPushDataEXT.

If the mapped resource is a `OpTypeSampledImage`, offset is instead calculated for the sampler as

  samplerPushIndex = ((uint32_t*)pPushData)[samplerPushOffset/4]

  offset = samplerHeapOffset + (samplerPushIndex × samplerHeapIndexStride) + (shaderIndex × samplerHeapArrayStride)

If `useCombinedImageSamplerIndex` is VK_TRUE, and the mapped resource is a `OpTypeSampledImage`, pushIndex and samplerPushIndex in the above equations are instead calculated as

  pushIndex = ((uint32_t*)pPushData)[pushOffset/4] & 0xFFFFF

  samplerPushIndex = (((uint32_t*)pPushData)[pushOffset/4] >> 20) & 0xFFF

If the mapped resource is a `OpTypeSampler` or `OpTypeSampledImage`, and `pEmbeddedSampler` is not `NULL`, the specified embedded sampler will be used rather than accessing the sampler heap.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pushOffset-11258
  `pushOffset` must be a multiple of 4

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pushOffset-11259
  `pushOffset` must be less than or equal to `maxPushDataSize` - 4

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pEmbeddedSampler-11445
  If `pEmbeddedSampler` is a valid pointer to a VkSamplerCreateInfo, its `borderColor` must not be VK_BORDER_COLOR_FLOAT_CUSTOM_EXT or VK_BORDER_COLOR_INT_CUSTOM_EXT

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pEmbeddedSampler-11415
  If `pEmbeddedSampler` is a valid pointer to a VkSamplerCreateInfo, and there is a VkDebugUtilsObjectNameInfoEXT structure in its `pNext` chain, its `objectType` must be VK_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pEmbeddedSampler-12432
  If `pEmbeddedSampler` is a valid pointer to a VkSamplerCreateInfo, the VkSamplerCreateInfo::`pNext` chain must not contain VkOpaqueCaptureDescriptorDataCreateInfoEXT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkDescriptorMappingSourcePushIndexEXT-pEmbeddedSampler-parameter
  If `pEmbeddedSampler` is not `NULL`, `pEmbeddedSampler` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkSamplerCreateInfo structure

## See Also

VK_EXT_descriptor_heap, VkBool32, VkDescriptorMappingSourceDataEXT, VkSamplerCreateInfo

## 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