vkCopyMemoryToImage(3)

# vkCopyMemoryToImage(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCopyMemoryToImage - Copy data from host memory into an image

## C Specification

To copy data from host memory to an image object, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_4
    VkResult vkCopyMemoryToImage(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkCopyMemoryToImageInfo*              pCopyMemoryToImageInfo);

    // Provided by VK_EXT_host_image_copy
    // Equivalent to vkCopyMemoryToImage
    VkResult vkCopyMemoryToImageEXT(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkCopyMemoryToImageInfo*              pCopyMemoryToImageInfo);

## Parameters

- `device` is the device which owns `pCopyMemoryToImageInfo->dstImage`.

- `pCopyMemoryToImageInfo` is a pointer to a VkCopyMemoryToImageInfo structure describing the copy parameters.

## Description

This command is functionally similar to vkCmdCopyBufferToImage2, except it is executed on the host and reads from host memory instead of a buffer. The memory of `pCopyMemoryToImageInfo->dstImage` is accessed by the host as if coherent.

Note | Because queue submissions automatically make host memory visible to the device, there would not be a need for a memory barrier before using the results of this copy operation on the device.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCopyMemoryToImage-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkCopyMemoryToImage-pCopyMemoryToImageInfo-parameter
  `pCopyMemoryToImageInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkCopyMemoryToImageInfo structure

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

  - VK_ERROR_MEMORY_MAP_FAILED

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_EXT_host_image_copy, VK_VERSION_1_4, VkCopyMemoryToImageInfo, VkDevice

## 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