vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR(3)

Name

vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR - Build an acceleration structure

C Specification

To build acceleration structures call:

// Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
void vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    infoCount,
    const VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR* pInfos,
    const VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR* const* ppBuildRangeInfos);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

  • infoCount is the number of acceleration structures to build. It specifies the number of the pInfos structures and ppBuildRangeInfos pointers that must be provided.

  • pInfos is a pointer to an array of infoCount VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR structures defining the geometry used to build each acceleration structure.

  • ppBuildRangeInfos is a pointer to an array of infoCount pointers to arrays of VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structures. Each ppBuildRangeInfos[i] is a pointer to an array of pInfos[i].geometryCount VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structures defining dynamic offsets to the addresses where geometry data is stored, as defined by pInfos[i].

Description

The vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR command provides the ability to initiate multiple acceleration structures builds, however there is no ordering or synchronization implied between any of the individual acceleration structure builds.

This means that an application cannot build a top-level acceleration structure in the same vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR call as the associated bottom-level or instance acceleration structures are being built. There also cannot be any memory aliasing between any acceleration structure memories or scratch memories being used by any of the builds.

A VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structure is not used when building an acceleration structure with a geometry type of VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX.

The required alignment of the device addresses passed in to parameters below might not be provided by the base address of a VkBuffer created with the correct usage flags and must still be manually aligned by the application code.

Accesses to other input buffers as identified by any used values of VkAccelerationStructureGeometryMotionTrianglesDataNV::vertexData, VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX::compressedData, VkAccelerationStructureGeometryTrianglesDataKHR::vertexData, VkAccelerationStructureGeometryTrianglesDataKHR::indexData, VkAccelerationStructureGeometryTrianglesDataKHR::transformData, VkAccelerationStructureGeometryAabbsDataKHR::data, and VkAccelerationStructureGeometryInstancesDataKHR::data must be synchronized with the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_BUILD_BIT_KHR pipeline stage and an access type of VK_ACCESS_SHADER_READ_BIT.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-mode-04628
    The mode member of each element of pInfos must be a valid VkBuildAccelerationStructureModeKHR value

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-srcAccelerationStructure-04629
    If the srcAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, the srcAccelerationStructure member must be a valid VkAccelerationStructureKHR handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-04630
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its srcAccelerationStructure member must not be VK_NULL_HANDLE

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03403
    The srcAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos must not be the same acceleration structure as the dstAccelerationStructure member of any other element of pInfos

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03698
    The dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos must not be the same acceleration structure as the dstAccelerationStructure member of any other element of pInfos

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03800
    The dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos must be a valid VkAccelerationStructureKHR handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03699
    For each element of pInfos, if its type member is VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TOP_LEVEL_KHR, its dstAccelerationStructure member must have been created with a value of VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR::type equal to either VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TOP_LEVEL_KHR or VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GENERIC_KHR

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03700
    For each element of pInfos, if its type member is VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BOTTOM_LEVEL_KHR, its dstAccelerationStructure member must have been created with a value of VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR::type equal to either VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BOTTOM_LEVEL_KHR or VK_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GENERIC_KHR

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03663
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, inactive primitives in its srcAccelerationStructure member must not be made active

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03664
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, active primitives in its srcAccelerationStructure member must not be made inactive

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-None-03407
    The dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos must not be referenced by the geometry.instances.data member of any element of pGeometries or ppGeometries with a geometryType of VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_INSTANCES_KHR in any other element of pInfos

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03701
    The range of memory backing the dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing the srcAccelerationStructure member of any other element of pInfos with a mode equal to VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03702
    The range of memory backing the dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing the dstAccelerationStructure member of any other element of pInfos, which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03703
    The range of memory backing the dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing the scratchData member of any element of pInfos (including the same element), which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-scratchData-03704
    The range of memory backing the scratchData member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing the scratchData member of any other element of pInfos, which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-scratchData-03705
    The range of memory backing the scratchData member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing the srcAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos with a mode equal to VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR (including the same element), which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-dstAccelerationStructure-03706
    The range of memory backing the dstAccelerationStructure member of any element of pInfos that is accessed by this command must not overlap the memory backing any acceleration structure referenced by the geometry.instances.data member of any element of pGeometries or ppGeometries with a geometryType of VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_INSTANCES_KHR in any other element of pInfos, which is accessed by this command

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03667
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its srcAccelerationStructure member must have previously been constructed with VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_ALLOW_UPDATE_BIT_KHR set in VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR::flags in the build

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03668
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its srcAccelerationStructure and dstAccelerationStructure members must either be the same VkAccelerationStructureKHR, or not have any memory aliasing

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03758
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its geometryCount member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03759
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its flags member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03760
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, its type member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03761
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, its geometryType member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03762
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, its flags member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03763
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, its geometry.triangles.vertexFormat member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03764
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, its geometry.triangles.maxVertex member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03765
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, its geometry.triangles.indexType member must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03766
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, if its geometry.triangles.transformData address was NULL when srcAccelerationStructure was last built, then it must be NULL

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03767
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, if its geometry.triangles.transformData address was not NULL when srcAccelerationStructure was last built, then it must not be NULL

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10898
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the numTriangles member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10899
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the numVertices member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10900
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the maxPrimitiveIndex member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10901
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the maxGeometryIndex member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10902
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the format member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10903
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, the dataSize member of the VkAccelerationStructureDenseGeometryFormatTrianglesDataAMDX structure in the pNext chain must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03768
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, if geometryType is VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TRIANGLES_KHR, and geometry.triangles.indexType is not VK_INDEX_TYPE_NONE_KHR, then the value of each index referenced must be the same as the corresponding index value when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-primitiveCount-03769
    For each element of pInfos, if its mode member is VK_BUILD_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_MODE_UPDATE_KHR, then for each VkAccelerationStructureGeometryKHR structure referred to by its pGeometries or ppGeometries members, the primitiveCount member of its corresponding VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structure must have the same value which was specified when srcAccelerationStructure was last built

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-03801
    For each element of pInfos[i].pGeometries or pInfos[i].ppGeometries with a geometryType of VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_INSTANCES_KHR, the corresponding ppBuildRangeInfos[i][j].primitiveCount must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructurePropertiesKHR::maxInstanceCount

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10126
    For each pInfos[i], dstAccelerationStructure must have been created with a value of VkAccelerationStructureCreateInfoKHR::size greater than or equal to either:

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-ppBuildRangeInfos-03676
    Each element of ppBuildRangeInfos[i] must be a valid pointer to an array of pInfos[i].geometryCount VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structures , or NULL

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-10906
    For each element of pInfos[i] whose pGeometries or ppGeometries members have a geometryType of VK_GEOMETRY_TYPE_DENSE_GEOMETRY_FORMAT_TRIANGLES_AMDX, ppBuildRangeInfos[i] must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-pInfos-parameter
    pInfos must be a valid pointer to an array of infoCount valid VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR structures

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-ppBuildRangeInfos-parameter
    ppBuildRangeInfos must be a valid pointer to an array of infoCount VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR structures

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-renderpass
    This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-suspended
    This command must not be called between suspended render pass instances

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-videocoding
    This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

  • VUID-vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR-infoCount-arraylength
    infoCount must be greater than 0

Host Synchronization

  • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

  • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties
Command Buffer Levels Render Pass Scope Video Coding Scope Supported Queue Types Command Type

Primary
Secondary

Outside

Outside

VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT

Action
Conditional Rendering

vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR is not affected by conditional rendering

See Also

VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR, VkAccelerationStructureBuildRangeInfoKHR, VkCommandBuffer

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.