VkPipelineBinaryKHR(3)

VkPipelineBinaryKHR - Opaque handle to a pipeline binary object

Pipeline binary objects allow the result of pipeline construction to be reused between pipelines and between runs of an application. Reuse is achieved by extracting pipeline binaries from a VkPipeline object, associating them with a corresponding VkPipelineBinaryKeyKHR and then adding a VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR to the pNext chain of any Vk*PipelineCreateInfo when creating a pipeline. Pipeline binaries can be reused between runs by extracting VkPipelineBinaryDataKHR from VkPipelineBinaryKHR objects, saving the contents, and then using them to create a VkPipelineBinaryKHR object on subsequent runs.

When creating a pipeline that includes VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR in the pNext chain, or has the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_2_CAPTURE_DATA_BIT_KHR flag set, the use of VkPipelineCache objects is not allowed.

Pipeline binary objects are represented by VkPipelineBinaryKHR handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE, VK_KHR_pipeline_binary, VkPipelineBinaryDataInfoKHR, VkPipelineBinaryHandlesInfoKHR, VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR, vkDestroyPipelineBinaryKHR

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.