# vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout - Create a new descriptor set layout

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## C Specification

To create descriptor set layout objects, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VkResult vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo*      pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkDescriptorSetLayout*                      pSetLayout);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the descriptor set layout.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the descriptor set layout object.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pSetLayout` is a pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle in which the resulting descriptor set layout object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-support-09582
  If the descriptor layout exceeds the limits reported through the physical device limits, then vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport must have returned VkDescriptorSetLayoutSupport with `support` equal to `VK_TRUE` for `pCreateInfo`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure

- VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pAllocator-parameter
  If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- VUID-vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout-pSetLayout-parameter
  `pSetLayout` must be a valid pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

On failure, this command returns

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY`

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorSetLayout, VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo, 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

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