# VkDescriptorPool(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorPool - Opaque handle to a descriptor pool object

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## C Specification

A descriptor pool maintains a pool of descriptors, from which descriptor sets are allocated. Descriptor pools are externally synchronized, meaning that the application must not allocate and/or free descriptor sets from the same pool in multiple threads simultaneously.

Descriptor pools are represented by `VkDescriptorPool` handles:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDescriptorPool)

## See Also

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE, VK_VERSION_1_0, VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo, vkCreateDescriptorPool, vkDestroyDescriptorPool, vkFreeDescriptorSets, vkResetDescriptorPool

## 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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