# vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD - Execute a pipelined write of a marker value into a buffer

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## C Specification

To write a 32-bit marker value into a buffer as a pipelined operation, call:

    // Provided by VK_AMD_buffer_marker with VK_VERSION_1_3 or VK_KHR_synchronization2
    void vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        VkPipelineStageFlags2                       stage,
        VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
        VkDeviceSize                                dstOffset,
        uint32_t                                    marker);

## Parameters

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `stage` specifies the pipeline stage whose completion triggers the marker write.

- `dstBuffer` is the buffer where the marker will be written.

- `dstOffset` is the byte offset into the buffer where the marker will be written.

- `marker` is the 32-bit value of the marker.

## Description

The command will write the 32-bit marker value into the buffer only after all preceding commands have finished executing up to at least the specified pipeline stage. This includes the completion of other preceding `vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD` commands so long as their specified pipeline stages occur either at the same time or earlier than this command’s specified `stage`.

While consecutive buffer marker writes with the same `stage` parameter implicitly complete in submission order, memory and execution dependencies between buffer marker writes and other operations must still be explicitly ordered using synchronization commands. The access scope for buffer marker writes falls under the `VK_ACCESS_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT`, and the pipeline stages for identifying the synchronization scope must include both `stage` and `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT`.

Note | Similar to `vkCmdWriteTimestamp2`, if an implementation is unable to write a marker at any specific pipeline stage, it may instead do so at any logically later stage.

Note | Implementations may only support a limited number of pipelined marker write operations in flight at a given time. Thus an excessive number of marker write operations may degrade command execution performance.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03929
  If the `geometryShader` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03930
  If the `tessellationShader` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT` or `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03931
  If the `conditionalRendering` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_CONDITIONAL_RENDERING_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03932
  If the `fragmentDensityMap` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_PROCESS_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03933
  If the `transformFeedback` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03934
  If the `meshShader` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_MESH_SHADER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03935
  If the `taskShader` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_TASK_SHADER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-07316
  If neither of the `shadingRateImage` or the `attachmentFragmentShadingRate` features are enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-04957
  If the `subpassShading` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_SUBPASS_SHADER_BIT_HUAWEI`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-04995
  If the `invocationMask` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_INVOCATION_MASK_BIT_HUAWEI`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-07946
  If neither the VK_NV_ray_tracing extension or the `rayTracingPipeline` feature are enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-10751
  If the `accelerationStructure` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_BUILD_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-10752
  If the `rayTracingMaintenance1` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_COPY_BIT_KHR`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-10753
  If the `micromap` feature is not enabled, `stage` must not contain `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_MICROMAP_BUILD_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-synchronization2-03893
  The `synchronization2` feature must be enabled

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03894
  `stage` must include only a single pipeline stage

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-03895
  `stage` must include only stages that are valid for the queue family that was used to create the command pool that `commandBuffer` was allocated from

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-dstOffset-03896
  `dstOffset` must be less than or equal to the size of `dstBuffer` minus `4`

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-dstBuffer-03897
  `dstBuffer` must have been created with the `VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT` usage flag

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-dstBuffer-03898
  If `dstBuffer` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-dstOffset-03899
  `dstOffset` must be a multiple of `4`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-stage-parameter
  `stage` must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits2 values

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-dstBuffer-parameter
  `dstBuffer` must be a valid VkBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

- VUID-vkCmdWriteBufferMarker2AMD-commonparent
  Both of `commandBuffer`, and `dstBuffer` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

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 | Both | Outside | Transfer Graphics Compute | Action

## See Also

VK_AMD_buffer_marker, VK_KHR_synchronization2, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize, VkPipelineStageFlags2

## 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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