# VkBufferImageCopy2(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkBufferImageCopy2 - Structure specifying a buffer image copy operation

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## C Specification

For both vkCmdCopyBufferToImage2 and vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer2, each element of `pRegions` is a structure defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
    typedef struct VkBufferImageCopy2 {
        VkStructureType             sType;
        const void*                 pNext;
        VkDeviceSize                bufferOffset;
        uint32_t                    bufferRowLength;
        uint32_t                    bufferImageHeight;
        VkImageSubresourceLayers    imageSubresource;
        VkOffset3D                  imageOffset;
        VkExtent3D                  imageExtent;
    } VkBufferImageCopy2;

or the equivalent

    // Provided by VK_KHR_copy_commands2
    typedef VkBufferImageCopy2 VkBufferImageCopy2KHR;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `bufferOffset` is the offset in bytes from the start of the buffer object where the image data is copied from or to.

- `bufferRowLength` and `bufferImageHeight` specify in texels a subregion of a larger two- or three-dimensional image in buffer memory, and control the addressing calculations. If either of these values is zero, that aspect of the buffer memory is considered to be tightly packed according to the `imageExtent`.

- `imageSubresource` is a VkImageSubresourceLayers used to specify the specific image subresources of the image used for the source or destination image data.

- `imageOffset` selects the initial `x`, `y`, `z` offsets in texels of the sub-region of the source or destination image data.

- `imageExtent` is the size in texels of the image to copy in `width`, `height` and `depth`.

## Description

This structure is functionally identical to VkBufferImageCopy, but adds `sType` and `pNext` parameters, allowing it to be more easily extended.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-bufferRowLength-09101
  `bufferRowLength` must be `0`, or greater than or equal to the `width` member of `imageExtent`

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-bufferImageHeight-09102
  `bufferImageHeight` must be `0`, or greater than or equal to the `height` member of `imageExtent`

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-aspectMask-09103
  The `aspectMask` member of `imageSubresource` must only have a single bit set

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-imageExtent-06659
  `imageExtent.width` must not be 0

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-imageExtent-06660
  `imageExtent.height` must not be 0

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-imageExtent-06661
  `imageExtent.depth` must not be 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_IMAGE_COPY_2`

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL` or a pointer to a valid instance of VkCopyCommandTransformInfoQCOM

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-sType-unique
  The `sType` value of each structure in the `pNext` chain must be unique

- VUID-VkBufferImageCopy2-imageSubresource-parameter
  `imageSubresource` must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure

## See Also

VK_KHR_copy_commands2, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkCopyBufferToImageInfo2, VkCopyImageToBufferInfo2, VkDeviceSize, VkExtent3D, VkImageSubresourceLayers, VkOffset3D, VkStructureType

## 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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