vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress(3)

# vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress - Query an opaque capture address of a buffer

## C Specification

To query a 64-bit buffer opaque capture address, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
    uint64_t vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo*            pInfo);

    // Provided by VK_KHR_buffer_device_address
    // Equivalent to vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress
    uint64_t vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddressKHR(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo*            pInfo);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that the buffer was created on.

- `pInfo` is a pointer to a VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo structure specifying the buffer to retrieve an address for.

## Description

The 64-bit return value is an opaque capture address of the start of `pInfo->buffer`.

If the buffer was created with a non-zero value of VkBufferOpaqueCaptureAddressCreateInfo::`opaqueCaptureAddress` the return value must be the same address.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress-None-03326
  The `bufferDeviceAddress` and `bufferDeviceAddressCaptureReplay` features must be enabled

- VUID-vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress-pInfo-10725
  `pInfo->buffer` must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT flag

- VUID-vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress-device-03327
  If `device` was created with multiple physical devices, then the `bufferDeviceAddressMultiDevice` feature must be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkGetBufferOpaqueCaptureAddress-pInfo-parameter
  `pInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo structure

## See Also

VK_KHR_buffer_device_address, VK_VERSION_1_2, VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo, 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

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0