vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT(3)

# vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT - Create an indirect command layout object

## C Specification

Indirect command layouts for `VK_EXT_device_generated_commands` are created by:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
    VkResult vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT* pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT*                pIndirectCommandsLayout);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the indirect command layout.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT structure containing parameters affecting creation of the indirect command layout.

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

- `pIndirectCommandsLayout` is a pointer to a `VkIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT` handle in which the resulting indirect command layout is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT-deviceGeneratedCommands-11089
  The `VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceGeneratedCommandsFeaturesEXT`::`deviceGeneratedCommands` feature must be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT structure

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

- VUID-vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT-pIndirectCommandsLayout-parameter
  `pIndirectCommandsLayout` must be a valid pointer to a VkIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT handle

- VUID-vkCreateIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT-device-queuecount
  The device must have been created with at least `1` queue

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_EXT_device_generated_commands, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT, VkIndirectCommandsLayoutEXT

## 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