VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template(3)

# VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

86

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## API Interactions

- Interacts with VK_EXT_debug_report

- Interacts with VK_KHR_push_descriptor

## Deprecation State

- Promoted to Vulkan 1.1

## Contact

- Markus Tavenrath [GitHub]mtavenrath

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2017-09-05

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Interactions and External Dependencies

  - Interacts with `VK_KHR_push_descriptor`

Contributors

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Michael Worcester, Imagination Technologies

## Description

Applications may wish to update a fixed set of descriptors in a large number of descriptor sets very frequently, i.e. during initialization phase or if it is required to rebuild descriptor sets for each frame. For those cases it is also not unlikely that all information required to update a single descriptor set is stored in a single struct. This extension provides a way to update a fixed set of descriptors in a single VkDescriptorSet with a pointer to an application-defined data structure describing the new descriptors.

## Promotion to Vulkan 1.1

vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR is included as an interaction with `VK_KHR_push_descriptor`. If Vulkan 1.1 and `VK_KHR_push_descriptor` are supported, this is included by `VK_KHR_push_descriptor`.

The base functionality in this extension is included in core Vulkan 1.1, with the KHR suffix omitted. The original type, enum, and command names are still available as aliases of the core functionality.

## New Object Types

- VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR

## New Commands

- vkCreateDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR

- vkDestroyDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR

- vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR

If VK_KHR_push_descriptor is supported:

- vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR

## New Structures

- VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateCreateInfoKHR

- VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateEntryKHR

## New Enums

- VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateTypeKHR

## New Bitmasks

- VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateCreateFlagsKHR

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_KHR_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_KHR_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateType:

  - VK_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_KHR

- Extending VkObjectType:

  - VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_KHR

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_CREATE_INFO_KHR

If VK_EXT_debug_report is supported:

- Extending VkDebugReportObjectTypeEXT:

  - VK_DEBUG_REPORT_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_KHR_EXT

If VK_KHR_push_descriptor is supported:

- Extending VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateType:

  - VK_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_TYPE_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS_KHR

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2016-01-11 (Markus Tavenrath)

  - Initial draft

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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