C Specification

To begin a query, call:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
void vkCmdBeginQuery(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    query,
    VkQueryControlFlags                         flags);

Parameters

  • commandBuffer is the command buffer into which this command will be recorded.

  • queryPool is the query pool that will manage the results of the query.

  • query is the query index within the query pool that will contain the results.

  • flags is a bitmask of VkQueryControlFlagBits specifying constraints on the types of queries that can be performed.

Description

If the queryType of the pool is VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION and flags contains VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT, an implementation must return a result that matches the actual number of samples passed. This is described in more detail in Occlusion Queries.

Calling vkCmdBeginQuery is equivalent to calling vkCmdBeginQueryIndexedEXT with the index parameter set to zero.

After beginning a query, that query is considered active within the command buffer it was called in until that same query is ended. Queries active in a primary command buffer when secondary command buffers are executed are considered active for those secondary command buffers.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-None-00807
    All queries used by the command must be unavailable

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-02804
    The queryType used to create queryPool must not be VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-04728
    The queryType used to create queryPool must not be VK_QUERY_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_COMPACTED_SIZE_KHR or VK_QUERY_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_SERIALIZATION_SIZE_KHR

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-06741
    The queryType used to create queryPool must not be VK_QUERY_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_SIZE_KHR or VK_QUERY_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_SERIALIZATION_BOTTOM_LEVEL_POINTERS_KHR

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-04729
    The queryType used to create queryPool must not be VK_QUERY_TYPE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_COMPACTED_SIZE_NV

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-00800
    If the precise occlusion queries feature is not enabled, or the queryType used to create queryPool was not VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION, flags must not contain VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-query-00802
    query must be less than the number of queries in queryPool

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-00803
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-00804
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS and any of the pipelineStatistics indicate graphics operations, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-00805
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS and any of the pipelineStatistics indicate compute operations, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support compute operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-commandBuffer-01885
    commandBuffer must not be a protected command buffer

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-query-00808
    If called within a render pass instance, the sum of query and the number of bits set in the current subpass’s view mask must be less than or equal to the number of queries in queryPool

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-04862
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_BITSTREAM_BUFFER_RANGE_KHR the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support video encode operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-01922
    queryPool must have been created with a queryType that differs from that of any queries that are active within commandBuffer

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-02327
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_STREAM_EXT the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-02328
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_STREAM_EXT then VkPhysicalDeviceTransformFeedbackPropertiesEXT::transformFeedbackQueries must be supported

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-06687
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_EXT the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryType-06688
    If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_EXT then primitivesGeneratedQuery must be enabled

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-03223
    If queryPool was created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR, the profiling lock must have been held before vkBeginCommandBuffer was called on commandBuffer

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-03224
    If queryPool was created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR and one of the counters used to create queryPool was VK_PERFORMANCE_COUNTER_SCOPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_KHR, the query begin must be the first recorded command in commandBuffer

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-03225
    If queryPool was created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR and one of the counters used to create queryPool was VK_PERFORMANCE_COUNTER_SCOPE_RENDER_PASS_KHR, the begin command must not be recorded within a render pass instance

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-03226
    If queryPool was created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR and another query pool with a queryType VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR has been used within commandBuffer, its parent primary command buffer or secondary command buffer recorded within the same parent primary command buffer as commandBuffer, the performanceCounterMultipleQueryPools feature must be enabled

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-None-02863
    If queryPool was created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_QUERY_KHR, this command must not be recorded in a command buffer that, either directly or through secondary command buffers, also contains a vkCmdResetQueryPool command affecting the same query

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-commandBuffer-parameter
    commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-queryPool-parameter
    queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkQueryControlFlagBits values

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-commandBuffer-recording
    commandBuffer must be in the recording state

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-commandBuffer-cmdpool
    The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, compute, decode, or encode operations

  • VUID-vkCmdBeginQuery-commonparent
    Both of commandBuffer, and queryPool 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 Supported Queue Types

Primary
Secondary

Both

Graphics
Compute
Decode
Encode

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkCommandBuffer, VkQueryControlFlags, VkQueryPool

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 2014-2022 The Khronos Group Inc.

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