# VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits - Bitmask specifying certain supported operations on a descriptor pool

## C Specification

Bits which can be set in VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo::`flags` to enable operations on a descriptor pool are:

    typedef enum VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits {
        VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT = 0x00000001,
        VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT = 0x00000002,
        VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT = VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT,
        VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM = 0x7FFFFFFF
    } VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits;

## Description

- `VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT` specifies that descriptor sets can return their individual allocations to the pool, i.e. all of vkAllocateDescriptorSets, vkFreeDescriptorSets, and vkResetDescriptorPool are allowed. Otherwise, descriptor sets allocated from the pool must not be individually freed back to the pool, i.e. only vkAllocateDescriptorSets and vkResetDescriptorPool are allowed.

- `VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT` specifies that descriptor sets allocated from this pool can include bindings with the `VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT` bit set. It is valid to allocate descriptor sets that have bindings that do not set the `VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT` bit from a pool that has `VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT` set.

## See Also

VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlags

## 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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