# vkCreateBuffer(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateBuffer - Create a new buffer object

## C Specification

To create buffers, call:

    VkResult vkCreateBuffer(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkBufferCreateInfo*                   pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkBuffer*                                   pBuffer);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the buffer object.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a `VkBufferCreateInfo` structure containing parameters affecting creation of the buffer.

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

- `pBuffer` is a pointer to a VkBuffer handle in which the resulting buffer object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- If the `flags` member of `pCreateInfo` includes `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT`, creating this `VkBuffer` must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device to exceed `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`sparseAddressSpaceSize`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkBufferCreateInfo structure

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

- `pBuffer` must be a valid pointer to a VkBuffer handle

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

On failure, this command returns

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_INVALID_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_KHR`

## See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBuffer, VkBufferCreateInfo, 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 (c) 2014-2020 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.