# vkEndCommandBuffer(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkEndCommandBuffer - Finish recording a command buffer

## C Specification

To complete recording of a command buffer, call:

    VkResult vkEndCommandBuffer(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer);

## Parameters

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer to complete recording.

## Description

If there was an error during recording, the application will be notified by an unsuccessful return code returned by `vkEndCommandBuffer`. If the application wishes to further use the command buffer, the command buffer must be reset. The command buffer must have been in the recording state, and is moved to the executable state.

Valid Usage

- `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state.

- If `commandBuffer` is a primary command buffer, there must not be an active render pass instance

- All queries made active during the recording of `commandBuffer` must have been made inactive

- Conditional rendering must not be active

- If `commandBuffer` is a secondary command buffer, there must not be an outstanding vkCmdBeginDebugUtilsLabelEXT command recorded to `commandBuffer` that has not previously been ended by a call to vkCmdEndDebugUtilsLabelEXT.

- If `commandBuffer` is a secondary command buffer, there must not be an outstanding vkCmdDebugMarkerBeginEXT command recorded to `commandBuffer` that has not previously been ended by a call to vkCmdDebugMarkerEndEXT.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

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`

## See Also

VkCommandBuffer

## 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.