# vkGetFenceFdKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetFenceFdKHR - Get a POSIX file descriptor handle for a fence

## C Specification

To export a POSIX file descriptor representing the payload of a fence, call:

    VkResult vkGetFenceFdKHR(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkFenceGetFdInfoKHR*                  pGetFdInfo,
        int*                                        pFd);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that created the fence being exported.

- `pGetFdInfo` is a pointer to a VkFenceGetFdInfoKHR structure containing parameters of the export operation.

- `pFd` will return the file descriptor representing the fence payload.

## Description

Each call to `vkGetFenceFdKHR` must create a new file descriptor and transfer ownership of it to the application. To avoid leaking resources, the application must release ownership of the file descriptor when it is no longer needed.

| Note Ownership can be released in many ways. For example, the application can call `close`() on the file descriptor, or transfer ownership back to Vulkan by using the file descriptor to import a fence payload.

If `pGetFdInfo->handleType` is `VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_SYNC_FD_BIT` and the fence is signaled at the time `vkGetFenceFdKHR` is called, `pFd` may return the value `-1` instead of a valid file descriptor.

Where supported by the operating system, the implementation must set the file descriptor to be closed automatically when an `execve` system call is made.

Exporting a file descriptor from a fence may have side effects depending on the transference of the specified handle type, as described in Importing Fence State.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- `pGetFdInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkFenceGetFdInfoKHR structure

- `pFd` must be a valid pointer to an `int` value

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

On failure, this command returns

  - `VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS`

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY`

## See Also

VkDevice, VkFenceGetFdInfoKHR

## 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.