VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR(3)

# VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR - Structure specifying where to retrieve data for pipeline binary creation

## C Specification

The `VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_pipeline_binary
    typedef struct VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                          sType;
        const void*                              pNext;
        const VkPipelineBinaryKeysAndDataKHR*    pKeysAndDataInfo;
        VkPipeline                               pipeline;
        const VkPipelineCreateInfoKHR*           pPipelineCreateInfo;
    } VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `pKeysAndDataInfo` is `NULL` or a pointer to a VkPipelineBinaryKeysAndDataKHR structure that contains keys and data to create the pipeline binaries from.

- `pipeline` is VK_NULL_HANDLE or a `VkPipeline` that contains data to create the pipeline binaries from.

- `pPipelineCreateInfo` is `NULL` or a pointer to a VkPipelineCreateInfoKHR structure with the pipeline creation info. This is used to probe the implementation’s internal cache for pipeline binaries.

## Description

When `pPipelineCreateInfo` is not `NULL`, an implementation will attempt to retrieve pipeline binary data from an internal cache external to the application if `pipelineBinaryInternalCache` is VK_TRUE. Applications can use this to determine if a pipeline can be created without compilation. If the implementation fails to create a pipeline binary due to missing an internal cache entry, VK_PIPELINE_BINARY_MISSING_KHR is returned. If creation succeeds, the resulting binary can be used to create a pipeline. VK_PIPELINE_BINARY_MISSING_KHR may be returned for any reason in this situation, even if creating a pipeline binary with the same parameters that succeeded earlier.

If `pipelineBinaryPrecompiledInternalCache` is VK_TRUE, the implementation may be able to create pipeline binaries even when `pPipelineCreateInfo` has not been used to create binaries before by the application.

Note | On some platforms, internal pipeline caches may be pre-populated before running the application.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pipeline-09607
  If `pipeline` is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, `pipeline` must have been created with VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_2_CAPTURE_DATA_BIT_KHR

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pipeline-09608
  If `pipeline` is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, vkReleaseCapturedPipelineDataKHR must not have been called on `pipeline` prior to this command

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pipelineBinaryInternalCache-09609
  If `pipelineBinaryInternalCache` is VK_FALSE pPipelineCreateInfo must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-device-09610
  If `device` was created with VkDevicePipelineBinaryInternalCacheControlKHR::`disableInternalCache` set to VK_TRUE, `pPipelineCreateInfo` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pKeysAndDataInfo-09619
  One and only one of `pKeysAndDataInfo`, `pipeline`, or `pPipelineCreateInfo` must be non-`NULL`

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pPipelineCreateInfo-09606
  If `pPipelineCreateInfo` is not `NULL`, the `pNext` chain of `pPipelineCreateInfo` must not set VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR::`binaryCount` to a value greater than `0`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_BINARY_CREATE_INFO_KHR

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pKeysAndDataInfo-parameter
  If `pKeysAndDataInfo` is not `NULL`, `pKeysAndDataInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkPipelineBinaryKeysAndDataKHR structure

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pipeline-parameter
  If `pipeline` is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, `pipeline` must be a valid VkPipeline handle

- VUID-VkPipelineBinaryCreateInfoKHR-pPipelineCreateInfo-parameter
  If `pPipelineCreateInfo` is not `NULL`, `pPipelineCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkPipelineCreateInfoKHR structure

## See Also

VK_KHR_pipeline_binary, VkPipeline, VkPipelineBinaryKeysAndDataKHR, VkPipelineCreateInfoKHR, VkStructureType, vkCreatePipelineBinariesKHR

## 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 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0