#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>

Classes
struct	VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks
	Set of callbacks that the library will call for `vkAllocateMemory` and `vkFreeMemory`. More...

struct	VmaVulkanFunctions
	Pointers to some Vulkan functions - a subset used by the library. More...

struct	VmaAllocatorCreateInfo
	Description of a Allocator to be created. More...

struct	VmaStatInfo
	Calculated statistics of memory usage in entire allocator. More...

struct	VmaStats
	General statistics from current state of Allocator. More...

struct	VmaAllocationCreateInfo

struct	VmaPoolCreateInfo
	Describes parameter of created `VmaPool`. More...

struct	VmaPoolStats
	Describes parameter of existing `VmaPool`. More...

struct	VmaAllocationInfo
	Parameters of `VmaAllocation` objects, that can be retrieved using function vmaGetAllocationInfo(). More...

struct	VmaDefragmentationInfo
	Optional configuration parameters to be passed to function vmaDefragment(). More...

struct	VmaDefragmentationStats
	Statistics returned by function vmaDefragment(). More...

Macros
#define	VMA_STATS_STRING_ENABLED 1

Typedefs
typedef void(VKAPI_PTR *	PFN_vmaAllocateDeviceMemoryFunction) (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryType, VkDeviceMemory memory, VkDeviceSize size)
	Callback function called after successful vkAllocateMemory. More...

typedef void(VKAPI_PTR *	PFN_vmaFreeDeviceMemoryFunction) (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryType, VkDeviceMemory memory, VkDeviceSize size)
	Callback function called before vkFreeMemory. More...

typedef struct VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks	VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks
	Set of callbacks that the library will call for `vkAllocateMemory` and `vkFreeMemory`. More...

typedef enum VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits	VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits
	Flags for created VmaAllocator. More...

typedef VkFlags	VmaAllocatorCreateFlags

typedef struct VmaVulkanFunctions	VmaVulkanFunctions
	Pointers to some Vulkan functions - a subset used by the library. More...

typedef struct VmaAllocatorCreateInfo	VmaAllocatorCreateInfo
	Description of a Allocator to be created. More...

typedef struct VmaStatInfo	VmaStatInfo
	Calculated statistics of memory usage in entire allocator. More...

typedef struct VmaStats	VmaStats
	General statistics from current state of Allocator. More...

typedef enum VmaMemoryUsage	VmaMemoryUsage

typedef enum VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits	VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits
	Flags to be passed as VmaAllocationCreateInfo::flags. More...

typedef VkFlags	VmaAllocationCreateFlags

typedef struct VmaAllocationCreateInfo	VmaAllocationCreateInfo

typedef enum VmaPoolCreateFlagBits	VmaPoolCreateFlagBits
	Flags to be passed as VmaPoolCreateInfo::flags. More...

typedef VkFlags	VmaPoolCreateFlags

typedef struct VmaPoolCreateInfo	VmaPoolCreateInfo
	Describes parameter of created `VmaPool`. More...

typedef struct VmaPoolStats	VmaPoolStats
	Describes parameter of existing `VmaPool`. More...

typedef struct VmaAllocationInfo	VmaAllocationInfo
	Parameters of `VmaAllocation` objects, that can be retrieved using function vmaGetAllocationInfo(). More...

typedef struct VmaDefragmentationInfo	VmaDefragmentationInfo
	Optional configuration parameters to be passed to function vmaDefragment(). More...

typedef struct VmaDefragmentationStats	VmaDefragmentationStats
	Statistics returned by function vmaDefragment(). More...

Enumerations
enum	VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits { VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_EXTERNALLY_SYNCHRONIZED_BIT = 0x00000001, VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_KHR_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_BIT = 0x00000002, VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM = 0x7FFFFFFF }
	Flags for created VmaAllocator. More...

enum	VmaMemoryUsage { VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_UNKNOWN = 0, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY = 1, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_ONLY = 2, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_TO_GPU = 3, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_TO_CPU = 4, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_MAX_ENUM = 0x7FFFFFFF }

enum	VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits { VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT = 0x00000001, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_NEVER_ALLOCATE_BIT = 0x00000002, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT = 0x00000004, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT = 0x00000008, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_MAKE_OTHER_LOST_BIT = 0x00000010, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_USER_DATA_COPY_STRING_BIT = 0x00000020, VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM = 0x7FFFFFFF }
	Flags to be passed as VmaAllocationCreateInfo::flags. More...

enum	VmaPoolCreateFlagBits { VMA_POOL_CREATE_IGNORE_BUFFER_IMAGE_GRANULARITY_BIT = 0x00000002, VMA_POOL_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM = 0x7FFFFFFF }
	Flags to be passed as VmaPoolCreateInfo::flags. More...

Functions
VkResult	vmaCreateAllocator (const VmaAllocatorCreateInfo pCreateInfo, VmaAllocator pAllocator)
	Creates Allocator object. More...

void	vmaDestroyAllocator (VmaAllocator allocator)
	Destroys allocator object. More...

void	vmaGetPhysicalDeviceProperties (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkPhysicalDeviceProperties **ppPhysicalDeviceProperties)

void	vmaGetMemoryProperties (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties **ppPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties)

void	vmaGetMemoryTypeProperties (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryTypeIndex, VkMemoryPropertyFlags *pFlags)
	Given Memory Type Index, returns Property Flags of this memory type. More...

void	vmaSetCurrentFrameIndex (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t frameIndex)
	Sets index of the current frame. More...

void	vmaCalculateStats (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaStats *pStats)
	Retrieves statistics from current state of the Allocator. More...

void	vmaBuildStatsString (VmaAllocator allocator, char **ppStatsString, VkBool32 detailedMap)
	Builds and returns statistics as string in JSON format. More...

void	vmaFreeStatsString (VmaAllocator allocator, char *pStatsString)

VkResult	vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryTypeBits, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pAllocationCreateInfo, uint32_t pMemoryTypeIndex)
	Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given memoryTypeBits and VmaAllocationCreateInfo. More...

VkResult	vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForBufferInfo (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkBufferCreateInfo pBufferCreateInfo, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pAllocationCreateInfo, uint32_t *pMemoryTypeIndex)
	Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given VkBufferCreateInfo and VmaAllocationCreateInfo. More...

VkResult	vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForImageInfo (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkImageCreateInfo pImageCreateInfo, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pAllocationCreateInfo, uint32_t *pMemoryTypeIndex)
	Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given VkImageCreateInfo and VmaAllocationCreateInfo. More...

VkResult	vmaCreatePool (VmaAllocator allocator, const VmaPoolCreateInfo pCreateInfo, VmaPool pPool)
	Allocates Vulkan device memory and creates `VmaPool` object. More...

void	vmaDestroyPool (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaPool pool)
	Destroys VmaPool object and frees Vulkan device memory. More...

void	vmaGetPoolStats (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaPool pool, VmaPoolStats *pPoolStats)
	Retrieves statistics of existing VmaPool object. More...

void	vmaMakePoolAllocationsLost (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaPool pool, size_t *pLostAllocationCount)
	Marks all allocations in given pool as lost if they are not used in current frame or VmaPoolCreateInfo::frameInUseCount back from now. More...

VkResult	vmaAllocateMemory (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkMemoryRequirements pVkMemoryRequirements, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pCreateInfo, VmaAllocation pAllocation, VmaAllocationInfo pAllocationInfo)
	General purpose memory allocation. More...

VkResult	vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer (VmaAllocator allocator, VkBuffer buffer, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pCreateInfo, VmaAllocation pAllocation, VmaAllocationInfo *pAllocationInfo)

VkResult	vmaAllocateMemoryForImage (VmaAllocator allocator, VkImage image, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pCreateInfo, VmaAllocation pAllocation, VmaAllocationInfo *pAllocationInfo)
	Function similar to vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer(). More...

void	vmaFreeMemory (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation)
	Frees memory previously allocated using vmaAllocateMemory(), vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer(), or vmaAllocateMemoryForImage(). More...

void	vmaGetAllocationInfo (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation, VmaAllocationInfo *pAllocationInfo)
	Returns current information about specified allocation. More...

VkBool32	vmaTouchAllocation (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation)
	TODO finish documentation... More...

void	vmaSetAllocationUserData (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation, void *pUserData)
	Sets pUserData in given allocation to new value. More...

void	vmaCreateLostAllocation (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation *pAllocation)
	Creates new allocation that is in lost state from the beginning. More...

VkResult	vmaMapMemory (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation, void **ppData)
	Maps memory represented by given allocation and returns pointer to it. More...

void	vmaUnmapMemory (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation allocation)
	Unmaps memory represented by given allocation, mapped previously using vmaMapMemory(). More...

VkResult	vmaDefragment (VmaAllocator allocator, VmaAllocation pAllocations, size_t allocationCount, VkBool32 pAllocationsChanged, const VmaDefragmentationInfo pDefragmentationInfo, VmaDefragmentationStats pDefragmentationStats)
	Compacts memory by moving allocations. More...

VkResult	vmaCreateBuffer (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkBufferCreateInfo pBufferCreateInfo, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pAllocationCreateInfo, VkBuffer pBuffer, VmaAllocation pAllocation, VmaAllocationInfo *pAllocationInfo)

void	vmaDestroyBuffer (VmaAllocator allocator, VkBuffer buffer, VmaAllocation allocation)
	Destroys Vulkan buffer and frees allocated memory. More...

VkResult	vmaCreateImage (VmaAllocator allocator, const VkImageCreateInfo pImageCreateInfo, const VmaAllocationCreateInfo pAllocationCreateInfo, VkImage pImage, VmaAllocation pAllocation, VmaAllocationInfo *pAllocationInfo)
	Function similar to vmaCreateBuffer(). More...

void	vmaDestroyImage (VmaAllocator allocator, VkImage image, VmaAllocation allocation)
	Destroys Vulkan image and frees allocated memory. More...

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ VMA_STATS_STRING_ENABLED

#define VMA_STATS_STRING_ENABLED 1

Typedef Documentation

◆ PFN_vmaAllocateDeviceMemoryFunction

typedef void(VKAPI_PTR * PFN_vmaAllocateDeviceMemoryFunction) (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryType, VkDeviceMemory memory, VkDeviceSize size)

Callback function called after successful vkAllocateMemory.

◆ PFN_vmaFreeDeviceMemoryFunction

typedef void(VKAPI_PTR * PFN_vmaFreeDeviceMemoryFunction) (VmaAllocator allocator, uint32_t memoryType, VkDeviceMemory memory, VkDeviceSize size)

Callback function called before vkFreeMemory.

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

typedef enum VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

Flags to be passed as VmaAllocationCreateInfo::flags.

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlags

typedef VkFlags VmaAllocationCreateFlags

◆ VmaAllocationCreateInfo

typedef struct VmaAllocationCreateInfo VmaAllocationCreateInfo

◆ VmaAllocationInfo

typedef struct VmaAllocationInfo VmaAllocationInfo

Parameters of VmaAllocation objects, that can be retrieved using function vmaGetAllocationInfo().

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

typedef enum VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

Flags for created VmaAllocator.

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlags

typedef VkFlags VmaAllocatorCreateFlags

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateInfo

typedef struct VmaAllocatorCreateInfo VmaAllocatorCreateInfo

Description of a Allocator to be created.

◆ VmaDefragmentationInfo

typedef struct VmaDefragmentationInfo VmaDefragmentationInfo

Optional configuration parameters to be passed to function vmaDefragment().

◆ VmaDefragmentationStats

typedef struct VmaDefragmentationStats VmaDefragmentationStats

Statistics returned by function vmaDefragment().

◆ VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks

typedef struct VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks

Set of callbacks that the library will call for vkAllocateMemory and vkFreeMemory.

Provided for informative purpose, e.g. to gather statistics about number of allocations or total amount of memory allocated in Vulkan.

Used in VmaAllocatorCreateInfo::pDeviceMemoryCallbacks.

◆ VmaMemoryUsage

typedef enum VmaMemoryUsage VmaMemoryUsage

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

typedef enum VmaPoolCreateFlagBits VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

Flags to be passed as VmaPoolCreateInfo::flags.

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlags

typedef VkFlags VmaPoolCreateFlags

◆ VmaPoolCreateInfo

typedef struct VmaPoolCreateInfo VmaPoolCreateInfo

Describes parameter of created VmaPool.

◆ VmaPoolStats

typedef struct VmaPoolStats VmaPoolStats

Describes parameter of existing VmaPool.

◆ VmaStatInfo

typedef struct VmaStatInfo VmaStatInfo

Calculated statistics of memory usage in entire allocator.

◆ VmaStats

typedef struct VmaStats VmaStats

General statistics from current state of Allocator.

◆ VmaVulkanFunctions

typedef struct VmaVulkanFunctions VmaVulkanFunctions

Pointers to some Vulkan functions - a subset used by the library.

Used in VmaAllocatorCreateInfo::pVulkanFunctions.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

enum VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

Flags to be passed as VmaAllocationCreateInfo::flags.

Enumerator
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT	Set this flag if the allocation should have its own memory block. Use it for special, big resources, like fullscreen images used as attachments. This flag must also be used for host visible resources that you want to map simultaneously because otherwise they might end up as regions of the same `VkDeviceMemory`, while mapping same `VkDeviceMemory` multiple times simultaneously is illegal. You should not use this flag if VmaAllocationCreateInfo::pool is not null.
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_NEVER_ALLOCATE_BIT	Set this flag to only try to allocate from existing `VkDeviceMemory` blocks and never create new such block. If new allocation cannot be placed in any of the existing blocks, allocation fails with `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY` error. You should not use `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT` and `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_NEVER_ALLOCATE_BIT` at the same time. It makes no sense. If VmaAllocationCreateInfo::pool is not null, this flag is implied and ignored.
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT	Set this flag to use a memory that will be persistently mapped and retrieve pointer to it. Pointer to mapped memory will be returned through VmaAllocationInfo::pMappedData. Is it valid to use this flag for allocation made from memory type that is not `HOST_VISIBLE`. This flag is then ignored and memory is not mapped. This is useful if you need an allocation that is efficient to use on GPU (`DEVICE_LOCAL`) and still want to map it directly if possible on platforms that support it (e.g. Intel GPU). You should not use this flag together with `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT`.
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT	Allocation created with this flag can become lost as a result of another allocation with `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_MAKE_OTHER_LOST_BIT` flag, so you must check it before use. To check if allocation is not lost, call vmaGetAllocationInfo() and check if VmaAllocationInfo::deviceMemory is not `VK_NULL_HANDLE`. For details about supporting lost allocations, see Lost Allocations chapter of User Guide on Main Page. You should not use this flag together with `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT`.
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_MAKE_OTHER_LOST_BIT	While creating allocation using this flag, other allocations that were created with flag `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT` can become lost. For details about supporting lost allocations, see Lost Allocations chapter of User Guide on Main Page.
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_USER_DATA_COPY_STRING_BIT	Set this flag to treat VmaAllocationCreateInfo::pUserData as pointer to a null-terminated string. Instead of copying pointer value, a local copy of the string is made and stored in allocation's pUserData. The string is automatically freed together with the allocation. It is also used in vmaBuildStatsString().
VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

enum VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

Flags for created VmaAllocator.

Enumerator

VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_EXTERNALLY_SYNCHRONIZED_BIT

Allocator and all objects created from it will not be synchronized internally, so you must guarantee they are used from only one thread at a time or synchronized externally by you.

Using this flag may increase performance because internal mutexes are not used.

VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_KHR_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_BIT

Enables usage of VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation extension.

Using this extenion will automatically allocate dedicated blocks of memory for some buffers and images instead of suballocating place for them out of bigger memory blocks (as if you explicitly used VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT flag) when it is recommended by the driver. It may improve performance on some GPUs.

You may set this flag only if you found out that following device extensions are supported, you enabled them while creating Vulkan device passed as VmaAllocatorCreateInfo::device, and you want them to be used internally by this library:

VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2
VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation

When this flag is set, you can experience following warnings reported by Vulkan validation layer. You can ignore them.

vkBindBufferMemory(): Binding memory to buffer 0x2d but vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements() has not been called on that buffer.

VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM

◆ VmaMemoryUsage

enum VmaMemoryUsage

Enumerator
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_UNKNOWN	No intended memory usage specified. Use other members of VmaAllocationCreateInfo to specify your requirements.
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY	Memory will be used on device only, so fast access from the device is preferred. It usually means device-local GPU (video) memory. No need to be mappable on host. It is roughly equivalent of `D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT`. Usage: Resources written and read by device, e.g. images used as attachments. Resources transferred from host once (immutable) or infrequently and read by device multiple times, e.g. textures to be sampled, vertex buffers, uniform (constant) buffers, and majority of other types of resources used by device. Allocation may still end up in `HOST_VISIBLE` memory on some implementations. In such case, you are free to map it. You can use `VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT` with this usage type.
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_ONLY	Memory will be mappable on host. It usually means CPU (system) memory. Resources created in this pool may still be accessible to the device, but access to them can be slower. Guarantees to be `HOST_VISIBLE` and `HOST_COHERENT`. CPU read may be uncached. It is roughly equivalent of `D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD`. Usage: Staging copy of resources used as transfer source.
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_TO_GPU	Memory that is both mappable on host (guarantees to be `HOST_VISIBLE`) and preferably fast to access by GPU. CPU reads may be uncached and very slow. Usage: Resources written frequently by host (dynamic), read by device. E.g. textures, vertex buffers, uniform buffers updated every frame or every draw call.
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_TO_CPU	Memory mappable on host (guarantees to be `HOST_VISIBLE`) and cached. It is roughly equivalent of `D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_READBACK`. Usage: Resources written by device, read by host - results of some computations, e.g. screen capture, average scene luminance for HDR tone mapping. Any resources read or accessed randomly on host, e.g. CPU-side copy of vertex buffer used as source of transfer, but also used for collision detection.
VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_MAX_ENUM

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

enum VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

Flags to be passed as VmaPoolCreateInfo::flags.

Enumerator

VMA_POOL_CREATE_IGNORE_BUFFER_IMAGE_GRANULARITY_BIT

Use this flag if you always allocate only buffers and linear images or only optimal images out of this pool and so Buffer-Image Granularity can be ignored.

This is na optional optimization flag.

If you always allocate using vmaCreateBuffer(), vmaCreateImage(), vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer(), then you don't need to use it because allocator knows exact type of your allocations so it can handle Buffer-Image Granularity in the optimal way.

If you also allocate using vmaAllocateMemoryForImage() or vmaAllocateMemory(), exact type of such allocations is not known, so allocator must be conservative in handling Buffer-Image Granularity, which can lead to suboptimal allocation (wasted memory). In that case, if you can make sure you always allocate only buffers and linear images or only optimal images out of this pool, use this flag to make allocator disregard Buffer-Image Granularity and so make allocations more optimal.

VMA_POOL_CREATE_FLAG_BITS_MAX_ENUM

Function Documentation

◆ vmaAllocateMemory()

VkResult vmaAllocateMemory	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkMemoryRequirements *	pVkMemoryRequirements,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pCreateInfo,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

General purpose memory allocation.

Parameters

[out]	pAllocation	Handle to allocated memory.
[out]	pAllocationInfo	Optional. Information about allocated memory. It can be later fetched using function vmaGetAllocationInfo().

You should free the memory using vmaFreeMemory().

It is recommended to use vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer(), vmaAllocateMemoryForImage(), vmaCreateBuffer(), vmaCreateImage() instead whenever possible.

◆ vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer()

VkResult vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VkBuffer	buffer,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pCreateInfo,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

Parameters

[out]	pAllocation	Handle to allocated memory.
[out]	pAllocationInfo	Optional. Information about allocated memory. It can be later fetched using function vmaGetAllocationInfo().

You should free the memory using vmaFreeMemory().

◆ vmaAllocateMemoryForImage()

VkResult vmaAllocateMemoryForImage	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VkImage	image,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pCreateInfo,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

Function similar to vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer().

◆ vmaBuildStatsString()

void vmaBuildStatsString	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		char **	ppStatsString,
		VkBool32	detailedMap
	)

Builds and returns statistics as string in JSON format.

Parameters

[out] ppStatsString Must be freed using vmaFreeStatsString() function.

◆ vmaCalculateStats()

void vmaCalculateStats	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaStats *	pStats
	)

Retrieves statistics from current state of the Allocator.

◆ vmaCreateAllocator()

VkResult vmaCreateAllocator	(	const VmaAllocatorCreateInfo *	pCreateInfo,
		VmaAllocator *	pAllocator
	)

Creates Allocator object.

◆ vmaCreateBuffer()

VkResult vmaCreateBuffer	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkBufferCreateInfo *	pBufferCreateInfo,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pAllocationCreateInfo,
		VkBuffer *	pBuffer,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

Parameters

[out]	pBuffer	Buffer that was created.
[out]	pAllocation	Allocation that was created.
[out]	pAllocationInfo	Optional. Information about allocated memory. It can be later fetched using function vmaGetAllocationInfo().

This function automatically:

Creates buffer.
Allocates appropriate memory for it.
Binds the buffer with the memory.

If any of these operations fail, buffer and allocation are not created, returned value is negative error code, *pBuffer and *pAllocation are null.

If the function succeeded, you must destroy both buffer and allocation when you no longer need them using either convenience function vmaDestroyBuffer() or separately, using vkDestroyBuffer() and vmaFreeMemory().

If VMA_ALLOCATOR_CREATE_KHR_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_BIT flag was used, VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation extension is used internally to query driver whether it requires or prefers the new buffer to have dedicated allocation. If yes, and if dedicated allocation is possible (VmaAllocationCreateInfo::pool is null and VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_NEVER_ALLOCATE_BIT is not used), it creates dedicated allocation for this buffer, just like when using VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT.

◆ vmaCreateImage()

VkResult vmaCreateImage	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkImageCreateInfo *	pImageCreateInfo,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pAllocationCreateInfo,
		VkImage *	pImage,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

Function similar to vmaCreateBuffer().

◆ vmaCreateLostAllocation()

void vmaCreateLostAllocation	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocation
	)

Creates new allocation that is in lost state from the beginning.

It can be useful if you need a dummy, non-null allocation.

You still need to destroy created object using vmaFreeMemory().

Returned allocation is not tied to any specific memory pool or memory type and not bound to any image or buffer. It has size = 0. It cannot be turned into a real, non-empty allocation.

◆ vmaCreatePool()

VkResult vmaCreatePool	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VmaPoolCreateInfo *	pCreateInfo,
		VmaPool *	pPool
	)

Allocates Vulkan device memory and creates VmaPool object.

Parameters

	allocator	Allocator object.
	pCreateInfo	Parameters of pool to create.
[out]	pPool	Handle to created pool.

◆ vmaDefragment()

VkResult vmaDefragment	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation *	pAllocations,
		size_t	allocationCount,
		VkBool32 *	pAllocationsChanged,
		const VmaDefragmentationInfo *	pDefragmentationInfo,
		VmaDefragmentationStats *	pDefragmentationStats
	)

Compacts memory by moving allocations.

Parameters

	pAllocations	Array of allocations that can be moved during this compation.
	allocationCount	Number of elements in pAllocations and pAllocationsChanged arrays.
[out]	pAllocationsChanged	Array of boolean values that will indicate whether matching allocation in pAllocations array has been moved. This parameter is optional. Pass null if you don't need this information.
	pDefragmentationInfo	Configuration parameters. Optional - pass null to use default values.
[out]	pDefragmentationStats	Statistics returned by the function. Optional - pass null if you don't need this information.

Returns: VK_SUCCESS if completed, VK_INCOMPLETE if succeeded but didn't make all possible optimizations because limits specified in pDefragmentationInfo have been reached, negative error code in case of error.

This function works by moving allocations to different places (different VkDeviceMemory objects and/or different offsets) in order to optimize memory usage. Only allocations that are in pAllocations array can be moved. All other allocations are considered nonmovable in this call. Basic rules:

Only allocations made in memory types that have VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT flag can be compacted. You may pass other allocations but it makes no sense - these will never be moved.
You may pass allocations made with VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_DEDICATED_MEMORY_BIT but it makes no sense - they will never be moved.
Both allocations made with or without VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT flag can be compacted. If not persistently mapped, memory will be mapped temporarily inside this function if needed.
You must not pass same VmaAllocation object multiple times in pAllocations array.

The function also frees empty VkDeviceMemory blocks.

After allocation has been moved, its VmaAllocationInfo::deviceMemory and/or VmaAllocationInfo::offset changes. You must query them again using vmaGetAllocationInfo() if you need them.

If an allocation has been moved, data in memory is copied to new place automatically, but if it was bound to a buffer or an image, you must destroy that object yourself, create new one and bind it to the new memory pointed by the allocation. You must use vkDestroyBuffer(), vkDestroyImage(), vkCreateBuffer(), vkCreateImage() for that purpose and NOT vmaDestroyBuffer(), vmaDestroyImage(), vmaCreateBuffer(), vmaCreateImage()! Example:

VkDevice device = ...;
VmaAllocator allocator = ...;
std::vector<VkBuffer> buffers = ...;
std::vector<VmaAllocation> allocations = ...;
std::vector<VkBool32> allocationsChanged(allocations.size());
vmaDefragment(allocator, allocations.data(), allocations.size(), allocationsChanged.data(), nullptr, nullptr);
for(size_t i = 0; i < allocations.size(); ++i)
{
    if(allocationsChanged[i])
    {
        VmaAllocationInfo allocInfo;
        vmaGetAllocationInfo(allocator, allocations[i], &allocInfo);
        vkDestroyBuffer(device, buffers[i], nullptr);
        VkBufferCreateInfo bufferInfo = ...;
        vkCreateBuffer(device, &bufferInfo, nullptr, &buffers[i]);
            
        // You can make dummy call to vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements here to silence validation layer warning.
            
        vkBindBufferMemory(device, buffers[i], allocInfo.deviceMemory, allocInfo.offset);
    }
}

Note: Please don't expect memory to be fully compacted after this call. Algorithms inside are based on some heuristics that try to maximize number of Vulkan memory blocks to make totally empty to release them, as well as to maximimze continuous empty space inside remaining blocks, while minimizing the number and size of data that needs to be moved. Some fragmentation still remains after this call. This is normal.

Warning: This function is not 100% correct according to Vulkan specification. Use it at your own risk. That's because Vulkan doesn't guarantee that memory requirements (size and alignment) for a new buffer or image are consistent. They may be different even for subsequent calls with the same parameters. It really does happen on some platforms, especially with images.

Warning: This function may be time-consuming, so you shouldn't call it too often (like every frame or after every resource creation/destruction). You can call it on special occasions (like when reloading a game level or when you just destroyed a lot of objects).

◆ vmaDestroyAllocator()

void vmaDestroyAllocator ( VmaAllocator allocator )

Destroys allocator object.

◆ vmaDestroyBuffer()

void vmaDestroyBuffer	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VkBuffer	buffer,
		VmaAllocation	allocation
	)

Destroys Vulkan buffer and frees allocated memory.

This is just a convenience function equivalent to:

vkDestroyBuffer(device, buffer, allocationCallbacks);

vmaFreeMemory(allocator, allocation);

It it safe to pass null as buffer and/or allocation.

◆ vmaDestroyImage()

void vmaDestroyImage	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VkImage	image,
		VmaAllocation	allocation
	)

Destroys Vulkan image and frees allocated memory.

This is just a convenience function equivalent to:

vkDestroyImage(device, image, allocationCallbacks);

vmaFreeMemory(allocator, allocation);

It it safe to pass null as image and/or allocation.

◆ vmaDestroyPool()

void vmaDestroyPool	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaPool	pool
	)

Destroys VmaPool object and frees Vulkan device memory.

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex()

VkResult vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		uint32_t	memoryTypeBits,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pAllocationCreateInfo,
		uint32_t *	pMemoryTypeIndex
	)

Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given memoryTypeBits and VmaAllocationCreateInfo.

This algorithm tries to find a memory type that:

Is allowed by memoryTypeBits.
Contains all the flags from pAllocationCreateInfo->requiredFlags.
Matches intended usage.
Has as many flags from pAllocationCreateInfo->preferredFlags as possible.

Returns: Returns VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT if not found. Receiving such result from this function or any other allocating function probably means that your device doesn't support any memory type with requested features for the specific type of resource you want to use it for. Please check parameters of your resource, like image layout (OPTIMAL versus LINEAR) or mip level count.

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForBufferInfo()

VkResult vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForBufferInfo	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkBufferCreateInfo *	pBufferCreateInfo,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pAllocationCreateInfo,
		uint32_t *	pMemoryTypeIndex
	)

Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given VkBufferCreateInfo and VmaAllocationCreateInfo.

It can be useful e.g. to determine value to be used as VmaPoolCreateInfo::memoryTypeIndex. It internally creates a temporary, dummy buffer that never has memory bound. It is just a convenience function, equivalent to calling:

vkCreateBuffer
vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements
vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex
vkDestroyBuffer

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForImageInfo()

VkResult vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForImageInfo	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkImageCreateInfo *	pImageCreateInfo,
		const VmaAllocationCreateInfo *	pAllocationCreateInfo,
		uint32_t *	pMemoryTypeIndex
	)

Helps to find memoryTypeIndex, given VkImageCreateInfo and VmaAllocationCreateInfo.

It can be useful e.g. to determine value to be used as VmaPoolCreateInfo::memoryTypeIndex. It internally creates a temporary, dummy image that never has memory bound. It is just a convenience function, equivalent to calling:

vkCreateImage
vkGetImageMemoryRequirements
vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex
vkDestroyImage

◆ vmaFreeMemory()

void vmaFreeMemory	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation
	)

Frees memory previously allocated using vmaAllocateMemory(), vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer(), or vmaAllocateMemoryForImage().

◆ vmaFreeStatsString()

void vmaFreeStatsString	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		char *	pStatsString
	)

◆ vmaGetAllocationInfo()

void vmaGetAllocationInfo	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation,
		VmaAllocationInfo *	pAllocationInfo
	)

Returns current information about specified allocation.

It also "touches" allocation... TODO finish documentation.

◆ vmaGetMemoryProperties()

void vmaGetMemoryProperties	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties **	ppPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties
	)

PhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties are fetched from physicalDevice by the allocator. You can access it here, without fetching it again on your own.

◆ vmaGetMemoryTypeProperties()

void vmaGetMemoryTypeProperties	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		uint32_t	memoryTypeIndex,
		VkMemoryPropertyFlags *	pFlags
	)

Given Memory Type Index, returns Property Flags of this memory type.

This is just a convenience function. Same information can be obtained using vmaGetMemoryProperties().

◆ vmaGetPhysicalDeviceProperties()

void vmaGetPhysicalDeviceProperties	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		const VkPhysicalDeviceProperties **	ppPhysicalDeviceProperties
	)

PhysicalDeviceProperties are fetched from physicalDevice by the allocator. You can access it here, without fetching it again on your own.

◆ vmaGetPoolStats()

void vmaGetPoolStats	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaPool	pool,
		VmaPoolStats *	pPoolStats
	)

Retrieves statistics of existing VmaPool object.

Parameters

	allocator	Allocator object.
	pool	Pool object.
[out]	pPoolStats	Statistics of specified pool.

◆ vmaMakePoolAllocationsLost()

void vmaMakePoolAllocationsLost	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaPool	pool,
		size_t *	pLostAllocationCount
	)

Marks all allocations in given pool as lost if they are not used in current frame or VmaPoolCreateInfo::frameInUseCount back from now.

Parameters

	allocator	Allocator object.
	pool	Pool.
[out]	pLostAllocationCount	Number of allocations marked as lost. Optional - pass null if you don't need this information.

◆ vmaMapMemory()

VkResult vmaMapMemory	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation,
		void **	ppData
	)

Maps memory represented by given allocation and returns pointer to it.

Maps memory represented by given allocation to make it accessible to CPU code. When succeeded, *ppData contains pointer to first byte of this memory. If the allocation is part of bigger VkDeviceMemory block, the pointer is correctly offseted to the beginning of region assigned to this particular allocation.

Mapping is internally reference-counted and synchronized, so despite raw Vulkan function vkMapMemory() cannot be used to map same block of VkDeviceMemory multiple times simultaneously, it is safe to call this function on allocations assigned to the same memory block. Actual Vulkan memory will be mapped on first mapping and unmapped on last unmapping.

If the function succeeded, you must call vmaUnmapMemory() to unmap the allocation when mapping is no longer needed or before freeing the allocation, at the latest.

It also safe to call this function multiple times on the same allocation. You must call vmaUnmapMemory() same number of times as you called vmaMapMemory().

It is also safe to call this function on allocation created with VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT flag. Its memory stays mapped all the time. You must still call vmaUnmapMemory() same number of times as you called vmaMapMemory(). You must not call vmaUnmapMemory() additional time to free the "0-th" mapping made automatically due to VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT flag.

This function fails when used on allocation made in memory type that is not HOST_VISIBLE.

This function always fails when called for allocation that was created with VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT flag. Such allocations cannot be mapped.

◆ vmaSetAllocationUserData()

void vmaSetAllocationUserData	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation,
		void *	pUserData
	)

Sets pUserData in given allocation to new value.

If the allocation was created with VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_USER_DATA_COPY_STRING_BIT, pUserData must be either null, or pointer to a null-terminated string. The function makes local copy of the string and sets it as allocation's pUserData. String passed as pUserData doesn't need to be valid for whole lifetime of the allocation - you can free it after this call. String previously pointed by allocation's pUserData is freed from memory.

If the flag was not used, the value of pointer pUserData is just copied to allocation's pUserData. It is opaque, so you can use it however you want - e.g. as a pointer, ordinal number or some handle to you own data.

◆ vmaSetCurrentFrameIndex()

void vmaSetCurrentFrameIndex	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		uint32_t	frameIndex
	)

Sets index of the current frame.

This function must be used if you make allocations with VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_BECOME_LOST_BIT and VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_CAN_MAKE_OTHER_LOST_BIT flags to inform the allocator when a new frame begins. Allocations queried using vmaGetAllocationInfo() cannot become lost in the current frame.

◆ vmaTouchAllocation()

VkBool32 vmaTouchAllocation	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation
	)

TODO finish documentation...

◆ vmaUnmapMemory()

void vmaUnmapMemory	(	VmaAllocator	allocator,
		VmaAllocation	allocation
	)

Unmaps memory represented by given allocation, mapped previously using vmaMapMemory().

For details, see description of vmaMapMemory().

Classes

Macros

Typedefs

Enumerations

Functions

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ VMA_STATS_STRING_ENABLED

Typedef Documentation

◆ PFN_vmaAllocateDeviceMemoryFunction

◆ PFN_vmaFreeDeviceMemoryFunction

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlags

◆ VmaAllocationCreateInfo

◆ VmaAllocationInfo

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlags

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateInfo

◆ VmaDefragmentationInfo

◆ VmaDefragmentationStats

◆ VmaDeviceMemoryCallbacks

◆ VmaMemoryUsage

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlags

◆ VmaPoolCreateInfo

◆ VmaPoolStats

◆ VmaStatInfo

◆ VmaStats

◆ VmaVulkanFunctions

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits

◆ VmaAllocatorCreateFlagBits

◆ VmaMemoryUsage

◆ VmaPoolCreateFlagBits

Function Documentation

◆ vmaAllocateMemory()

◆ vmaAllocateMemoryForBuffer()

◆ vmaAllocateMemoryForImage()

◆ vmaBuildStatsString()

◆ vmaCalculateStats()

◆ vmaCreateAllocator()

◆ vmaCreateBuffer()

◆ vmaCreateImage()

◆ vmaCreateLostAllocation()

◆ vmaCreatePool()

◆ vmaDefragment()

◆ vmaDestroyAllocator()

◆ vmaDestroyBuffer()

◆ vmaDestroyImage()

◆ vmaDestroyPool()

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndex()

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForBufferInfo()

◆ vmaFindMemoryTypeIndexForImageInfo()

◆ vmaFreeMemory()

◆ vmaFreeStatsString()

◆ vmaGetAllocationInfo()

◆ vmaGetMemoryProperties()

◆ vmaGetMemoryTypeProperties()

◆ vmaGetPhysicalDeviceProperties()

◆ vmaGetPoolStats()

◆ vmaMakePoolAllocationsLost()

◆ vmaMapMemory()

◆ vmaSetAllocationUserData()

◆ vmaSetCurrentFrameIndex()

◆ vmaTouchAllocation()

◆ vmaUnmapMemory()