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Vulkan.Extensions.VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer

Description

Name

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer - device extension

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer

Name String
VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer
Extension Type
Device extension
Registered Extension Number
130
Revision
5
Extension and Version Dependencies
  • Requires support for Vulkan 1.0
  • Requires VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion to be enabled for any device-level functionality
  • Requires VK_KHR_external_memory to be enabled for any device-level functionality
  • Requires VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign to be enabled for any device-level functionality
  • Requires VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation to be enabled for any device-level functionality
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Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date
2021-09-30
IP Status
No known IP claims.
Contributors
  • Ray Smith, ARM
  • Chad Versace, Google
  • Jesse Hall, Google
  • Tobias Hector, Imagination
  • James Jones, NVIDIA
  • Tony Zlatinski, NVIDIA
  • Matthew Netsch, Qualcomm
  • Andrew Garrard, Samsung

Description

This extension enables an application to import Android AHardwareBuffer objects created outside of the Vulkan device into Vulkan memory objects, where they can be bound to images and buffers. It also allows exporting an AHardwareBuffer from a Vulkan memory object for symmetry with other operating systems. But since not all AHardwareBuffer usages and formats have Vulkan equivalents, exporting from Vulkan provides strictly less functionality than creating the AHardwareBuffer externally and importing it.

Some AHardwareBuffer images have implementation-defined /external formats that may/ not correspond to Vulkan formats. Sampler Y′CBCR conversion can be used to sample from these images and convert them to a known color space.

New Base Types

New Commands

New Structures

If VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 is supported:

New Enum Constants

If VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 is supported:

Issues

1) Other external memory objects are represented as weakly-typed handles (e.g. Win32 HANDLE or POSIX file descriptor), and require a handle type parameter along with handles. AHardwareBuffer is strongly typed, so naming the handle type is redundant. Does symmetry justify adding handle type parameters/fields anyway?

RESOLVED: No. The handle type is already provided in places that treat external memory objects generically. In the places we would add it, the application code that would have to provide the handle type value is already dealing with AHardwareBuffer-specific commands/structures; the extra symmetry would not be enough to make that code generic.

2) The internal layout and therefore size of a AHardwareBuffer image may depend on native usage flags that do not have corresponding Vulkan counterparts. Do we provide this information to createImage somehow, or allow the allocation size reported by getImageMemoryRequirements to be approximate?

RESOLVED: Allow the allocation size to be unspecified when allocating the memory. It has to work this way for exported image memory anyway, since AHardwareBuffer allocation happens in allocateMemory, and internally is performed by a separate HAL, not the Vulkan implementation itself. There is a similar issue with getImageSubresourceLayout: the layout is determined by the allocator HAL, so it is not known until the image is bound to memory.

3) Should the result of sampling an external-format image with the suggested Y′CBCR conversion parameters yield the same results as using a samplerExternalOES in OpenGL ES?

RESOLVED: This would be desirable, so that apps converting from OpenGL ES to Vulkan could get the same output given the same input. But since sampling and conversion from Y′CBCR images is so loosely defined in OpenGL ES, multiple implementations do it in a way that does not conform to Vulkan’s requirements. Modifying the OpenGL ES implementation would be difficult, and would change the output of existing unmodified applications. Changing the output only for applications that are being modified gives developers the chance to notice and mitigate any problems. Implementations are encouraged to minimize differences as much as possible without causing compatibility problems for existing OpenGL ES applications or violating Vulkan requirements.

4) Should an AHardwareBuffer with AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_* usage be mappable in Vulkan? Should it be possible to export an AHardwareBuffers with such usage?

RESOLVED: Optional, and mapping in Vulkan is not the same as AHardwareBuffer_lock. The semantics of these are different: mapping in memory is persistent, just gives a raw view of the memory contents, and does not involve ownership. AHardwareBuffer_lock gives the host exclusive access to the buffer, is temporary, and allows for reformatting copy-in/copy-out. Implementations are not required to support host-visible memory types for imported Android hardware buffers or resources backed by them. If a host-visible memory type is supported and used, the memory can be mapped in Vulkan, but doing so follows Vulkan semantics: it is just a raw view of the data and does not imply ownership (this means implementations must not internally call AHardwareBuffer_lock to implement mapMemory, or assume the application has done so). Implementations are not required to support linear-tiled images backed by Android hardware buffers, even if the AHardwareBuffer has CPU usage. There is no reliable way to allocate memory in Vulkan that can be exported to a AHardwareBuffer with CPU usage.

5) Android may add new AHardwareBuffer formats and usage flags over time. Can reference to them be added to this extension, or do they need a new extension?

RESOLVED: This extension can document the interaction between the new AHB formats/usages and existing Vulkan features. No new Vulkan features or implementation requirements can be added. The extension version number will be incremented when this additional documentation is added, but the version number does not indicate that an implementation supports Vulkan memory or resources that map to the new AHardwareBuffer features: support for that must be queried with getPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2 or is implied by successfully allocating a AHardwareBuffer outside of Vulkan that uses the new feature and has a GPU usage flag.

In essence, these are new features added to a new Android API level, rather than new Vulkan features. The extension will only document how existing Vulkan features map to that new Android feature.

Version History

  • Revision 5, 2022-02-04 (Chris Forbes)

    • Describe mapping of flags for storage image support
  • Revision 4, 2021-09-30 (Jon Leech)

    • Add interaction with VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 to vk.xml
  • Revision 3, 2019-08-27 (Jon Leech)

    • Update revision history to correspond to XML version number
  • Revision 2, 2018-04-09 (Petr Kraus)

    • Markup fixes and remove incorrect Draft status
  • Revision 1, 2018-03-04 (Jesse Hall)

    • Initial version

See Also

AHardwareBuffer, AndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID, AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID, AndroidHardwareBufferUsageANDROID, ExternalFormatANDROID, ImportAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID, MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID, getAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID, getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is a generated document. Fixes and changes should be made to the generator scripts, not directly.

Synopsis

Documentation

getAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID Source #

Arguments

:: forall a io. (Extendss AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID a, PokeChain a, PeekChain a, MonadIO io) 
=> Device

device is the logical device that will be importing buffer.

device must be a valid Device handle

-> Ptr AHardwareBuffer

buffer is the Android hardware buffer which will be imported.

buffer must be a valid Android hardware buffer object with at least one of the AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_GPU_* flags in its AHardwareBuffer_Desc::usage

buffer must be a valid pointer to a valid AHardwareBuffer value

-> io (AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID a) 

vkGetAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID - Get Properties of External Memory Android Hardware Buffers

Return Codes

Success
Failure

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID, Device

getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID Source #

Arguments

:: forall io. MonadIO io 
=> Device

device is the logical device that created the device memory being exported.

device must be a valid Device handle

-> MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID

pInfo is a pointer to a MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID structure containing parameters of the export operation.

pInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID structure

-> io (Ptr AHardwareBuffer) 

vkGetMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID - Get an Android hardware buffer for a memory object

Description

Each call to getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID must return an Android hardware buffer with a new reference acquired in addition to the reference held by the DeviceMemory. To avoid leaking resources, the application must release the reference by calling AHardwareBuffer_release when it is no longer needed. When called with the same handle in MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID::memory, getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID must return the same Android hardware buffer object. If the device memory was created by importing an Android hardware buffer, getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID must return that same Android hardware buffer object.

Return Codes

Success
Failure

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, Device, MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID

data ImportAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID Source #

VkImportAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID - Import memory from an Android hardware buffer

Description

If the allocateMemory command succeeds, the implementation must acquire a reference to the imported hardware buffer, which it must release when the device memory object is freed. If the command fails, the implementation must not retain a reference.

Valid Usage

  • If buffer is not NULL, it must be a valid Android hardware buffer object with AHardwareBuffer_Desc::usage compatible with Vulkan as described in Android Hardware Buffers

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, StructureType

Constructors

ImportAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID 

Fields

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data AndroidHardwareBufferUsageANDROID Source #

VkAndroidHardwareBufferUsageANDROID - Struct containing Android hardware buffer usage flags

Description

The androidHardwareBufferUsage field must include Android hardware buffer usage flags listed in the AHardwareBuffer Usage Equivalence table when the corresponding Vulkan image usage or image creation flags are included in the usage or flags fields of PhysicalDeviceImageFormatInfo2. It must include at least one GPU usage flag (AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_GPU_*), even if none of the corresponding Vulkan usages or flags are requested.

Note

Requiring at least one GPU usage flag ensures that Android hardware buffer memory will be allocated in a memory pool accessible to the Vulkan implementation, and that specializing the memory layout based on usage flags does not prevent it from being compatible with Vulkan. Implementations may avoid unnecessary restrictions caused by this requirement by using vendor usage flags to indicate that only the Vulkan uses indicated in ImageFormatProperties2 are required.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, StructureType

Constructors

AndroidHardwareBufferUsageANDROID 

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data AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID (es :: [Type]) Source #

VkAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID - Properties of External Memory Android Hardware Buffers

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, DeviceSize, StructureType, getAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID

Constructors

AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID 

Fields

  • next :: Chain es

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

  • allocationSize :: DeviceSize

    allocationSize is the size of the external memory

  • memoryTypeBits :: Word32

    memoryTypeBits is a bitmask containing one bit set for every memory type which the specified Android hardware buffer can be imported as.

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Extensible AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID Source # 
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Show (Chain es) => Show (AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es) Source # 
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(Extendss AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es, PeekChain es) => FromCStruct (AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es) Source # 
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(Extendss AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es, PokeChain es) => ToCStruct (AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es) Source # 
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es ~ ('[] :: [Type]) => Zero (AndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID es) Source # 
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data MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID Source #

VkMemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID - Structure describing an Android hardware buffer memory export operation

Valid Usage

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • pNext must be NULL
  • memory must be a valid DeviceMemory handle

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, DeviceMemory, StructureType, getMemoryAndroidHardwareBufferANDROID

Constructors

MemoryGetAndroidHardwareBufferInfoANDROID 

Fields

  • memory :: DeviceMemory

    memory is the memory object from which the Android hardware buffer will be exported.

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data AndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID Source #

VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID - Structure describing the image format properties of an Android hardware buffer

Description

If the Android hardware buffer has one of the formats listed in the Format Equivalence table, then format must have the equivalent Vulkan format listed in the table. Otherwise, format may be FORMAT_UNDEFINED, indicating the Android hardware buffer can only be used with an external format.

The formatFeatures member must include FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT and at least one of FORMAT_FEATURE_MIDPOINT_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT or FORMAT_FEATURE_COSITED_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT, and should include FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT and FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_LINEAR_FILTER_BIT.

Note

The formatFeatures member only indicates the features available when using an external-format image created from the Android hardware buffer. Images from Android hardware buffers with a format other than FORMAT_UNDEFINED are subject to the format capabilities obtained from getPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2, and getPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2 with appropriate parameters. These sets of features are independent of each other, e.g. the external format will support sampler Y′CBCR conversion even if the non-external format does not, and writing to non-external format images is possible but writing to external format images is not.

Android hardware buffers with the same external format must have the same support for FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT, FORMAT_FEATURE_MIDPOINT_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT, FORMAT_FEATURE_COSITED_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT, FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_LINEAR_FILTER_BIT, FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_SEPARATE_RECONSTRUCTION_FILTER_BIT, and FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CHROMA_RECONSTRUCTION_EXPLICIT_FORCEABLE_BIT. in formatFeatures. Other format features may differ between Android hardware buffers that have the same external format. This allows applications to use the same SamplerYcbcrConversion object (and samplers and pipelines created from them) for any Android hardware buffers that have the same external format.

If format is not FORMAT_UNDEFINED, then the value of samplerYcbcrConversionComponents must be valid when used as the components member of SamplerYcbcrConversionCreateInfo with that format. If format is FORMAT_UNDEFINED, all members of samplerYcbcrConversionComponents must be the identity swizzle.

Implementations may not always be able to determine the color model, numerical range, or chroma offsets of the image contents, so the values in AndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID are only suggestions. Applications should treat these values as sensible defaults to use in the absence of more reliable information obtained through some other means. If the underlying physical device is also usable via OpenGL ES with the GL_OES_EGL_image_external extension, the implementation should suggest values that will produce similar sampled values as would be obtained by sampling the same external image via samplerExternalOES in OpenGL ES using equivalent sampler parameters.

Note

Since GL_OES_EGL_image_external does not require the same sampling and conversion calculations as Vulkan does, achieving identical results between APIs may not be possible on some implementations.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, ChromaLocation, ComponentMapping, Format, FormatFeatureFlags, SamplerYcbcrModelConversion, SamplerYcbcrRange, StructureType

Constructors

AndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID 

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data ExternalFormatANDROID Source #

VkExternalFormatANDROID - Structure containing an Android hardware buffer external format

Description

If externalFormat is zero, the effect is as if the ExternalFormatANDROID structure was not present. Otherwise, the image will have the specified external format.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, StructureType

Constructors

ExternalFormatANDROID 

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data AndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID Source #

VkAndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID - Structure describing the image format properties of an Android hardware buffer

Description

The bits reported in formatFeatures must include the bits reported in the corresponding fields of AndroidHardwareBufferFormatPropertiesANDROID::formatFeatures.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer, VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2, ChromaLocation, ComponentMapping, Format, FormatFeatureFlags2, SamplerYcbcrModelConversion, SamplerYcbcrRange, StructureType

Constructors

AndroidHardwareBufferFormatProperties2ANDROID 

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type ANDROID_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_EXTENSION_NAME = "VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer" Source #