vkCreateFence(3)

# vkCreateFence(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateFence - Create a new fence object

## C Specification

To create a fence, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VkResult vkCreateFence(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkFenceCreateInfo*                    pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkFence*                                    pFence);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the fence.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkFenceCreateInfo structure containing information about how the fence is to be created.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pFence` is a pointer to a handle in which the resulting fence object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCreateFence-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkCreateFence-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkFenceCreateInfo structure

- VUID-vkCreateFence-pAllocator-parameter
  If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- VUID-vkCreateFence-pFence-parameter
  `pFence` must be a valid pointer to a VkFence handle

- VUID-vkCreateFence-device-queuecount
  The device must have been created with at least `1` queue

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkFence, VkFenceCreateInfo

## 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