VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR(3)

# VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR - (None)

## C Specification

The `VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_external_fence_fd
    typedef struct VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                      sType;
        const void*                          pNext;
        VkFence                              fence;
        VkFenceImportFlags                   flags;
        VkExternalFenceHandleTypeFlagBits    handleType;
        int                                  fd;
    } VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `fence` is the fence into which the payload will be imported.

- `flags` is a bitmask of VkFenceImportFlagBits specifying additional parameters for the fence payload import operation.

- `handleType` is a VkExternalFenceHandleTypeFlagBits value specifying the type of `fd`.

- `fd` is the external handle to import.

## Description

The handle types supported by `handleType` are:

Table 1. Handle Types Supported by `VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR`
Handle Type | Transference | Permanence Supported
--- | --- | ---
VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_FD_BIT | Reference | Temporary,Permanent
VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_SYNC_FD_BIT | Copy | Temporary

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-handleType-01464
  `handleType` must be a value included in the Handle Types Supported by `VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR` table

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-fd-01541
  `fd` must obey any requirements listed for `handleType` in external fence handle types compatibility

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-handleType-07306
  If `handleType` refers to a handle type with copy payload transference semantics, `flags` must contain VK_FENCE_IMPORT_TEMPORARY_BIT

If `handleType` is VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_SYNC_FD_BIT, the special value `-1` for `fd` is treated like a valid sync file descriptor referring to an object that has already signaled. The import operation will succeed and the `VkFence` will have a temporarily imported payload as if a valid file descriptor had been provided.

Note | This special behavior for importing an invalid sync file descriptor allows easier interoperability with other system APIs which use the convention that an invalid sync file descriptor represents work that has already completed and does not need to be waited for. It is consistent with the option for implementations to return a `-1` file descriptor when exporting a VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_SYNC_FD_BIT from a `VkFence` which is signaled.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_FENCE_FD_INFO_KHR

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-fence-parameter
  `fence` must be a valid VkFence handle

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-flags-parameter
  `flags` must be a valid combination of VkFenceImportFlagBits values

- VUID-VkImportFenceFdInfoKHR-handleType-parameter
  `handleType` must be a valid VkExternalFenceHandleTypeFlagBits value

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `fence` must be externally synchronized

## See Also

VK_KHR_external_fence_fd, VkExternalFenceHandleTypeFlagBits, VkFence, VkFenceImportFlags, VkStructureType, vkImportFenceFdKHR

## 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.

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