vkGetDeviceQueue(3)

# vkGetDeviceQueue(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetDeviceQueue - Get a queue handle from a device

## C Specification

To retrieve a handle to a VkQueue object, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    void vkGetDeviceQueue(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        uint32_t                                    queueFamilyIndex,
        uint32_t                                    queueIndex,
        VkQueue*                                    pQueue);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that owns the queue.

- `queueFamilyIndex` is the index of the queue family to which the queue belongs.

- `queueIndex` is the index within this queue family of the queue to retrieve.

- `pQueue` is a pointer to a VkQueue object that will be filled with the handle for the requested queue.

## Description

`vkGetDeviceQueue` must only be used to get queues that were created with the `flags` parameter of VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo set to zero. To get queues that were created with a non-zero `flags` parameter use vkGetDeviceQueue2.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkGetDeviceQueue-queueFamilyIndex-00384
  `queueFamilyIndex` must be one of the queue family indices specified when `device` was created, via the VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structure

- VUID-vkGetDeviceQueue-queueIndex-00385
  `queueIndex` must be less than the value of VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo::`queueCount` for the queue family indicated by `queueFamilyIndex` when `device` was created

- VUID-vkGetDeviceQueue-flags-01841
  VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo::`flags` must have been zero when `device` was created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkGetDeviceQueue-pQueue-parameter
  `pQueue` must be a valid pointer to a VkQueue handle

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkDevice, VkQueue

## 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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