VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR(3)

# VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR - Structure specifying additional attributes of Windows handles exported from a fence

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## C Specification

To specify additional attributes of NT handles exported from a fence, add a VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR structure to the `pNext` chain of the VkFenceCreateInfo structure. The `VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_external_fence_win32
    typedef struct VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType               sType;
        const void*                   pNext;
        const SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES*    pAttributes;
        DWORD                         dwAccess;
        LPCWSTR                       name;
    } VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `pAttributes` is a pointer to a Windows `SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES` structure specifying security attributes of the handle.

- `dwAccess` is a `DWORD` specifying access rights of the handle.

- `name` is a null-terminated UTF-16 string to associate with the underlying synchronization primitive referenced by NT handles exported from the created fence.

## Description

If VkExportFenceCreateInfo is not included in the same `pNext` chain, this structure is ignored.

If VkExportFenceCreateInfo is included in the `pNext` chain of VkFenceCreateInfo with a Windows `handleType`, but either `VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR` is not included in the `pNext` chain, or it is included but `pAttributes` is `NULL`, default security descriptor values will be used, and child processes created by the application will not inherit the handle, as described in the MSDN documentation for “Synchronization Object Security and Access Rights”1. Further, if the structure is not present, the access rights will be

`DXGI_SHARED_RESOURCE_READ` | `DXGI_SHARED_RESOURCE_WRITE`

for handles of the following types:

VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_WIN32_BIT

1

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sync/synchronization-object-security-and-access-rights

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR-handleTypes-01447
  If VkExportFenceCreateInfo::`handleTypes` does not include VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_WIN32_BIT, a `VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR` structure must not be included in the `pNext` chain of VkFenceCreateInfo

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXPORT_FENCE_WIN32_HANDLE_INFO_KHR

- VUID-VkExportFenceWin32HandleInfoKHR-pAttributes-parameter
  If `pAttributes` is not `NULL`, `pAttributes` must be a valid pointer to a valid `SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES` value

## See Also

VK_KHR_external_fence_win32, VkStructureType

## 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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