# vkCreateSampler(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateSampler - Create a new sampler object

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## C Specification

To create a sampler object, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VkResult vkCreateSampler(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkSamplerCreateInfo*                  pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkSampler*                                  pSampler);

## Parameters

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

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkSamplerCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the sampler object.

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

- `pSampler` is a pointer to a VkSampler handle in which the resulting sampler object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCreateSampler-device-09668
  `device` must support at least one queue family with one of the `VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT` or `VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT` capabilities

- VUID-vkCreateSampler-maxSamplerAllocationCount-04110
  There must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::`maxSamplerAllocationCount` VkSampler objects currently created on the device

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkCreateSampler-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkSamplerCreateInfo structure

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

- VUID-vkCreateSampler-pSampler-parameter
  `pSampler` must be a valid pointer to a VkSampler handle

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - `VK_SUCCESS`

On failure, this command returns

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY`

  - `VK_ERROR_INVALID_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_KHR`

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSampler, VkSamplerCreateInfo

## 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 2014-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0