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1// Copyright 2014-2022 The Khronos Group Inc.
2//
3// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
4
5[[platformCreateSurface_wayland]]
6=== Wayland Platform
7
8[open,refpage='vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR',desc='Create a slink:VkSurfaceKHR object for a Wayland window',type='protos']
9--
10To create a sname:VkSurfaceKHR object for a Wayland surface, call:
11
12include::{generated}/api/protos/vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR.adoc[]
13
14  * pname:instance is the instance to associate the surface with.
15  * pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to a slink:VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR
16    structure containing parameters affecting the creation of the surface
17    object.
18  * pname:pAllocator is the allocator used for host memory allocated for the
19    surface object when there is no more specific allocator available (see
20    <<memory-allocation,Memory Allocation>>).
21  * pname:pSurface is a pointer to a slink:VkSurfaceKHR handle in which the
22    created surface object is returned.
23
24include::{generated}/validity/protos/vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR.adoc[]
25--
26
27[open,refpage='VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR',desc='Structure specifying parameters of a newly created Wayland surface object',type='structs']
28--
29The sname:VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR structure is defined as:
30
31include::{generated}/api/structs/VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR.adoc[]
32
33  * pname:sType is the type of this structure.
34  * pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this
35    structure.
36  * pname:flags is reserved for future use.
37  * pname:display and pname:surface are pointers to the Wayland
38    code:wl_display and code:wl_surface to associate the surface with.
39
40.Valid Usage
41****
42  * [[VUID-VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR-display-01304]]
43    pname:display must: point to a valid Wayland code:wl_display
44  * [[VUID-VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR-surface-01305]]
45    pname:surface must: point to a valid Wayland code:wl_surface
46****
47
48include::{generated}/validity/structs/VkWaylandSurfaceCreateInfoKHR.adoc[]
49--
50
51On Wayland, pname:currentExtent is the special value [eq]#(0xFFFFFFFF,
520xFFFFFFFF)#, indicating that the surface size will be determined by the
53extent of a swapchain targeting the surface.
54Whatever the application sets a swapchain's pname:imageExtent to will be the
55size of the window, after the first image is presented.
56pname:minImageExtent is [eq]#(1,1)#, and pname:maxImageExtent is the maximum
57supported surface size.
58Any calls to flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR on a surface
59created with fname:vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR are required: to return
60ename:VK_PRESENT_MODE_MAILBOX_KHR as one of the valid present modes.
61
62Some Vulkan functions may: send protocol over the specified code:wl_display
63connection when using a swapchain or presentable images created from a
64sname:VkSurfaceKHR referring to a code:wl_surface.
65Applications must: therefore ensure that both the code:wl_display and the
66code:wl_surface remain valid for the lifetime of any sname:VkSwapchainKHR
67objects created from a particular code:wl_display and code:wl_surface.
68Also, calling flink:vkQueuePresentKHR will result in Vulkan sending
69code:wl_surface.commit requests to the underlying code:wl_surface of each
70The code:wl_surface.attach, code:wl_surface.damage, and
71code:wl_surface.commit requests must: be issued by the implementation during
72the call to flink:vkQueuePresentKHR and must: not be issued by the
73implementation outside of flink:vkQueuePresentKHR.
74This ensures that any Wayland requests sent by the client after the call to
75flink:vkQueuePresentKHR returns will be received by the compositor after the
76code:wl_surface.commit.
77Regardless of the mode of swapchain creation, a new code:wl_event_queue
78must: be created for each successful flink:vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR call,
79and every Wayland object created by the implementation must: be assigned to
80this event queue.
81If the platform provides Wayland 1.11 or greater, this must: be implemented
82by the use of Wayland proxy object wrappers, to avoid race conditions.
83
84If the application wishes to synchronize any window changes with a
85particular frame, such requests must: be sent to the Wayland display server
86prior to calling flink:vkQueuePresentKHR.
87
88[open,refpage='VkWaylandSurfaceCreateFlagsKHR',desc='Reserved for future use',type='flags']
89--
90include::{generated}/api/flags/VkWaylandSurfaceCreateFlagsKHR.adoc[]
91
92tname:VkWaylandSurfaceCreateFlagsKHR is a bitmask type for setting a mask,
93but is currently reserved for future use.
94--
95