1// Copyright 2016-2024 The Khronos Group Inc. 2// 3// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 4 5include::{generated}/meta/{refprefix}VK_KHR_external_fence_fd.adoc[] 6 7=== Other Extension Metadata 8 9*Last Modified Date*:: 10 2017-05-08 11*IP Status*:: 12 No known IP claims. 13*Contributors*:: 14 - Jesse Hall, Google 15 - James Jones, NVIDIA 16 - Jeff Juliano, NVIDIA 17 - Cass Everitt, Oculus 18 - Contributors to `apiext:VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd` 19 20=== Description 21 22An application using external memory may wish to synchronize access to that 23memory using fences. 24This extension enables an application to export fence payload to and import 25fence payload from POSIX file descriptors. 26 27include::{generated}/interfaces/VK_KHR_external_fence_fd.adoc[] 28 29=== Issues 30 31This extension borrows concepts, semantics, and language from 32`apiext:VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd`. 33That extension's issues apply equally to this extension. 34 35=== Version History 36 37 * Revision 1, 2017-05-08 (Jesse Hall) 38 ** Initial revision 39