vkSetEvent(3)

# vkSetEvent(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkSetEvent - Set an event to signaled state

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## C Specification

To set the state of an event to signaled from the host, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VkResult vkSetEvent(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        VkEvent                                     event);

## Parameters

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

- `event` is the event to set.

## Description

When vkSetEvent is executed on the host, it defines an event signal operation which sets the event to the signaled state.

If `event` is already in the signaled state when vkSetEvent is executed, then vkSetEvent has no effect, and no event signal operation occurs.

Note | If a command buffer is waiting for an event to be signaled from the host, the application must signal the event before submitting the command buffer, as described in the queue forward progress section.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkSetEvent-event-03941
  `event` must not have been created with `VK_EVENT_CREATE_DEVICE_ONLY_BIT`

- VUID-vkSetEvent-event-09543
  `event` must not be waited on by a command buffer in the pending state

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkSetEvent-event-parameter
  `event` must be a valid VkEvent handle

- VUID-vkSetEvent-event-parent
  `event` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `device`

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `event` must be externally synchronized

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`

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkDevice, VkEvent

## 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 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0