C SPECIFICATION

void glBufferStorage(GLenum target, GLsizeiptr size, const GLvoid * data, GLbitfield flags);

void glNamedBufferStorage(GLuint buffer, GLsizei size, const void *data, GLbitfield flags);

PARAMETERS

target

Specifies the target to which the buffer object is bound for glBufferStorage, which must be one of the buffer binding targets in the following table:

Buffer Binding Target	Purpose
GL_ARRAY_BUFFER	Vertex attributes
GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER	Atomic counter storage
GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER	Buffer copy source
GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER	Buffer copy destination
GL_DISPATCH_INDIRECT_BUFFER	Indirect compute dispatch commands
GL_DRAW_INDIRECT_BUFFER	Indirect command arguments
GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER	Vertex array indices
GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER	Pixel read target
GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER	Texture data source
GL_QUERY_BUFFER	Query result buffer
GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER	Read-write storage for shaders
GL_TEXTURE_BUFFER	Texture data buffer
GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER	Transform feedback buffer
GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER	Uniform block storage

buffer

Specifies the name of the buffer object for glNamedBufferStorage function.

size

Specifies the size in bytes of the buffer object's new data store.

data

Specifies a pointer to data that will be copied into the data store for initialization, or NULL if no data is to be copied.

flags

Specifies the intended usage of the buffer's data store. Must be a bitwise combination of the following flags. GL_DYNAMIC_STORAGE_BIT, GL_MAP_READ_BITGL_MAP_WRITE_BIT, GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT, GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT, and GL_CLIENT_STORAGE_BIT.

DESCRIPTION

glBufferStorage and glNamedBufferStorage create a new immutable data store. For glBufferStorage, the buffer object currently bound to target will be initialized. For glNamedBufferStorage, buffer is the name of the buffer object that will be configured. The size of the data store is specified by size. If an initial data is available, its address may be supplied in data. Otherwise, to create an uninitialized data store, data should be NULL.

The flags parameters specifies the intended usage of the buffer's data store. It must be a bitwise combination of a subset of the following flags:

GL_DYNAMIC_STORAGE_BIT

The contents of the data store may be updated after creation through calls to glBufferSubData(). If this bit is not set, the buffer content may not be directly updated by the client. The data argument may be used to specify the initial content of the buffer's data store regardless of the presence of the GL_DYNAMIC_STORAGE_BIT. Regardless of the presence of this bit, buffers may always be updated with server-side calls such as glCopyBufferSubData() and glClearBufferSubData().

GL_MAP_READ_BIT

The data store may be mapped by the client for read access and a pointer in the client's address space obtained that may be read from.

GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT

The data store may be mapped by the client for write access and a pointer in the client's address space obtained that may be written through.

GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT

The client may request that the server read from or write to the buffer while it is mapped. The client's pointer to the data store remains valid so long as the data store is mapped, even during execution of drawing or dispatch commands.

GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT

Shared access to buffers that are simultaneously mapped for client access and are used by the server will be coherent, so long as that mapping is performed using glMapBufferRange(). That is, data written to the store by either the client or server will be immediately visible to the other with no further action taken by the application. In particular,

• If GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT is not set and the client performs a write followed by a call to the glMemoryBarrier() command with the GL_CLIENT_MAPPED_BUFFER_BARRIER_BIT set, then in subsequent commands the server will see the writes.

• If GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT is set and the client performs a write, then in subsequent commands the server will see the writes.

• If GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT is not set and the server performs a write, the application must call glMemoryBarrier() with the GL_CLIENT_MAPPED_BUFFER_BARRIER_BIT set and then call glFenceSync() with GL_SYNC_GPU_COMMANDS_COMPLETE (or glFinish). Then the CPU will see the writes after the sync is complete.

• If GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT is set and the server does a write, the app must call FenceSync with GL_SYNC_GPU_COMMANDS_COMPLETE (or glFinish()). Then the CPU will see the writes after the sync is complete.

GL_CLIENT_STORAGE_BIT

When all other criteria for the buffer storage allocation are met, this bit may be used by an implementation to determine whether to use storage that is local to the server or to the client to serve as the backing store for the buffer.

The allowed combinations of flags are subject to certain restrictions. They are as follows:

• If flags contains GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT, it must also contain at least one of GL_MAP_READ_BIT or GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT.

• If flags contains GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT, it must also contain GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT.

NOTES

glBufferStorage is available only if the GL version is 4.4 or greater.

glNamedBufferStorage is available only if the GL version is 4.5 or greater.

If data is NULL, a data store of the specified size is still created, but its contents remain uninitialized and thus undefined.

ASSOCIATED GETS

glGetBufferSubData()

glGetBufferParameter() with argument GL_BUFFER_SIZE or GL_BUFFER_USAGE

VERSION SUPPORT

	OpenGL Version
Function / Feature Name	2.0	2.1	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5
glBufferStorage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	✔	✔
glNamedBufferStorage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	✔

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