07 Creating a semaphore.cpp

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// Vulkan Cookbook
// ISBN: 9781786468154
// © Packt Publishing Limited
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// Author:   Pawel Lapinski
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// Chapter: 03 Command Buffers and Synchronization
// Recipe:  07 Creating a semaphore

#include "03 Command Buffers and Synchronization/07 Creating a semaphore.h"

namespace VulkanCookbook {

  bool CreateSemaphore( VkDevice      logical_device,
                        VkSemaphore & semaphore ) {
    VkSemaphoreCreateInfo semaphore_create_info = {
      VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_CREATE_INFO,    // VkStructureType            sType
      nullptr,                                    // const void               * pNext
      0                                           // VkSemaphoreCreateFlags     flags
    };

    VkResult result = vkCreateSemaphore( logical_device, &semaphore_create_info, nullptr, &semaphore );
    if( VK_SUCCESS != result ) {
      std::cout << "Could not create a semaphore." << std::endl;
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

} // namespace VulkanCookbook