Instance Method

newBufferWithBytes:length:options:

Allocates a new buffer of a given length and initializes its contents by copying existing data into it.

Required.

Declaration

- (id<MTLBuffer>)newBufferWithBytes:(const void *)pointer length:(NSUInteger)length options:(MTLResourceOptions)options;

pointer: The memory address from which to copy the initial data.
length: The size of the new buffer, in bytes. This is also the number of bytes that are copied from the pointer argument.
options: Specifies the behavior of the new buffer.

A new MTLBuffer object that contains the data copied from the pointer argument.

The storage allocation of the new MTLBuffer object is not the same as the storage allocation of the pointer argument.

MTLBuffer objects created with this method are CPU-accessible and can be specified with a MTLResourceStorageModeShared or MTLResourceStorageModeManaged storage mode, but not a MTLResourceStorageModePrivate storage mode.

Optional arguments used to set the behavior of a resource.