From 6162cb922e67c6c529fb17a91da726fdf3444a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fernando Sahmkow Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 22:59:18 -0400 Subject: texture_cache: Document the most important methods. --- src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/video_core/texture_cache') diff --git a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h index 38b56475f..04e9528b8 100644 --- a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h +++ b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public: } } + /** + * `Guard` guarantees that rendertargets don't unregister themselves if the + * collide. Protection is currently only done on 3D slices. + **/ void Guard(bool new_guard) { guard_cache = new_guard; } @@ -293,6 +297,14 @@ private: BufferCopy = 3, }; + /** + * `PickStrategy` takes care of selecting a proper strategy to deal with a texture recycle. + * @param overlaps, the overlapping surfaces registered in the cache. + * @param params, the paremeters on the new surface. + * @param gpu_addr, the starting address of the new surface. + * @param untopological, tells the recycler that the texture has no way to match the overlaps + * due to topological reasons. + **/ RecycleStrategy PickStrategy(std::vector& overlaps, const SurfaceParams& params, const GPUVAddr gpu_addr, const bool untopological) { if (Settings::values.use_accurate_gpu_emulation) { @@ -315,6 +327,18 @@ private: return RecycleStrategy::Ignore; } + /** + * `RecycleSurface` es a method we use to decide what to do with textures we can't resolve in + *the cache It has 2 implemented strategies: Ignore and Flush. Ignore just unregisters all the + *overlaps and loads the new texture. Flush, flushes all the overlaps into memory and loads the + *new surface from that data. + * @param overlaps, the overlapping surfaces registered in the cache. + * @param params, the paremeters on the new surface. + * @param gpu_addr, the starting address of the new surface. + * @param preserve_contents, tells if the new surface should be loaded from meory or left blank + * @param untopological, tells the recycler that the texture has no way to match the overlaps + * due to topological reasons. + **/ std::pair RecycleSurface(std::vector& overlaps, const SurfaceParams& params, const GPUVAddr gpu_addr, const bool preserve_contents, @@ -343,6 +367,12 @@ private: } } + /** + * `RebuildSurface` this method takes a single surface and recreates into another that + * may differ in format, target or width alingment. + * @param current_surface, the registered surface in the cache which we want to convert. + * @param params, the new surface params which we'll use to recreate the surface. + **/ std::pair RebuildSurface(TSurface current_surface, const SurfaceParams& params) { const auto gpu_addr = current_surface->GetGpuAddr(); @@ -357,6 +387,14 @@ private: return {new_surface, new_surface->GetMainView()}; } + /** + * `ManageStructuralMatch` this method takes a single surface and checks with the new surface's + * params if it's an exact match, we return the main view of the registered surface. If it's + * formats don't match, we rebuild the surface. We call this last method a `Mirage`. If formats + * match but the targets don't, we create an overview View of the registered surface. + * @param current_surface, the registered surface in the cache which we want to convert. + * @param params, the new surface params which we want to check. + **/ std::pair ManageStructuralMatch(TSurface current_surface, const SurfaceParams& params) { const bool is_mirage = !current_surface->MatchFormat(params.pixel_format); @@ -370,10 +408,18 @@ private: return {current_surface, current_surface->EmplaceOverview(params)}; } - std::optional> ReconstructSurface(std::vector& overlaps, - const SurfaceParams& params, - const GPUVAddr gpu_addr, - const u8* host_ptr) { + /** + * `TryReconstructSurface` unlike `RebuildSurface` where we know the registered surface + * matches the candidate in some way, we got no guarantess here. We try to see if the overlaps + * are sublayers/mipmaps of the new surface, if they all match we end up recreating a surface + * for them, else we return nothing. + * @param overlaps, the overlapping surfaces registered in the cache. + * @param params, the paremeters on the new surface. + * @param gpu_addr, the starting address of the new surface. + **/ + std::optional> TryReconstructSurface(std::vector& overlaps, + const SurfaceParams& params, + const GPUVAddr gpu_addr) { if (params.target == SurfaceTarget::Texture3D) { return {}; } @@ -412,12 +458,30 @@ private: return {{new_surface, new_surface->GetMainView()}}; } + /** + * `GetSurface` gets the starting address and parameters of a candidate surface and tries + * to find a matching surface within the cache. This is done in 3 big steps. The first is to + * check the 1st Level Cache in order to find an exact match, if we fail, we move to step 2. + * Step 2 is checking if there are any overlaps at all, if none, we just load the texture from + * memory else we move to step 3. Step 3 consists on figuring the relationship between the + * candidate texture and the overlaps. We divide the scenarios depending if there's 1 or many + * overlaps. If there's many, we just try to reconstruct a new surface out of them based on the + * candidate's parameters, if we fail, we recycle. When there's only 1 overlap then we have to + * check if the candidate is a view (layer/mipmap) of the overlap or if the registered surface + * is a mipmap/layer of the candidate. In this last case we reconstruct a new surface. + * @param gpu_addr, the starting address of the candidate surface. + * @param params, the paremeters on the candidate surface. + * @param preserve_contents, tells if the new surface should be loaded from meory or left blank. + **/ std::pair GetSurface(const GPUVAddr gpu_addr, const SurfaceParams& params, bool preserve_contents) { const auto host_ptr{memory_manager->GetPointer(gpu_addr)}; const auto cache_addr{ToCacheAddr(host_ptr)}; + // Step 1 + // Check Level 1 Cache for a fast structural match. If candidate surface + // matches at certain level we are pretty much done. if (l1_cache.count(cache_addr) > 0) { TSurface current_surface = l1_cache[cache_addr]; if (!current_surface->MatchesTopology(params)) { @@ -437,31 +501,43 @@ private: } } + // Step 2 + // Obtain all possible overlaps in the memory region const std::size_t candidate_size = params.GetGuestSizeInBytes(); auto overlaps{GetSurfacesInRegion(cache_addr, candidate_size)}; + // If none are found, we are done. we just load the surface and create it. if (overlaps.empty()) { return InitializeSurface(gpu_addr, params, preserve_contents); } + // Step 3 + // Now we need to figure the relationship between the texture and its overlaps + // we do a topological test to ensure we can find some relationship. If it fails + // inmediatly recycle the texture for (auto surface : overlaps) { if (!surface->MatchesTopology(params)) { return RecycleSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, preserve_contents, true); } } + // Split cases between 1 overlap or many. if (overlaps.size() == 1) { TSurface current_surface = overlaps[0]; + // First check if the surface is within the overlap. If not, it means + // two things either the candidate surface is a supertexture of the overlap + // or they don't match in any known way. if (!current_surface->IsInside(gpu_addr, gpu_addr + candidate_size)) { if (current_surface->GetGpuAddr() == gpu_addr) { std::optional> view = - ReconstructSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, host_ptr); + TryReconstructSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr); if (view.has_value()) { return *view; } } return RecycleSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, preserve_contents, false); } + // Now we check if the candidate is a mipmap/layer of the overlap std::optional view = current_surface->EmplaceView(params, gpu_addr, candidate_size); if (view.has_value()) { @@ -472,15 +548,18 @@ private: } return {current_surface, *view}; } - return RecycleSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, preserve_contents, false); } else { + // If there are many overlaps, odds are they are subtextures of the candidate + // surface. We try to construct a new surface based on the candidate parameters, + // using the overlaps. If a single overlap fails, this will fail. std::optional> view = - ReconstructSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, host_ptr); + TryReconstructSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr); if (view.has_value()) { return *view; } - return RecycleSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, preserve_contents, false); } + // We failed all the tests, recycle the overlaps into a new texture. + return RecycleSurface(overlaps, params, gpu_addr, preserve_contents, false); } std::pair InitializeSurface(GPUVAddr gpu_addr, const SurfaceParams& params, -- cgit v1.2.3