[webkit-efl] About usage of state caching variables to reduce redundant OpenGL state changes

[Bruno Abinader]

Hi all,

I've been profiling OpenGL calls from the UIProcess and found out we are
doing quite some redundant state changes and getter/setter calls. This
might affect performance on platforms where the OpenGL client communicates
directly with server, without using a GPU proxy to detect such redundancies
(like Chromium does). Based on this, I've implemented a
GraphicsContext3DState class, which would cache and thus, reduce the amount
of OpenGL calls during runtime. Details are covered in bug 110883 [1] and
the state cache is disabled by default, but it can be enabled on a
per-platform basis as necessary.

Please let me know your opinion on this matter, and I could also clarify
some missing information if necessary.

Best regards,

Links:
[1]  https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110883

-- 
Bruno de Oliveira Abinader
Software Engineer @ basysKom GmbH
WebKit committer / Nokia Certified Qt Specialist
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