Re: Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering?

2019-01-24 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:47:30 +0200 Pekka Paalanen wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:43:52 + > "Singh, Satyeshwar" wrote: > > > Imagine a benchmark case where the client renders for example 800 > > frames and attaches their buffer ids to a surface, the compositor > > uses the last one that cam

Re: Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering?

2019-01-24 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:43:52 + "Singh, Satyeshwar" wrote: > Hey guys, > As you know, Weston doesn't wait for client buffers to finish > rendering. That is typically left as an exercise for the kernel mode > graphics driver. I am wondering if anyone knows why this policy > decision was made? M

Re: Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering?

2019-01-24 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:28:11 + "Ucan, Emre (ADITG/ESB)" wrote: > Hello Satyeshwar, > > nice to hear from you again (: > > short answer to your question: there is already implementation which is doing > what you are asking: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/merge_requests/32

RE: Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering?

2019-01-23 Thread Ucan, Emre (ADITG/ESB)
6937 From: wayland-devel On Behalf Of Singh, Satyeshwar Sent: Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2019 19:44 To: wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering? Hey guys, As you know, Weston doesn't wait for client buffers to finish rendering. Tha

Should Weston wait for client buffers to finish rendering?

2019-01-23 Thread Singh, Satyeshwar
Hey guys, As you know, Weston doesn't wait for client buffers to finish rendering. That is typically left as an exercise for the kernel mode graphics driver. I am wondering if anyone knows why this policy decision was made? More importantly, is there any harm (or any side effect) that I am not t