This commit adds a paint worker thread pool to PaintThread, and dispatches
tiled paints to it. The thread pool is only created if tiling is enabled,
and its size is set by 'layers.omtp.paint-workers' and defaults to 1. If
-1 is specified, it will be sized to 'max((cpu_cores * 3) / 4, 1)'.
The one tricky part of dispatching tiled paints to a thread pool is the
AsyncEndLayerTransaction message that must execute once all paints are
finished. Previously, this runnable would be queued after all the paints
had been queued, ensuring it would be run after they had all completed.
With a thread pool, there is no guarantee. Instead this commit, uses
a flag on CompositorBridgeChild to signify whether all of the paints
have been queued ('mOutstandingAsyncEndLayerTransaction'), and after
every tiled paint it is examined to see if that paint was the last
paint, and if it is to run AsyncEndLayerTransaction. In addition,
if the async paints complete before we even mark the end of the
layer transaction, we queue it like normal.
The profiler markers are also complicated by using a thread pool.
I don't know of a great way to keep them working as they are per
thread, so for now I've removed them. I may have been the only
one using them anyway.
MozReview-Commit-ID: 5LIJ9GWSfCn
--HG--
extra : rebase_source : 0c26806f337a1b4b1511945f9c72e787b426c5ba
An explanation of the Mozilla Source Code Directory Structure and links to
project pages with documentation can be found at:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Source_Code_Directory_Structure
For information on how to build Mozilla from the source code, see:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation
To have your bug fix / feature added to Mozilla, you should create a patch and
submit it to Bugzilla (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org). Instructions are at:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_patch
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_your_patch_in_the_tree
If you have a question about developing Mozilla, and can't find the solution
on https://developer.mozilla.org, you can try asking your question in a
mozilla.* Usenet group, or on IRC at irc.mozilla.org. [The Mozilla news groups
are accessible on Google Groups, or news.mozilla.org with a NNTP reader.]
You can download nightly development builds from the Mozilla FTP server.
Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by Mozilla developers for
testing, may be buggy. Firefox nightlies, for example, can be found at:
https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
- or -
https://nightly.mozilla.org/