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author | Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com> | 2017-07-01 09:58:37 -0700 |
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committer | Joe Wilm <jwilm@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-07-01 10:24:50 -0700 |
commit | 3cdba291242cc1c1684bff7f8242262b1cdeb582 (patch) | |
tree | a3c99e43b698c9d0d360f1386b53e5e5777a8512 /src/lib.rs | |
parent | 5a220b73db6385f107ff3e4fffad81e8831968be (diff) | |
download | alacritty-3cdba291242cc1c1684bff7f8242262b1cdeb582.tar.gz alacritty-3cdba291242cc1c1684bff7f8242262b1cdeb582.zip |
Reduce InstanceData footprint
The InstanceData type in the rendering subsystem was previously 16
floats which occupied a total of 64 bytes per instance. This meant that
for every character or background cell drawn, 64 bytes were sent to the
GPU. In the case of a 400x100 cell grid, a total of 2.5MB would be sent.
This patch reduces InstanceData's size to 26 bytes, a 60% improvement!
Using the above example for comparison, a worst case of 1MB would be
transferred.
The motivation for this patch comes from macOS. Once the terminal grid
would reach a certain size, performance experienced a sharp and dramatic
drop (render times would go from ~3ms to ~16ms). I don't want to
speculate too much on the underlying issue, but suffice it to say that
this patch alleviates the problem in my testing.
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@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extern crate errno; extern crate fnv; extern crate font; extern crate glutin; +extern crate half; extern crate libc; extern crate mio; extern crate notify; |