TPEGFX/2017-Q3

GFX Topics(from high to low priority)

• gfx Stability
• Quantum Rendering(FF57 Aurora on 8/7)
• Canvas 2D perf(google sheet/streaming)
• DisplayList(layout related work)
• Paint correctness(buglist)
• Any layout works, ex: perf/CSS properties

Goal

Bruce Sun

• Study
  • Device reset flow (Q4 device reset testing plan)

• gfx stability
  • fix crash from crashStat

• Device reset
  • topics from backlog

ChihYi Leu

• (done) bug 1347866 - Update ANGLE to 2950
  • land
• WebGL Stability
  • Investigate ANGLE crash described in bug 1354997
    • UPDATE: It is an ANGLE bug, we reported it to Google and they have fixed it, but cherry-picking the fix will result in various conformance fails. Now we are investigating this issue and considering updating ANGLE to 3118.
  • (done) bug 1298285 - Intermittent dom/canvas/test/webgl-conf/generated/test_conformance__context__context-release-upon-reload.html | getError expected: NO_ERROR. Was CONTEXT_LOST_WEBGL : Should be no errors
    • An OOM failure only happens in win32 non-e10s mode, will be disabled in the future.
• WebGL perf
  • (done) bug 1355430 - [WebGL Mochitest] Add Mochitest to test Video Fast-path uploading
    • land
  • (done) demo profiling
  • (canceled) Make a pref to allow webapps disable WebGL validation
    • Canceled because of no significant performance gain.
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207170 (1)
• WebVR testing (Blocked by WebVR development)
  • bug 1229479 - [webvr] Implement Mochitests for WebVR
    • bug 1306505 - [webvr] Implement mochitest: VRDisplay.exitPresent must only be allowed by content that started VR Presentation
      • land
    • bug 1311802 - [webvr] Implement Mochitest: onvrdisplaydeactivate should only trigger for content that is presenting
      • land
• WebVR Controller
  • (done) bug 1358064 -Refactor fire event functions in GamepadManager
    • land
• TODO
  • (done) update bugzilla more frequently
  • gfx triage for WebGL(stability or regression)

Daosheng Mu

• WebVR
  • VR process
  • SteamVR Knuckles
  • Telemetry
  • Enable tests for WebVR on Mac

  - Reftest.

• [TODO] WebVR backlog for Q4 or 2018
  • get perf/fps from Telemetry
  • video card from Telemetry
  • VR process with Rust
  • Think about gfxCrititalNote from crash-stat
• [TODO] sync after 8/15 WebVR meetup

Ethan Lin

• Layers-Free
  • Add Basic Infrastructure
  • Support mask function
  • Support filter function
  • Support fallback path
  • Add invalidation mechanism for fallback
  • Investigate failures on try server
  • Investigate performance issues
    • SVG
    • Scrolling
  • Prepare and mentor topics for newcomers
  • Debug tool
    • Have a better to way to debug layers-free display problems
• Turn on advanced background image by default

Jerry Shih

• WR improvement
  • Handle buffer allocation failed problem.
  • Check the performance of WR image passing.
    • Profile the flow for video playback with WR(cooperate with nical).
• Quantum flow related bug
  • Spend 4hr/w to profile the qf related bug.
• Stability
  • Build up a group to triage the crash bug per week and fix them.

• • [TBD]Try to design the simplified model for device-reset flow.
• [TODO] mentor
  • Handle the device-reset problem in video case
• TODO (mid of Jan review first two itmes)
  • breackdown every item into one small bug(less than one month)
  • mentor topics
  • Team influence

Kevin Chen

• gfx Stability
  • Monitor bugs
  • Windows API study

• DOM-Labeling
• gfx triage practice
• Houdini Painting API
• Campus presentation
  • 2/22 @ TsingHua University.
• TODO
  • breackdown every item into one small bug(between two week or less than one month)
  • frequently bugzilla updates

Morris Tseng

• Layers-free
  • Item conversion
    • Image support (done)
    • Canvas support (done)
    • mix-blend-mode support (done)
    • CSS animation won't start (done)
    • Clipping (hand over to kats)
    • Support filter
    • Check if we need convert other container layer type displayitem.
    • Check try failures.
• WR improvement
  • Support all filter mode.
  • Check performance problem in our current "many small blob image" mode.
• Turn on advanced table by default.

• [TODO] follow up with QA support
• [TODO] Mentoring.

Peter Chang

• OMTA
  • Works in compositor side
    • [Done]Add sampleanimation(bug 1345017) ~ two weeks
    • [Done]enable WebRender OMTA by default(bug 1358437)
  • Support OMTA testing flow
    • move OMTA testing methods into share sub-protocol(bug 1316906)

Vincent Liu

• gfx Stability
  • bug 1367689 - [Done] Make Wrench work with gecko
  • bug 1371546 - [Done] Intermittent short.mp4.lastframe.html,test_WaitingToEndedTransition_mp4.html,test_selftest.html | application crashed [@ mozilla::wr::RenderTextureHost::~RenderTextureHost]
  • bug 1379545 - [Done] Start up crash with combination of WR.enable, WR.force-angle=false
  • bug 1374254 - [Working] Crash in RtlpWaitOnCriticalSection | RtlpEnterCriticalSectionContended | RtlEnterCriticalSection | CUseCountedObject<T>::UCReleaseUse
  • bug 1386487 - [Working] Crash in CContext::ID3D11DeviceContext1_Map_<T>

• bug 1379911 - [Working] Device Reset Testing.
  • [TODO] local testing for non-e10s
  • [TODO] try server
    • Verified Dxcap.exe behavior on try server.
    • callback or event communication between test case and Reftest.jsm
    • Accurately to run DxCap.cpp in specific time slot.
• gfx labeling
  • bug 1356956 - Label the messages under PCompositorBridge
• TODO (senior engs)
  • breakdown every item into one small bug(less than one month)
  • mentor topics
  • Team influence
  • Solid gfx triage/crash improvement plan
    • Triage flow
    • Hold a triage meeting to go through triage.(Optional)

open qusetion

• TODO (senior engs)
  • breackdown every item into one small bug(less than one month)
  • mentor topics
  • Team influence