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video_core: shader cache v2 as the Vulkan pipeline cache - #1036
Shader cache v2 becomes the Vulkan pipeline cache, and the old vulkan.fork-v<version>.bin path is removed. The goal is fewer and shorter shader stutters: pipelines are built off the GPU thread by a prioritized job scheduler, native programs come from their records instead of being lowered again, and a driver update no longer throws the cache away.
The cache
One log per title:lichii-cache.v2.bin is an append-only log of framed, checksummed records (graphics, compute, native programs, used lists, migration). A writer thread appends to it. Payload hashes are checked on the job workers, so a cut-off tail or a damaged record costs only that record.
Migration: the first boot after the upgrade starts the log from the newest vulkan.fork-v50..v54 cache and its used list. The old files are read and never changed. The cost is 0.1–0.4 s per title; an EncodeRecord fix in this PR took it down from about 15 s on the OoT cache.
Driver-independent keys: pipeline keys leave out the driver, so a driver update keeps the recorded pipelines.
Driver blobs:VK_KHR_pipeline_binary blobs are kept per device identity in lichii-cache.v2.driver.bin, only for drivers without a pipeline cache of their own. They are off on the NVIDIA and AMD proprietary drivers, and a session stops storing blobs at 1 GB. The NVIDIA 610.88 vkGetPipelineKeyKHR register clobber that crashed the first v2 boots is avoided: the blob identity no longer asks for the global key.
Building
A prioritized shader job scheduler (CPU and driver pools, a memory budget, NeedNow/Soon/Background) runs the boot load, the background prebuild, the shader precache and run-time misses.
Graphics misses translate their stages at once on the workers, and SPIR-V is emitted in the pipeline's job. The IR waiting for that emission is capped at an eighth of RAM; past it, a pipeline emits where it was translated.
Native programs from another build's lowering are lowered again and relinked before the boot build. A relinked graphics pipeline keeps its place in the used list, so it is still built at boot.
Removed
EDEN_NX2_SHADER_CACHE, the old Vulkan load and append path, the vulkan_used list, the VkPipelineBuilder workers, and the old background prebuild with its emission budget, together with the tests of those helpers.
Remove Vulkan shader cache in the game list now removes the v2 log, and also clears the older caches so the next boot doesn't migrate them again.
Tools
shader-sweep replays a recorded cache through the legacy and v2 paths and compares their SPIR-V (ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS).
The stutter trace adds program lookups (hit/miss/stale) and driver-layer builds, and cache_metrics.py reads them.
Verification
Replay (OoT v54 cache, legacy vs v2): 2,146 record pairs and 4,286 stages, with 0 mismatches.
PC A/B on an RTX 3080 with driver 610.88: 36 runs of OoT, MKW and DKB × cold/warm/second × old/v2 × 2.
Every v2 session read back with 0 damaged records, and no driver blob was written on NVIDIA.
Frames over 100 ms are within run-to-run spread. OoT second boot and MKW warm are being rerun with more repeats on this PR's own package.
Cloud checks:tests pass (1,108 cases), the tools/nx2 Python tests pass, and eden-cli builds. The aarch64 syntax check is clean on every touched source.
The VK_KHR_pipeline_binary store started from CheezerWheezer's AMD pipeline binary cache, and the first commit credits them.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Added persistent shader and Vulkan pipeline-binary caching on supported devices, including legacy cache migration and reuse of compatible cached data.
Added background shader translation and pipeline building with scheduling and memory limits.
Expanded stutter-trace metrics to report shader-cache hits, misses, stale entries, and driver pipeline-build outcomes.
Expanded shader-sweep tools to list and replay pipeline records across cache versions 46–54 and legacy and v2 paths, with comparison reports.
Bug Fixes
Cache cleanup reports removal failures, while stale or damaged entries are handled during loading.
Tests
Added coverage for cache migration, pipeline binaries, shader scheduling, and replay comparisons.
Replaces the Vulkan disk cache (vulkan.fork-v<version>.bin and its used list) with
lichii-cache.v2.bin, an append-only log of framed, checksummed records per title:
- A writer thread appends graphics, compute, native program, used-list and driver
records; readers verify every payload hash on the shader job workers, so a cut-off
tail or a damaged record costs only that record.
- The first boot after the upgrade starts the log from the newest compatible
vulkan.fork-v50..v54 cache and its used list. The old files are read, never changed.
- A prioritized shader job scheduler (CPU and driver workers, a memory budget,
NeedNow/Soon/Background) runs the boot load, the background prebuild, the shader
precache and run-time misses. Graphics misses translate their stages at once on the
workers; SPIR-V is emitted in the pipeline's job.
- Native programs are taken from their records instead of being lowered again; a
record from another build's lowering is lowered again and relinked.
- Pipeline keys leave out the driver, so a driver update keeps the recorded pipelines.
- A driver layer keeps VK_KHR_pipeline_binary blobs per device identity
(lichii-cache.v2.driver.bin) for drivers without a pipeline cache of their own. It is
off on the NVIDIA and AMD proprietary drivers, and a session stops storing blobs at
1 GB.
- shader-sweep replays a recorded cache through the legacy and v2 paths to compare
their SPIR-V (tools/shader-sweep, ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS).
The VK_KHR_pipeline_binary store started from CheezerWheezer's AMD pipeline binary
cache (capy/amd-prep-pipeline-binary).
Co-authored-by: CheezerWheezer <172987769+CheezerWheezer@users.noreply.github.com>
Removes EDEN_NX2_SHADER_CACHE and the old Vulkan path it selected: the
vulkan.fork-v<version>.bin load and appends, the vulkan_used list, the
VkPipelineBuilder workers, the old background prebuild (PipelinePrebuild) and its
emission budget. Older caches are now always migrated into the v2 log on first boot.
Removing the Vulkan shader cache from the game list removes the v2 log too, and
clears the older caches so the next boot doesn't start the log from them again.
- Pipelines whose SPIR-V a job emits reserve their IR against a budget of
an eighth of RAM; past it they emit where they were translated, since the
job scheduler only counts a stage's bytes while it runs.
- A relink that moves a graphics record to a new key moves it in the used
list too: the newest sessions' Used records are rewritten and this boot's
selection follows, so the pipeline is still built at boot.
- shader_sweep.py replay: a record only one side has no longer breaks the
summary.
Co-authored-by: capy-ai[bot] <230910855+capy-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
This change adds shader-cache v2 storage and migration, native-program and Vulkan pipeline-binary caching, and a staged shader-job scheduler. It also adds cache replay and comparison tools, cache version 54 support, and tests for the new cache and scheduling paths.
Changes: Shader cache v2 and pipeline execution
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Summary
Native lowering and cache record formats CMakeModules/GenerateShaderLoweringStamp.cmake, src/video_core/native_lowering.*, src/video_core/shader_cache_v2/records.*, src/video_core/shader_cache_v2/cache_format.*, src/video_core/shader_cache_v2/payload_io.h, src/video_core/shader_warm/*, src/tests/video_core/shader_cache_v2.cpp, src/tests/video_core/shader_cache_v2_programs.cpp
Native lowering and record encoding are centralized. The format defines record kinds, keys, payloads, integrity checks, and a generated lowering-source stamp.
The scheduler supports CPU and driver stages, priorities, cancellation, and memory accounting. Pipeline translation, builds, and prebuilds use scheduled jobs. Tests cover scheduling, failure handling, and translation output.
Vulkan cache loading and runtime integration src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.*, src/video_core/nx2_stutter_trace.*, tools/nx2/cache_metrics.py, tools/nx2/test_cache_metrics.py
The Vulkan cache loads and writes v2 records, schedules precache and runtime builds, and reports lookup and driver-build counts. Runtime reports include translation timing.
Vulkan pipeline-binary support src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_binaries.*, src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_compute_pipeline.*, src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_graphics_pipeline.*, src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.*, src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_wrapper.*, src/tests/video_core/vulkan_pipeline_binaries.cpp
Device checks gate pipeline-binary support. Graphics and compute pipeline creation can reuse stored binaries or capture new ones, with normal Vulkan creation as a fallback.
The tools accept cache version 54, list and compile pipeline records, and compare SPIR-V across compiler paths. Tests and documentation cover replay results and v2 comparisons.
zortos293/Lichii#1021 — Both PRs change the ComputePipeline constructor and native pipeline preparation paths.
zortos293/Lichii#895 — Both PRs change native shader hashing and pipeline-key handling.
Suggested reviewers:crueter, camillelavey
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to faa42
Reloading a title while pipeline builds are pending can crash emulation. The remaining cache-migration, replay, notification, and compute-build failures should also be addressed before merging.
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Major · Disable serialization when cache directory creation fails · vk_pipeline_cache.cpp:1029-1031
src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp:1029-1031 Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Disable serialization when cache directory creation fails
If directory creation fails during a title reload, cache_v2 is null but pipeline_cache_filename still names the previous title’s cache. A later compute or graphics pipeline miss can pass the filename guard and dereference cache_v2, crashing emulation. Keep the filename and cache state consistent on this failure path.
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Update the directory-creation failure branch in the pipeline cache setup to keep
pipeline_cache_filename and cache_v2 consistent, ensuring later pipeline misses
cannot attempt serialization with a stale filename and null cache.
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Review comments at @src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_compute_pipeline.cpp:
- Around line 676-684: Update the status check after jobs->RunOrWait(job) so the
scheduler returns for every final status other than Done, including Failed and
Cancelled. Preserve the existing RunBuild() path when no job scheduler is
available.
Review comments at
@src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache_records.cpp:
- Line 21: Do not reserve capacity directly from the unchecked count read from
the file. Remove the reservation or cap it using a safely derived maximum number
of entries the file can contain, while preserving the existing loop behavior for
truncated entries.
Review comments at @src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp:
- Around line 1019-1021: Update the application-change reload cleanup around
`StopBackgroundJobs()` so runtime pipeline builds cannot access the old binary
store after it is released. Cancel and wait for all builds using that store
before resetting `pipeline_binaries`, or retain the store until those builds
finish; preserve the existing reload behavior and safeguards.
- Around line 1748-1753: Update the cancellation path around
shader_jobs->Cancel(batch) so every translated pipeline discarded before its
driver stage runs receives exactly one MarkShaderComplete() notification.
Preserve existing completion handling for emission failures, which already mark
completion, and ensure cancellation does not notify those pipelines a second
time.
Review comments at @tools/nx2/shader_sweep.py:
- Around line 256-262: Update list_records to detect any compiler --list entry
containing an error and prevent it from being silently retained with empty
environments; raise a CacheError identifying the damaged record, or ensure it
receives an explicit report row with its own verdict. Preserve normal handling
of valid records.
Review comments at @tools/shader-sweep/diagnostics.cpp:
- Around line 17-19: Update the SHADER_SWEEP_V2 conditional in diagnostics
handling so shader-sweep warnings are emitted and critical logs throw in both
standalone and in-tree builds; ensure an unhandled S2R register fails
translation instead of silently becoming zero.
---
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Review comments at @src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp:
- Around line 1029-1031: Update the directory-creation failure branch in the
pipeline cache setup to keep pipeline_cache_filename and cache_v2 consistent,
ensuring later pipeline misses cannot attempt serialization with a stale
filename and null cache.
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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
A Failed job hangs the scheduler thread in the build wait.
The code returns early only for Cancelled.
build_task catches only vk::Exception.
Any other exception from the driver stage makes the scheduler finish the job as Failed. Examples: std::bad_alloc, or a std::exception from the PipelineBinaries path.
In that case is_built is never set. The build_condvar.wait after this block then blocks the Vulkan scheduler thread for good.
Before this change, RunBuild() ran on this thread, so the exception propagated instead of hanging. Return for every final status other than Done.
🐛 Proposed fix
jobs->RunOrWait(job);
- if (job.Status() == VideoCommon::ShaderJobStatus::Cancelled) {- return; // The scheduler shut down+ if (job.Status() != VideoCommon::ShaderJobStatus::Done) {+ return; // Cancelled by a shutdown, or the build threw
}
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if (jobs) {
// Raised to NeedNow, and built here unless a driver worker builds it already
jobs->RunOrWait(job);
if (job.Status() == VideoCommon::ShaderJobStatus::Cancelled) {
return; //The scheduler shut down
}
} else {
RunBuild();
}
if (jobs) {
// Raised to NeedNow, and built here unless a driver worker builds it already
jobs->RunOrWait(job);
if (job.Status() != VideoCommon::ShaderJobStatus::Done) {
return; //Cancelled by a shutdown, or the build threw
}
} else {
RunBuild();
}
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lines 676 - 684:
Update the status check after jobs->RunOrWait(job) so the scheduler returns for
every final status other than Done, including Failed and Cancelled. Preserve the
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Do not size the reservation from an unchecked count in the file.
count comes straight from vulkan_used.v<N>.bin. A damaged or truncated file can hold any value up to 0xFFFFFFFF. In that case used.reserve(count) tries to allocate billions of buckets and throws std::bad_alloc, or uses many GB of memory. The loop already stops at the first entry that is cut short, so the reservation is the only step that trusts the count. MigrateLegacyPipelineCache calls this function on the first v2 boot and does not catch the exception. A damaged legacy used list can therefore stop the migration and the cache load. Limit the reservation to the number of entries that the file size can hold, or remove the reservation.
🐛 Proposed fix
--- "a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache_records.cpp"+++ "b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache_records.cpp"@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
!file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&count), sizeof(count))) {
return used;
}
- used.reserve(count);+ // A damaged count can't make the load allocate more than the file can hold+ constexpr u64 EntrySize = sizeof(u64) + sizeof(u8);+ std::error_code error;+ const u64 file_size = std::filesystem::file_size(path, error);+ const u64 room = error ? 0 : (file_size - std::min<u64>(file_size, 8)) / EntrySize;+ used.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(std::min<u64>(count, room)));
for (u32 i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
u64 hash{};
u8 age{};
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used.reserve(count);
// A damaged count can't make the load allocate more than the file can hold
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at line 21:
Do not reserve capacity directly from the unchecked count read from the file.
Remove the reservation or cap it using a safely derived maximum number of
entries the file can contain, while preserving the existing loop behavior for
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Keep the binary store alive until runtime builds finish.
On an application-change reload, StopBackgroundJobs() does not stop runtime pipeline jobs. If the binary store is active, a queued or running build can dereference binaries after pipeline_binaries.reset(), causing a use-after-free.
Cancel and wait for all builds that use the old store, or retain the store until those builds finish.
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lines 1019 - 1021:
Update the application-change reload cleanup around `StopBackgroundJobs()` so
runtime pipeline builds cannot access the old binary store after it is released.
Cancel and wait for all builds using that store before resetting
`pipeline_binaries`, or retain the store until those builds finish; preserve the
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nl -ba src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp | sed -n '1118,1140p;1655,1690p'
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Balance shader notifications when cancelled pipelines are discarded.
If cancellation drops a translated pipeline before its driver stage runs, the pipeline does not call MarkShaderComplete(). The shader-building indicator can then remain visible for the rest of the session.
Mark each discarded pipeline complete exactly once. Account for emission failures, which already mark completion without running the build task.
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lines 1748 - 1753:
Update the cancellation path around shader_jobs->Cancel(batch) so every
translated pipeline discarded before its driver stage runs receives exactly one
MarkShaderComplete() notification. Preserve existing completion handling for
emission failures, which already mark completion, and ensure cancellation does
not notify those pipelines a second time.
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Report records that the compiler's --list output marks with an error.
ListV2 in tools/shader-sweep/main.cpp (Lines 1017-1022) handles a payload that ListEntry cannot parse. It emits that record with "stages": [] and an "error" field. list_records drops listed["error"] and keeps environments=[].
The record then produces no rows in two cases:
The damaged record is on side A of a pair. replay_record loops over record_a["environments"], so the loop body never runs.
The damaged record is on one side only. pair_records loops over record["environments"], so it adds no rows.
In both cases the damaged v2 record does not appear in the report. If nothing else fails, the replay exits 0.
Turn a listed error into an input error, or into an explicit row with its own verdict.
Proposed fix
--- "a/tools/nx2/shader_sweep.py"+++ "b/tools/nx2/shader_sweep.py"@@ -253,12 +253,16 @@
if result["status"] != "ok":
raise CacheError(f"{side['label']} can't list the cache: "
f"{result.get('error', {}).get('message', 'unknown error')}")
records = [{"entry": entry, "offset": listed["offset"], "kind": listed["kind"],
"path": str(directory / listed["file"]), "version": result["record_version"],
"record_key": listed.get("record_key"), "relinked": listed.get("relinked", False),
"environments": listed["stages"]}
for entry, listed in enumerate(result["records"])]
+ damaged = [listed for listed in result["records"] if "error" in listed]+ if damaged:+ raise CacheError(f"{side['label']} can't read record {damaged[0]['file']} at "+ f"{damaged[0]['offset']}: {damaged[0]['error']}")
if any(record["record_key"] is None for record in records):
raise CacheError(f"{side['label']} has no v2 record keys; build shader-sweep in the tree")
info = {key: result[key] for key in ("path", "cache_version", "damaged", "migration", "log",
"programs") if key in result}
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raiseCacheError(f"{side['label']} has no v2 record keys; build shader-sweep in the tree")
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Update list_records to detect any compiler --list entry containing an error and
prevent it from being silently retained with empty environments; raise a
CacheError identifying the damaged record, or ensure it receives an explicit
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#!/bin/bashprintf'%s\n''--- shader-sweep input contract ---'
nl -ba tools/shader-sweep/README.md | sed -n '1,115p'printf'%s\n''--- pipeline and input translation ---'
nl -ba tools/shader-sweep/main.cpp | sed -n '675,745p;1080,1146p;1290,1433p'printf'%s\n''--- replay compilation and comparison ---'
nl -ba tools/nx2/shader_sweep.py | sed -n '155,239p;380,405p'printf'%s\n''--- S2R decoder dispatch ---'
rg -n -C 3 -F 'S2R' src/shader_recompiler/frontend/maxwell | sed -n '1,120p'
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Preserve critical-log failures in the in-tree build.
For an unhandled S2R register, the in-tree logger drops the critical message and translation uses zero. Replay can then report match for a stage that the standalone build reports as compilation_failed. Warnings are also dropped.
Restore warning output and critical-log exceptions for shader-sweep in both builds. Starting the common logger alone will not make critical messages throw.
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Update the SHADER_SWEEP_V2 conditional in diagnostics handling so shader-sweep
warnings are emitted and critical logs throw in both standalone and in-tree
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Track shader-hash changes and handle old pipeline keys.
If Common::CityHash64 changes its output, an unchanged stamp can leave boot pipelines under old keys, so runtime may rebuild them.
Include the hash implementation in the stamp, or version NativeShaderHash separately. Also invalidate affected pipeline records or relink them using persisted old hashes. The stamp change alone does not make the current relinking lookup match old hashes.
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The shader stamp tracked through `lowering_sources` does not account for changes
to `Common::CityHash64`, and changing it alone will not make relinking find
records keyed by old hashes. Update the stamp to track the hash implementation
or version `NativeShaderHash`, and ensure affected pipeline records are
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nx2 (zortos293#1036) replaced the background prebuild with ScheduledPrebuild jobs and removed its tests.
The newest-first order now applies where the prebuild is submitted: the scheduler serves
Background jobs in submission order.
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…ration counts
Patch regenerated from tuned4 23a9407 (298 commits over cbb512e, 279 files, applied cleanly
to a fresh checkout). Since the morning's check, upstream nx2 merged 15 pull requests: zortos293#961
(all-zero guest pages trimmed from RAM) and zortos293#951 (texture cache thresholds logged only on
change, memory trace) are taken; zortos293#1036's shader cache v2, which replaces the cache tuned4's
pipeline work is built on, is left for its own round, and the rest overlaps zortos293#805 or Fritchii
work already in. Fritchii v5.3-v5.5 adds nothing this build lacks; its AMD logic op fix is
what the recipe preparation's conversion does, and the preparation now logs what it couldn't
build and why.
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…recompile proof of concept
The add-on stays as it was where zortos293#1036 does a related job:
- A stage the per-stage translation cache serves or learns (Nx2CacheableStage)
is not sent to zortos293#1036's parallel stage translation: it is read from
vulkan_ir.bin, or translated on the GPU thread with its query log for
learning. Other stages translate in parallel as before.
- Library pipelines (EDEN_NX2_GPL) emit their stage SPIR-V on the GPU thread
(the library state is keyed by it): no deferred emission and no queued-IR
reservation for them. Their build is a job of the shader job scheduler.
- The precompile's compute pipelines use the new ComputePipeline signature
(built on the calling thread, no pipeline binary store), and
LowerCapturedNative takes zortos293#1036's program record lookup.
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Stutter on AMDVLK: pipeline lookups block the GPU back thread for seconds behind the background prebuild
Testing OoT (0400486024DEC000, v131072) on nx2 0ab7736 + the open texture PRs (#976, #1023, #1065), RX 6650 XT (AMDVLK 9.2.10.353 on Windows 10 LTSC), Ryzen 5 3600, 8 GB. The cache was migrated from a fork-v54 cache: 5,513 graphics + 555 compute records, used age 1. EDEN_NX2_STUTTER_TRACE=1, precache off; the background prebuild admitted 3,663 pipelines.
Steady windows are clean (245 frames / 10 s, 0 frames over 100 ms), but entering a new area or turning the camera produced single frames of 9.47 s, 8.54 s, 7.01 s, 5.75 s, 4.92 s and 4.61 s. Nx2StutterDetail attributes them to the GPU back thread's pipeline lookup zone: 9,399.9 ms / 1,143 calls, 8,460.4 / 2,425, 6,969.0 / 920, 5,627.1 / 2,017, 4,867.7 / 1,145 and 4,506.5 / 2,791. A 3.00 s frame had pipeline lookup 1,645.4 ms plus worker: pipeline wait 2,229.1 ms. Repeating the same view shrinks the frames (12 s, then 4 s, 4 s, 2 s, 1 s, none) as the pipelines finish building.
A local switch that skips the background batch makes it much worse (130 of 131 frames over 33 ms, ~13 fps), so the prebuild is necessary; the problem is that a NeedNow lookup waits behind background driver compiles.
Two asks:
Reserve driver-worker capacity for NeedNow lookups (or cancel background jobs when one arrives) so a draw does not wait seconds behind background builds.
Zone::PipelineLookup is not in stutter_categories in nx2_profile.h, so EDEN_NX2_STUTTER_TRACE reports these seconds as cause=other. Mapping it (probably to PipelineWait) would surface this class of stutter directly.
Happy to run patches or provide more traces.
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Merge origin/nx2 without replacing the complete zortos293#805 split with its partial
ports. Conflicting areas are resolved as follows:
- gpu_split.{h,cpp}, dma_pusher.{h,cpp}, gpu_thread.cpp, engines/maxwell_3d.cpp,
engines/kepler_compute.{h,cpp}, engines/maxwell_dma.h and their fast-method
tests retain zortos293#805's write classification, QMD/front view, position waits,
tick/idle hooks, fast method path and sampled method timing. Do not import
zortos293#949's reduced acquire table, back_quiet drain scheme or duplicate zortos293#1028
write tracking. Keep the independent scheduler-owner check on CPU/service
writes, the new RingFull drain site and opt-in live-read comparisons.
- engines/puller.{h,cpp}, nx2.h and query_cache.h combine zortos293#805's authoritative
front semaphore view and source-tracking unbounded waiters with zortos293#979/zortos293#1014's
unbounded region table and direct-release shadow. Mirror releases only when
ViewApplies is false: unsplit, back macros, or delayed/high-accuracy releases.
The full front view must not consume a second mirrored counter absent from
its original releases. Note both destination writes on the fallback path.
Compute max/reduction releases retain shadow combination and zortos293#805 checks.
Keep zortos293#874's synced payload handling and FencedPayloadLanding: synced
callbacks never advance fenced_landed.
- gpu.cpp, rasterizer_download_area.h, rasterizer_interface.h, memory_manager.cpp,
buffer_cache.{h,base.h}, vk_buffer_cache.{h,cpp}, vk_rasterizer.{h,cpp} and
buffer_cache_ports keep the full zortos293#805 read-back, upload ordering and tracing.
Bring in zortos293#1028's review fixes: ClearDownload lands reads before DMA/discard
writes, ClearReplacedDownload cancels only bytes reaching guest memory,
and pending query results leave newer GPU writes dirty. Retain the new
regression cases and the Qt-safe MayHoldGpuWrites boundary. Drop the unused
reduced nx2_async_readback diagnostic implementation instead of duplicating
zortos293#805's richer GPU-wait/read traces.
- device_memory_manager.h/inc use zortos293#984's per-manager generation ranges with
Map/Unmap increments and preserve DownloadLanding/write tracking.
- nx2_profile.h and video_core.cpp combine zortos293#805's fine counters, sampling,
scope depth and runtime switch setup with zortos293#965/zortos293#1039's zone-parent tracking,
GPU waits, contention, worker/present/submit zones and stutter sites.
- vk_pipeline_cache.cpp takes zortos293#1036's v2 cache, migration, jobs, parallel
translation and emission. shader_environment.{h,cpp} keeps zortos293#970's unsafe TIC
reads; also omit v2's new pool-wide pretranslation flush, since workers no
longer flush descriptors. Keep the AMD e0a992208d87eeb8 exception in
pipeline_optimization.h.
- vk_graphics_pipeline.cpp, uniform_stream_reuse.h, sampled_views.h and tests
converge zortos293#921/zortos293#949 with the adapted branch ports. PrepareImageView uses the
single PreparesImage predicate, including valid views of NULL_IMAGE_ID.
Keep uniform/descriptor delta replay, zortos293#974 fast-draw checks, zortos293#805 profiling
and the empty-descriptor-range guard; no parallel duplicate paths.
- vulkan_device.cpp and vulkan_memory_allocator.cpp combine cache-v2 device
support and zortos293#880's backable-image failure policy with zortos293#836's synchronized
recycler and zortos293#831's 50 ms memory-usage cache. Preserve all remaining branch
AMD, query, shader, texture and fast-draw changes in the automatic merges.
- nx2_video_decoder.cpp takes nx2's final dav1d/default-thread state. CMake test
lists combine both sides; keep zortos293#805 fast-method tests rather than tests of
rejected reduced split internals, and adapt waiter tests to >64 owners.
Other matching cherry-picks converge to nx2; NX archives, HostTiming,
memory/stutter/cache tooling and their sources are retained.
Validation before commit: git diff --cached --check passed; 30 cache_metrics
and cache_bench Python unit tests passed using workspace-local test data.
The requested clang-cl ThinLTO/PGO build is in progress. BUILD_TESTING is OFF;
C++ tests and in-game semaphore/read-back/cache/fast-draw validation remain
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* video_core: shader cache v2
Replaces the Vulkan disk cache (vulkan.fork-v<version>.bin and its used list) with
lichii-cache.v2.bin, an append-only log of framed, checksummed records per title:
- A writer thread appends graphics, compute, native program, used-list and driver
records; readers verify every payload hash on the shader job workers, so a cut-off
tail or a damaged record costs only that record.
- The first boot after the upgrade starts the log from the newest compatible
vulkan.fork-v50..v54 cache and its used list. The old files are read, never changed.
- A prioritized shader job scheduler (CPU and driver workers, a memory budget,
NeedNow/Soon/Background) runs the boot load, the background prebuild, the shader
precache and run-time misses. Graphics misses translate their stages at once on the
workers; SPIR-V is emitted in the pipeline's job.
- Native programs are taken from their records instead of being lowered again; a
record from another build's lowering is lowered again and relinked.
- Pipeline keys leave out the driver, so a driver update keeps the recorded pipelines.
- A driver layer keeps VK_KHR_pipeline_binary blobs per device identity
(lichii-cache.v2.driver.bin) for drivers without a pipeline cache of their own. It is
off on the NVIDIA and AMD proprietary drivers, and a session stops storing blobs at
1 GB.
- shader-sweep replays a recorded cache through the legacy and v2 paths to compare
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vulkan.fork-v<version>.bin load and appends, the vulkan_used list, the
VkPipelineBuilder workers, the old background prebuild (PipelinePrebuild) and its
emission budget. Older caches are now always migrated into the v2 log on first boot.
Removing the Vulkan shader cache from the game list removes the v2 log too, and
clears the older caches so the next boot doesn't start the log from them again.
* video_core: bound queued IR and keep relinked pipelines in the used list
- Pipelines whose SPIR-V a job emits reserve their IR against a budget of
an eighth of RAM; past it they emit where they were translated, since the
job scheduler only counts a stage's bytes while it runs.
- A relink that moves a graphics record to a new key moves it in the used
list too: the newest sessions' Used records are rewritten and this boot's
selection follows, so the pipeline is still built at boot.
- shader_sweep.py replay: a record only one side has no longer breaks the
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Shader cache v2 becomes the Vulkan pipeline cache, and the old
vulkan.fork-v<version>.binpath is removed. The goal is fewer and shorter shader stutters: pipelines are built off the GPU thread by a prioritized job scheduler, native programs come from their records instead of being lowered again, and a driver update no longer throws the cache away.The cache
lichii-cache.v2.binis an append-only log of framed, checksummed records (graphics, compute, native programs, used lists, migration). A writer thread appends to it. Payload hashes are checked on the job workers, so a cut-off tail or a damaged record costs only that record.vulkan.fork-v50..v54cache and its used list. The old files are read and never changed. The cost is 0.1–0.4 s per title; anEncodeRecordfix in this PR took it down from about 15 s on the OoT cache.VK_KHR_pipeline_binaryblobs are kept per device identity inlichii-cache.v2.driver.bin, only for drivers without a pipeline cache of their own. They are off on the NVIDIA and AMD proprietary drivers, and a session stops storing blobs at 1 GB. The NVIDIA 610.88vkGetPipelineKeyKHRregister clobber that crashed the first v2 boots is avoided: the blob identity no longer asks for the global key.Building
Removed
EDEN_NX2_SHADER_CACHE, the old Vulkan load and append path, thevulkan_usedlist, theVkPipelineBuilderworkers, and the old background prebuild with its emission budget, together with the tests of those helpers.Tools
shader-sweepreplays a recorded cache through the legacy and v2 paths and compares their SPIR-V (ENABLE_DEBUG_TOOLS).cache_metrics.pyreads them.Verification
testspass (1,108 cases), thetools/nx2Python tests pass, andeden-clibuilds. The aarch64 syntax check is clean on every touched source.The VK_KHR_pipeline_binary store started from CheezerWheezer's AMD pipeline binary cache, and the first commit credits them.
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