[robertveloso]

Changes

The HLE draw macros set Dirty::IndexBuffer on every draw. So UpdateIndexBuffer translated the index buffer's address (GpuToCpuAddress) and looked its buffer up (FindBuffer) on every indexed draw, mostly for the same buffer with another index count.

The address and the buffer found are now kept per range. A later draw reuses them when all of these hold:

• the channel, address space and begin/end GPU addresses are the same;
• the GPU mappings are unchanged (MapSerial);
• no buffer was deleted since (buffer_deletions, which joins, eviction and the inline-index buffer bump);
• the draw's size is no larger than the size FindBuffer was asked for.

Buffers never shrink in place, so the buffer found still covers any smaller size.

• With EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1 the full path runs anyway and logs a mismatch.
• With Accurate GPU fences the memo is off, because FindBuffer waits for the buffer's pending writes there.

Testing

Machine: Ubuntu 26.04, i5-10400, RTX 3060 (NVIDIA 580.178). Game: Ocarina of Time.

• I played this change on a local branch (current nx2 plus video_core: macro DMA reads on the split front without draining the back #243, Ocarina of Time: fix stutter from pipeline rebuilds and slow compute builds #408, buffer_cache: opt-in EDEN_NX2_PREFLUSH=1 for Switch 2 titles (OoT Kokiri ~26 -> ~40 fps, some flicker) #259, shader_warm: follow-ups to #579 (warm-up on the loading screen, link mode in the marker, save the driver cache after a warm-up) #741, buffer_cache: upload each byte of native uniform banks once a frame #802 and the other perf PRs I opened today). I did not see visual problems or crashes.
• On this branch (nx2 at cbb512ee7a plus these commits), I compiled vk_buffer_cache.cpp, which instantiates the buffer cache, with -fsyntax-only. I did not build or play this exact branch.
• I have not run EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1 with it yet, and I did not measure this change on its own.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Performance
  • Repeated index-buffer lookups can reuse a cached result when the buffer mapping and draw conditions remain unchanged.
  • Cache reuse is skipped when accurate GPU-fence behavior or verification mode is enabled.

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Walkthrough

BufferCache now stores the inputs and results of index-buffer lookups. UpdateIndexBuffer reuses a matching result when its size and execution conditions allow, and otherwise resolves the buffer through FindBuffer.

Changes: Index Buffer Lookup Memo

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record and reuse index-buffer lookups src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h, src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h	IndexBufferMemo stores lookup inputs and results. UpdateIndexBuffer checks the memo, retains the null-binding path for zero-size or unmapped addresses, and resolves the buffer with FindBuffer when needed. Memo hits that fall through to lookup compare the resolved address and buffer ID, with mismatch logging limited to 16 entries. Misses refresh the memo.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: zortos293, takoroka, camillelavey

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to eef39

The index-buffer lookup memo reuses a previous result only while the mapping and buffer state are unchanged. No concrete merge-blocking risk was found. The author did not build or play this exact branch, but that is normal validation uncertainty.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title names the main change: index-buffer resolution is now kept (memoized) while the buffer range, mappings and buffers remain unchanged. The raw summary says UpdateIndexBuffer caches the resolve…
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The title names the main change: index-buffer resolution is now kept (memoized) while the buffer range, mappings and buffers remain unchanged. The raw summary says UpdateIndexBuffer caches the resolved address and buffer ID for repeated draws, and that a new IndexBufferMemo stores the lookup state. The title is specific and matches the changeset. It ends with 'are' and omits the condition it refers to ('unchanged' or similar), so it reads as slightly incomplete, but its meaning is still clear.

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