Improve buffer cache synchronization

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/BooleanSetting.kt

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ enum class BooleanSetting(override val key: String) : AbstractBooleanSetting {
     RENDERER_REACTIVE_FLUSHING("use_reactive_flushing"),
     ENABLE_BUFFER_HISTORY("enable_buffer_history"),
     USE_OPTIMIZED_VERTEX_BUFFERS("use_optimized_vertex_buffers"),
-    ENABLE_GPU_BUFFER_READBACK("enable_gpu_buffer_readback"),
     SYNC_MEMORY_OPERATIONS("sync_memory_operations"),
     BUFFER_REORDER_DISABLE("disable_buffer_reorder"),
     RENDERER_DEBUG("debug"),

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt

@@ -808,13 +808,6 @@ abstract class SettingsItem(
                     descriptionId = R.string.enable_buffer_history_description
                 )
             )
-            put(
-                SwitchSetting(
-                    BooleanSetting.ENABLE_GPU_BUFFER_READBACK,
-                    titleId = R.string.enable_gpu_buffer_readback,
-                    descriptionId = R.string.enable_gpu_buffer_readback_description
-                )
-            )
             put(
                 SwitchSetting(
                     BooleanSetting.USE_OPTIMIZED_VERTEX_BUFFERS,

src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/ui/SettingsFragmentPresenter.kt

@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ class SettingsFragmentPresenter(
             add(BooleanSetting.RENDERER_FORCE_MAX_CLOCK.key)
             add(BooleanSetting.RENDERER_REACTIVE_FLUSHING.key)
             add(BooleanSetting.ENABLE_BUFFER_HISTORY.key)
-            add(BooleanSetting.ENABLE_GPU_BUFFER_READBACK.key)
             add(BooleanSetting.USE_OPTIMIZED_VERTEX_BUFFERS.key)
 
             add(HeaderSetting(R.string.hacks))

src/android/app/src/main/res/values-ar/strings.xml

@@ -499,8 +499,6 @@
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing_description">يحسن دقة العرض في بعض الألعاب على حساب الأداء.</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history">تمكين سجل التخزين المؤقت</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history_description">يُتيح هذا الخيار الوصول إلى حالات التخزين المؤقت السابقة. وقد يُحسّن جودة العرض وثبات الأداء في بعض الألعاب.</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback">تفعيل قراءة مخزن وحدة معالجة الرسومات</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback_description">يحافظ هذا النظام على بيانات المخزن المؤقت المُعدّلة بواسطة وحدة معالجة الرسومات عن طريق قراءتها مرة أخرى قبل التحميل. تتطلب بعض الألعاب ذلك لعرض بعض التأثيرات بشكل صحيح. قد يُسبب ذلك مشاكل إذا لم يتمكن الجهاز من التعامل مع عبء العمل الإضافي.</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers">مخازن الرؤوس المُحسّنة</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers_description">يُتيح ربطًا مُحسَّنًا لمخازن الرؤوس لتحسين الأداء. يتطلب برامج تشغيل Mesa 26.0+ Turnip/ برامج تشغيل QCOM. قد يتعطل على برامج تشغيل Turnip القديمة (25.3 وما دون).</string>
 

src/android/app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml

@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing_description">Mejora la precisión de renderizado en algunos juegos, pero reduce el rendimiento.</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history">Activar el historial del búfer</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history_description">Permite el acceso al estado del búfer anterior. Esta opción puede mejorar la calidad de renderizado y la consistencia en el rendimiento de algunos juegos.</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback">Activar la lectura del buffer de la GPU</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback_description">Conserva los datos del búfer modificados por la GPU leyéndolos antes de subirlos.\nAlgunos juegos requieren esto para renderizar correctamente ciertos efectos.\nPuede causar problemas si el hardware no puede soportar la carga de trabajo adicional.</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers">Búferes de vértices optimizados</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers_description">Permite la optimización del enlace del búfer de vértices para un mejor rendimiento. Requiere controladores Mesa 26.0+ Turnip/ controladores QCOM. Fallará con controladores Turnip más antiguos (versión 25.3 o inferior).</string>
 

src/android/app/src/main/res/values-zh-rCN/strings.xml

@@ -489,8 +489,6 @@
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing_description">通过牺牲性能来提升某些游戏的渲染精度。</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history">启用缓冲区历史</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history_description">启用对先前缓冲区状态的访问。此选项可在某些游戏中提升渲染质量并保持性能的一致性。</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback">启用 GPU 缓冲区回读</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback_description">在上传前回读经由 GPU 修改过的缓冲区数据，以将其保留。一些游戏会用到这项设定以正确渲染某些效果。如果硬件无法处理额外的工作负载，则可能会导致问题。</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers">优化顶点缓冲区</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers_description">启用经过优化的顶点缓冲区绑定以提升性能。需要 Mesa 26.0 及以上版本的 Turnip 或 QCOM 驱动程序。若使用较旧版本的 Turnip 驱动 (25.3 及以下版本) 则会导致崩溃。</string>
 

src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -505,8 +505,6 @@
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing_description">Improves rendering accuracy in some games at the cost of performance.</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history">Enable buffer history</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history_description">Enables access to previous buffer states. This option may improve rendering quality and performance consistency in some games.</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback">Enable GPU Buffer Readback</string>
-    <string name="enable_gpu_buffer_readback_description">Preserves GPU-modified buffer data by reading it back before uploads. Some games require this to render certain effects properly. May cause issues if the hardware cannot handle the additional workload.</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers">Optimized Vertex Buffers</string>
     <string name="use_optimized_vertex_buffers_description">Enables optimized vertex buffer binding for improved performance. Requires Mesa 26.0+ Turnip drivers/ QCOM drivers. Will crash on older Turnip drivers (25.3 and below).</string>
 

src/common/settings.h

@@ -576,13 +576,6 @@ struct Values {
         false,
 #endif
         "rescale_hack", Category::RendererHacks};
-    SwitchableSetting<bool> enable_gpu_buffer_readback{linkage,
-                                                       false,
-                                                       "enable_gpu_buffer_readback",
-                                                       Category::RendererAdvanced,
-                                                       Specialization::Default,
-                                                       true,
-                                                       true};
 
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_asynchronous_shaders{linkage, false, "use_asynchronous_shaders",
                                                      Category::RendererHacks};

src/qt_common/config/shared_translation.cpp

@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<TranslationMap> InitializeTranslations(QObject* parent) {
            tr("Controls the DMA read mode.\nUnsafe is faster, while Safe is more stable and can fix issues in some games.\nDefault follows the GPU Accuracy setting."));
     INSERT(Settings, gpu_fence_behavior, tr("GPU Fence Behavior:"),
            tr("Controls the GPU fence synchronization behavior.\nImmediate is the fastest option, but can introduce some issues.\nBalanced offers better compatibility and may fix issues in some games.\nAccurate further improves compatibility at the cost of some performance.\nStrict is the slowest option, but can fix issues that require stricter synchronization.\nDefault follows the GPU Accuracy setting."));
-    INSERT(Settings, enable_gpu_buffer_readback, tr("Enable GPU buffer readback"),
-           tr("Preserves GPU-modified data by reading it back before uploading.\nSome games require this to render certain effects properly."));
     INSERT(Settings, use_asynchronous_shaders, tr("Enable asynchronous shader compilation"),
            tr("May reduce shader stutter."));
     INSERT(Settings, fast_gpu_time, tr("Fast GPU Time"),

src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h

@@ -1448,25 +1448,33 @@ BufferId BufferCache<P>::FindBuffer(DAddr device_addr, u32 size) {
     const BufferId buffer_id = page_table[page];
     if (buffer_id) {
         Buffer& buffer = slot_buffers[buffer_id];
-        WaitForGpuFenceIfNeeded(buffer);
         if (buffer.IsInBounds(device_addr, size)) {
+            SynchronizeBufferIfNeeded(buffer);
             return buffer_id;
         }
     }
     return CreateBuffer(device_addr, size);
 }
 
-template <class P>
-void BufferCache<P>::WaitForGpuFenceIfNeeded(Buffer& buffer) {
-    if constexpr (!IS_OPENGL) {
-        const bool gpu_fence_accurate = Settings::IsGPUFenceBehaviorAccurate();
-        const bool gpu_fence_strict = Settings::IsGPUFenceBehaviorStrict();
-        if (gpu_fence_accurate || gpu_fence_strict) {
-            const u64 gpu_tick_delay = gpu_fence_strict ? 0 : 3;
-            const u64 buffer_tick = buffer.getWriteTick();
-            const u64 gpu_tick = runtime.KnownGpuTick();
-            if (buffer_tick > gpu_tick + gpu_tick_delay) {
-                runtime.Wait(buffer_tick);
+void BufferCache<P>::SynchronizeBufferIfNeeded(Buffer& buffer) {
+    const bool gpu_fence_accurate = Settings::IsGPUFenceBehaviorAccurate();
+    const bool gpu_fence_strict = Settings::IsGPUFenceBehaviorStrict();
+    const bool should_sync = gpu_fence_accurate || gpu_fence_strict;
+    if (should_sync) {
+        if (gpu_fence_accurate) {
+            if constexpr (!IS_OPENGL) {
+                const bool should_wait = buffer.getWriteTick() > runtime.KnownGpuTick() + 3;
+                if (should_wait) {
+                    runtime.Wait(buffer.getWriteTick());
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (gpu_fence_strict) {
+            bool should_download = true;
+            if constexpr (!IS_OPENGL) {
+                should_download = buffer.getWriteTick() > runtime.KnownGpuTick();
+            }
+            if (should_download) {
+                DownloadBufferMemory(buffer);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1688,9 +1696,6 @@ void BufferCache<P>::ImmediateUploadMemory([[maybe_unused]] Buffer& buffer,
                 if (immediate_buffer.empty()) {
                     immediate_buffer = ImmediateBuffer(largest_copy);
                 }
-                if (Settings::values.enable_gpu_buffer_readback.GetValue()) {
-                    DownloadBufferMemory(buffer, device_addr, copy.size);
-                }
                 device_memory.ReadBlockUnsafe(device_addr, immediate_buffer.data(), copy.size);
                 upload_span = immediate_buffer.subspan(0, copy.size);
             }
@@ -1709,9 +1714,6 @@ void BufferCache<P>::MappedUploadMemory([[maybe_unused]] Buffer& buffer,
         for (BufferCopy& copy : copies) {
             u8* const src_pointer = staging_pointer.data() + copy.src_offset;
             const DAddr device_addr = buffer.CpuAddr() + copy.dst_offset;
-            if (Settings::values.enable_gpu_buffer_readback.GetValue()) {
-                DownloadBufferMemory(buffer, device_addr, copy.size);
-            }
             device_memory.ReadBlockUnsafe(device_addr, src_pointer, copy.size);
             // Apply the staging offset
             copy.src_offset += upload_staging.offset;

src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h

@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ private:
 
     bool SynchronizeBuffer(Buffer& buffer, DAddr device_addr, u32 size);
 
+    void SynchronizeBufferIfNeeded(Buffer& buffer);
+
     void UploadMemory(Buffer& buffer, u64 total_size_bytes, u64 largest_copy,
                       std::span<BufferCopy> copies);