[Mesa-dev] [PATCH v5] mesa: use fi_type in vertex attribute code

[Brian Paul]

On 02/19/2015 11:42 AM, marius.predut at intel.com wrote:
> From: Marius Predut <marius.predut at intel.com>
>
> For 32-bit builds, floating point operations use x86 FPU registers,
> not SSE registers.  If we're actually storing an integer in a float
> variable, the value might get modified when written to memory.  This
> patch changes the VBO code to use the fi_type (float/int union) to
> store/copy vertex attributes.
>
> Also, this can improve performance on x86 because moving floats with
> integer registers instead of FP registers is faster.
>
> Neil Roberts review:
> - include changes on all places that are storing attribute values.
> - check with and without -O3 compiler flag.
> Brian Paul review:
> - use fi_type type instead gl_constant_value type
> - fix a bunch of nit-picks.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82668
> Signed-off-by: Marius Predut <marius.predut at intel.com>

Looks good.  Thanks.

Unfortunately, there's a few new compiler warnings after applying the 
patch.  I'll try to fix those up before I push the patch.  I'll also do 
some piglit testing...

-Brian