[PATCH wayland-protocols v7] Add zwp_linux_explicit_synchronization_v1

[Tomek Bury]

Hi Pekka, Alexandros,

Here's a patch containing all I had to do in order to test the explicit
sync support Alexandros has implemented in Weston.

Thanks,
Tomek


On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 14:35, Tomek Bury <tomek.bury at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pekka,
>
> > I suppose the compositor-side copy of buffers you mentioned is for the
> > lack of release fences, not acquire fences?
> Yes, the lack of release fences is the very reason for the copy. I could
> cook something up for the acquire fence, but that wouldn't synchronise the
> buffer access anyway. The only way I can be sure the client doesn't
> overwrite a buffer still in use by the GPU was to texture from a copy and
> let the compositor release the original without waiting for the GPU and
> without a fence.
>
> Cheers,
> Tomek
>
>
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