17-19 October 2023
Palexco
Europe/Madrid timezone

GSoC 2023: wlroots frame scheduling

17 Oct 2023, 15:15
20m
Palexco

Palexco

Muelle de Trasatlánticos, s/n, 15003 A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Talk (half slot) Main Track

Speaker

Rose Hudson (University of Bristol)

Description

Over the summer, Future Me (hopefully) added support to wlroots for intelligently and dynamically changing when, relative to a previous frame, a compositor starts to render. It's better to start it later for lower latency but that comes with a risk of missing the deadline if rendering takes longer than expected. The work includes an API for specifying when rendering should start and a "stock" algorithm for predicting a good value for that parameter, along with some necessary infrastructure in wlroots. I'll talk about how the project went and what came out of it.

GSoC, EVoC or Outreachy Yes
In-person or virtual presentation In-person
Code of Conduct Yes

Primary author

Rose Hudson (University of Bristol)

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