I need help optimizing the following set of shaders:
Vertex:
precision mediump float;
uniform vec2 rubyTextureSize;
attribute vec4 vPosition;
attribute vec2 a_TexCoordinate;
varying vec2 tc;
void main() {
gl_Position = vPosition;
tc = a_TexCoordinate;
}
Fragment:
precision mediump float;
/*
Uniforms
- rubyTexture: texture sampler
- rubyTextureSize: size of the texture before rendering
*/
uniform sampler2D rubyTexture;
uniform vec2 rubyTextureSize;
uniform vec2 rubyTextureFract;
/*
Varying attributes
- tc: coordinate of the texel being processed
- xyp_[]_[]_[]: a packed coordinate for 3 areas within the texture
*/
varying vec2 tc;
/*
Constants
*/
/*
Inequation coefficients for interpolation
Equations are in the form: Ay + Bx = C
45, 30, and 60 denote the angle from x each line the cooeficient variable set builds
*/
const vec4 Ai = vec4(1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 1.0);
const vec4 B45 = vec4(1.0, 1.0, -1.0, -1.0);
const vec4 C45 = vec4(1.5, 0.5, -0.5, 0.5);
const vec4 B30 = vec4(0.5, 2.0, -0.5, -2.0);
const vec4 C30 = vec4(1.0, 1.0, -0.5, 0.0);
const vec4 B60 = vec4(2.0, 0.5, -2.0, -0.5);
const vec4 C60 = vec4(2.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.5);
const vec4 M45 = vec4(0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.4);
const vec4 M30 = vec4(0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 0.4);
const vec4 M60 = M30.yxwz;
const vec4 Mshift = vec4(0.2);
// Coefficient for weighted edge detection
const float coef = 2.0;
// Threshold for if luminance values are "equal"
const vec4 threshold = vec4(0.32);
// Conversion from RGB to Luminance (from GIMP)
const vec3 lum = vec3(0.21, 0.72, 0.07);
// Performs same logic operation as && for vectors
bvec4 _and_(bvec4 A, bvec4 B) {
return bvec4(A.x && B.x, A.y && B.y, A.z && B.z, A.w && B.w);
}
// Performs same logic operation as || for vectors
bvec4 _or_(bvec4 A, bvec4 B) {
return bvec4(A.x || B.x, A.y || B.y, A.z || B.z, A.w || B.w);
}
// Converts 4 3-color vectors into 1 4-value luminance vector
vec4 lum_to(vec3 v0, vec3 v1, vec3 v2, vec3 v3) {
// return vec4(dot(lum, v0), dot(lum, v1), dot(lum, v2), dot(lum, v3));
return mat4(v0.x, v1.x, v2.x, v3.x, v0.y, v1.y, v2.y, v3.y, v0.z, v1.z,
v2.z, v3.z, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) * vec4(lum, 0.0);
}
// Gets the difference between 2 4-value luminance vectors
vec4 lum_df(vec4 A, vec4 B) {
return abs(A - B);
}
// Determines if 2 4-value luminance vectors are "equal" based on threshold
bvec4 lum_eq(vec4 A, vec4 B) {
return lessThan(lum_df(A, B), threshold);
}
vec4 lum_wd(vec4 a, vec4 b, vec4 c, vec4 d, vec4 e, vec4 f, vec4 g, vec4 h) {
return lum_df(a, b) + lum_df(a, c) + lum_df(d, e) + lum_df(d, f)
+ 4.0 * lum_df(g, h);
}
// Gets the difference between 2 3-value rgb colors
float c_df(vec3 c1, vec3 c2) {
vec3 df = abs(c1 - c2);
return df.r + df.g + df.b;
}
void main() {
/*
Mask for algorhithm
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
*/
float x = rubyTextureFract.x;
float y = rubyTextureFract.y;
vec4 xyp_1_2_3 = tc.xxxy + vec4(-x, 0.0, x, -2.0 * y);
vec4 xyp_6_7_8 = tc.xxxy + vec4(-x, 0.0, x, -y);
vec4 xyp_11_12_13 = tc.xxxy + vec4(-x, 0.0, x, 0.0);
vec4 xyp_16_17_18 = tc.xxxy + vec4(-x, 0.0, x, y);
vec4 xyp_21_22_23 = tc.xxxy + vec4(-x, 0.0, x, 2.0 * y);
vec4 xyp_5_10_15 = tc.xyyy + vec4(-2.0 * x, -y, 0.0, y);
vec4 xyp_9_14_9 = tc.xyyy + vec4(2.0 * x, -y, 0.0, y);
// Get mask values by performing texture lookup with the uniform sampler
vec3 P1 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_1_2_3.xw).rgb;
vec3 P2 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_1_2_3.yw).rgb;
vec3 P3 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_1_2_3.zw).rgb;
vec3 P6 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_6_7_8.xw).rgb;
vec3 P7 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_6_7_8.yw).rgb;
vec3 P8 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_6_7_8.zw).rgb;
vec3 P11 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_11_12_13.xw).rgb;
vec3 P12 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_11_12_13.yw).rgb;
vec3 P13 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_11_12_13.zw).rgb;
vec3 P16 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_16_17_18.xw).rgb;
vec3 P17 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_16_17_18.yw).rgb;
vec3 P18 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_16_17_18.zw).rgb;
vec3 P21 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_21_22_23.xw).rgb;
vec3 P22 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_21_22_23.yw).rgb;
vec3 P23 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_21_22_23.zw).rgb;
vec3 P5 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_5_10_15.xy).rgb;
vec3 P10 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_5_10_15.xz).rgb;
vec3 P15 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_5_10_15.xw).rgb;
vec3 P9 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_9_14_9.xy).rgb;
vec3 P14 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_9_14_9.xz).rgb;
vec3 P19 = texture2D(rubyTexture, xyp_9_14_9.xw).rgb;
// Store luminance values of each point in groups of 4
// so that we may operate on all four corners at once
vec4 p7 = lum_to(P7, P11, P17, P13);
vec4 p8 = lum_to(P8, P6, P16, P18);
vec4 p11 = p7.yzwx; // P11, P17, P13, P7
vec4 p12 = lum_to(P12, P12, P12, P12);
vec4 p13 = p7.wxyz; // P13, P7, P11, P17
vec4 p14 = lum_to(P14, P2, P10, P22);
vec4 p16 = p8.zwxy; // P16, P18, P8, P6
vec4 p17 = p7.zwxy; // P17, P13, P7, P11
vec4 p18 = p8.wxyz; // P18, P8, P6, P16
vec4 p19 = lum_to(P19, P3, P5, P21);
vec4 p22 = p14.wxyz; // P22, P14, P2, P10
vec4 p23 = lum_to(P23, P9, P1, P15);
// Scale current texel coordinate to [0..1]
vec2 fp = fract(tc * rubyTextureSize);
// Determine amount of "smoothing" or mixing that could be done on texel corners
vec4 AiMulFpy = Ai * fp.y;
vec4 B45MulFpx = B45 * fp.x;
vec4 ma45 = smoothstep(C45 - M45, C45 + M45, AiMulFpy + B45MulFpx);
vec4 ma30 = smoothstep(C30 - M30, C30 + M30, AiMulFpy + B30 * fp.x);
vec4 ma60 = smoothstep(C60 - M60, C60 + M60, AiMulFpy + B60 * fp.x);
vec4 marn = smoothstep(C45 - M45 + Mshift, C45 + M45 + Mshift,
AiMulFpy + B45MulFpx);
// Perform edge weight calculations
vec4 e45 = lum_wd(p12, p8, p16, p18, p22, p14, p17, p13);
vec4 econt = lum_wd(p17, p11, p23, p13, p7, p19, p12, p18);
vec4 e30 = lum_df(p13, p16);
vec4 e60 = lum_df(p8, p17);
// Calculate rule results for interpolation
bvec4 r45_1 = _and_(notEqual(p12, p13), notEqual(p12, p17));
bvec4 r45_2 = _and_(not (lum_eq(p13, p7)), not (lum_eq(p13, p8)));
bvec4 r45_3 = _and_(not (lum_eq(p17, p11)), not (lum_eq(p17, p16)));
bvec4 r45_4_1 = _and_(not (lum_eq(p13, p14)), not (lum_eq(p13, p19)));
bvec4 r45_4_2 = _and_(not (lum_eq(p17, p22)), not (lum_eq(p17, p23)));
bvec4 r45_4 = _and_(lum_eq(p12, p18), _or_(r45_4_1, r45_4_2));
bvec4 r45_5 = _or_(lum_eq(p12, p16), lum_eq(p12, p8));
bvec4 r45 = _and_(r45_1, _or_(_or_(_or_(r45_2, r45_3), r45_4), r45_5));
bvec4 r30 = _and_(notEqual(p12, p16), notEqual(p11, p16));
bvec4 r60 = _and_(notEqual(p12, p8), notEqual(p7, p8));
// Combine rules with edge weights
bvec4 edr45 = _and_(lessThan(e45, econt), r45);
bvec4 edrrn = lessThanEqual(e45, econt);
bvec4 edr30 = _and_(lessThanEqual(coef * e30, e60), r30);
bvec4 edr60 = _and_(lessThanEqual(coef * e60, e30), r60);
// Finalize interpolation rules and cast to float (0.0 for false, 1.0 for true)
vec4 final45 = vec4(_and_(_and_(not (edr30), not (edr60)), edr45));
vec4 final30 = vec4(_and_(_and_(edr45, not (edr60)), edr30));
vec4 final60 = vec4(_and_(_and_(edr45, not (edr30)), edr60));
vec4 final36 = vec4(_and_(_and_(edr60, edr30), edr45));
vec4 finalrn = vec4(_and_(not (edr45), edrrn));
// Determine the color to mix with for each corner
vec4 px = step(lum_df(p12, p17), lum_df(p12, p13));
// Determine the mix amounts by combining the final rule result and corresponding
// mix amount for the rule in each corner
vec4 mac = final36 * max(ma30, ma60) + final30 * ma30 + final60 * ma60
+ final45 * ma45 + finalrn * marn;
/*
Calculate the resulting color by traversing clockwise and counter-clockwise around
the corners of the texel
Finally choose the result that has the largest difference from the texel's original
color
*/
vec3 res1 = P12;
res1 = mix(res1, mix(P13, P17, px.x), mac.x);
res1 = mix(res1, mix(P7, P13, px.y), mac.y);
res1 = mix(res1, mix(P11, P7, px.z), mac.z);
res1 = mix(res1, mix(P17, P11, px.w), mac.w);
vec3 res2 = P12;
res2 = mix(res2, mix(P17, P11, px.w), mac.w);
res2 = mix(res2, mix(P11, P7, px.z), mac.z);
res2 = mix(res2, mix(P7, P13, px.y), mac.y);
res2 = mix(res2, mix(P13, P17, px.x), mac.x);
gl_FragColor = vec4(mix(res1, res2, step(c_df(P12, res1), c_df(P12, res2))),
1.0);
}
The shaders receive a 2D texture and are meant to scale it beautifully across a high-res 2D surface (the device screen). It is an optimization of the SABR scaling algorithm in case it matters.
It already works, and performs OK on very high-end Android devices (like LG Nexus 4), but it is really slow on weaker devices.
The Android devices that really matter to me are Samsung Galaxy S 2 \ 3, with Mali 400MP GPU - which perform horribly with this shader.
So far I've tried:
- Eliminating varyings (advice from ARM's Mali guide) - did minor improvement.
- Overriding mix() functions with my own - did no good.
- reducing float precision to lowp - didn't change anything.
I measure performance by calculating render time (before and after eglSwapBuffers) - this gives me a very linear and consistent measurement of performance.
Beyond that, I don't really know where to look or what can be optimized here...
I know that this is a heavy algorithm, and I am not asking for advice on what alternate scaling methods to use - I've tried many and this algorithm gives the best visual result. I wish to use the exact same algorithm in an optimized way.
UPDATE
I found that if I do all the texture fetches with a constant vector instead of dependent vectors I get a major performance improvement, so this is obviously a big bottleneck - probably because of the cache. However, I still need to do those fetches. I played with doing at least some of the fetches with vec2 varyings (without any swizzling) but it didn't improve anything. I wonder what might be a good way to efficiently poll 21 texels.
I found that a major part of the calculations is being done multiple times with the exact same set of texels - because the output is scaled by at least x2, and I poll with GL_NEAREST. There at least 4 fragments that fall on exactly the same texels. If the scaling is x4 on a high-res device, there are 16 fragments that fall on the same texels - which is a big waste. Is there any way to perform an additional shader pass that will calculate all the values that don't change across multiple fragments? I thought about rendering to an additional off-screen texture, but I need to store multiple values per texel, not just one.
UPDATE
- I also noticed that the CPU is almost unused while the GPU is a big bottleneck. Any advice on how to leverage some CPU power and transfer logic from the GPU to the CPU in this situation?
