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PRVM: minimise impact of GC on benchmark results
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Previously GC could cost hundreds of FPS in certain Xonotic tests
because the CPU workload increased as the FPS did.

Signed-off-by: bones_was_here <bones_was_here@xonotic.au>
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bones-was-here committed Apr 7, 2024
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10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions prvm_edict.c
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Expand Up @@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ cvar_t prvm_breakpointdump = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_breakpointdump", "0",
cvar_t prvm_reuseedicts_startuptime = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_reuseedicts_startuptime", "2", "allows immediate re-use of freed entity slots during start of new level (value in seconds)"};
cvar_t prvm_reuseedicts_neverinsameframe = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_reuseedicts_neverinsameframe", "1", "never allows re-use of freed entity slots during same frame"};
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_enable = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_enable", "1", "automatically scan for and free resources that are not referenced by the code being executed in the VM"};
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_notify = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_notify", "0", "print out a notification for each resource freed by garbage collection"};
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit", "10000", "scan this many fields or resources per frame to free up unreferenced resources"};
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_notify = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_notify", "0", "print out a notification for each resource freed by garbage collection (set developer >= 1 to see these)"};
/// At 50k in Xonotic with 8 bots scans take about: 24s server, 25s menu, 9s client.
/// At 50k in Quake 1.5: 2.2s server, 0.14s client.
/// At 50k impact on high FPS benchmarks is negligible, at 100k impact is low but measurable.
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit", "50000", "scan this many fields or resources per second to free up unreferenced resources"};
cvar_t prvm_garbagecollection_strings = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_garbagecollection_strings", "1", "automatically call strunzone() on strings that are not referenced"};
cvar_t prvm_stringdebug = {CF_CLIENT | CF_SERVER, "prvm_stringdebug", "0", "Print debug and warning messages related to strings"};

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3701,7 +3704,7 @@ void PRVM_LeakTest(prvm_prog_t *prog)

void PRVM_GarbageCollection(prvm_prog_t *prog)
{
int limit = prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit.integer;
int limit = prvm_garbagecollection_scan_limit.integer * (prog == SVVM_prog ? sv.frametime : cl.realframetime);
prvm_prog_garbagecollection_state_t *gc = &prog->gc;
if (!prvm_garbagecollection_enable.integer)
return;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3820,5 +3823,6 @@ void PRVM_GarbageCollection(prvm_prog_t *prog)
case PRVM_GC_RESET:
default:
memset(gc, 0, sizeof(*gc));
// Con_Printf("%s%s GC: reset @ %f frametime %f scan_limit per frame %i\n", prog == SVVM_prog ? "^6" : "^5", prog->name, host.realtime, prog == SVVM_prog ? sv.frametime : cl.realframetime, limit);
}
}

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