TPEGFX/2016-Q4

GFX Topics(from high to low priority)

• gfx Stability
• Quantum Compositor process (2016/Q4)
• WebGL2 conformance(2017/Q1 target at 51)
  • focus on [*] or [WI] first
• Quantum Rendering
• Canvas 2D perf(google sheet/streaming)
• DisplayList(layout related work)
• Paint correctness(buglist)
• Any layout works, ex: perf/CSS properties

Goal

ChihYi Leu

• Fix webgl conformance bugs
  • bug 1316539 - r+
  • bug 1316544 - land
  • bug 1316546
• Presentation skill
  • Proper speaking speed
  • Simple and clean description
• WebGL Stability
  • Fix webGL crashes, mostly filed by sheriff
    • bug 1304291 - land
    • bug 1290831 - land
    • bug 1300549 - land
    • bug 1316327 - land
    • bug 1309586
• Fix at least one crash from crash-stat (optional)

Daosheng Mu

• WebVR Gamepad support
  • bug 1299926 - [webvr] [meta] Support HTC Vive controllers - land
    • bug 1299929 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive button inputs and analogue triggers in the Gamepad API - land
    • bug 1299930 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive controller trackpads through the Gamepad API - land
    • bug 1315636 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive button release - land
    • bug 1299932 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive orientation and position tracking in the Gamepad API - land
    • bug 1313581 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive controller hand through the Gamepad API - land
    • bug 1299928 - [webvr] Enumerate HTC Vive Controllers through the Gamepad API - land
    • bug 1299937 - [webvr] Support HTC Vive Haptic Feedback - r?
  • bug 1313585 - nsGlobalWindow needs to remove the existing gamepads while it is removed by GamepadManager. - land
  • bug 1310904 - --disable-gamepad build fails: dom/gamepad/ipc/GamepadEventTypes.ipdlh: fatal error: 'mozilla/dom/GamepadMessageUtils.h' file not found - land
  • bug 1317706 - Remove Pose WebIDL because we can move the sharing implementation to our c++ code - land
  • bug 1318586 - [webvr] Adjust OpenVR controller button mapping - land
  • bug 1318618 - Support nsCString data type in gfxPrefs in OOP compositor - land
  • bug 1320343 - Preferences::SetBool called from the content process in VRManager - land
  • bug 1320633 - [webvr] Refresh for new controllers coming in gfxVROpenVR - land
  • bug 1316279 - [webvr] WebVR in out-of-process compositing mode - land
  • bug 1321505 - [webvr] After reloading pages, it can't enumerate the controllers - land
  • bug 1311587 - Crash in mozilla::gfx::VRControllerManagerOpenVR::HandleInput - land
  • bug 1315718 - mGamepadManager looks like a security hazard - land
  • bug 1315896 - Remove MOZ_GAMEPAD and adjust for other non gamepad support platforms build. - land
  • bug 1323088 - Firefox Nightly 53.0a1 (2016-12-11) crashes in [@ @0x0 | mozilla::gfx::VRControllerManagerOpenVR ... ] & [@ @0x0 | mozilla::gfx::VRManager ... ] - land
  • reviews
• WebGL2 conformance
  • focus on [*] or [WI] first in webgl2-conf
  • bug 1323626 - [WebGL2 conformance test] Pass conformance2/textures/misc/tex-mipmap-levels.html - help invesigation
  • bug 1320030 - Failure in conformance/extensions/oes-vertex-array-object.html - help invesigation
  • bug 1323367 - [WebGL2 conformance test] conformance2/textures/misc/tex-input-validation.html crash - help invesigation
  • reviews
• Figure out Q1 testing plan for WebVR in Gecko
  • Discuss and file bug 1323327 - (webvr-conformance) [webvr] [meta] Implement Cross-Browser WebVR conformance suite and tools
  • Integrate our automated-test with OpenVR runtime source code to build up a conformance test suit like WebGL conformance tests.
• WebAPI practice
  • Figure out how to design good WebIDL bindings for developers. Focus on types, attribute, WebIDL DOM bindings, Extended Attribute.
  • Study
    • https://jstenback.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/history-of-mozillas-dom-bindings/
    • https://jstenback.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/new-dom-bindings/
    • http://tech.mozilla.com.tw/posts/1172/gecko-new-dom-bindings
    • http://tech.mozilla.com.tw/posts/5013/webidl-extended-attribute-大解密

Ethan Lin

• WebGL2 conformance
  • Update ANGLE/2862
  • Fix high-priority failures in webgl2-failures
• Stability
  • Fix webgl/canvas crash issues
• Quantum Render
  • Address some rendering problems
  • Find a topic for 2017-Q1

Jerry Shih

• WebRender
  • Add shared texture support to Webrender
    • Add shared BufferTexture support to Webrender
    • Add shared direct binding Texture support to Webrender
• css-color-4 update for devtool
  • bug 1310681 - finish devtools support for css-color-4

Kevin Chen

• gfx Stability
  • Working on device reset crashes
    • bug 1292273 bug 1160157 bug 1300699
• Figure out future plan
  • Do some studies via code review and bug fixing for future plan.

Morris Tseng

• Quantum Render
  • Build infra.
    • Before Hawaii
      • Separate bindings to different crate
      • Add compile option to exclude or include webrender.
      • Passing all tests
    • After Hawaii
      • Convert more DIs to layers.
      • Thinking about auto-gen bindings.

Vincent Liu

• GFX stability.
  • all webgl2 crash bugs with all/windows categories in in webgl2-failures.
  • fix at least one bug from crash-report.