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Git Commits -> Revision 06c0513

Revision 06c0513 by Hristo Gueorguiev (master)
March 9, 2017, 16:09 (GMT)
Cycles: split kernel_shadow_blocked to AO & DL parts

Reduces memory allocation for split kernel.

This allows for faster rendering due to bigger global size,
specially when GPU memory is limited.

Perfromance results:

R9 290 total render time
Before After Change
BMW 4:37 4:34 -1.1 %
Classroom 14:43 14:30 -1.5 %
Fishy Cat 11:20 11:04 -2.4 %
Koro 12:11 12:04 -1.0 %
Pabellon Barcelona 22:01 20:44 -5.8 %
Pabellon Barcelona(*) 15:32 15:09 -2.5 %

(*) without glossy connected to volume

Commit Details:

Full Hash: 06c051363b509f7c3c40a803b87739fe0e2a8576
Parent Commit: e8b5a5b
Committed By: Sergey Sharybin
Lines Changed: +261, -159

4 Added Paths:

/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/opencl/kernel_shadow_blocked_ao.cl (+26, -0) (View)
/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/opencl/kernel_shadow_blocked_dl.cl (+26, -0) (View)
/intern/cycles/kernel/split/kernel_shadow_blocked_ao.h (+91, -0) (View)
/intern/cycles/kernel/split/kernel_shadow_blocked_dl.h (+91, -0) (View)

2 Deleted Paths:

/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/opencl/kernel_shadow_blocked.cl (+0, -26)
/intern/cycles/kernel/split/kernel_shadow_blocked.h (+0, -113)

7 Modified Paths:

/intern/cycles/device/device_split_kernel.cpp (+8, -10) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/device/device_split_kernel.h (+2, -1) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt (+6, -3) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_cpu.h (+2, -1) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_cpu_impl.h (+6, -3) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/opencl/kernel_split.cl (+2, -1) (Diff)
/intern/cycles/kernel/split/kernel_split_data_types.h (+1, -1) (Diff)
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