This adds a new function to query GPUtexture from an
Image datablock without actually creating them.
This allows to keep track of all the texture that
needs to be loaded and defer their loading in
end_sync. The texture are then only used in the
next sync. This is because we do not want to stage
the texture for drawing as it would require a
valid texture.
Multithreading is used to load the texture from disk
as soon as possible in a threaded way. It is still
blocking, but it is much faster (depending on
hardware).
Before (5.7s):
After (2.5s):
On Linux workstation: 2.28x speedup in texture loading
On M1 Backbook pro: 2.72x speedup in texture loading
This includes redraw overhead but it is not super significant.
Having a vector of all the textures to be loaded
will eventually be helpful in making the
texture uploading multi-threaded. Currently, it is
a bit difficult given the need of a valid GPUContext
per thread.
- [x] Bypass deffered loading on animated textures
- [x] Add throttling to only load a few textures per frame
- [x] Do not delay for viewport render
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/139644
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