Disable threaded texture transfers

libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.cpp

@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ void GLBackend::recycle() const {
             glDeleteQueries((GLsizei)ids.size(), ids.data());
         }
     }
+
+#ifndef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
+    gl::GLTexture::_textureTransferHelper->process();
+#endif
 }
 
 void GLBackend::setCameraCorrection(const Mat4& correction) {

libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.cpp

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ GLTextureTransferHelper::GLTextureTransferHelper() {
     initialize(true, QThread::LowPriority);
     // Clean shutdown on UNIX, otherwise _canvas is freed early
     connect(qApp, &QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit, [&] { terminate(); });
+#else
+    initialize(false, QThread::LowPriority);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -43,23 +45,18 @@ GLTextureTransferHelper::~GLTextureTransferHelper() {
     if (isStillRunning()) {
         terminate();
     }
+#else
+    terminate();
 #endif
 }
 
 void GLTextureTransferHelper::transferTexture(const gpu::TexturePointer& texturePointer) {
     GLTexture* object = Backend::getGPUObject<GLTexture>(*texturePointer);
 
-#ifdef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
     Backend::incrementTextureGPUTransferCount();
     object->setSyncState(GLSyncState::Pending);
     Lock lock(_mutex);
     _pendingTextures.push_back(texturePointer);
-#else
-    for (object->startTransfer(); object->continueTransfer(); ) { }
-    object->finishTransfer();
-    object->_contentStamp = texturePointer->getDataStamp();
-    object->setSyncState(GLSyncState::Transferred);
-#endif
 }
 
 void GLTextureTransferHelper::setup() {
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ void GLTextureTransferHelper::shutdown() {
 }
 
 bool GLTextureTransferHelper::process() {
-#ifdef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
     // Take any new textures off the queue
     TextureList newTransferTextures;
     {
@@ -123,7 +119,9 @@ bool GLTextureTransferHelper::process() {
 
     // No transfers in progress, sleep
     if (_transferringTextures.empty()) {
+#ifdef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
         QThread::usleep(1);
+#endif
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -159,6 +157,7 @@ bool GLTextureTransferHelper::process() {
         _textureIterator = _transferringTextures.erase(_textureIterator);
     }
 
+#ifdef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
     if (!_transferringTextures.empty()) {
         // Don't saturate the GPU
         clientWait();
@@ -166,8 +165,7 @@ bool GLTextureTransferHelper::process() {
         // Don't saturate the CPU
         QThread::msleep(1);
     }
-#else
-    QThread::msleep(1);
 #endif
+
     return true;
 }

libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.h

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "GLShared.h"
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-#define THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
+//#define THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
 #endif
 
 namespace gpu { namespace gl {
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public:
     ~GLTextureTransferHelper();
     void transferTexture(const gpu::TexturePointer& texturePointer);
 
-protected:
     void setup() override;
     void shutdown() override;
     bool process() override;
@@ -41,6 +40,11 @@ protected:
 private:
 #ifdef THREADED_TEXTURE_TRANSFER
     ::gl::OffscreenContext _context;
+    // Framebuffers / renderbuffers for forcing access to the texture on the transfer thread
+    GLuint _drawRenderbuffer { 0 };
+    GLuint _drawFramebuffer { 0 };
+    GLuint _readFramebuffer { 0 };
+#endif
     // A mutex for protecting items access on the render and transfer threads
     Mutex _mutex;
     // Textures that have been submitted for transfer
@@ -50,11 +54,6 @@ private:
     TextureList _transferringTextures;
     TextureListIterator _textureIterator;
 
-    // Framebuffers / renderbuffers for forcing access to the texture on the transfer thread
-    GLuint _drawRenderbuffer { 0 };
-    GLuint _drawFramebuffer { 0 };
-    GLuint _readFramebuffer { 0 };
-#endif
 };
 
 } }

libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl45/GL45BackendTexture.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ using namespace gpu::gl;
 using namespace gpu::gl45;
 
 static const QString DEBUG_FLAG("HIFI_ENABLE_SPARSE_TEXTURES");
-static bool enableSparseTextures = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().contains(DEBUG_FLAG);
+static bool enableSparseTextures = true; // QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().contains(DEBUG_FLAG);
 
 // Allocate 1 MB of buffer space for paged transfers
 #define DEFAULT_PAGE_BUFFER_SIZE (1024*1024)