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2 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Mai Lavelle
087331c495 Cycles: Replace __MAX_CLOSURE__ build option with runtime integrator variable
Goal is to reduce OpenCL kernel recompilations.

Currently viewport renders are still set to use 64 closures as this seems to
be faster and we don't want to cause a performance regression there. Needs
to be investigated.

Reviewed By: brecht

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2775
2017-11-09 01:04:06 -05:00
Hristo Gueorguiev
6bf4115c13 Cycles: Split kernel - sort shaders
Reduce thread divergence in kernel_shader_eval.

Rays are sorted in blocks of 2048 according to shader->id.

On R9 290 Classroom is ~30% faster, and Pabellon Barcelone is ~8% faster.

No sorting for CUDA split kernel.

Reviewers: sergey, maiself

Reviewed By: maiself

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2598
2017-05-03 15:30:45 +02:00