virtio-gpu does a set-scanout at each frame (it might be a driver regression). qemu_console_resize() recreate a surface even if the size didn't change, and this shows up in profiling reports because the surface is cleared. With this patch, I get a +15-20% glmark2 improvement.
Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> --- ui/console.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c index c24bfe4..2407b48 100644 --- a/ui/console.c +++ b/ui/console.c @@ -2100,6 +2100,13 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height) DisplaySurface *surface; assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE); + + if (s->surface && + pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width && + pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) { + return; + } + surface = qemu_create_displaysurface(width, height); dpy_gfx_replace_surface(s, surface); } -- 2.9.0