Dynamic atlas: Reduce unnecessary objects generated and draw from ImageBitmap

src/renderer/BaseRenderLayer.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { IRenderLayer, IColorSet, IRenderDimensions } from './Types';
 import { CharData, ITerminal } from '../Types';
-import { DIM_OPACITY, INVERTED_DEFAULT_COLOR } from './atlas/Types';
+import { DIM_OPACITY, INVERTED_DEFAULT_COLOR, IGlyphIdentifier } from './atlas/Types';
 import BaseCharAtlas from './atlas/BaseCharAtlas';
 import { acquireCharAtlas } from './atlas/CharAtlasCache';
 import { CHAR_DATA_CHAR_INDEX } from '../Buffer';
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ export abstract class BaseRenderLayer implements IRenderLayer {
 
   protected _charAtlas: BaseCharAtlas;
 
+  /**
+   * An object that's reused when drawing glyphs in order to reduce GC.
+   */
+  private _currentGlyphIdentifier: IGlyphIdentifier = {
+    chars: '',
+    code: 0,
+    bg: 0,
+    fg: 0,
+    bold: false,
+    dim: false,
+    italic: false
+  };
+
   constructor(
     private _container: HTMLElement,
     id: string,
@@ -38,6 +51,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRenderLayer implements IRenderLayer {
 
   public dispose(): void {
     this._container.removeChild(this._canvas);
+    this._charAtlas.dispose();
   }
 
   private _initCanvas(): void {
@@ -245,9 +259,16 @@ export abstract class BaseRenderLayer implements IRenderLayer {
     const drawInBrightColor = terminal.options.drawBoldTextInBrightColors && bold && fg < 8 && fg !== INVERTED_DEFAULT_COLOR;
 
     fg += drawInBrightColor ? 8 : 0;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.chars = chars;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.code = code;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.bg = bg;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.fg = fg;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.bold = bold && terminal.options.enableBold;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.dim = dim;
+    this._currentGlyphIdentifier.italic = italic;
     const atlasDidDraw = this._charAtlas && this._charAtlas.draw(
       this._ctx,
-      {chars, code, bg, fg, bold: bold && terminal.options.enableBold, dim, italic},
+      this._currentGlyphIdentifier,
       x * this._scaledCellWidth + this._scaledCharLeft,
       y * this._scaledCellHeight + this._scaledCharTop
     );

src/renderer/atlas/BaseCharAtlas.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
  */
 
 import { IGlyphIdentifier } from './Types';
+import { IDisposable } from 'xterm';
 
-export default abstract class BaseCharAtlas {
+export default abstract class BaseCharAtlas implements IDisposable {
   private _didWarmUp: boolean = false;
 
+  public dispose(): void { }
+
   /**
    * Perform any work needed to warm the cache before it can be used. May be called multiple times.
    * Implement _doWarmUp instead if you only want to get called once.

src/renderer/atlas/DynamicCharAtlas.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import BaseCharAtlas from './BaseCharAtlas';
 import { DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS } from '../ColorManager';
 import { clearColor } from '../../shared/atlas/CharAtlasGenerator';
 import LRUMap from './LRUMap';
+import { isFirefox, isSafari } from '../../shared/utils/Browser';
 
 // In practice we're probably never going to exhaust a texture this large. For debugging purposes,
 // however, it can be useful to set this to a really tiny value, to verify that LRU eviction works.
@@ -29,14 +30,29 @@ const TRANSPARENT_COLOR = {
 // cache.
 const FRAME_CACHE_DRAW_LIMIT = 100;
 
+/**
+ * The number of milliseconds to wait before generating the ImageBitmap, this is to debounce/batch
+ * the operation as window.createImageBitmap is asynchronous.
+ */
+const GLYPH_BITMAP_COMMIT_DELAY = 100;
+
 interface IGlyphCacheValue {
   index: number;
   isEmpty: boolean;
+  inBitmap: boolean;
 }
 
-function getGlyphCacheKey(glyph: IGlyphIdentifier): string {
-  const styleFlags = (glyph.bold ? 0 : 4) + (glyph.dim ? 0 : 2) + (glyph.italic ? 0 : 1);
-  return `${glyph.bg}_${glyph.fg}_${styleFlags}${glyph.chars}`;
+function getGlyphCacheKey(glyph: IGlyphIdentifier): number {
+  // Note that this only returns a valid key when code < 256
+  // Layout:
+  // 0b00000000000000000000000000000001: italic (1)
+  // 0b00000000000000000000000000000010: dim (1)
+  // 0b00000000000000000000000000000100: bold (1)
+  // 0b00000000000000000000111111111000: fg (9)
+  // 0b00000000000111111111000000000000: bg (9)
+  // 0b00011111111000000000000000000000: code (8)
+  // 0b11100000000000000000000000000000: unused (3)
+  return glyph.code << 21 | glyph.bg << 12 | glyph.fg << 3 | (glyph.bold ? 0 : 4) + (glyph.dim ? 0 : 2) + (glyph.italic ? 0 : 1);
 }
 
 export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
@@ -57,6 +73,15 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
 
   private _drawToCacheCount: number = 0;
 
+  // An array of glyph keys that are waiting on the bitmap to be generated.
+  private _glyphsWaitingOnBitmap: IGlyphCacheValue[] = [];
+
+  // The timeout that is used to batch bitmap generation so it's not requested for every new glyph.
+  private _bitmapCommitTimeout: number | null = null;
+
+  // The bitmap to draw from, this is much faster on other browsers than others.
+  private _bitmap: ImageBitmap | null = null;
+
   constructor(document: Document, private _config: ICharAtlasConfig) {
     super();
     this._cacheCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
@@ -82,6 +107,13 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     // document.body.appendChild(this._cacheCanvas);
   }
 
+  public dispose(): void {
+    if (this._bitmapCommitTimeout !== null) {
+      window.clearTimeout(this._bitmapCommitTimeout);
+      this._bitmapCommitTimeout = null;
+    }
+  }
+
   public beginFrame(): void {
     this._drawToCacheCount = 0;
   }
@@ -92,6 +124,11 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     x: number,
     y: number
   ): boolean {
+    // Space is always an empty cell, special case this as it's so common
+    if (glyph.code === 32) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     const glyphKey = getGlyphCacheKey(glyph);
     const cacheValue = this._cacheMap.get(glyphKey);
     if (cacheValue !== null && cacheValue !== undefined) {
@@ -124,11 +161,12 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     return glyph.code < 256;
   }
 
-  private _toCoordinates(index: number): [number, number] {
-    return [
-      (index % this._width) * this._config.scaledCharWidth,
-      Math.floor(index / this._width) * this._config.scaledCharHeight
-    ];
+  private _toCoordinateX(index: number): number {
+    return (index % this._width) * this._config.scaledCharWidth;
+  }
+
+  private _toCoordinateY(index: number): number {
+    return Math.floor(index / this._width) * this._config.scaledCharHeight;
   }
 
   private _drawFromCache(
@@ -141,9 +179,10 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     if (cacheValue.isEmpty) {
       return;
     }
-    const [cacheX, cacheY] = this._toCoordinates(cacheValue.index);
+    const cacheX = this._toCoordinateX(cacheValue.index);
+    const cacheY = this._toCoordinateY(cacheValue.index);
     ctx.drawImage(
-      this._cacheCanvas,
+      cacheValue.inBitmap ? this._bitmap : this._cacheCanvas,
       cacheX,
       cacheY,
       this._config.scaledCharWidth,
@@ -230,13 +269,58 @@ export default class DynamicCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     }
 
     // copy the data from imageData to _cacheCanvas
-    const [x, y] = this._toCoordinates(index);
+    const x = this._toCoordinateX(index);
+    const y = this._toCoordinateY(index);
     // putImageData doesn't do any blending, so it will overwrite any existing cache entry for us
     this._cacheCtx.putImageData(imageData, x, y);
 
-    return {
+    // Add the glyph and queue it to the bitmap (if the browser supports it)
+    const cacheValue = {
       index,
-      isEmpty
+      isEmpty,
+      inBitmap: false
     };
+    this._addGlyphToBitmap(cacheValue);
+
+    return cacheValue;
+  }
+
+  private _addGlyphToBitmap(cacheValue: IGlyphCacheValue): void {
+    // Support is patchy for createImageBitmap at the moment, pass a canvas back
+    // if support is lacking as drawImage works there too. Firefox is also
+    // included here as ImageBitmap appears both buggy and has horrible
+    // performance (tested on v55).
+    if (!('createImageBitmap' in window) || isFirefox || isSafari) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Add the glyph to the queue
+    this._glyphsWaitingOnBitmap.push(cacheValue);
+
+    // Check if bitmap generation timeout already exists
+    if (this._bitmapCommitTimeout !== null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this._bitmapCommitTimeout = window.setTimeout(() => this._generateBitmap(), GLYPH_BITMAP_COMMIT_DELAY);
+  }
+
+  private _generateBitmap(): void {
+    const glyphsMovingToBitmap = this._glyphsWaitingOnBitmap;
+    this._glyphsWaitingOnBitmap = [];
+    window.createImageBitmap(this._cacheCanvas).then(bitmap => {
+      // Set bitmap
+      this._bitmap = bitmap;
+
+      // Mark all new glyphs as in bitmap, excluding glyphs that came in after
+      // the bitmap was requested
+      for (let i = 0; i < glyphsMovingToBitmap.length; i++) {
+        const value = glyphsMovingToBitmap[i];
+        // It doesn't matter if the value was already evicted, it will be
+        // released from memory after this block if so.
+        value.inBitmap = true;
+      }
+    });
+    this._bitmapCommitTimeout = null;
   }
 }

src/renderer/atlas/LRUMap.test.ts

@@ -9,57 +9,57 @@ import LRUMap from './LRUMap';
 describe('LRUMap', () => {
   it('can be used to store and retrieve values', () => {
     const map = new LRUMap(10);
-    map.set('keya', 'valuea');
-    map.set('keyb', 'valueb');
-    map.set('keyc', 'valuec');
-    assert.strictEqual(map.get('keya'), 'valuea');
-    assert.strictEqual(map.get('keyb'), 'valueb');
-    assert.strictEqual(map.get('keyc'), 'valuec');
+    map.set(1, 'valuea');
+    map.set(2, 'valueb');
+    map.set(3, 'valuec');
+    assert.strictEqual(map.get(1), 'valuea');
+    assert.strictEqual(map.get(2), 'valueb');
+    assert.strictEqual(map.get(3), 'valuec');
   });
 
   it('maintains a size from insertions', () => {
     const map = new LRUMap(10);
     assert.strictEqual(map.size, 0);
-    map.set('a', 'value');
+    map.set(1, 'value');
     assert.strictEqual(map.size, 1);
-    map.set('b', 'value');
+    map.set(2, 'value');
     assert.strictEqual(map.size, 2);
   });
 
   it('deletes the oldest entry when the capacity is exceeded', () => {
     const map = new LRUMap(4);
-    map.set('a', 'value');
-    map.set('b', 'value');
-    map.set('c', 'value');
-    map.set('d', 'value');
-    map.set('e', 'value');
-    assert.isNull(map.get('a'));
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('b'));
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('c'));
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('d'));
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('e'));
+    map.set(1, 'value');
+    map.set(2, 'value');
+    map.set(3, 'value');
+    map.set(4, 'value');
+    map.set(5, 'value');
+    assert.isNull(map.get(1));
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(2));
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(3));
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(4));
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(5));
     assert.strictEqual(map.size, 4);
   });
 
   it('prevents a recently accessed entry from getting deleted', () => {
     const map = new LRUMap(2);
-    map.set('a', 'value');
-    map.set('b', 'value');
-    map.get('a');
+    map.set(1, 'value');
+    map.set(2, 'value');
+    map.get(1);
     // a would normally get deleted here, except that we called get()
-    map.set('c', 'value');
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('a'));
+    map.set(3, 'value');
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(1));
     // b got deleted instead of a
-    assert.isNull(map.get('b'));
-    assert.isNotNull(map.get('c'));
+    assert.isNull(map.get(2));
+    assert.isNotNull(map.get(3));
   });
 
   it('supports mutation', () => {
     const map = new LRUMap(10);
-    map.set('keya', 'oldvalue');
-    map.set('keya', 'newvalue');
+    map.set(1, 'oldvalue');
+    map.set(1, 'newvalue');
     // mutation doesn't change the size
     assert.strictEqual(map.size, 1);
-    assert.strictEqual(map.get('keya'), 'newvalue');
+    assert.strictEqual(map.get(1), 'newvalue');
   });
 });

src/renderer/atlas/LRUMap.ts

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 interface ILinkedListNode<T> {
   prev: ILinkedListNode<T>;
   next: ILinkedListNode<T>;
-  key: string;
+  key: number;
   value: T;
 }
 
 export default class LRUMap<T> {
-  private _map: { [key: string]: ILinkedListNode<T> } = {};
+  private _map: { [key: number]: ILinkedListNode<T> } = {};
   private _head: ILinkedListNode<T> = null;
   private _tail: ILinkedListNode<T> = null;
   private _nodePool: ILinkedListNode<T>[] = [];
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default class LRUMap<T> {
     }
   }
 
-  public get(key: string): T | null {
+  public get(key: number): T | null {
     // This is unsafe: We're assuming our keyspace doesn't overlap with Object.prototype. However,
     // it's faster than calling hasOwnProperty, and in our case, it would never overlap.
     const node = this._map[key];
@@ -80,12 +80,23 @@ export default class LRUMap<T> {
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets a value from a key without marking it as the most recently used item.
+   */
+  public peekValue(key: number): T | null {
+    const node = this._map[key];
+    if (node !== undefined) {
+      return node.value;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public peek(): T | null {
     const head = this._head;
     return head === null ? null : head.value;
   }
 
-  public set(key: string, value: T): void {
+  public set(key: number, value: T): void {
     // This is unsafe: See note above.
     let node = this._map[key];
     if (node !== undefined) {