Public bug reported: Using Mir 0.26.1, Unity8 runs better than ever. But when displaying a large continuously rendering window (e.g. eglplasma or egltriangle), the Unity8 shell hiccups and visually stutters exactly every 5 seconds.
According to MIR_CLIENT_PERF_REPORT it's quite major, missing somewhere around 9 frames every 5 seconds. This matches what I see on screen - a large number of frames skipped once every five seconds... [2017-02-13 16:16:26.761602] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.41ms, buffer lag 66.31ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:27.762435] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:28.763269] perf: : 51.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 78.10ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:29.764068] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:30.764939] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.38ms, buffer lag 66.33ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:31.765773] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:32.766603] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:33.767437] perf: : 51.00 FPS, render time 0.38ms, buffer lag 78.10ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:34.768274] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:35.769109] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:36.769943] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:37.770780] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:38.771629] perf: : 51.00 FPS, render time 0.40ms, buffer lag 78.09ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:39.772446] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:40.773279] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:41.774111] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:42.774944] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:43.775796] perf: : 51.00 FPS, render time 0.38ms, buffer lag 78.10ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:44.776615] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.36ms, buffer lag 66.35ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:45.777448] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.33ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:46.778282] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.33ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:47.779135] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:48.779969] perf: : 51.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 78.09ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:49.780801] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) [2017-02-13 16:16:50.781639] perf: : 60.00 FPS, render time 0.39ms, buffer lag 66.32ms (4 buffers) ** Affects: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: High Status: New ** Affects: mir Importance: High Status: New ** Affects: qtmir (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New ** Affects: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New ** Tags: performance unity8-desktop ** Also affects: mir Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: qtmir (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mir Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: qtmir (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Also affects: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: Undecided => High ** Tags added: unity8-desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1664150 Title: [performance] Unity8 rendering hiccups/stutters exactly every 5 seconds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1664150/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs