gamescope: start sessions at the panel refresh rate; daemon stamps flips on the latch grid by utkarshdalal · Pull Request #2298 · utkarshdalal/GameNative

utkarshdalal · 2026-10-31T10:48:55Z

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Drops the fixed 1200 Hz vblank grid (-r 1200) from gamescope sessions: gamescope now takes its refresh from the mode the gamenative-drm daemon advertises, which is the panel's active rate. Ships the daemon that stamps gamescope's flips on the panel latch grid.

Branch gamescope-panel-rate-vblank.

-r is removed from the launch command entirely (GamescopeSettings.gridArg and SESSION_GRID_HZ are gone). The daemon already learns the panel's active rate from nativeSetPanelRefreshHz, advertises it as the mode and measures its latch grid, so gamescope's tick follows it; a mode change mid-session is forwarded by the daemon as the gn_panel_refresh ConVar.
display/PanelRefresh.kt (new): PanelRefresh.activeHz reads the panel's active rate once, rounded to Hz, 60 when unreadable. nativeSetPanelRefreshHz and the FPS limiter ceiling both use it, so they always agree. A panel the user holds at 60 Hz counts as 60.
XServerScreen.detectRefreshRateHz delegates to PanelRefresh.activeHz.
jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libgamenative_drm.so: the daemon from the gamenative-drm PR flip-stamps-on-the-panel-latch-grid (0630e1a). It sets the latch grid for gamescope clients that ask for it (GNLG client cap) and forwards panel-rate changes to a running session as the gn_panel_refresh ConVar.

Depends on:

gamenative-drm flip-stamps-on-the-panel-latch-grid (the daemon in this PR's jniLibs);
gamenative-drm present-wait-answered-at-commit-in-mailbox (ICD shim, ships in the gamescope payload): the fix that takes cap 60 from 47 to 60 fps;
gamescope vblank-on-panel-latch-grid (A53/A54).

Not in this PR: the device test used payload 20261030.3 with the fix-1 gamescope binary and the fix-3 shim (libadrenotools_gamescope.so) swapped in by hand. Shipping needs a gamescope payload built with both and a payload VERSION bump, in a follow-up PR.

Compatibility: with the current payload's gamescope (no A53), dropping -r 1200 leaves gamescope on the daemon's advertised mode (the panel rate), which still cuts its wakeups; the daemon keeps its legacy timeline for it (the latch-grid cap is never requested). The A52 FPS limiter stays exact at the panel rate.

Results (Retroid Pocket 6, Dave the Diver):

Setup, every column. Retroid Pocket 6 (Adreno 740 class, 1080x1920 panel at 120 Hz, landscape), Dave the Diver (1868140), DXVK 2.7.1-gplasync, proton-10.0-arm64ec-2, container 1280x720, FPS limiter as listed, the same boat-deck scene. Segments are 180 s (launch 4: 60-120 s). "SF" = the game's SurfaceFlinger layer histogram; "PowerMetrics" = the app's own counter (5 s samples). gamescope-xwm is the steamcompmgr thread.

Cap 60, cursor hidden	X11	Shipped gamescope (A52, `-r 1200`)	Fix 1	Fix 1 + shim fix
fps, SF	59.89	47.05	46.91	59.13 (47 s segment)
fps, PowerMetrics	59.9	47.1	46.9	59.97 (59.3-60.3)
2x / 3x panel-period share, SF	95.2 / 2.5 %	41.5 / 41.3 %	43.3 / 45.6 %	94.2 / 2.7 %
frame interval p95 / p99, SF, ms	16.7 / 25.0	33.3 / 41.6	33.3 / 33.3	16.7 / 25.0
game process CPU, % of a core	176.1	127.7	128.4	135.0 (fix 1 + shim + cursor plane run, 60 s)
gamescope CPU, % of a core	—	8.1	5.9	6.6 (same run)
gamescope wakeups/s	—	1723	623	not captured (segment cut)
gamescope-xwm voluntary wakeups/s	—	1411	424	~520 (same run)
GPU busy %, PowerMetrics	79.9	60.4	59.8	77.3
CPU temp °C, PowerMetrics mean	76.5	69.8	66.3	73.7

Cap 30, cursor hidden	X11	Shipped gamescope (A52, `-r 1200`)	Fix 1	Fix 1 + shim fix
fps, SF	not run	30.00	30.00	not run
2x / 3x / 4x share, SF	not run	0.1 / 7.0 / 85.4 %	0.1 / 5.3 / 88.9 %	not run
gamescope CPU, % of a core	—	10.2	4.2	not run
gamescope wakeups/s	—	1510	401	not run
gamescope-xwm voluntary wakeups/s	—	1281	269	not run
GPU busy %, PowerMetrics	not run	38.5	38.1	not run
CPU temp °C, PowerMetrics mean	not run	61.9	63.9	not run

The fix 1 + shim fix column: SF fps and histogram from a 47 s cap-60 segment (launch 4); PowerMetrics 59.97 fps over 143 samples; game/gamescope CPU from the 60 s hidden-cursor segment of the cursor-plane run (fix 1 + shim + cursor layer, cursor hidden), where the SF fps was 60.00. Temperatures are loose: the X11 run started hot (CPU zone 92.7 °C at segment start).

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- Display refresh-rate detection now uses the active screen’s rate, with a 60 Hz fallback when a usable rate is unavailable.
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- Gamescope no longer applies a fixed refresh-rate setting when launching games. Other display settings remain unchanged.

… flips on the latch grid gamescope's vblank now runs on the panel latch grid the gamenative-drm daemon supplies (gamescope patches A53/A54), and the daemon forwards live mode changes as the gn_panel_refresh ConVar, so the session no longer needs a 1200 Hz nested refresh to outrun the advertised panel mode. - display/PanelRefresh.kt: one reader for the panel's active rate (rounded Hz, 60 when unreadable), shared by the FPS limiter, nativeSetPanelRefreshHz and the gamescope launch. - GamescopeSettings.gridArg(context) passes that rate as -r; SESSION_GRID_HZ is gone. - libgamenative_drm.so: daemon with latch-grid flip stamps.

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The change adds a shared helper to read and validate the active display refresh rate. XServer uses the helper. Gamescope no longer defines or appends its fixed session refresh-grid argument.

Changes: Refresh-rate handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared refresh lookup in XServer `app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/PanelRefresh.kt`, `app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt`	Adds a helper that checks the attached view display, context display, and system default display. It rounds valid rates, clamps them to at least 5 Hz, and uses a 60 Hz fallback. XServer delegates refresh-rate detection to this helper.
Remove fixed Gamescope grid `app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/GamescopeState.kt`, `app/src/main/java/com/winlator/xenvironment/components/BionicProgramLauncherComponent.java`	Removes the fixed session-grid constant and argument helper. The Gamescope launch command no longer appends that argument.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

utkarshdalal/GameNative#2288: Reports the active display refresh rate to the daemon, a related use of active refresh-rate information.
utkarshdalal/GameNative#2283: Updates the Gamescope session path to use the panel refresh rate and changes after display-mode updates.
utkarshdalal/GameNative#2220: Introduced the Gamescope session path and fixed grid argument removed by this change.

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A frame-rate override can cause gamescope and the daemon to use the wrong panel rate. Resolve the existing physical-rate concern before merging unless that risk is explicitly accepted.

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P3: This claim is not true yet: LsfgVkManager, PerfSampler, PerformanceMetricsCollector and SessionReport still read the default display's refresh rate on their own. Either migrate them to `activeHz` or reword this doc so it only describes the session, daemon and limiter.</violation>
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+import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
+import kotlin.math.roundToInt
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+/** The panel's active refresh rate, read one way for every consumer. */


P3: This claim is not true yet: LsfgVkManager, PerfSampler, PerformanceMetricsCollector and SessionReport still read the default display's refresh rate on their own. Either migrate them to activeHz or reword this doc so it only describes the session, daemon and limiter.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/PanelRefresh.kt, line 10: <comment>This claim is not true yet: LsfgVkManager, PerfSampler, PerformanceMetricsCollector and SessionReport still read the default display's refresh rate on their own. Either migrate them to `activeHz` or reword this doc so it only describes the session, daemon and limiter.</comment> <file context> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat +import kotlin.math.roundToInt + +/** The panel's active refresh rate, read one way for every consumer. */ +object PanelRefresh { + /** The rate reported when the display can't be read. */ </file context>

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/** The panel's active refresh rate, read one way for every consumer. */

/** The panel's active refresh rate, as the gamescope session, the latch-grid daemon and the FPS limiter read it. */

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refresh rate from the attached xServerView display, threading that value through
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+        val display = attachedView?.display
+            ?: runCatching { context.display }.getOrNull()
+            ?: ContextCompat.getSystemService(context, DisplayManager::class.java)?.getDisplay(Display.DEFAULT_DISPLAY)
+        return display?.refreshRate


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Android Display.getRefreshRate frame rate override physical refresh rate Display.Mode getRefreshRate

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Sources consulted: - Display | API reference | Android Developers — https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Display - services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - platform/frameworks/base - Git at Google — https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/%2B/master/services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - platform/frameworks/base - Git at Google — https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/%2B/50ebd0232f1a/services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - Display.Mode | API reference | Android Developers — https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Display.Mode?authuser=51 - services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - platform/frameworks/base - Git at Google — https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/%2B/refs/heads/android14-gsi/services/core/java/com/android/server/display/DisplayManagerService.java - …and 31 more

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Read the physical panel rate with target-SDK compatibility handling.

Display.refreshRate can report an application frame-rate override instead of the physical panel rate. This can make gamescope and the daemon use an incorrect panel rate.

Do not replace it unconditionally with display.mode.refreshRate. That reports the physical rate for the target-36 variants on Android S and newer, but target-28 variants retain the older compatibility behavior. Select or derive the physical mode rate while accounting for the active variant’s target SDK.

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gamescope takes its refresh from the mode the gamenative-drm daemon advertises, which is the panel's active rate (nativeSetPanelRefreshHz) whose latch grid the daemon measures; a mode change mid-session reaches gamescope as gn_panel_refresh. Passing -r was redundant, so GamescopeSettings.gridArg is gone.

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gamescope: drop the -r 1200 vblank grid #2299

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Gamescope payload 20261101.1: flip events at SurfaceFlinger latch, Xwayland finishes GPU work before presenting #2311

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