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gamescope: payload 20261103.6, a VSync-on game at the panel's rate on the vsync grid - #2332
This ships GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 at 762e559 as gamescope payload 20261103.6 (app commit 9a79912). The only change in the app is GamescopePayload.VERSION = 20261103.6.
762e559 narrows the first build, 8a5b695 (payload 20261103.5). The present wait is answered at queue only for a game with in-game VSync on, at a cap equal to the panel's rate, in a container whose present mode is not fifo. Every other case presents and answers exactly as on master. Setting a game's container present mode to fifo restores master's behaviour for that game. libgamenative_drm.so is unchanged.
What changes
At an FPS cap equal to the panel's rate (60 on a 60 Hz panel), a game with in-game VSync on is now presented as mailbox, with the shim's vsync-grid gate holding it to one frame per vblank. Its present wait is answered as soon as the game queues the present.
Everything else is unchanged:
games with VSync off at that cap (FIFO, gamescope's limiter);
caps below the panel's rate;
no cap;
a container set to MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=fifo;
frame generation.
Why
@joshuatam saw 40 fps at cap 60 on a 60 Hz panel, with CPU at 41 %, GPU at 64 %, and the HUD's LIMIT reading "--", so nothing was saturated. The game's CPU and GPU work were alternating behind the present wait instead of overlapping.
Under the FIFO declaration, DXVK waits for frame N's presentation before it starts frame N+1, and that wait was only answered after the GPU had finished frame N.
With the frame mostly GPU time, the GPU governor saw idle bubbles and did not ramp up.
On the X11 path the same game overlaps CPU and GPU, because the app's X server answers the wait when the present is requested.
Measured on the RP6
Dave the Diver at 1080p, 60 Hz, cap 60, VSync on, in the same spot:
With GNDRM_LOG_VKSHIM=1, the periodic line shows at_queue= rising with commits=.
Same cap with in-game VSync off: expect declared=fifo … source=cap-rate gate=off, unchanged.
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Summary by cubic
Ships GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 at 8a5b695 as gamescope payload 20261103.5. At an FPS cap equal to the panel's rate, a game with in-game VSync on is now presented as mailbox with the shim's vsync-grid gate, and its present wait is answered as soon as it queues the present, so the game's CPU and GPU work overlap instead of alternating (fixing 40 fps at cap 60 on a 60 Hz panel).
Unchanged
In-game VSync off at that cap, caps below the panel's rate, no cap, MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=fifo, and frame generation.
gamescope, Xwayland, and libgamenative_drm.so.
Written for commit 96d03df. Summary will update on new commits.
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Maintenance
Updated the Gamescope payload version reference. The updated version is used for payload readiness checks and installation records, and changes the associated archive name. No changes to app features or user workflows are included in this update.
… the vsync grid
Payload 20261103.5 is 20261102.4 with only lib/libadrenotools_gamescope.so
replaced (a0bc3ab2, build string 2026110310298a5b695), the shim from
GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 at 8a5b695. At a cap equal to the panel's rate
a game with in-game VSync on is presented as mailbox with the shim's
vsync-grid gate, and its present wait is answered when it queues the
present, so its CPU and GPU work overlap instead of alternating. Games with
VSync off and every other case are unchanged. gamescope, Xwayland and
libgamenative_drm.so are unchanged.
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- Line 14: The payload version in VERSION is tied to the queue-time present wait
and depends on gamenative-drm#48; verify that dependency is merged before this
PR is merged, without changing the payload version.
Walkthrough
GamescopePayload.VERSION changes from 20261103.4 to 20261103.6. The updated version also changes the versioned archive filename.
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Summary
Update payload version app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/GamescopePayload.kt
GamescopePayload.VERSION changes from 20261103.4 to 20261103.6.
Confirm that gamenative-drm#48 has merged before merging this payload update. The remaining concern is release ordering, not a demonstrated presentation failure.
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Changing VERSION selects the 20261103.5 payload, whose replacement gamescope shim may require changes from gamenative-drm#48 that are not present in the app at release time.
Gamescope sessions using the new shim may fail or present frames incorrectly.
This can occur when: The app installs the new payload before the required DRM changes are integrated and shipped.
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…c-on cell only
Payload 20261103.6 is 20261102.4 with only lib/libadrenotools_gamescope.so
replaced (d04525f2, build string 202611031208762e559), the shim from
GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 at 762e559. It narrows 20261103.5: the present
wait is answered when the game queues the present only for a game with
in-game VSync on at a cap equal to the panel's rate in a container whose
present mode is not fifo; every other case answers as on master.
gamescope, Xwayland and libgamenative_drm.so are unchanged.
utkarshdalal
changed the title
gamescope: payload 20261103.5, a VSync-on game at the panel's rate on the vsync grid
gamescope: payload 20261103.6, a VSync-on game at the panel's rate on the vsync grid
Nov 3, 2026
Merge this PR only after gamenative-drm#48 is merged.
The PR description states that this change depends on GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 and must not merge before that change. This head moves the payload to 20261103.6, and the commit message ties that payload to the queue-time present wait. The dependency therefore applies to this head. Confirm that #48 is merged before this PR merges.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/GamescopePayload.kt
at line 14:
The payload version in VERSION is tied to the queue-time present wait and
depends on gamenative-drm#48; verify that dependency is merged before this PR is
merged, without changing the payload version.
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Description
Depends on GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 (open). Do not merge before it.
This ships GameNative/gamenative-drm#48 at 762e559 as gamescope payload
20261103.6(app commit 9a79912). The only change in the app isGamescopePayload.VERSION=20261103.6.762e559 narrows the first build, 8a5b695 (payload 20261103.5). The present wait is answered at queue only for a game with in-game VSync on, at a cap equal to the panel's rate, in a container whose present mode is not fifo. Every other case presents and answers exactly as on master. Setting a game's container present mode to fifo restores master's behaviour for that game.
libgamenative_drm.sois unchanged.What changes
At an FPS cap equal to the panel's rate (60 on a 60 Hz panel), a game with in-game VSync on is now presented as mailbox, with the shim's vsync-grid gate holding it to one frame per vblank. Its present wait is answered as soon as the game queues the present.
Everything else is unchanged:
MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=fifo;Why
@joshuatam saw 40 fps at cap 60 on a 60 Hz panel, with CPU at 41 %, GPU at 64 %, and the HUD's LIMIT reading "--", so nothing was saturated. The game's CPU and GPU work were alternating behind the present wait instead of overlapping.
Measured on the RP6
Dave the Diver at 1080p, 60 Hz, cap 60, VSync on, in the same spot:
commit_lat)at_queue= commitsPayload 20261103.6
gamescope-gamenative-20261103.6.tzst, 14308746 B, sha256d8d40c58db928e25f59371eb3fe337638d140f13febef1d3facd4747c387c183.lib/libadrenotools_gamescope.soreplaced: 1014 members, same order and modes.lib/libadrenotools_gamescope.sod04525f26ad2693715b0f8e281d87be4be779631cb6232f664b493b03d433163202611031208762e559bin/gamescope(unchanged)65d024fcee6af1b1f81b2281cc5223ee07615daa05aa8d9ecebe865526f8df69bin/Xwayland(unchanged)4dded8566661423ee3c91490523d96240c85906bd00e0774adc912df9dd38698Test steps
Gamescope payload 20261103.6 ready;gn-vkshim: ICD loaded [shim 202611031208 762e559].gn-vkshim: present mode: declared=mailbox requested=fifo source=cap-rate-vsync … cap=60 gate=vsync.GNDRM_LOG_VKSHIM=1, the periodic line showsat_queue=rising withcommits=.declared=fifo … source=cap-rate gate=off, unchanged.Recording
Type of Change
Checklist
#code-changes, I have discussed this change there and it has been green-lighted. If I do not have access, I have still provided clear context in this PR. If I skip both, I accept that this change may face delays in review, may not be reviewed at all, or may be closed.CONTRIBUTING.md.Summary by cubic
Ships
GameNative/gamenative-drm#48at 8a5b695 as gamescope payload20261103.5. At an FPS cap equal to the panel's rate, a game with in-game VSync on is now presented as mailbox with the shim's vsync-grid gate, and its present wait is answered as soon as it queues the present, so the game's CPU and GPU work overlap instead of alternating (fixing 40 fps at cap 60 on a 60 Hz panel).Unchanged
MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=fifo, and frame generation.gamescope,Xwayland, andlibgamenative_drm.so.Written for commit 96d03df. Summary will update on new commits.
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