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Two meters on both display servers

The HUD's FPS row and game_exited's avg_fps used to carry one number. This PR reports two quantities, the same way on X11 and gamescope:

  • Game fps: the frames the game produced.
  • Displayed fps: the frames that could reach the panel.

What "game fps" counts today (unchanged by this PR):

display server what ticks FrameRating
X11 One tick per content update of the tracked application window, i.e. per present the game sends to the app's X server (XServerScreen.onUpdateWindowContent). The renderer's per-frame listener is never enabled, and the Vulkan and SurfaceControl renderers do not implement it.
gamescope One tick per GameNativeDrm.onFramePublished. The daemon raises it once per frame the ICD shim reports as produced: acquired, plus generated under frame generation (gamenative-drm asc.rs note_produced). It falls back to one per frame published to the panel only while no shim report has arrived for a second (GameNative/gamenative-drm#42).

So with the shim reporting, both servers already count produced frames. A game rendering faster than the panel shows numbers the panel can never display.

Examples

case HUD FPS row
Hades II uncapped, 60 Hz panel FPS 60 (287)
Capped at 60, 60 Hz panel FPS 59.8 (game and displayed are equal)
142 fps on a 120 Hz panel FPS 120 (142)

New telemetry fields

  • game_exited.game_fps: the same value as avg_fps, under an explicit name. avg_fps stays for continuity and is the game's fps.
  • game_exited.displayed_fps.
  • Session metadata: displayed_fps next to avg_fps.
  • The PowerMetrics log line gains displayed= next to fps=.

What is approximate

Displayed fps is an estimate: the game's one-second readings clamped to the panel's refresh rate. A frame the panel dropped below its rate is not seen. A measured count needs two things this app-only change does not add:

  • X11: a per-present counter in the Vulkan and SurfaceControl renderers.
  • gamescope: a separate publish upcall from the daemon. Today the app receives only the produced-frame upcall, because the publish path is muted while shim reports flow.

Other approximations:

  • Under gamescope with frame generation on, game fps includes the generated frames (as before).
  • On X11 with frame generation, the HUD keeps using the layer's measured output fps (as before).
  • The HUD's ceiling is PerformanceMetricsCollector.refreshRateHz, which is read at session start.

Behaviour

Nothing changes beyond the HUD text and the new telemetry fields. The tuner, the frame ring and the existing fields are untouched.

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  • Performance / stability improvement
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Summary by cubic

Reports the game's fps and the displayed fps on both X11 and gamescope, so the HUD and telemetry no longer show numbers the panel cannot reach (e.g. an uncapped game at 287 fps on a 60 Hz panel).

The HUD FPS row now shows FPS 60 (287) when the game outruns the panel, and a single number when it does not. game_exited gains game_fps (same value as avg_fps) and displayed_fps; session metadata and the PowerMetrics log line carry the displayed figure too. The displayed fps is an estimate: the game's per-second readings clamped to the panel's refresh rate, since neither renderer reports the frames the panel actually latched. Existing fields, the tuner, and the frame ring are untouched.

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  • New Features
    • The performance HUD now distinguishes the panel’s displayed frame rate from the game’s frame rate when the game runs faster than the panel refresh rate.
    • Performance metrics and session summaries now report displayed FPS separately from game FPS.

…h display servers

The HUD's FPS row and game_exited's avg_fps carry one number, the frames
the session counts: on X11 the game's presents to the app's X server (one
tick per content update of the tracked window), under gamescope the
daemon's onFramePublished upcall, which counts the frames the ICD shim
reports as produced (acquired, plus generated under frame generation) and
falls back to the daemon's publishes only while no shim report arrives. A
game rendering faster than the panel therefore shows numbers the panel can
never show (287 for an uncapped Hades II on a 60 Hz panel), and the two
servers are compared against different expectations.

Report both quantities explicitly:
- HUD FPS row: "FPS 60 (287)", the displayed fps then in brackets the
  game's when the game outruns the panel; "FPS 59.8" otherwise.
- game_exited: game_fps (the same value as avg_fps, under an explicit name)
  and displayed_fps; avg_fps stays for continuity and is the game's fps.
- Session metadata: displayed_fps next to avg_fps.
- PowerMetrics log line: displayed= next to fps=.

The displayed figure is an estimate: the game's one-second readings
clamped to the panel's refresh rate. Neither the Vulkan nor the
SurfaceControl renderer on X11 reports a per-frame present, and under
gamescope the app receives only the produced-frame upcall, so frames the
panel dropped below its rate are not seen. A measured displayed count
needs a renderer counter on X11 and a separate publish upcall from the
daemon under gamescope.

- FrameRating.java: the class note on what ticks it per display server;
  setPanelRefreshHz, displayedFps, getAvgDisplayedFPS.
- XServerScreen.kt: the panel's rate handed to FrameRating with the
  limiter's; game_fps and displayed_fps on game_exited; displayed_fps in the
  session metadata.
- PerformanceHudText.kt / PerformanceHudView.kt: the FPS row; tests.
- PerformanceMetricsCollector.kt: displayed= in the log line.
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Minor Source the displayed-FPS ceiling from the display that shows the game.
Minor Update the FrameRating panel ceiling when the game view moves between displays.

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Review comments at
@app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt:
- Around line 847-848: Update the onGameOnExternalChanged callback to refresh
FrameRating’s panel ceiling after the game view moves between displays, using
the display hosting the view at that point. Preserve the existing transition
handling and ensure this also covers an external display connected after the
session starts.

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@app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt:
- Line 350: Update PerformanceHudView’s FPS display to derive refreshHz from the
display hosting the game view, rather than the session-start default used by
PerformanceMetricsCollector. Ensure the value follows the game view when swap
mode moves it between displays, then pass that rate to PerformanceHudText.fps.
Walkthrough

FrameRating now tracks FPS capped to the panel refresh rate and calculates an average displayed FPS. The HUD, periodic metrics log, exit analytics, and session metadata now report displayed FPS alongside game FPS.

Changes: Displayed FPS tracking and reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track panel-capped FPS
app/src/main/java/com/winlator/widget/FrameRating.java, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt
FrameRating stores the panel refresh rate, caps FPS readings when that rate is known, and calculates their average. XServerScreen supplies the detected refresh rate.
Show and record displayed FPS
app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudText.kt, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt, app/src/test/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudTextTest.kt, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/powercontrol/metrics/PerformanceMetricsCollector.kt, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt
The HUD formats game FPS with the panel rate when game FPS exceeds it. Periodic logs, exit analytics, and session metadata include displayed FPS.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: joshuatam

Merge Risk: Low · up to d407a

FPS reporting can be inaccurate on external displays, and the HUD can slightly exceed its stated refresh-rate cap. Merge risk is low and limited to reporting accuracy; correcting the display-rate sources and adding average coverage would improve confidence.

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3 issues found across 6 files

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<file name="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/powercontrol/metrics/PerformanceMetricsCollector.kt">

<violation number="1" location="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/powercontrol/metrics/PerformanceMetricsCollector.kt:228">
P3: The new `displayed=` log value clamps to `FrameRating`'s rounded panel rate, but the HUD clamps to `PerformanceMetricsCollector.refreshRateHz` (the raw DisplayManager rate). On fractional or external-display setups the two can differ. Derive the log's displayed value from the same `displayRefreshRate` the HUD uses, or make both read one source.</violation>
</file>

<file name="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt">

<violation number="1" location="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt:350">
P2: After a display-mode change, this still formats against the collector’s startup-only refresh rate, so the HUD can show the old panel rate. Use the live panel rate or update the collector when `refreshFpsLimit` runs.</violation>
</file>

<file name="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudText.kt">

<violation number="1" location="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudText.kt:24">
P2: At `60.3` FPS on a `60 Hz` panel, this falls through to `FPS 60.3`, although the estimated displayed rate is capped at 60. Clamp the single-value path too, so it never reports game FPS as displayed FPS.</violation>
</file>

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cpuValue = cpuPercent?.toFloat(),
gpuValue = gpuPercent?.toFloat(),
fps = String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", currentFps),
fps = PerformanceHudText.fps(currentFps, refreshHz),

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P2: After a display-mode change, this still formats against the collector’s startup-only refresh rate, so the HUD can show the old panel rate. Use the live panel rate or update the collector when refreshFpsLimit runs.

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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/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt, line 350:

<comment>After a display-mode change, this still formats against the collector’s startup-only refresh rate, so the HUD can show the old panel rate. Use the live panel rate or update the collector when `refreshFpsLimit` runs.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class PerformanceHudView(
             cpuValue = cpuPercent?.toFloat(),
             gpuValue = gpuPercent?.toFloat(),
-            fps = String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", currentFps),
+            fps = PerformanceHudText.fps(currentFps, refreshHz),
             cpu = cpuPercent?.let { "CPU $it%" },
             gpu = PerformanceHudText.gpu(gpuPercent, gpuFrameMs),
</file context>

Comment on lines +24 to +28
return if (hz != null && game > hz + 0.5f) {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %d (%d)", hz.roundToInt(), game.roundToInt())
} else {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", game)
}

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P2: At 60.3 FPS on a 60 Hz panel, this falls through to FPS 60.3, although the estimated displayed rate is capped at 60. Clamp the single-value path too, so it never reports game FPS as displayed FPS.

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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/ui/widget/PerformanceHudText.kt, line 24:

<comment>At `60.3` FPS on a `60 Hz` panel, this falls through to `FPS 60.3`, although the estimated displayed rate is capped at 60. Clamp the single-value path too, so it never reports game FPS as displayed FPS.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ import kotlin.math.roundToInt
+    fun fps(gameFps: Float, refreshHz: Float): String {
+        val game = if (gameFps.isFinite()) gameFps.coerceAtLeast(0f) else 0f
+        val hz = refreshHz.takeIf { it.isFinite() && it > 0f }
+        return if (hz != null && game > hz + 0.5f) {
+            String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %d (%d)", hz.roundToInt(), game.roundToInt())
+        } else {
</file context>
Suggested change
return if (hz != null && game > hz + 0.5f) {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %d (%d)", hz.roundToInt(), game.roundToInt())
} else {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", game)
}
val displayed = if (hz != null) minOf(game, hz) else game
return if (hz != null && game.roundToInt() != displayed.roundToInt()) {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %d (%d)", displayed.roundToInt(), game.roundToInt())
} else {
String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", displayed)
}

// clamped to the panel's rate, an estimate of the frames the panel showed.
"fps=%.1f displayed=%.1f p95=%.1fms slow=%d/%d repeated=%s in 10s cpu=%s%%(%s) gpu=%s%% cpuTemp=%s gpuTemp=%s",
snapshot.fps,
com.winlator.widget.FrameRating.displayedFps(snapshot.fps),

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P3: The new displayed= log value clamps to FrameRating's rounded panel rate, but the HUD clamps to PerformanceMetricsCollector.refreshRateHz (the raw DisplayManager rate). On fractional or external-display setups the two can differ. Derive the log's displayed value from the same displayRefreshRate the HUD uses, or make both read one source.

Prompt for AI agents
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/powercontrol/metrics/PerformanceMetricsCollector.kt, line 228:

<comment>The new `displayed=` log value clamps to `FrameRating`'s rounded panel rate, but the HUD clamps to `PerformanceMetricsCollector.refreshRateHz` (the raw DisplayManager rate). On fractional or external-display setups the two can differ. Derive the log's displayed value from the same `displayRefreshRate` the HUD uses, or make both read one source.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ object PerformanceMetricsCollector {
+                // clamped to the panel's rate, an estimate of the frames the panel showed.
+                "fps=%.1f displayed=%.1f p95=%.1fms slow=%d/%d repeated=%s in 10s cpu=%s%%(%s) gpu=%s%% cpuTemp=%s gpuTemp=%s",
                 snapshot.fps,
+                com.winlator.widget.FrameRating.displayedFps(snapshot.fps),
                 snapshot.frameTimeP95Ms,
                 snapshot.slowFrameCount,
</file context>
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com.winlator.widget.FrameRating.displayedFps(snapshot.fps),
minOf(snapshot.fps, displayRefreshRate),

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Follow-up Comments

Minor follow-up Align the FPS tolerance with the displayed-FPS cap.

24-27: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | 💤 Low value

Align the FPS tolerance with the displayed-FPS cap.

PerformanceHudText.fps uses game > hz + 0.5f to choose the parenthesized form. A game at 60.3 on a 60 Hz panel therefore shows FPS 60.3, above the cap that the KDoc describes. The KDoc and the PR summary both say displayed FPS is gameFps clamped to refreshHz, with game FPS in parentheses when it exceeds displayed FPS. Either remove the tolerance and update the test, or document the tolerance and keep the displayed value clamped.

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Review comment at
@app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudText.kt around lines
24 - 27:
Update PerformanceHudText.fps so the displayed FPS never exceeds refreshHz and
game FPS appears in parentheses whenever it exceeds the displayed value. Remove
the 0.5f tolerance and update the related test, or retain a documented tolerance
only if the displayed value remains capped; align the KDoc with the chosen
behavior.
Nitpick Cover the displayed-FPS average through update(long).

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Cover the displayed-FPS average through update(long).

No test exercises displayedFpsSum. The existing tests do not reference FrameRating, getAvgDisplayedFPS, or setPanelRefreshHz. If the average were changed to clamp the game average instead of each reading, the tests would still pass.

A test of the static displayedFps helper would not catch this. It checks the clamp only, not the per-reading accumulation in update(long). The test must drive the instance path:

  • Use a Robolectric test in app/src/test/java/com/winlator/widget/, which already contains Robolectric widget tests.
  • Call setPanelRefreshHz(60f). Reset it to 0f in teardown, because the field is static and shared.
  • Feed update(long) explicit timestamps. A 500 ms window with 60 frames yields a reading of 120. A 500 ms window with 15 frames yields a reading of 30. Readings are sampled at 1000 ms intervals.
  • Assert getAvgFPS() is 75 and getAvgDisplayedFPS() is 45. A clamped game average would produce 60.

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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/com/winlator/widget/FrameRating.java at
line 70:
Add a Robolectric test for the FrameRating instance path through update(long),
using explicit timestamps to produce 120 FPS and 30 FPS readings sampled 1000 ms
apart. Set the panel refresh rate to 60f, then assert getAvgFPS() is 75 and
getAvgDisplayedFPS() is 45; reset the static refresh rate to 0f during teardown.
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Comment on lines +847 to +848
// The ceiling of the displayed-fps estimate, on both display servers.
FrameRating.setPanelRefreshHz(refreshHz.toFloat())

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '2030,2190p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt
sed -n '2590,2670p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt
sed -n '2870,3110p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt
rg -n 'OnAttachStateChangeListener|onAttachedToWindow|refreshFpsLimit|setPanelRefreshHz' app/src/main/java/com/winlator/widget app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/externaldisplay app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver

Repository: utkarshdalal/GameNative

Length of output: 25908


Script executed:

# Locate the swap controller and read its complete display-move path with line numbers.
f=$(rg --files -g 'ExternalDisplaySwapController.kt' app/src | head -1)
echo "FILE: $f"
nl -ba "$f" | sed -n '1,320p'

# Find every call to the swap callbacks and the move/presentation helpers.
rg -n -F -e 'onGameOnExternalChanged' -e 'findPresentationDisplay' -e 'moveGameToExternal' -e 'setGameOnExternal' -e 'updatePresentation' -e 'refreshFpsLimit' -e 'setPanelRefreshHz' -- app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/externaldisplay app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: utkarshdalal/GameNative

Length of output: 10267


Update the FrameRating panel ceiling when the game view moves between displays.

The panel ceiling is sampled only in the factory at line 2169. At that point the game view is not attached, so the sample comes from the activity display. The swap controller then moves the game view to the external presentation. Nothing updates the ceiling after that move. Reparenting does not trigger the display listener, and the listener ignores display-add events. In a swap session where the external display has a higher refresh rate, displayedFps clamps the game's FPS to the internal rate. This affects displayed_fps in session metadata and exit analytics, and the displayed= log.

The onGameOnExternalChanged callback runs after the view moves on each transition. It also covers a display connected after session start. Updating the ceiling there reads the display that now hosts the view.

Suggested fix
                         onGameOnExternalChanged = { gameOnExternal ->
+                            FrameRating.setPanelRefreshHz(detectRefreshRateHz(context, xServerView as? View).toFloat())
                             if (gameOnExternal) {
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@app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt around
lines 847 - 848:
Update the onGameOnExternalChanged callback to refresh FrameRating’s panel
ceiling after the game view moves between displays, using the display hosting
the view at that point. Preserve the existing transition handling and ensure
this also covers an external display connected after the session starts.

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cpuValue = cpuPercent?.toFloat(),
gpuValue = gpuPercent?.toFloat(),
fps = String.format(Locale.US, "FPS %.1f", currentFps),
fps = PerformanceHudText.fps(currentFps, refreshHz),

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '945,980p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt; rg -n 'PerformanceMetricsCollector.start\(|refreshRateHz|refreshFpsLimit\(' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt

Repository: utkarshdalal/GameNative

Length of output: 1959


Script executed:

set -e
echo "=== PerformanceHudView.kt refresh references ==="
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Source the displayed-FPS ceiling from the display that shows the game.

The HUD clamps the displayed FPS to PerformanceMetricsCollector.refreshRateHz. That value is the default display's rate, read once at session start. When swap mode moves the game to an external display with a different rate, the label is wrong. On a 120 Hz panel, a 100-FPS game shows FPS 60 (100). Read the rate from the display that hosts the game view instead.

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@app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/widget/PerformanceHudView.kt at line 350:
Update PerformanceHudView’s FPS display to derive refreshHz from the display
hosting the game view, rather than the session-start default used by
PerformanceMetricsCollector. Ensure the value follows the game view when swap
mode moves it between displays, then pass that rate to PerformanceHudText.fps.

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Closing: the HUD should show one number with the same meaning on both display servers, and master already does that for DXVK titles (frames the game produced). The remaining gap is GL under gamescope, where the app only sees published frames; that needs a guest-present count from the daemon, not a second HUD figure.

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