[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] X11 uniform scaled wide lines and dashed lines; STROKE_CONTROL in Pisces

[Jim Graham]

On 9/3/2010 6:03 AM, Denis Lila wrote:
>> the cost of the context switches into native and back for each path
>> segment dominate the performance of long paths.
>
> I see. That makes sense.
>
>> It was something I was meaning to fix for a long time (when that code
>> was first written native code was so much faster than Java and the
>> native transition was quick - since then Hotspot came along, got a
>> lot better, and the native transitions got much, much slower).
>
> Do you think this will still be worth it after removing flattening?

That depends on the performance differential after your de-flattening 
fixes.  Are both now relatively close in performance?

Either way I imagine that performance will improve if we reduce the 
native interface transitions - it just may change in relative priority 
if your new widener is less abusive towards it...

			...jim