The name "allow_artifacts" and associated description is very vague, and
theoretically allow for tearing behavior. Clarify that we only intend to
mean artifacts related to output configuration (e.g., modesets).
References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/issues/3740
This changes the semantics of wlr_output_state. Instead of having
fields with uninitialized memory when missing from the committed
bitflag, all fields are always initialized (and maybe NULL/empty),
just like we do in wlr_surface_state. This reduces the chances of
footguns when reading a field, and removes the need to check for
the committed bitfield everywhere.
A new wlr_output_state_init() function takes care of initializing
the Pixman region.
When starting up, the compositor might call wlr_output_set_mode()
with a mode which is already the current one. wlroots will detect
this and make the wlr_output_set_mode() call a no-op. During the
next wlr_output_commit() call, wlroots will perform an atomic
commit without the ALLOW_MODESET flag.
This is an issue, because some drivers need ALLOW_MODESET even if
the mode is the same. For instance, if the FB stride or modifier
changed, some drivers require a modeset.
Add a new flag "allow_artifacts" which is set when the compositor
calls mode-setting functions. Use this flag to figure out whether
we want to perform atomic commits with ALLOW_MODESET.
(The name "allow_artifacts" is picked because ALLOW_MODESET is a
misnomer, see [1].)
[1]: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/505107/
Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/issues/3499
Kenny Levinsen
Simon Ser
Alexander Orzechowski