commit 138c21fbec12bead3c7ca1f181c3fd35542ccb00
author Chris Craik <ccraik@google.com> Thu Apr 28 16:59:42 2016 -0700
committer Chris Craik <ccraik@google.com> Tue May 03 14:36:29 2016 -0700
tree 44e5b182b83c2532dd02f1ccb6d9c9186a48c4cf
parent 08ca2e3a7593ced4967c56709a1fe675408d42dc

Use LUT for computing final shadow alpha

bug:27415250

Significantly reduces shadow fragment shader computation.

Change-Id: Ie9b3c712700754b3734d0ae9cda8751c298fc59e

libs/hwui/ProgramCache.cpp

diff --git a/libs/hwui/ProgramCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/ProgramCache.cpp
index 05be488..59225e1 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/ProgramCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/ProgramCache.cpp
@@ -231,9 +231,8 @@
 const char* gFS_Main_ApplyVertexAlphaLinearInterp =
         "    fragColor *= alpha;\n";
 const char* gFS_Main_ApplyVertexAlphaShadowInterp =
-        // Use a gaussian function for the shadow fall off. Note that alpha here
-        // is actually (1.0 - alpha) for saving computation.
-        "    fragColor *= exp(- alpha * alpha * 4.0) - 0.018;\n";
+        // map alpha through shadow alpha sampler
+        "    fragColor *= texture2D(baseSampler, vec2(alpha, 0.5)).a;\n";
 const char* gFS_Main_FetchTexture[2] = {
         // Don't modulate
         "    fragColor = texture2D(baseSampler, outTexCoords);\n",
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@
         shader.append(gFS_Uniforms_Color);
         if (!singleColor) modulateOp = MODULATE_OP_MODULATE;
     }
-    if (description.hasTexture) {
+    if (description.hasTexture || description.useShadowAlphaInterp) {
         shader.append(gFS_Uniforms_TextureSampler);
     } else if (description.hasExternalTexture) {
         shader.append(gFS_Uniforms_ExternalTextureSampler);