Cycles Denoiser: Allocate a single temporary buffer for the entire denoising process

With small tiles, the repeated allocations on GPUs can actually slow down the denoising quite a lot.
Allocating the buffer just once reduces rendertime for the default cube with 16x16 tiles and denoising on a mobile 1050 from 22.7sec to 14.0sec.
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Lukas Stockner 2018-08-25 12:19:44 -07:00
parent 60a5ba265c
commit 94efc651d4
5 changed files with 62 additions and 99 deletions

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@ -471,9 +471,10 @@ public:
int w = align_up(rect.z-rect.x, 4);
int h = rect.w-rect.y;
float *blurDifference = (float*) task->nlm_state.temporary_1_ptr;
float *difference = (float*) task->nlm_state.temporary_2_ptr;
float *weightAccum = (float*) task->nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr;
float *temporary_mem = (float*) task->buffer.temporary_mem.device_pointer;
float *blurDifference = temporary_mem;
float *difference = temporary_mem + task->buffer.pass_stride;
float *weightAccum = temporary_mem + 2*task->buffer.pass_stride;
memset(weightAccum, 0, sizeof(float)*w*h);
memset((float*) out_ptr, 0, sizeof(float)*w*h);
@ -537,8 +538,9 @@ public:
mem_zero(task->storage.XtWX);
mem_zero(task->storage.XtWY);
float *difference = (float*) task->reconstruction_state.temporary_1_ptr;
float *blurDifference = (float*) task->reconstruction_state.temporary_2_ptr;
float *temporary_mem = (float*) task->buffer.temporary_mem.device_pointer;
float *difference = temporary_mem;
float *blurDifference = temporary_mem + task->buffer.pass_stride;
int r = task->radius;
for(int i = 0; i < (2*r+1)*(2*r+1); i++) {
@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ public:
denoising.filter_area = make_int4(tile.x, tile.y, tile.w, tile.h);
denoising.render_buffer.samples = tile.sample;
denoising.buffer.gpu_temporary_mem = false;
denoising.run_denoising(&tile);
}

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@ -1294,23 +1294,19 @@ public:
float a = task->nlm_state.a;
float k_2 = task->nlm_state.k_2;
int shift_stride = stride*h;
int pass_stride = task->buffer.pass_stride;
int num_shifts = (2*r+1)*(2*r+1);
int mem_size = sizeof(float)*shift_stride*num_shifts;
int channel_offset = 0;
device_only_memory<uchar> temporary_mem(this, "Denoising temporary_mem");
temporary_mem.alloc_to_device(2*mem_size);
if(have_error())
return false;
CUdeviceptr difference = cuda_device_ptr(temporary_mem.device_pointer);
CUdeviceptr blurDifference = difference + mem_size;
CUdeviceptr difference = cuda_device_ptr(task->buffer.temporary_mem.device_pointer);
CUdeviceptr blurDifference = difference + sizeof(float)*pass_stride*num_shifts;
CUdeviceptr weightAccum = difference + 2*sizeof(float)*pass_stride*num_shifts;
CUdeviceptr weightAccum = task->nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr;
cuda_assert(cuMemsetD8(weightAccum, 0, sizeof(float)*shift_stride));
cuda_assert(cuMemsetD8(out_ptr, 0, sizeof(float)*shift_stride));
cuda_assert(cuMemsetD8(weightAccum, 0, sizeof(float)*pass_stride));
cuda_assert(cuMemsetD8(out_ptr, 0, sizeof(float)*pass_stride));
{
CUfunction cuNLMCalcDifference, cuNLMBlur, cuNLMCalcWeight, cuNLMUpdateOutput;
@ -1326,10 +1322,10 @@ public:
CUDA_GET_BLOCKSIZE_1D(cuNLMCalcDifference, w*h, num_shifts);
void *calc_difference_args[] = {&guide_ptr, &variance_ptr, &difference, &w, &h, &stride, &shift_stride, &r, &channel_offset, &a, &k_2};
void *blur_args[] = {&difference, &blurDifference, &w, &h, &stride, &shift_stride, &r, &f};
void *calc_weight_args[] = {&blurDifference, &difference, &w, &h, &stride, &shift_stride, &r, &f};
void *update_output_args[] = {&blurDifference, &image_ptr, &out_ptr, &weightAccum, &w, &h, &stride, &shift_stride, &r, &f};
void *calc_difference_args[] = {&guide_ptr, &variance_ptr, &difference, &w, &h, &stride, &pass_stride, &r, &channel_offset, &a, &k_2};
void *blur_args[] = {&difference, &blurDifference, &w, &h, &stride, &pass_stride, &r, &f};
void *calc_weight_args[] = {&blurDifference, &difference, &w, &h, &stride, &pass_stride, &r, &f};
void *update_output_args[] = {&blurDifference, &image_ptr, &out_ptr, &weightAccum, &w, &h, &stride, &pass_stride, &r, &f};
CUDA_LAUNCH_KERNEL_1D(cuNLMCalcDifference, calc_difference_args);
CUDA_LAUNCH_KERNEL_1D(cuNLMBlur, blur_args);
@ -1338,8 +1334,6 @@ public:
CUDA_LAUNCH_KERNEL_1D(cuNLMUpdateOutput, update_output_args);
}
temporary_mem.free();
{
CUfunction cuNLMNormalize;
cuda_assert(cuModuleGetFunction(&cuNLMNormalize, cuFilterModule, "kernel_cuda_filter_nlm_normalize"));
@ -1614,6 +1608,7 @@ public:
denoising.filter_area = make_int4(rtile.x, rtile.y, rtile.w, rtile.h);
denoising.render_buffer.samples = rtile.sample;
denoising.buffer.gpu_temporary_mem = true;
denoising.run_denoising(&rtile);
}

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@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ DenoisingTask::~DenoisingTask()
storage.XtWY.free();
storage.transform.free();
storage.rank.free();
storage.temporary_1.free();
storage.temporary_2.free();
storage.temporary_color.free();
buffer.mem.free();
buffer.temporary_mem.free();
tile_info_mem.free();
}
@ -99,6 +97,16 @@ void DenoisingTask::setup_denoising_buffer()
/* Pad the total size by four floats since the SIMD kernels might go a bit over the end. */
int mem_size = align_up(buffer.pass_stride * buffer.passes + 4, alignment_floats);
buffer.mem.alloc_to_device(mem_size, false);
/* CPUs process shifts sequentially while GPUs process them in parallel. */
int num_shifts = 1;
if(buffer.gpu_temporary_mem) {
/* Shadowing prefiltering uses a radius of 6, so allocate at least that much. */
int max_radius = max(radius, 6);
num_shifts = (2*max_radius + 1) * (2*max_radius + 1);
}
/* Allocate two layers per shift as well as one for the weight accumulation. */
buffer.temporary_mem.alloc_to_device((2*num_shifts + 1) * buffer.pass_stride);
}
void DenoisingTask::prefilter_shadowing()
@ -111,13 +119,6 @@ void DenoisingTask::prefilter_shadowing()
device_sub_ptr sample_var_var (buffer.mem, 3*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr buffer_var (buffer.mem, 5*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr filtered_var (buffer.mem, 6*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_1(buffer.mem, 7*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_2(buffer.mem, 8*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_3(buffer.mem, 9*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
nlm_state.temporary_1_ptr = *nlm_temporary_1;
nlm_state.temporary_2_ptr = *nlm_temporary_2;
nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr = *nlm_temporary_3;
/* Get the A/B unfiltered passes, the combined sample variance, the estimated variance of the sample variance and the buffer variance. */
functions.divide_shadow(*unfiltered_a, *unfiltered_b, *sample_var, *sample_var_var, *buffer_var);
@ -154,13 +155,6 @@ void DenoisingTask::prefilter_features()
{
device_sub_ptr unfiltered (buffer.mem, 8*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr variance (buffer.mem, 9*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_1(buffer.mem, 10*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_2(buffer.mem, 11*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_3(buffer.mem, 12*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
nlm_state.temporary_1_ptr = *nlm_temporary_1;
nlm_state.temporary_2_ptr = *nlm_temporary_2;
nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr = *nlm_temporary_3;
int mean_from[] = { 0, 1, 2, 12, 6, 7, 8 };
int variance_from[] = { 3, 4, 5, 13, 9, 10, 11};
@ -183,17 +177,11 @@ void DenoisingTask::prefilter_color()
int variance_to[] = {11, 12, 13};
int num_color_passes = 3;
storage.temporary_color.alloc_to_device(3*buffer.pass_stride, false);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_1(storage.temporary_color, 0*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_2(storage.temporary_color, 1*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr nlm_temporary_3(storage.temporary_color, 2*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
nlm_state.temporary_1_ptr = *nlm_temporary_1;
nlm_state.temporary_2_ptr = *nlm_temporary_2;
nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr = *nlm_temporary_3;
device_only_memory<float> temporary_color(device, "denoising temporary color");
temporary_color.alloc_to_device(3*buffer.pass_stride, false);
for(int pass = 0; pass < num_color_passes; pass++) {
device_sub_ptr color_pass(storage.temporary_color, pass*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr color_pass(temporary_color, pass*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr color_var_pass(buffer.mem, variance_to[pass]*buffer.pass_stride, buffer.pass_stride);
functions.get_feature(mean_from[pass], variance_from[pass], *color_pass, *color_var_pass);
}
@ -201,9 +189,7 @@ void DenoisingTask::prefilter_color()
device_sub_ptr depth_pass (buffer.mem, 0, buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr color_var_pass(buffer.mem, variance_to[0]*buffer.pass_stride, 3*buffer.pass_stride);
device_sub_ptr output_pass (buffer.mem, mean_to[0]*buffer.pass_stride, 3*buffer.pass_stride);
functions.detect_outliers(storage.temporary_color.device_pointer, *color_var_pass, *depth_pass, *output_pass);
storage.temporary_color.free();
functions.detect_outliers(temporary_color.device_pointer, *color_var_pass, *depth_pass, *output_pass);
}
void DenoisingTask::construct_transform()
@ -219,14 +205,6 @@ void DenoisingTask::construct_transform()
void DenoisingTask::reconstruct()
{
device_only_memory<float> temporary_1(device, "Denoising NLM temporary 1");
device_only_memory<float> temporary_2(device, "Denoising NLM temporary 2");
temporary_1.alloc_to_device(buffer.pass_stride, false);
temporary_2.alloc_to_device(buffer.pass_stride, false);
reconstruction_state.temporary_1_ptr = temporary_1.device_pointer;
reconstruction_state.temporary_2_ptr = temporary_2.device_pointer;
storage.XtWX.alloc_to_device(storage.w*storage.h*XTWX_SIZE, false);
storage.XtWY.alloc_to_device(storage.w*storage.h*XTWY_SIZE, false);

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@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ public:
/* Stores state of the current Reconstruction operation,
* which is accessed by the device in order to perform the operation. */
struct ReconstructionState {
device_ptr temporary_1_ptr; /* There two images are used as temporary storage. */
device_ptr temporary_2_ptr;
int4 filter_window;
int4 buffer_params;
@ -109,10 +106,6 @@ public:
/* Stores state of the current NLM operation,
* which is accessed by the device in order to perform the operation. */
struct NLMState {
device_ptr temporary_1_ptr; /* There three images are used as temporary storage. */
device_ptr temporary_2_ptr;
device_ptr temporary_3_ptr;
int r; /* Search radius of the filter. */
int f; /* Patch size of the filter. */
float a; /* Variance compensation factor in the MSE estimation. */
@ -126,9 +119,6 @@ public:
device_only_memory<int> rank;
device_only_memory<float> XtWX;
device_only_memory<float3> XtWY;
device_only_memory<float> temporary_1;
device_only_memory<float> temporary_2;
device_only_memory<float> temporary_color;
int w;
int h;
@ -136,10 +126,7 @@ public:
: transform(device, "denoising transform"),
rank(device, "denoising rank"),
XtWX(device, "denoising XtWX"),
XtWY(device, "denoising XtWY"),
temporary_1(device, "denoising NLM temporary 1"),
temporary_2(device, "denoising NLM temporary 2"),
temporary_color(device, "denoising temporary color")
XtWY(device, "denoising XtWY")
{}
} storage;
@ -155,9 +142,13 @@ public:
int h;
int width;
device_only_memory<float> mem;
device_only_memory<float> temporary_mem;
bool gpu_temporary_mem;
DenoiseBuffers(Device *device)
: mem(device, "denoising pixel buffer")
: mem(device, "denoising pixel buffer"),
temporary_mem(device, "denoising temporary mem")
{}
} buffer;

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@ -738,7 +738,6 @@ bool OpenCLDeviceBase::denoising_non_local_means(device_ptr image_ptr,
device_ptr out_ptr,
DenoisingTask *task)
{
int stride = task->buffer.stride;
int w = task->buffer.width;
int h = task->buffer.h;
@ -747,24 +746,23 @@ bool OpenCLDeviceBase::denoising_non_local_means(device_ptr image_ptr,
float a = task->nlm_state.a;
float k_2 = task->nlm_state.k_2;
int shift_stride = stride*h;
int pass_stride = task->buffer.pass_stride;
int num_shifts = (2*r+1)*(2*r+1);
int mem_size = sizeof(float)*shift_stride*num_shifts;
cl_mem weightAccum = CL_MEM_PTR(task->nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr);
cl_mem difference = clCreateBuffer(cxContext, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, mem_size, NULL, &ciErr);
opencl_assert_err(ciErr, "clCreateBuffer denoising_non_local_means");
cl_mem blurDifference = clCreateBuffer(cxContext, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, mem_size, NULL, &ciErr);
opencl_assert_err(ciErr, "clCreateBuffer denoising_non_local_means");
device_sub_ptr difference(task->buffer.temporary_mem, 0, pass_stride*num_shifts);
device_sub_ptr blurDifference(task->buffer.temporary_mem, pass_stride*num_shifts, pass_stride*num_shifts);
device_sub_ptr weightAccum(task->buffer.temporary_mem, 2*pass_stride*num_shifts, pass_stride);
cl_mem weightAccum_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(*weightAccum);
cl_mem difference_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(*difference);
cl_mem blurDifference_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(*blurDifference);
cl_mem image_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(image_ptr);
cl_mem guide_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(guide_ptr);
cl_mem variance_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(variance_ptr);
cl_mem out_mem = CL_MEM_PTR(out_ptr);
mem_zero_kernel(task->nlm_state.temporary_3_ptr, sizeof(float)*w*h);
mem_zero_kernel(out_ptr, sizeof(float)*w*h);
mem_zero_kernel(*difference, sizeof(float)*pass_stride);
mem_zero_kernel(out_ptr, sizeof(float)*pass_stride);
cl_kernel ckNLMCalcDifference = denoising_program(ustring("filter_nlm_calc_difference"));
cl_kernel ckNLMBlur = denoising_program(ustring("filter_nlm_blur"));
@ -775,29 +773,29 @@ bool OpenCLDeviceBase::denoising_non_local_means(device_ptr image_ptr,
kernel_set_args(ckNLMCalcDifference, 0,
guide_mem,
variance_mem,
difference,
difference_mem,
w, h, stride,
shift_stride,
pass_stride,
r, 0, a, k_2);
kernel_set_args(ckNLMBlur, 0,
difference,
blurDifference,
difference_mem,
blurDifference_mem,
w, h, stride,
shift_stride,
pass_stride,
r, f);
kernel_set_args(ckNLMCalcWeight, 0,
blurDifference,
difference,
blurDifference_mem,
difference_mem,
w, h, stride,
shift_stride,
pass_stride,
r, f);
kernel_set_args(ckNLMUpdateOutput, 0,
blurDifference,
blurDifference_mem,
image_mem,
out_mem,
weightAccum,
weightAccum_mem,
w, h, stride,
shift_stride,
pass_stride,
r, f);
enqueue_kernel(ckNLMCalcDifference, w*h, num_shifts, true);
@ -806,11 +804,8 @@ bool OpenCLDeviceBase::denoising_non_local_means(device_ptr image_ptr,
enqueue_kernel(ckNLMBlur, w*h, num_shifts, true);
enqueue_kernel(ckNLMUpdateOutput, w*h, num_shifts, true);
opencl_assert(clReleaseMemObject(difference));
opencl_assert(clReleaseMemObject(blurDifference));
kernel_set_args(ckNLMNormalize, 0,
out_mem, weightAccum, w, h, stride);
out_mem, weightAccum_mem, w, h, stride);
enqueue_kernel(ckNLMNormalize, w, h);
return true;
@ -1081,6 +1076,7 @@ void OpenCLDeviceBase::denoise(RenderTile &rtile, DenoisingTask& denoising)
denoising.filter_area = make_int4(rtile.x, rtile.y, rtile.w, rtile.h);
denoising.render_buffer.samples = rtile.sample;
denoising.buffer.gpu_temporary_mem = true;
denoising.run_denoising(&rtile);
}