Move the layout tree from GC allocation to refcounted ownership so
removed layout and paint subtrees are destroyed synchronously instead
of waiting for the next GC sweep. This dramatically reduces GC memory
usage peaks after layout tree churn and makes it easier for memory use
to fall back after large document updates.
Update layout factories, tree traversal, SVG layout node creation,
paintable back-pointers, and pseudo-element layout links to use RefPtr
ownership.
Make display: contents follow the same shape as Blink and WebKit: the
element itself does not create a layout node, and its children are
flattened into the nearest layout parent. Wrap direct non-whitespace
text in an anonymous inline node when the boxless element contributes
inherited style to that text.
Use an internal inline wrapper for display: contents pseudo-elements
so generated content can still participate in layout, painting, hit
testing, and pseudo-element queries. Keep CSSOM reporting the computed
display value from the pseudo style, not the internal wrapper.
Remove the retained out-of-tree layout node list and its testing hook,
since the flattened model does not need a side owner for boxless
elements. Add coverage for inherited text style, dynamic insertion
order, pseudo-element hit testing, and computed style queries.
Display lists owned the accumulated visual context tree through a
ref-counted pointer. That tied visual-context state to display-list
lifetime and made compositor updates treat the two as one unit, even
though AVC trees need to become independently updateable compositor
state.
Make accumulated visual context trees plain versioned values, have each
display list store the compatible tree version, and pass the matching
tree alongside display-list updates and replay calls. Replay verifies
that the provided tree matches the display list before executing it.
This prepares the compositor for receiving AVC tree updates separately
from display-list updates: it now accepts the tree as a separate update
parameter, stores it next to the display list, and uses that stored tree
for replay and async-scroll hit testing. Nested display-list resources
carry their own tree snapshots for the same version check.
Parameter values are absolutized at style computation time (or are
confirmed to be resolvable in the case of reification or DOMMatrix) so
there is no reason this function should fail.
Display lists used to own the resource storage needed to replay their
command bytes. That kept the compositor tied to in-process object
ownership: sending a display list update also meant sharing the same
resource container with the recording side.
Move resource storage out of DisplayList and make display list updates
carry a transaction of resources to add and remove. Navigable now tracks
the resources referenced by the current display list, sends only the
delta to the compositor, and trims its recording-side storage to the
active set. The compositor applies those transactions to its own storage
before replacing the cached display list.
This still carries in-process resource objects, but it puts the
ownership boundary in the right place. Command bytes and resource
lifetime are now synchronized explicitly, which is the shape needed
before the compositor can receive serializable resource updates across a
process boundary.
Paint styles were stored as display list resources, which kept path
painting tied to in-process C++ objects. Move the gradient and pattern
payload into FillPath and StrokePath instead, with gradient stops
serialized as parallel color and position spans.
This is prep work for making display lists serializable across the IPC
boundary without needing to marshal SVG paint style objects separately.
The Paintable tree and its supplemental painting data structures were
GC allocated because that was the easiest way to manage it and avoid
leaks introduced by ref cycles. This included the Paintable subclasses
themselves plus StackingContext, ChromeWidget, Scrollbar, ResizeHandle,
and scroll-frame state.
We are now trying to reduce GC allocation churn on layout and painting
updates, so keeping this short-lived rendering tree outside the JS heap
is a better fit. Move Paintable to RefCountedTreeNode, make painting
helpers ref-counted or weakly reference Paintables, and update the
layout and event-handler call sites to use RefPtr/WeakPtr ownership.
Previously, the LibWeb bindings generator would output multiple per
interface files like Prototype/Constructor/Namespace/GlobalMixin
depending on the contents of that IDL file.
This complicates the build system as it means that it does not know
what files will be generated without knowledge of the contents of that
IDL file.
Instead, for each IDL file only generate a single Bindings/<IDLFile>.h
and Bindings/<IDLFile>.cpp.
Replace per-node heap-allocated AtomicRefCounted
AccumulatedVisualContext objects with a single contiguous Vector inside
AccumulatedVisualContextTree. All nodes for a frame are now stored in
one allocation, using type-safe VisualContextIndex instead of RefPtr
pointers.
This reduces allocation churn, improves cache locality, and opens the
door for future snapshotting of visual context state — similar to how
scroll offsets are snapshotted today.
With per-paintable display list command caching now in place, the
separate paint-only properties resolution phase is no longer needed.
Resolution now happens inline during painting and its cost is amortized
since it only runs on cache miss.
Move all property resolution to point of consumption:
- is_visible() and visible_for_hit_testing() compute on the fly
- Filter resolution moved to assign_accumulated_visual_contexts()
- Border radii, outlines computed on access
- Box shadows, backdrop filter resolved inline during painting
- Background resolution moved into paint_background()
- Mask resolution moved to StackingContext::paint()
- Text fragment and SVG stroke properties resolved during painting
