I am using SharpDX to basically render browser (chromium) output buffer on directX process.
Process is relatively simple, I intercept CEF buffer (by overriding OnPaint method) and write that to a texture2D.
Code is relatively simple:
Texture creation:
public void BuildTextureWrap() {
var oldTexture = texture;
texture = new D3D11.Texture2D(DxHandler.Device, new D3D11.Texture2DDescription() {
Width = overlay.Size.Width,
Height = overlay.Size.Height,
MipLevels = 1,
ArraySize = 1,
Format = DXGI.Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm,
SampleDescription = new DXGI.SampleDescription(1, 0),
Usage = D3D11.ResourceUsage.Default,
BindFlags = D3D11.BindFlags.ShaderResource,
CpuAccessFlags = D3D11.CpuAccessFlags.None,
OptionFlags = D3D11.ResourceOptionFlags.None,
});
var view = new D3D11.ShaderResourceView(
DxHandler.Device,
texture,
new D3D11.ShaderResourceViewDescription {
Format = texture.Description.Format,
Dimension = D3D.ShaderResourceViewDimension.Texture2D,
Texture2D = { MipLevels = texture.Description.MipLevels },
}
);
textureWrap = new D3DTextureWrap(view, texture.Description.Width, texture.Description.Height);
if (oldTexture != null) {
obsoleteTextures.Add(oldTexture);
}
}
That piece of code is executed at start and when resize is happening.
Now when CEF OnDraw I basically copy their buffer to texture:
var destinationRegion = new D3D11.ResourceRegion {
Top = Math.Min(r.dirtyRect.y, texDesc.Height),
Bottom = Math.Min(r.dirtyRect.y + r.dirtyRect.height, texDesc.Height),
Left = Math.Min(r.dirtyRect.x, texDesc.Width),
Right = Math.Min(r.dirtyRect.x + r.dirtyRect.width, texDesc.Width),
Front = 0,
Back = 1,
};
// Draw to the target
var context = targetTexture.Device.ImmediateContext;
context.UpdateSubresource(targetTexture, 0, destinationRegion, sourceRegionPtr, rowPitch, depthPitch);
There are some more code out there but basically this is only relevant piece. Whole thing works until OnDraw happens frequently.
Apparently if I force CEF to Paint frequently, whole host process dies.
This is happening at UpdateSubresource
.
So my question is, is there another, safer way to do this? (Update texture frequently)
Solution to this problem was relatively simple yet not so obvious at the beginning.
I simply moved the code responsible for updating texture inside render loop and just keep internal buffer pointer cached.