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fix(compositor): match the Linux background blur to the HLSL/Metal Kawase - #681

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"Blur BG" was not the same effect on Linux. blur.wgsl used different dual-Kawase kernels from shaders.hlsl and shaders.metal, and a different offset.

down pass up pass tap offset
HLSL / Metal centre ×4 + 4 diagonals, ÷8 4 axis taps (×1) + 4 diagonals (×2), ÷12 1.1 source texels
WGSL before centre + 4 diagonals, ×0.2 each centre + 4 diagonals, ÷3 / ÷6 2.0 source texels

On a CPU model of both chains, Linux blurred about 1.36× wider (σ 17.7 px against 13.0 px at 1080p). The worst gap on a step edge was 29 levels.

Nothing in the history marks this as deliberate. The file's own header cites the HLSL kernels and "offset 2.2", and the commit that added blur_bg on Linux calls itself a 1:1 port.

Changes

  • fs_kawase_down and fs_kawase_up are now verbatim ports of the HLSL kernels, and keep the sampled alpha as HLSL does.
  • blur_pass passes the source texel in fx.xy and the offset 2.2 in fx.z, the Windows and macOS convention. blur_bg already passed source sizes, so it is unchanged.
  • The pass count is unchanged (6). The up passes go from 5 to 8 taps.
  • native-compositor.md now gives σ ≈ 13 px and says the kernels are the same on all three backends.

Drift check. Two Linux tests blur a step edge with the real blur_bg, one per axis. They compare the result to a CPU model of the HLSL kernels, within 3 levels. They run in rust-linux-compositor-check on lavapipe.

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Type of change

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  • Documentation
  • Refactor / maintenance
  • Performance
  • Security

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Linux "Blur BG" gets visibly tighter, now matching Windows and macOS.

Desktop impact

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Installer / packaging
  • Not platform-specific

Testing

  • Linux: run under WSL, in nix develop .#compositor-view with the pinned ffmpeg SDK and nix lavapipe (llvmpipe).
    • cargo test -p openscreen-compositor --lib --tests: 224 passed.
    • Both parity tests ran on the GPU; the only skips were the external-memory, ONNX and VAAPI tests.
    • Mutation check: with the old blur.wgsl and the old fx, both tests fail by 21.4 levels.
  • Windows: cargo test -p openscreen-compositor --lib still passes (204). The Linux code is not built there.
  • WGSL: validated with naga 30.0.1. CI uses naga 24; the new kernels only index the uniform.
  • CPU reference model: reproduces the HLSL chain exactly after the port (max diff 0.0).

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved background blur consistency across supported rendering backends.
    • Preserved sampled transparency during blur processing for more accurate visual results.
    • Improved edge handling for textures with dimensions not divisible by eight.
    • Reduced discrepancies in horizontal and vertical blur areas.
  • Documentation

    • Updated background blur documentation to reflect the current dual-Kawase filter and approximate blur strength.

…wase

The WGSL port used its own kernels (5-tap up, no axis taps) and a 2.0-texel offset, while shaders.hlsl and shaders.metal use hp = texel * 0.5 * 2.2 with a 5-tap down and an 8-tap up. Blur BG on Linux came out about 1.36x wider (sigma 17.7 vs 13.0 px at 1080p) and up to 21-29 levels off at edges.

Port ps_kawase_down/up verbatim, pass 1/source size in fx.xy and 2.2 in fx.z like compositor_windows::blur_bg, and keep the sampled alpha as the other backends do. The Layer uniform layout is unchanged.

Add a lavapipe test that blurs a step edge and compares it to a CPU model of the HLSL kernels within 3 levels; the old port misses by 21.
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The change aligns the compositor and Vulkan shaders with the updated six-pass Kawase blur. It also corrects pyramid dimensions for non-multiple-of-8 sizes and adds GPU validation for both axes and alpha preservation.

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Kawase blur alignment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Kawase kernel contract and sampling
crates/compositor/src/vk_shaders/blur.wgsl
The shader documents six blur passes. Downsampling uses weighted RGBA taps. Upsampling uses eight weighted RGBA taps. Both preserve sampled alpha.
Compositor integration and validation
crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs, technical-documentation/architecture/native-compositor.md
blur_pass supplies source-relative texel sizes and a 2.2 offset. blur_bg floors pyramid dimensions at 1 after integer division. GPU-backed tests validate horizontal and vertical edges, including a non-multiple-of-8 width. The documentation states the updated blur characteristics.

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Blur parity for non-multiple-of-eight render sizes remains unverified, so this should be resolved before merging.

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🟠 Major · Use the actual pyramid texture dimensions for src_px.

crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs:929-930
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Use the actual pyramid texture dimensions for src_px.

Lines 929-930 use fractional dimensions, but mk_pyr creates integer-sized textures. For a 854 px render width, blur_qtr is 213 px and blur_oct is 106 px, while these values are 213.5 and 106.75. The affected passes then use incorrect texel offsets and do not match the HLSL or Metal blur.

Derive hw, qw, and ow with the same integer division and minimum size as mk_pyr.

Proposed fix
-        let (hw, hh) = (rw * 0.5, rh * 0.5);
-        let (qw, qh) = (rw * 0.25, rh * 0.25);
-        let (ow, oh) = (rw * 0.125, rh * 0.125);
+        let (hw, hh) = (
+            (self.render_w / 2).max(1) as f32,
+            (self.render_h / 2).max(1) as f32,
+        );
+        let (qw, qh) = (
+            (self.render_w / 4).max(1) as f32,
+            (self.render_h / 4).max(1) as f32,
+        );
+        let (ow, oh) = (
+            (self.render_w / 8).max(1) as f32,
+            (self.render_h / 8).max(1) as f32,
+        );
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In `@crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs` around lines 929 - 930, Update the
pyramid dimension calculations near qw and ow to match mk_pyr: derive hw, qw,
and ow using integer division and the same minimum-size clamping, then use those
actual texture dimensions for src_px in the affected blur passes.
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In `@crates/compositor/src/compositor_linux.rs`:
- Around line 929-930: Update the pyramid dimension calculations near qw and ow
to match mk_pyr: derive hw, qw, and ow using integer division and the same
minimum-size clamping, then use those actual texture dimensions for src_px in
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Addressed CodeRabbit review feedback in c309a82: derived hw, qw, and ow using integer division and .max(1) matching mk_pyr so that src_px uses the exact integer texture dimensions, and added a test covering non-multiples of 8 (854 px).

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