gallium: split long prims into chunks with an even number of vertices

This fixes culling "parity" errors when splitting long tri strips.  Splitting
strips into chunks with an odd number of vertices causes front/back-face
orientation to get reversed and upsets culling.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/draw/draw_pt_fetch_shade_emit.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/draw/draw_pt_fetch_shade_emit.c
index 5ce3aba2a2d..fdf9b6fe6a8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/draw/draw_pt_fetch_shade_emit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/draw/draw_pt_fetch_shade_emit.c
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ static void fse_prepare( struct draw_pt_middle_end *middle,
    *max_vertices = (draw->render->max_vertex_buffer_bytes / 
                     (vinfo->size * 4));
 
+   /* Return an even number of verts.
+    * This prevents "parity" errors when splitting long triangle strips which
+    * can lead to front/back culling mix-ups.
+    * Every other triangle in a strip has an alternate front/back orientation
+    * so splitting at an odd position can cause the orientation of subsequent
+    * triangles to get reversed.
+    */
+   *max_vertices = *max_vertices & ~1;
+
    /* Probably need to do this somewhere (or fix exec shader not to
     * need it):
     */