spi_shader_col_format = si_get_spi_shader_col_format(shader);
cb_shader_mask = si_get_cb_shader_mask(spi_shader_col_format);
- /* This must be non-zero for alpha-test/kill to work.
- * The hardware ignores the EXEC mask if no export memory is allocated.
+ /* Ensure that some export memory is always allocated, for two reasons:
+ *
+ * 1) Correctness: The hardware ignores the EXEC mask if no export
+ * memory is allocated, so KILL and alpha test do not work correctly
+ * without this.
+ * 2) Performance: Every shader needs at least a NULL export, even when
+ * it writes no color/depth output. The NULL export instruction
+ * stalls without this setting.
+ *
* Don't add this to CB_SHADER_MASK.
*/
if (!spi_shader_col_format &&
- !info->writes_z && !info->writes_stencil && !info->writes_samplemask &&
- (shader->selector->info.uses_kill ||
- shader->key.ps.epilog.alpha_func != PIPE_FUNC_ALWAYS))
+ !info->writes_z && !info->writes_stencil && !info->writes_samplemask)
spi_shader_col_format = V_028714_SPI_SHADER_32_R;
si_pm4_set_reg(pm4, R_0286CC_SPI_PS_INPUT_ENA, input_ena);