panfrost: Avoid postfix dep for vertex_data
[mesa.git] / src / gallium / drivers / panfrost / pan_cmdstream.c
index 91687ace09681823dc91b43b9011a77893a42864..7d7ec775dc0fd7a0ee73e92a26cebfc3213680c5 100644 (file)
@@ -51,46 +51,26 @@ panfrost_bo_access_for_stage(enum pipe_shader_type stage)
                PAN_BO_ACCESS_VERTEX_TILER;
 }
 
-static void
-panfrost_vt_emit_shared_memory(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                               struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
+static mali_ptr
+panfrost_vt_emit_shared_memory(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
 {
-        struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
-        struct panfrost_batch *batch = panfrost_get_batch_for_fbo(ctx);
+        struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(batch->ctx->base.screen);
 
-        unsigned shift = panfrost_get_stack_shift(batch->stack_size);
         struct mali_shared_memory shared = {
-                .stack_shift = shift,
-                .scratchpad = panfrost_batch_get_scratchpad(batch, shift, dev->thread_tls_alloc, dev->core_count)->gpu,
                 .shared_workgroup_count = ~0,
         };
-        postfix->shared_memory = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, &shared, sizeof(shared));
-}
 
-static void
-panfrost_vt_attach_framebuffer(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                               struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
-{
-        struct panfrost_batch *batch = panfrost_get_batch_for_fbo(ctx);
-        postfix->shared_memory = panfrost_batch_reserve_framebuffer(batch);
-}
+        if (batch->stack_size) {
+                struct panfrost_bo *stack =
+                        panfrost_batch_get_scratchpad(batch, batch->stack_size,
+                                        dev->thread_tls_alloc,
+                                        dev->core_count);
 
-static void
-panfrost_vt_update_rasterizer(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                              struct mali_vertex_tiler_prefix *prefix,
-                              struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
-{
-        struct panfrost_rasterizer *rasterizer = ctx->rasterizer;
+                shared.stack_shift = panfrost_get_stack_shift(batch->stack_size);
+                shared.scratchpad = stack->gpu;
+        }
 
-        postfix->gl_enables |= 0x7;
-        SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_FRONT_CCW_TOP,
-                rasterizer && rasterizer->base.front_ccw);
-        SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_CULL_FACE_FRONT,
-                rasterizer && (rasterizer->base.cull_face & PIPE_FACE_FRONT));
-        SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_CULL_FACE_BACK,
-                rasterizer && (rasterizer->base.cull_face & PIPE_FACE_BACK));
-        SET_BIT(prefix->unknown_draw, MALI_DRAW_FLATSHADE_FIRST,
-                rasterizer && rasterizer->base.flatshade_first);
+        return panfrost_pool_upload_aligned(&batch->pool, &shared, sizeof(shared), 64);
 }
 
 void
@@ -101,11 +81,7 @@ panfrost_vt_update_primitive_size(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
         struct panfrost_rasterizer *rasterizer = ctx->rasterizer;
 
         if (!panfrost_writes_point_size(ctx)) {
-                bool points = prefix->draw_mode == MALI_DRAW_MODE_POINTS;
-                float val = 0.0f;
-
-                if (rasterizer)
-                        val = points ?
+                float val = (prefix->draw_mode == MALI_DRAW_MODE_POINTS) ?
                               rasterizer->base.point_size :
                               rasterizer->base.line_width;
 
@@ -113,22 +89,6 @@ panfrost_vt_update_primitive_size(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
         }
 }
 
-static void
-panfrost_vt_update_occlusion_query(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                                   struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
-{
-        SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_OCCLUSION_QUERY, ctx->occlusion_query);
-        if (ctx->occlusion_query) {
-                postfix->occlusion_counter = ctx->occlusion_query->bo->gpu;
-                panfrost_batch_add_bo(ctx->batch, ctx->occlusion_query->bo,
-                                      PAN_BO_ACCESS_SHARED |
-                                      PAN_BO_ACCESS_RW |
-                                      PAN_BO_ACCESS_FRAGMENT);
-        } else {
-                postfix->occlusion_counter = 0;
-        }
-}
-
 void
 panfrost_vt_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                  enum pipe_shader_type stage,
@@ -136,6 +96,7 @@ panfrost_vt_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                  struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
 {
         struct panfrost_device *device = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
+        struct panfrost_batch *batch = panfrost_get_batch_for_fbo(ctx);
 
         if (!ctx->shader[stage])
                 return;
@@ -145,15 +106,32 @@ panfrost_vt_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
 
         if (device->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
                 postfix->gl_enables = 0x2;
-                panfrost_vt_emit_shared_memory(ctx, postfix);
+                postfix->shared_memory = panfrost_vt_emit_shared_memory(batch);
         } else {
                 postfix->gl_enables = 0x6;
-                panfrost_vt_attach_framebuffer(ctx, postfix);
+                postfix->shared_memory = panfrost_batch_reserve_framebuffer(batch);
         }
 
         if (stage == PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT) {
-                panfrost_vt_update_occlusion_query(ctx, postfix);
-                panfrost_vt_update_rasterizer(ctx, prefix, postfix);
+                if (ctx->occlusion_query) {
+                        postfix->gl_enables |= MALI_OCCLUSION_QUERY;
+                        postfix->occlusion_counter = ctx->occlusion_query->bo->gpu;
+                        panfrost_batch_add_bo(ctx->batch, ctx->occlusion_query->bo,
+                                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_SHARED |
+                                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_RW |
+                                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_FRAGMENT);
+                }
+
+                postfix->gl_enables |= 0x7;
+                struct pipe_rasterizer_state *rast = &ctx->rasterizer->base;
+                SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_FRONT_CCW_TOP,
+                        rast->front_ccw);
+                SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_CULL_FACE_FRONT,
+                        (rast->cull_face & PIPE_FACE_FRONT));
+                SET_BIT(postfix->gl_enables, MALI_CULL_FACE_BACK,
+                        (rast->cull_face & PIPE_FACE_BACK));
+                SET_BIT(prefix->unknown_draw, MALI_DRAW_FLATSHADE_FIRST,
+                        rast->flatshade_first);
         }
 }
 
@@ -215,9 +193,13 @@ panfrost_get_index_buffer_bounded(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
         } else {
                 /* Otherwise, we need to upload to transient memory */
                 const uint8_t *ibuf8 = (const uint8_t *) info->index.user;
-                out = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, ibuf8 + offset,
-                                                info->count *
-                                                info->index_size);
+                struct panfrost_transfer T =
+                        panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool,
+                                info->count * info->index_size,
+                                info->index_size);
+
+                memcpy(T.cpu, ibuf8 + offset, info->count * info->index_size);
+                out = T.gpu;
         }
 
         if (needs_indices) {
@@ -280,6 +262,7 @@ panfrost_vt_set_draw_info(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
         }
 
         tiler_prefix->unknown_draw = draw_flags;
+        ctx->offset_start = vertex_postfix->offset_start;
 
         /* Encode the padded vertex count */
 
@@ -300,55 +283,6 @@ panfrost_vt_set_draw_info(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
         }
 }
 
-static void
-panfrost_shader_meta_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                          enum pipe_shader_type st,
-                          struct mali_shader_meta *meta)
-{
-        const struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
-        struct panfrost_shader_state *ss = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, st);
-
-        memset(meta, 0, sizeof(*meta));
-        meta->shader = (ss->bo ? ss->bo->gpu : 0) | ss->first_tag;
-        meta->attribute_count = ss->attribute_count;
-        meta->varying_count = ss->varying_count;
-        meta->texture_count = ctx->sampler_view_count[st];
-        meta->sampler_count = ctx->sampler_count[st];
-
-        if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
-                if (st == PIPE_SHADER_VERTEX)
-                        meta->bifrost1.unk1 = 0x800000;
-                else {
-                        /* First clause ATEST |= 0x4000000.
-                         * Less than 32 regs |= 0x200 */
-                        meta->bifrost1.unk1 = 0x950020;
-                }
-
-                meta->bifrost1.uniform_buffer_count = panfrost_ubo_count(ctx, st);
-                if (st == PIPE_SHADER_VERTEX)
-                        meta->bifrost2.preload_regs = 0xC0;
-                else {
-                        meta->bifrost2.preload_regs = 0x1;
-                        SET_BIT(meta->bifrost2.preload_regs, 0x10, ss->reads_frag_coord);
-                }
-
-                meta->bifrost2.uniform_count = MIN2(ss->uniform_count,
-                                                    ss->uniform_cutoff);
-        } else {
-                meta->midgard1.uniform_count = MIN2(ss->uniform_count,
-                                                    ss->uniform_cutoff);
-                meta->midgard1.work_count = ss->work_reg_count;
-
-                /* TODO: This is not conformant on ES3 */
-                meta->midgard1.flags_hi = MALI_SUPPRESS_INF_NAN;
-
-                meta->midgard1.flags_lo = 0x20;
-                meta->midgard1.uniform_buffer_count = panfrost_ubo_count(ctx, st);
-
-                SET_BIT(meta->midgard1.flags_hi, MALI_WRITES_GLOBAL, ss->writes_global);
-        }
-}
-
 static unsigned
 translate_tex_wrap(enum pipe_tex_wrap w)
 {
@@ -448,91 +382,6 @@ void panfrost_sampler_desc_init_bifrost(const struct pipe_sampler_state *cso,
         }
 }
 
-static void
-panfrost_frag_meta_rasterizer_update(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                                     struct mali_shader_meta *fragmeta)
-{
-        if (!ctx->rasterizer) {
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_NO_MSAA, true);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_HAS_MSAA, false);
-                fragmeta->depth_units = 0.0f;
-                fragmeta->depth_factor = 0.0f;
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_DEPTH_RANGE_A, false);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_DEPTH_RANGE_B, false);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_CLIP_NEAR, true);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_CLIP_FAR, true);
-                return;
-        }
-
-        struct pipe_rasterizer_state *rast = &ctx->rasterizer->base;
-
-        bool msaa = rast->multisample;
-
-        /* TODO: Sample size */
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_HAS_MSAA, msaa);
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_NO_MSAA, !msaa);
-
-        struct panfrost_shader_state *fs;
-        fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
-
-        /* EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch requires the shader to be run
-         * per-sample when outputs are read. */
-        bool per_sample = ctx->min_samples > 1 || fs->outputs_read;
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_PER_SAMPLE, msaa && per_sample);
-
-        fragmeta->depth_units = rast->offset_units * 2.0f;
-        fragmeta->depth_factor = rast->offset_scale;
-
-        /* XXX: Which bit is which? Does this maybe allow offseting not-tri? */
-
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_DEPTH_RANGE_A, rast->offset_tri);
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_DEPTH_RANGE_B, rast->offset_tri);
-
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_CLIP_NEAR, rast->depth_clip_near);
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_CLIP_FAR, rast->depth_clip_far);
-}
-
-static void
-panfrost_frag_meta_zsa_update(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                              struct mali_shader_meta *fragmeta)
-{
-        const struct panfrost_zsa_state *so = ctx->depth_stencil;
-        int zfunc = PIPE_FUNC_ALWAYS;
-
-        if (!so) {
-                /* If stenciling is disabled, the state is irrelevant */
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_STENCIL_TEST, false);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_WRITEMASK, false);
-        } else {
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_STENCIL_TEST,
-                        so->base.stencil[0].enabled);
-
-                fragmeta->stencil_mask_front = so->stencil_mask_front;
-                fragmeta->stencil_mask_back = so->stencil_mask_back;
-
-                /* Bottom bits for stencil ref, exactly one word */
-                fragmeta->stencil_front.opaque[0] = so->stencil_front.opaque[0] | ctx->stencil_ref.ref_value[0];
-
-                /* If back-stencil is not enabled, use the front values */
-
-                if (so->base.stencil[1].enabled)
-                        fragmeta->stencil_back.opaque[0] = so->stencil_back.opaque[0] | ctx->stencil_ref.ref_value[1];
-                else
-                        fragmeta->stencil_back = fragmeta->stencil_front;
-
-                if (so->base.depth.enabled)
-                        zfunc = so->base.depth.func;
-
-                /* Depth state (TODO: Refactor) */
-
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_DEPTH_WRITEMASK,
-                        so->base.depth.writemask);
-        }
-
-        fragmeta->unknown2_3 &= ~MALI_DEPTH_FUNC_MASK;
-        fragmeta->unknown2_3 |= MALI_DEPTH_FUNC(panfrost_translate_compare_func(zfunc));
-}
-
 static bool
 panfrost_fs_required(
                 struct panfrost_shader_state *fs,
@@ -555,130 +404,50 @@ panfrost_fs_required(
 }
 
 static void
-panfrost_frag_meta_blend_update(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                                struct mali_shader_meta *fragmeta,
-                                void *rts)
+panfrost_emit_blend(struct panfrost_batch *batch, void *rts,
+                struct panfrost_blend_final *blend)
 {
-        struct panfrost_batch *batch = panfrost_get_batch_for_fbo(ctx);
-        const struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
-        struct panfrost_shader_state *fs;
-        fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
+        const struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(batch->ctx->base.screen);
+        struct panfrost_shader_state *fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(batch->ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
+        unsigned rt_count = batch->key.nr_cbufs;
 
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_NO_DITHER,
-                (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD) && ctx->blend &&
-                !ctx->blend->base.dither);
+        struct bifrost_blend_rt *brts = rts;
 
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, MALI_ALPHA_TO_COVERAGE,
-                        ctx->blend->base.alpha_to_coverage);
-
-        /* Get blending setup */
-        unsigned rt_count = MAX2(ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs, 1);
-
-        struct panfrost_blend_final blend[PIPE_MAX_COLOR_BUFS];
-        unsigned shader_offset = 0;
-        struct panfrost_bo *shader_bo = NULL;
-
-        for (unsigned c = 0; c < rt_count; ++c)
-                blend[c] = panfrost_get_blend_for_context(ctx, c, &shader_bo,
-                                                          &shader_offset);
-
-        /* Disable shader execution if we can */
-        if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SHADERLESS
-                        && !panfrost_fs_required(fs, blend, rt_count)) {
-                fragmeta->shader = 0;
-                fragmeta->attribute_count = 0;
-                fragmeta->varying_count = 0;
-                fragmeta->texture_count = 0;
-                fragmeta->sampler_count = 0;
-
-                /* This feature is not known to work on Bifrost */
-                fragmeta->midgard1.work_count = 1;
-                fragmeta->midgard1.uniform_count = 0;
-                fragmeta->midgard1.uniform_buffer_count = 0;
-        }
+        /* Disable blending for depth-only */
 
-         /* If there is a blend shader, work registers are shared. We impose 8
-          * work registers as a limit for blend shaders. Should be lower XXX */
-
-        if (!(dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST)) {
-                for (unsigned c = 0; c < rt_count; ++c) {
-                        if (blend[c].is_shader) {
-                                fragmeta->midgard1.work_count =
-                                        MAX2(fragmeta->midgard1.work_count, 8);
+        if (rt_count == 0) {
+                if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
+                        memset(brts, 0, sizeof(*brts));
+                        brts[0].unk2 = 0x3;
+                } else {
+                        pan_pack(rts, MIDGARD_BLEND_OPAQUE, cfg) {
+                                cfg.equation = 0xf0122122; /* Replace */
                         }
                 }
         }
 
-        /* Even on MFBD, the shader descriptor gets blend shaders. It's *also*
-         * copied to the blend_meta appended (by convention), but this is the
-         * field actually read by the hardware. (Or maybe both are read...?).
-         * Specify the last RTi with a blend shader. */
-
-        fragmeta->blend.shader = 0;
-
-        for (signed rt = (rt_count - 1); rt >= 0; --rt) {
-                if (!blend[rt].is_shader)
-                        continue;
-
-                fragmeta->blend.shader = blend[rt].shader.gpu |
-                                         blend[rt].shader.first_tag;
-                break;
-        }
-
-        if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD) {
-                /* When only a single render target platform is used, the blend
-                 * information is inside the shader meta itself. We additionally
-                 * need to signal CAN_DISCARD for nontrivial blend modes (so
-                 * we're able to read back the destination buffer) */
-
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_HAS_BLEND_SHADER,
-                        blend[0].is_shader);
-
-                if (!blend[0].is_shader) {
-                        fragmeta->blend.equation = *blend[0].equation.equation;
-                        fragmeta->blend.constant = blend[0].equation.constant;
-                }
-
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_3, MALI_CAN_DISCARD,
-                        !blend[0].no_blending || fs->can_discard); 
-
-                batch->draws |= PIPE_CLEAR_COLOR0;
-                return;
-        }
-
-        if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
-                bool no_blend = true;
-
-                for (unsigned i = 0; i < rt_count; ++i)
-                        no_blend &= (blend[i].no_blending | blend[i].no_colour);
-
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->bifrost1.unk1, MALI_BIFROST_EARLY_Z,
-                        !fs->can_discard && !fs->writes_depth && no_blend);
-        }
-
-        /* Additional blend descriptor tacked on for jobs using MFBD */
-
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < rt_count; ++i) {
-                unsigned flags = 0;
+                struct mali_blend_flags_packed flags = {};
+
+                pan_pack(&flags, BLEND_FLAGS, cfg) {
+                        if (blend[i].no_colour) {
+                                cfg.enable = false;
+                                break;
+                        }
 
-                if (ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs > i && !blend[i].no_colour) {
-                        flags = 0x200;
                         batch->draws |= (PIPE_CLEAR_COLOR0 << i);
 
-                        bool is_srgb = (ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs > i) &&
-                                       (ctx->pipe_framebuffer.cbufs[i]) &&
-                                       util_format_is_srgb(ctx->pipe_framebuffer.cbufs[i]->format);
+                        cfg.srgb = util_format_is_srgb(batch->key.cbufs[i]->format);
+                        cfg.load_destination = blend[i].load_dest;
+                        cfg.dither_disable = !batch->ctx->blend->base.dither;
 
-                        SET_BIT(flags, MALI_BLEND_MRT_SHADER, blend[i].is_shader);
-                        SET_BIT(flags, MALI_BLEND_LOAD_TIB, !blend[i].no_blending);
-                        SET_BIT(flags, MALI_BLEND_SRGB, is_srgb);
-                        SET_BIT(flags, MALI_BLEND_NO_DITHER, !ctx->blend->base.dither);
+                        if (!(dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST))
+                                cfg.midgard_blend_shader = blend[i].is_shader;
                 }
 
                 if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
-                        struct bifrost_blend_rt *brts = rts;
-
-                        brts[i].flags = flags;
+                        memset(brts + i, 0, sizeof(brts[i]));
+                        brts[i].flags = flags.opaque[0];
 
                         if (blend[i].is_shader) {
                                 /* The blend shader's address needs to be at
@@ -689,12 +458,12 @@ panfrost_frag_meta_blend_update(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                                        (fs->bo->gpu & (0xffffffffull << 32)));
                                 brts[i].shader = blend[i].shader.gpu;
                                 brts[i].unk2 = 0x0;
-                        } else if (ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs > i) {
-                                enum pipe_format format = ctx->pipe_framebuffer.cbufs[i]->format;
+                        } else {
+                                enum pipe_format format = batch->key.cbufs[i]->format;
                                 const struct util_format_description *format_desc;
                                 format_desc = util_format_description(format);
 
-                                brts[i].equation = *blend[i].equation.equation;
+                                brts[i].equation = blend[i].equation.equation;
 
                                 /* TODO: this is a bit more complicated */
                                 brts[i].constant = blend[i].equation.constant;
@@ -705,162 +474,258 @@ panfrost_frag_meta_blend_update(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                                  * mode (equivalent to rgb_mode = alpha_mode =
                                  * x122, colour mask = 0xF). 0x1a allows
                                  * blending. */
-                                brts[i].unk2 = blend[i].no_blending ? 0x19 : 0x1a;
+                                brts[i].unk2 = blend[i].opaque ? 0x19 : 0x1a;
 
-                                brts[i].shader_type = fs->blend_types[i];
-                        } else {
-                                /* Dummy attachment for depth-only */
-                                brts[i].unk2 = 0x3;
                                 brts[i].shader_type = fs->blend_types[i];
                         }
                 } else {
-                        struct midgard_blend_rt *mrts = rts;
-                        mrts[i].flags = flags;
-
-                        if (blend[i].is_shader) {
-                                mrts[i].blend.shader = blend[i].shader.gpu | blend[i].shader.first_tag;
-                        } else {
-                                mrts[i].blend.equation = *blend[i].equation.equation;
-                                mrts[i].blend.constant = blend[i].equation.constant;
+                        pan_pack(rts, MIDGARD_BLEND_OPAQUE, cfg) {
+                                cfg.flags = flags;
+
+                                if (blend[i].is_shader) {
+                                        cfg.shader = blend[i].shader.gpu | blend[i].shader.first_tag;
+                                } else {
+                                        cfg.equation = blend[i].equation.equation.opaque[0];
+                                        cfg.constant = blend[i].equation.constant;
+                                }
                         }
+
+                        rts += MALI_MIDGARD_BLEND_LENGTH;
                 }
         }
 }
 
 static void
-panfrost_frag_shader_meta_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
-                               struct mali_shader_meta *fragmeta,
-                               void *rts)
+panfrost_emit_frag_shader(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
+                               struct mali_state_packed *fragmeta,
+                               struct panfrost_blend_final *blend)
 {
         const struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
-        struct panfrost_shader_state *fs;
+        struct panfrost_shader_state *fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
+        struct pipe_rasterizer_state *rast = &ctx->rasterizer->base;
+        const struct panfrost_zsa_state *zsa = ctx->depth_stencil;
+        unsigned rt_count = ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs;
+        bool alpha_to_coverage = ctx->blend->base.alpha_to_coverage;
+
+        /* Built up here */
+        struct mali_shader_packed shader = fs->shader;
+        struct mali_preload_packed preload = fs->preload;
+        uint32_t properties;
+        struct mali_multisample_misc_packed multisample_misc;
+        struct mali_stencil_mask_misc_packed stencil_mask_misc;
+        union midgard_blend sfbd_blend = { 0 };
+
+        if (!panfrost_fs_required(fs, blend, rt_count)) {
+                if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
+                        pan_pack(&shader, SHADER, cfg) {}
 
-        fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
+                        pan_pack(&properties, BIFROST_PROPERTIES, cfg) {
+                                cfg.unknown = 0x950020; /* XXX */
+                                cfg.early_z_enable = true;
+                        }
 
-        bool msaa = ctx->rasterizer && ctx->rasterizer->base.multisample;
-        fragmeta->coverage_mask = msaa ? ctx->sample_mask : ~0;
+                        preload.opaque[0] = 0;
+                } else {
+                        pan_pack(&shader, SHADER, cfg) {
+                                cfg.shader = 0x1;
+                        }
 
-        fragmeta->unknown2_3 = MALI_DEPTH_FUNC(MALI_FUNC_ALWAYS) | 0x10;
-        fragmeta->unknown2_4 = 0x4e0;
+                        pan_pack(&properties, MIDGARD_PROPERTIES, cfg) {
+                                cfg.work_register_count = 1;
+                                cfg.depth_source = MALI_DEPTH_SOURCE_FIXED_FUNCTION;
+                                cfg.early_z_enable = true;
+                        }
+                }
+        } else if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
+                bool no_blend = true;
 
-        /* unknown2_4 has 0x10 bit set on T6XX and T720. We don't know why this
-         * is required (independent of 32-bit/64-bit descriptors), or why it's
-         * not used on later GPU revisions. Otherwise, all shader jobs fault on
-         * these earlier chips (perhaps this is a chicken bit of some kind).
-         * More investigation is needed. */
+                for (unsigned i = 0; i < rt_count; ++i)
+                        no_blend &= (!blend[i].load_dest | blend[i].no_colour);
 
-        SET_BIT(fragmeta->unknown2_4, 0x10, dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD);
+                pan_pack(&properties, BIFROST_PROPERTIES, cfg) {
+                        cfg.early_z_enable = !fs->can_discard && !fs->writes_depth && no_blend;
+                }
 
-        if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
-                /* TODO */
+                /* Combine with prepacked properties */
+                properties |= fs->properties.opaque[0];
         } else {
-                /* Depending on whether it's legal to in the given shader, we try to
-                 * enable early-z testing. TODO: respect e-z force */
+                /* Reasons to disable early-Z from a shader perspective */
+                bool late_z = fs->can_discard || fs->writes_global ||
+                        fs->writes_depth || fs->writes_stencil;
+
+                /* If either depth or stencil is enabled, discard matters */
+                bool zs_enabled =
+                        (zsa->base.depth.enabled && zsa->base.depth.func != PIPE_FUNC_ALWAYS) ||
+                        zsa->base.stencil[0].enabled;
+
+                bool has_blend_shader = false;
+
+                for (unsigned c = 0; c < rt_count; ++c)
+                        has_blend_shader |= blend[c].is_shader;
+
+                pan_pack(&properties, MIDGARD_PROPERTIES, cfg) {
+                        /* TODO: Reduce this limit? */
+                        if (has_blend_shader)
+                                cfg.work_register_count = MAX2(fs->work_reg_count, 8);
+                        else
+                                cfg.work_register_count = fs->work_reg_count;
+
+                        cfg.early_z_enable = !(late_z || alpha_to_coverage);
+                        cfg.reads_tilebuffer = fs->outputs_read || (!zs_enabled && fs->can_discard);
+                        cfg.reads_depth_stencil = zs_enabled && fs->can_discard;
+                }
+
+                properties |= fs->properties.opaque[0];
+        }
 
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_EARLY_Z,
-                        !fs->can_discard && !fs->writes_global &&
-                        !fs->writes_depth && !fs->writes_stencil &&
-                        !ctx->blend->base.alpha_to_coverage);
+        pan_pack(&multisample_misc, MULTISAMPLE_MISC, cfg) {
+                bool msaa = rast->multisample;
+                cfg.multisample_enable = msaa;
+                cfg.sample_mask = (msaa ? ctx->sample_mask : ~0) & 0xFFFF;
 
-                /* Add the writes Z/S flags if needed. */
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_WRITES_Z, fs->writes_depth);
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_hi, MALI_WRITES_S, fs->writes_stencil);
+                /* EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch requires per-sample */
+                bool per_sample = ctx->min_samples > 1 || fs->outputs_read;
+                cfg.evaluate_per_sample = msaa && per_sample;
 
-                /* Any time texturing is used, derivatives are implicitly calculated,
-                 * so we need to enable helper invocations */
+                if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD) {
+                        cfg.sfbd_load_destination = blend[0].load_dest;
+                        cfg.sfbd_blend_shader = blend[0].is_shader;
+                }
 
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_HELPER_INVOCATIONS,
-                        fs->helper_invocations);
+                cfg.depth_function = zsa->base.depth.enabled ?
+                        panfrost_translate_compare_func(zsa->base.depth.func) :
+                        MALI_FUNC_ALWAYS;
 
-                /* If discard is enabled, which bit we set to convey this
-                 * depends on if depth/stencil is used for the draw or not.
-                 * Just one of depth OR stencil is enough to trigger this. */
+                cfg.depth_write_mask = zsa->base.depth.writemask;
+                cfg.near_discard = rast->depth_clip_near;
+                cfg.far_discard = rast->depth_clip_far;
+                cfg.unknown_2 = true;
+        }
 
-                const struct pipe_depth_stencil_alpha_state *zsa = &ctx->depth_stencil->base;
-                bool zs_enabled = fs->writes_depth || fs->writes_stencil;
+        pan_pack(&stencil_mask_misc, STENCIL_MASK_MISC, cfg) {
+                cfg.stencil_mask_front = zsa->stencil_mask_front;
+                cfg.stencil_mask_back = zsa->stencil_mask_back;
+                cfg.stencil_enable = zsa->base.stencil[0].enabled;
+                cfg.alpha_to_coverage = alpha_to_coverage;
 
-                if (zsa) {
-                        zs_enabled |= (zsa->depth.enabled && zsa->depth.func != PIPE_FUNC_ALWAYS);
-                        zs_enabled |= zsa->stencil[0].enabled;
+                if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD) {
+                        cfg.sfbd_write_enable = !blend[0].no_colour;
+                        cfg.sfbd_srgb = util_format_is_srgb(ctx->pipe_framebuffer.cbufs[0]->format);
+                        cfg.sfbd_dither_disable = !ctx->blend->base.dither;
                 }
 
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_READS_TILEBUFFER,
-                        fs->outputs_read || (!zs_enabled && fs->can_discard));
-                SET_BIT(fragmeta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_READS_ZS, zs_enabled && fs->can_discard);
+                cfg.unknown_1 = 0x7;
+                cfg.depth_range_1 = cfg.depth_range_2 = rast->offset_tri;
+                cfg.single_sampled_lines = !rast->multisample;
         }
 
-        panfrost_frag_meta_rasterizer_update(ctx, fragmeta);
-        panfrost_frag_meta_zsa_update(ctx, fragmeta);
-        panfrost_frag_meta_blend_update(ctx, fragmeta, rts);
-}
+        if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD) {
+                if (blend[0].is_shader) {
+                        sfbd_blend.shader = blend[0].shader.gpu |
+                                blend[0].shader.first_tag;
+                } else {
+                        sfbd_blend.equation = blend[0].equation.equation;
+                        sfbd_blend.constant = blend[0].equation.constant;
+                }
+        } else if (!(dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST)) {
+                /* Bug where MRT-capable hw apparently reads the last blend
+                 * shader from here instead of the usual location? */
 
-void
-panfrost_emit_shader_meta(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                          enum pipe_shader_type st,
-                          struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
-{
-        struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
-        struct panfrost_shader_state *ss = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, st);
+                for (signed rt = ((signed) rt_count - 1); rt >= 0; --rt) {
+                        if (!blend[rt].is_shader)
+                                continue;
 
-        if (!ss) {
-                postfix->shader = 0;
-                return;
+                        sfbd_blend.shader = blend[rt].shader.gpu |
+                                                 blend[rt].shader.first_tag;
+                        break;
+                }
         }
 
-        struct mali_shader_meta meta;
+        pan_pack(fragmeta, STATE_OPAQUE, cfg) {
+                cfg.shader = fs->shader;
+                cfg.properties = properties;
+                cfg.depth_units = rast->offset_units * 2.0f;
+                cfg.depth_factor = rast->offset_scale;
+                cfg.multisample_misc = multisample_misc;
+                cfg.stencil_mask_misc = stencil_mask_misc;
 
-        panfrost_shader_meta_init(ctx, st, &meta);
+                cfg.stencil_front = zsa->stencil_front;
+                cfg.stencil_back = zsa->stencil_back;
+
+                /* Bottom bits for stencil ref, exactly one word */
+                bool back_enab = zsa->base.stencil[1].enabled;
+                cfg.stencil_front.opaque[0] |= ctx->stencil_ref.ref_value[0];
+                cfg.stencil_back.opaque[0] |= ctx->stencil_ref.ref_value[back_enab ? 1 : 0];
+
+                if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST)
+                        cfg.preload = preload;
+                else
+                        memcpy(&cfg.sfbd_blend, &sfbd_blend, sizeof(sfbd_blend));
+        }
+}
+
+mali_ptr
+panfrost_emit_compute_shader_meta(struct panfrost_batch *batch, enum pipe_shader_type stage)
+{
+        struct panfrost_shader_state *ss = panfrost_get_shader_state(batch->ctx, stage);
 
-        /* Add the shader BO to the batch. */
         panfrost_batch_add_bo(batch, ss->bo,
                               PAN_BO_ACCESS_PRIVATE |
                               PAN_BO_ACCESS_READ |
-                              panfrost_bo_access_for_stage(st));
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_VERTEX_TILER);
 
-        mali_ptr shader_ptr;
+        panfrost_batch_add_bo(batch, pan_resource(ss->upload.rsrc)->bo,
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_PRIVATE |
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_READ |
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_VERTEX_TILER);
 
-        if (st == PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT) {
-                struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
-                unsigned rt_count = MAX2(ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs, 1);
-                size_t desc_size = sizeof(meta);
-                void *rts = NULL;
-                struct panfrost_transfer xfer;
-                unsigned rt_size;
+        return pan_resource(ss->upload.rsrc)->bo->gpu + ss->upload.offset;
+}
 
-                if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD)
-                        rt_size = 0;
-                else if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST)
-                        rt_size = sizeof(struct bifrost_blend_rt);
-                else
-                        rt_size = sizeof(struct midgard_blend_rt);
+mali_ptr
+panfrost_emit_frag_shader_meta(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
+{
+        struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
+        struct panfrost_shader_state *ss = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
 
-                desc_size += rt_size * rt_count;
+        /* Add the shader BO to the batch. */
+        panfrost_batch_add_bo(batch, ss->bo,
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_PRIVATE |
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_READ |
+                              PAN_BO_ACCESS_FRAGMENT);
 
-                if (rt_size)
-                        rts = rzalloc_size(ctx, rt_size * rt_count);
+        struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
+        unsigned rt_count = MAX2(ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs, 1);
+        struct panfrost_transfer xfer;
+        unsigned rt_size;
 
-                panfrost_frag_shader_meta_init(ctx, &meta, rts);
+        if (dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD)
+                rt_size = 0;
+        else if (dev->quirks & IS_BIFROST)
+                rt_size = sizeof(struct bifrost_blend_rt);
+        else
+                rt_size = sizeof(struct midgard_blend_rt);
 
-                xfer = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool, desc_size);
+        unsigned desc_size = MALI_STATE_LENGTH + rt_size * rt_count;
+        xfer = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool, desc_size, MALI_STATE_LENGTH);
 
-                memcpy(xfer.cpu, &meta, sizeof(meta));
-                memcpy(xfer.cpu + sizeof(meta), rts, rt_size * rt_count);
+        struct panfrost_blend_final blend[PIPE_MAX_COLOR_BUFS];
 
-                if (rt_size)
-                        ralloc_free(rts);
+        for (unsigned c = 0; c < ctx->pipe_framebuffer.nr_cbufs; ++c)
+                blend[c] = panfrost_get_blend_for_context(ctx, c);
 
-                shader_ptr = xfer.gpu;
-        } else {
-                shader_ptr = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, &meta,
-                                                       sizeof(meta));
-        }
+        panfrost_emit_frag_shader(ctx, (struct mali_state_packed *) xfer.cpu, blend);
 
-        postfix->shader = shader_ptr;
+        if (!(dev->quirks & MIDGARD_SFBD))
+                panfrost_emit_blend(batch, xfer.cpu + MALI_STATE_LENGTH, blend);
+        else
+                batch->draws |= PIPE_CLEAR_COLOR0;
+
+        return xfer.gpu;
 }
 
-void
-panfrost_emit_viewport(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                       struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *tiler_postfix)
+mali_ptr
+panfrost_emit_viewport(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
         const struct pipe_viewport_state *vp = &ctx->pipe_viewport;
@@ -886,7 +751,7 @@ panfrost_emit_viewport(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
         unsigned miny = MIN2(fb->height, vp_miny);
         unsigned maxy = MIN2(fb->height, vp_maxy);
 
-        if (ss && rast && rast->scissor) {
+        if (ss && rast->scissor) {
                 minx = MAX2(ss->minx, minx);
                 miny = MAX2(ss->miny, miny);
                 maxx = MIN2(ss->maxx, maxx);
@@ -905,8 +770,8 @@ panfrost_emit_viewport(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                 cfg.maximum_z = rast->depth_clip_far ? maxz : INFINITY;
         }
 
-        tiler_postfix->viewport = T.gpu;
         panfrost_batch_union_scissor(batch, minx, miny, maxx, maxy);
+        return T.gpu;
 }
 
 static mali_ptr
@@ -928,10 +793,10 @@ panfrost_map_constant_buffer_gpu(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                  * PIPE_CAP_CONSTANT_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT */
                 return rsrc->bo->gpu + cb->buffer_offset;
         } else if (cb->user_buffer) {
-                return panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool,
+                return panfrost_pool_upload_aligned(&batch->pool,
                                                  cb->user_buffer +
                                                  cb->buffer_offset,
-                                                 cb->buffer_size);
+                                                 cb->buffer_size, 16);
         } else {
                 unreachable("No constant buffer");
         }
@@ -1111,16 +976,16 @@ panfrost_map_constant_buffer_cpu(struct panfrost_constant_buffer *buf,
                 unreachable("No constant buffer");
 }
 
-void
+mali_ptr
 panfrost_emit_const_buf(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                         enum pipe_shader_type stage,
-                        struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
+                        mali_ptr *push_constants)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
         struct panfrost_shader_variants *all = ctx->shader[stage];
 
         if (!all)
-                return;
+                return 0;
 
         struct panfrost_constant_buffer *buf = &ctx->constant_buffer[stage];
 
@@ -1133,8 +998,8 @@ panfrost_emit_const_buf(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
         size_t sys_size = sizeof(float) * 4 * ss->sysval_count;
         size_t uniform_size = has_uniforms ? (buf->cb[0].buffer_size) : 0;
         size_t size = sys_size + uniform_size;
-        struct panfrost_transfer transfer = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool,
-                                                                        size);
+        struct panfrost_transfer transfer =
+                panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool, size, 16);
 
         /* Upload sysvals requested by the shader */
         panfrost_upload_sysvals(batch, transfer.cpu, ss, stage);
@@ -1146,20 +1011,23 @@ panfrost_emit_const_buf(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
         }
 
         /* Next up, attach UBOs. UBO #0 is the uniforms we just
-         * uploaded */
+         * uploaded, so it's always included. The count is the highest UBO
+         * addressable -- gaps are included. */
 
-        unsigned ubo_count = panfrost_ubo_count(ctx, stage);
-        assert(ubo_count >= 1);
+        unsigned ubo_count = 32 - __builtin_clz(buf->enabled_mask | 1);
 
         size_t sz = MALI_UNIFORM_BUFFER_LENGTH * ubo_count;
-        struct panfrost_transfer ubos = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool, sz);
+        struct panfrost_transfer ubos =
+                panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool, sz,
+                                MALI_UNIFORM_BUFFER_LENGTH);
+
         uint64_t *ubo_ptr = (uint64_t *) ubos.cpu;
 
         /* Upload uniforms as a UBO */
 
-        if (ss->uniform_count) {
+        if (size) {
                 pan_pack(ubo_ptr, UNIFORM_BUFFER, cfg) {
-                        cfg.entries = ss->uniform_count;
+                        cfg.entries = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, 16);
                         cfg.pointer = transfer.gpu;
                 }
         } else {
@@ -1185,40 +1053,41 @@ panfrost_emit_const_buf(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                 }
         }
 
-        postfix->uniforms = transfer.gpu;
-        postfix->uniform_buffers = ubos.gpu;
+        *push_constants = transfer.gpu;
 
         buf->dirty_mask = 0;
+        return ubos.gpu;
 }
 
-void
+mali_ptr
 panfrost_emit_shared_memory(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                            const struct pipe_grid_info *info,
-                            struct midgard_payload_vertex_tiler *vtp)
+                            const struct pipe_grid_info *info)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
+        struct panfrost_device *dev = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
         struct panfrost_shader_variants *all = ctx->shader[PIPE_SHADER_COMPUTE];
         struct panfrost_shader_state *ss = &all->variants[all->active_variant];
         unsigned single_size = util_next_power_of_two(MAX2(ss->shared_size,
                                                            128));
-        unsigned shared_size = single_size * info->grid[0] * info->grid[1] *
-                               info->grid[2] * 4;
+
+        unsigned log2_instances =
+                util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[0]) +
+                util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[1]) +
+                util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[2]);
+
+        unsigned shared_size = single_size * (1 << log2_instances) * dev->core_count;
         struct panfrost_bo *bo = panfrost_batch_get_shared_memory(batch,
                                                                   shared_size,
                                                                   1);
 
         struct mali_shared_memory shared = {
                 .shared_memory = bo->gpu,
-                .shared_workgroup_count =
-                        util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[0]) +
-                        util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[1]) +
-                        util_logbase2_ceil(info->grid[2]),
-                .shared_unk1 = 0x2,
-                .shared_shift = util_logbase2(single_size) - 1
+                .shared_workgroup_count = log2_instances,
+                .shared_shift = util_logbase2(single_size) + 1
         };
 
-        vtp->postfix.shared_memory = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, &shared,
-                                                               sizeof(shared));
+        return panfrost_pool_upload_aligned(&batch->pool, &shared,
+                        sizeof(shared), 64);
 }
 
 static mali_ptr
@@ -1257,21 +1126,21 @@ panfrost_update_sampler_view(struct panfrost_sampler_view *view,
         }
 }
 
-void
+mali_ptr
 panfrost_emit_texture_descriptors(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                                  enum pipe_shader_type stage,
-                                  struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
+                                  enum pipe_shader_type stage)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
         struct panfrost_device *device = pan_device(ctx->base.screen);
 
         if (!ctx->sampler_view_count[stage])
-                return;
+                return 0;
 
         if (device->quirks & IS_BIFROST) {
-                struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool,
+                struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool,
                                 MALI_BIFROST_TEXTURE_LENGTH *
-                                ctx->sampler_view_count[stage]);
+                                ctx->sampler_view_count[stage],
+                                MALI_BIFROST_TEXTURE_LENGTH);
 
                 struct mali_bifrost_texture_packed *out =
                         (struct mali_bifrost_texture_packed *) T.cpu;
@@ -1295,7 +1164,7 @@ panfrost_emit_texture_descriptors(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                                               panfrost_bo_access_for_stage(stage));
                 }
 
-                postfix->textures = T.gpu;
+                return T.gpu;
         } else {
                 uint64_t trampolines[PIPE_MAX_SHADER_SAMPLER_VIEWS];
 
@@ -1307,62 +1176,72 @@ panfrost_emit_texture_descriptors(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                         trampolines[i] = panfrost_get_tex_desc(batch, stage, view);
                 }
 
-                postfix->textures = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool,
-                                                              trampolines,
-                                                              sizeof(uint64_t) *
-                                                              ctx->sampler_view_count[stage]);
+                return panfrost_pool_upload_aligned(&batch->pool, trampolines,
+                                sizeof(uint64_t) *
+                                ctx->sampler_view_count[stage],
+                                sizeof(uint64_t));
         }
 }
 
-void
+mali_ptr
 panfrost_emit_sampler_descriptors(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                                  enum pipe_shader_type stage,
-                                  struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *postfix)
+                                  enum pipe_shader_type stage)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
 
         if (!ctx->sampler_count[stage])
-                return;
+                return 0;
 
         size_t desc_size = MALI_BIFROST_SAMPLER_LENGTH;
         assert(MALI_BIFROST_SAMPLER_LENGTH == MALI_MIDGARD_SAMPLER_LENGTH);
 
         size_t sz = desc_size * ctx->sampler_count[stage];
-        struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool, sz);
+        struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool, sz, desc_size);
         struct mali_midgard_sampler_packed *out = (struct mali_midgard_sampler_packed *) T.cpu;
 
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < ctx->sampler_count[stage]; ++i)
                 out[i] = ctx->samplers[stage][i]->hw;
 
-        postfix->sampler_descriptor = T.gpu;
+        return T.gpu;
 }
 
-void
+mali_ptr
 panfrost_emit_vertex_data(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
-                          struct mali_vertex_tiler_postfix *vertex_postfix)
+                          mali_ptr *buffers)
 {
         struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
         struct panfrost_vertex_state *so = ctx->vertex;
+        struct panfrost_shader_state *vs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_VERTEX);
+
+        /* Worst case: everything is NPOT, which is only possible if instancing
+         * is enabled. Otherwise single record is gauranteed */
+        struct panfrost_transfer S = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool,
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER_LENGTH * vs->attribute_count *
+                        (ctx->instance_count > 1 ? 2 : 1),
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER_LENGTH * 2);
+
+        struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool,
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_LENGTH * vs->attribute_count,
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_LENGTH);
+
+        struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *bufs =
+                (struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *) S.cpu;
 
-        /* Staged mali_attr, and index into them. i =/= k, depending on the
-         * vertex buffer mask and instancing. Twice as much room is allocated,
-         * for a worst case of NPOT_DIVIDEs which take up extra slot */
-        union mali_attr attrs[PIPE_MAX_ATTRIBS * 2];
+        struct mali_attribute_packed *out =
+                (struct mali_attribute_packed *) T.cpu;
+
+        unsigned attrib_to_buffer[PIPE_MAX_ATTRIBS] = { 0 };
         unsigned k = 0;
 
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < so->num_elements; ++i) {
-                /* We map a mali_attr to be 1:1 with the mali_attr_meta, which
+                /* We map buffers 1:1 with the attributes, which
                  * means duplicating some vertex buffers (who cares? aside from
                  * maybe some caching implications but I somehow doubt that
                  * matters) */
 
                 struct pipe_vertex_element *elem = &so->pipe[i];
                 unsigned vbi = elem->vertex_buffer_index;
-
-                /* The exception to 1:1 mapping is that we can have multiple
-                 * entries (NPOT divisors), so we fixup anyways */
-
-                so->hw[i].index = k;
+                attrib_to_buffer[i] = k;
 
                 if (!(ctx->vb_mask & (1 << vbi)))
                         continue;
@@ -1374,94 +1253,107 @@ panfrost_emit_vertex_data(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                 if (!rsrc)
                         continue;
 
-                /* Align to 64 bytes by masking off the lower bits. This
-                 * will be adjusted back when we fixup the src_offset in
-                 * mali_attr_meta */
-
-                mali_ptr raw_addr = rsrc->bo->gpu + buf->buffer_offset;
-                mali_ptr addr = raw_addr & ~63;
-                unsigned chopped_addr = raw_addr - addr;
-
                 /* Add a dependency of the batch on the vertex buffer */
                 panfrost_batch_add_bo(batch, rsrc->bo,
                                       PAN_BO_ACCESS_SHARED |
                                       PAN_BO_ACCESS_READ |
                                       PAN_BO_ACCESS_VERTEX_TILER);
 
-                /* Set common fields */
-                attrs[k].elements = addr;
-                attrs[k].stride = buf->stride;
+                /* Mask off lower bits, see offset fixup below */
+                mali_ptr raw_addr = rsrc->bo->gpu + buf->buffer_offset;
+                mali_ptr addr = raw_addr & ~63;
 
                 /* Since we advanced the base pointer, we shrink the buffer
-                 * size */
-                attrs[k].size = rsrc->base.width0 - buf->buffer_offset;
+                 * size, but add the offset we subtracted */
+                unsigned size = rsrc->base.width0 + (raw_addr - addr)
+                        - buf->buffer_offset;
+
+                /* When there is a divisor, the hardware-level divisor is
+                 * the product of the instance divisor and the padded count */
+                unsigned divisor = elem->instance_divisor;
+                unsigned hw_divisor = ctx->padded_count * divisor;
+                unsigned stride = buf->stride;
 
-                /* We need to add the extra size we masked off (for
-                 * correctness) so the data doesn't get clamped away */
-                attrs[k].size += chopped_addr;
+                /* If there's a divisor(=1) but no instancing, we want every
+                 * attribute to be the same */
 
-                /* For non-instancing make sure we initialize */
-                attrs[k].shift = attrs[k].extra_flags = 0;
+                if (divisor && ctx->instance_count == 1)
+                        stride = 0;
 
-                /* Instancing uses a dramatically different code path than
-                 * linear, so dispatch for the actual emission now that the
-                 * common code is finished */
+                if (!divisor || ctx->instance_count <= 1) {
+                        pan_pack(bufs + k, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                                if (ctx->instance_count > 1) {
+                                        cfg.type = MALI_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_1D_MODULUS;
+                                        cfg.divisor = ctx->padded_count;
+                                }
 
-                unsigned divisor = elem->instance_divisor;
+                                cfg.pointer = addr;
+                                cfg.stride = stride;
+                                cfg.size = size;
+                        }
+                } else if (util_is_power_of_two_or_zero(hw_divisor)) {
+                        pan_pack(bufs + k, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                                cfg.type = MALI_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_1D_POT_DIVISOR;
+                                cfg.pointer = addr;
+                                cfg.stride = stride;
+                                cfg.size = size;
+                                cfg.divisor_r = __builtin_ctz(hw_divisor);
+                        }
 
-                if (divisor && ctx->instance_count == 1) {
-                        /* Silly corner case where there's a divisor(=1) but
-                         * there's no legitimate instancing. So we want *every*
-                         * attribute to be the same. So set stride to zero so
-                         * we don't go anywhere. */
-
-                        attrs[k].size = attrs[k].stride + chopped_addr;
-                        attrs[k].stride = 0;
-                        attrs[k++].elements |= MALI_ATTR_LINEAR;
-                } else if (ctx->instance_count <= 1) {
-                        /* Normal, non-instanced attributes */
-                        attrs[k++].elements |= MALI_ATTR_LINEAR;
                 } else {
-                        unsigned instance_shift = vertex_postfix->instance_shift;
-                        unsigned instance_odd = vertex_postfix->instance_odd;
+                        unsigned shift = 0, extra_flags = 0;
+
+                        unsigned magic_divisor =
+                                panfrost_compute_magic_divisor(hw_divisor, &shift, &extra_flags);
 
-                        k += panfrost_vertex_instanced(ctx->padded_count,
-                                                       instance_shift,
-                                                       instance_odd,
-                                                       divisor, &attrs[k]);
+                        pan_pack(bufs + k, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                                cfg.type = MALI_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_1D_NPOT_DIVISOR;
+                                cfg.pointer = addr;
+                                cfg.stride = stride;
+                                cfg.size = size;
+
+                                cfg.divisor_r = shift;
+                                cfg.divisor_e = extra_flags;
+                        }
+
+                        pan_pack(bufs + k + 1, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER_CONTINUATION_NPOT, cfg) {
+                                cfg.divisor_numerator = magic_divisor;
+                                cfg.divisor = divisor;
+                        }
+
+                        ++k;
                 }
+
+                ++k;
         }
 
         /* Add special gl_VertexID/gl_InstanceID buffers */
 
-        panfrost_vertex_id(ctx->padded_count, &attrs[k]);
-        so->hw[PAN_VERTEX_ID].index = k++;
-        panfrost_instance_id(ctx->padded_count, &attrs[k]);
-        so->hw[PAN_INSTANCE_ID].index = k++;
+        if (unlikely(vs->attribute_count >= PAN_VERTEX_ID)) {
+                panfrost_vertex_id(ctx->padded_count, &bufs[k], ctx->instance_count > 1);
 
-        /* Fixup offsets for the second pass. Recall that the hardware
-         * calculates attribute addresses as:
-         *
-         *      addr = base + (stride * vtx) + src_offset;
-         *
-         * However, on Mali, base must be aligned to 64-bytes, so we
-         * instead let:
+                pan_pack(out + PAN_VERTEX_ID, ATTRIBUTE, cfg) {
+                        cfg.buffer_index = k++;
+                        cfg.format = so->formats[PAN_VERTEX_ID];
+                }
+
+                panfrost_instance_id(ctx->padded_count, &bufs[k], ctx->instance_count > 1);
+
+                pan_pack(out + PAN_INSTANCE_ID, ATTRIBUTE, cfg) {
+                        cfg.buffer_index = k++;
+                        cfg.format = so->formats[PAN_INSTANCE_ID];
+                }
+        }
+
+        /* Attribute addresses require 64-byte alignment, so let:
          *
          *      base' = base & ~63 = base - (base & 63)
+         *      offset' = offset + (base & 63)
          *
-         * To compensate when using base' (see emit_vertex_data), we have
-         * to adjust src_offset by the masked off piece:
-         *
-         *      addr' = base' + (stride * vtx) + (src_offset + (base & 63))
-         *            = base - (base & 63) + (stride * vtx) + src_offset + (base & 63)
-         *            = base + (stride * vtx) + src_offset
-         *            = addr;
-         *
-         * QED.
+         * Since base' + offset' = base + offset, these are equivalent
+         * addressing modes and now base is 64 aligned.
          */
 
-        unsigned start = vertex_postfix->offset_start;
-
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < so->num_elements; ++i) {
                 unsigned vbi = so->pipe[i].vertex_buffer_index;
                 struct pipe_vertex_buffer *buf = &ctx->vertex_buffers[vbi];
@@ -1478,36 +1370,35 @@ panfrost_emit_vertex_data(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                 /* Also, somewhat obscurely per-instance data needs to be
                  * offset in response to a delayed start in an indexed draw */
 
-                if (so->pipe[i].instance_divisor && ctx->instance_count > 1 && start)
-                        src_offset -= buf->stride * start;
+                if (so->pipe[i].instance_divisor && ctx->instance_count > 1)
+                        src_offset -= buf->stride * ctx->offset_start;
 
-                so->hw[i].src_offset = src_offset;
+                pan_pack(out + i, ATTRIBUTE, cfg) {
+                        cfg.buffer_index = attrib_to_buffer[i];
+                        cfg.format = so->formats[i];
+                        cfg.offset = src_offset;
+                }
         }
 
-
-        vertex_postfix->attributes = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, attrs,
-                                                           k * sizeof(*attrs));
-
-        vertex_postfix->attribute_meta = panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, so->hw,
-                                                               sizeof(*so->hw) *
-                                                               PAN_MAX_ATTRIBUTE);
+        *buffers = S.gpu;
+        return T.gpu;
 }
 
 static mali_ptr
-panfrost_emit_varyings(struct panfrost_batch *batch, union mali_attr *slot,
-                       unsigned stride, unsigned count)
+panfrost_emit_varyings(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
+                struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *slot,
+                unsigned stride, unsigned count)
 {
-        /* Fill out the descriptor */
-        slot->stride = stride;
-        slot->size = stride * count;
-        slot->shift = slot->extra_flags = 0;
+        unsigned size = stride * count;
+        mali_ptr ptr = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->invisible_pool, size, 64).gpu;
 
-        struct panfrost_transfer transfer = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool,
-                                                                        slot->size);
-
-        slot->elements = transfer.gpu | MALI_ATTR_LINEAR;
+        pan_pack(slot, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                cfg.stride = stride;
+                cfg.size = size;
+                cfg.pointer = ptr;
+        }
 
-        return transfer.gpu;
+        return ptr;
 }
 
 static unsigned
@@ -1518,16 +1409,14 @@ panfrost_streamout_offset(unsigned stride, unsigned offset,
 }
 
 static void
-panfrost_emit_streamout(struct panfrost_batch *batch, union mali_attr *slot,
-                        unsigned stride, unsigned offset, unsigned count,
+panfrost_emit_streamout(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
+                        struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *slot,
+                        unsigned stride_words, unsigned offset, unsigned count,
                         struct pipe_stream_output_target *target)
 {
-        /* Fill out the descriptor */
-        slot->stride = stride * 4;
-        slot->shift = slot->extra_flags = 0;
-
+        unsigned stride = stride_words * 4;
         unsigned max_size = target->buffer_size;
-        unsigned expected_size = slot->stride * count;
+        unsigned expected_size = stride * count;
 
         /* Grab the BO and bind it to the batch */
         struct panfrost_bo *bo = pan_resource(target->buffer)->bo;
@@ -1542,9 +1431,13 @@ panfrost_emit_streamout(struct panfrost_batch *batch, union mali_attr *slot,
                               PAN_BO_ACCESS_FRAGMENT);
 
         /* We will have an offset applied to get alignment */
-        mali_ptr addr = bo->gpu + target->buffer_offset + (offset * slot->stride);
-        slot->elements = (addr & ~63) | MALI_ATTR_LINEAR;
-        slot->size = MIN2(max_size, expected_size) + (addr & 63);
+        mali_ptr addr = bo->gpu + target->buffer_offset + (offset * stride);
+
+        pan_pack(slot, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                cfg.pointer = (addr & ~63);
+                cfg.stride = stride;
+                cfg.size = MIN2(max_size, expected_size) + (addr & 63);
+        }
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -1682,8 +1575,9 @@ pan_varying_present(
 
 /* Emitters for varying records */
 
-static struct mali_attr_meta
-pan_emit_vary(unsigned present, enum pan_special_varying buf,
+static void
+pan_emit_vary(struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
+                unsigned present, enum pan_special_varying buf,
                 unsigned quirks, enum mali_format format,
                 unsigned offset)
 {
@@ -1692,22 +1586,21 @@ pan_emit_vary(unsigned present, enum pan_special_varying buf,
                         panfrost_get_default_swizzle(nr_channels) :
                         panfrost_bifrost_swizzle(nr_channels);
 
-        struct mali_attr_meta meta = {
-                .index = pan_varying_index(present, buf),
-                .unknown1 = quirks & IS_BIFROST ? 0x0 : 0x2,
-                .format = (format << 12) | swizzle,
-                .src_offset = offset
-        };
-
-        return meta;
+        pan_pack(out, ATTRIBUTE, cfg) {
+                cfg.buffer_index = pan_varying_index(present, buf);
+                cfg.unknown = quirks & IS_BIFROST ? 0x0 : 0x1;
+                cfg.format = (format << 12) | swizzle;
+                cfg.offset = offset;
+        }
 }
 
 /* General varying that is unused */
 
-static struct mali_attr_meta
-pan_emit_vary_only(unsigned present, unsigned quirks)
+static void
+pan_emit_vary_only(struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
+                unsigned present, unsigned quirks)
 {
-        return pan_emit_vary(present, 0, quirks, MALI_VARYING_DISCARD, 0);
+        pan_emit_vary(out, present, 0, quirks, MALI_VARYING_DISCARD, 0);
 }
 
 /* Special records */
@@ -1720,12 +1613,13 @@ static const enum mali_format pan_varying_formats[PAN_VARY_MAX] = {
         [PAN_VARY_FRAGCOORD]    = MALI_RGBA32F
 };
 
-static struct mali_attr_meta
-pan_emit_vary_special(unsigned present, enum pan_special_varying buf,
+static void
+pan_emit_vary_special(struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
+                unsigned present, enum pan_special_varying buf,
                 unsigned quirks)
 {
         assert(buf < PAN_VARY_MAX);
-        return pan_emit_vary(present, buf, quirks, pan_varying_formats[buf], 0);
+        pan_emit_vary(out, present, buf, quirks, pan_varying_formats[buf], 0);
 }
 
 static enum mali_format
@@ -1741,8 +1635,9 @@ pan_xfb_format(enum mali_format format, unsigned nr)
  * a bitfield) 32-bit, smaller than a 64-bit pointer, so may as well pass by
  * value. */
 
-static struct mali_attr_meta
-pan_emit_vary_xfb(unsigned present,
+static void
+pan_emit_vary_xfb(struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
+                unsigned present,
                 unsigned max_xfb,
                 unsigned *streamout_offsets,
                 unsigned quirks,
@@ -1753,23 +1648,18 @@ pan_emit_vary_xfb(unsigned present,
                         panfrost_get_default_swizzle(o.num_components) :
                         panfrost_bifrost_swizzle(o.num_components);
 
-        /* Otherwise construct a record for it */
-        struct mali_attr_meta meta = {
+        pan_pack(out, ATTRIBUTE, cfg) {
                 /* XFB buffers come after everything else */
-                .index = pan_xfb_base(present) + o.output_buffer,
-
-                /* As usual unknown bit */
-                .unknown1 = quirks & IS_BIFROST ? 0x0 : 0x2,
+                cfg.buffer_index = pan_xfb_base(present) + o.output_buffer;
+                cfg.unknown = quirks & IS_BIFROST ? 0x0 : 0x1;
 
                 /* Override number of channels and precision to highp */
-                .format = (pan_xfb_format(format, o.num_components) << 12) | swizzle,
+                cfg.format = (pan_xfb_format(format, o.num_components) << 12) | swizzle;
 
                 /* Apply given offsets together */
-                .src_offset = (o.dst_offset * 4) /* dwords */
-                        + streamout_offsets[o.output_buffer]
-        };
-
-        return meta;
+                cfg.offset = (o.dst_offset * 4) /* dwords */
+                        + streamout_offsets[o.output_buffer];
+        }
 }
 
 /* Determine if we should capture a varying for XFB. This requires actually
@@ -1787,51 +1677,21 @@ panfrost_xfb_captured(struct panfrost_shader_state *xfb,
         return o->output_buffer < max_xfb;
 }
 
-/* Higher-level wrapper around all of the above, classifying a varying into one
- * of the above types */
-
-static struct mali_attr_meta
-panfrost_emit_varying(
-                struct panfrost_shader_state *stage,
+static void
+pan_emit_general_varying(struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
                 struct panfrost_shader_state *other,
                 struct panfrost_shader_state *xfb,
+                gl_varying_slot loc,
+                enum mali_format format,
                 unsigned present,
-                unsigned max_xfb,
-                unsigned *streamout_offsets,
                 unsigned quirks,
                 unsigned *gen_offsets,
                 enum mali_format *gen_formats,
                 unsigned *gen_stride,
                 unsigned idx,
-                bool should_alloc,
-                bool is_fragment)
+                bool should_alloc)
 {
-        gl_varying_slot loc = stage->varyings_loc[idx];
-        enum mali_format format = stage->varyings[idx];
-
-        /* Override format to match linkage */
-        if (!should_alloc && gen_formats[idx])
-                format = gen_formats[idx];
-
-        if (has_point_coord(stage->point_sprite_mask, loc)) {
-                return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, quirks);
-        } else if (panfrost_xfb_captured(xfb, loc, max_xfb)) {
-                struct pipe_stream_output *o = pan_get_so(&xfb->stream_output, loc);
-                return pan_emit_vary_xfb(present, max_xfb, streamout_offsets, quirks, format, *o);
-        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_POS) {
-                if (is_fragment)
-                        return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_FRAGCOORD, quirks);
-                else
-                        return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_POSITION, quirks);
-        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_PSIZ) {
-                return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_PSIZ, quirks);
-        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_PNTC) {
-                return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, quirks);
-        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_FACE) {
-                return pan_emit_vary_special(present, PAN_VARY_FACE, quirks);
-        }
-
-        /* We've exhausted special cases, so it's otherwise a general varying. Check if we're linked */
+        /* Check if we're linked */
         signed other_idx = -1;
 
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < other->varying_count; ++j) {
@@ -1841,8 +1701,10 @@ panfrost_emit_varying(
                 }
         }
 
-        if (other_idx < 0)
-                return pan_emit_vary_only(present, quirks);
+        if (other_idx < 0) {
+                pan_emit_vary_only(out, present, quirks);
+                return;
+        }
 
         unsigned offset = gen_offsets[other_idx];
 
@@ -1874,25 +1736,72 @@ panfrost_emit_varying(
                 *gen_stride += size;
         }
 
-        return pan_emit_vary(present, PAN_VARY_GENERAL,
-                        quirks, format, offset);
+        pan_emit_vary(out, present, PAN_VARY_GENERAL, quirks, format, offset);
+}
+
+/* Higher-level wrapper around all of the above, classifying a varying into one
+ * of the above types */
+
+static void
+panfrost_emit_varying(
+                struct mali_attribute_packed *out,
+                struct panfrost_shader_state *stage,
+                struct panfrost_shader_state *other,
+                struct panfrost_shader_state *xfb,
+                unsigned present,
+                unsigned max_xfb,
+                unsigned *streamout_offsets,
+                unsigned quirks,
+                unsigned *gen_offsets,
+                enum mali_format *gen_formats,
+                unsigned *gen_stride,
+                unsigned idx,
+                bool should_alloc,
+                bool is_fragment)
+{
+        gl_varying_slot loc = stage->varyings_loc[idx];
+        enum mali_format format = stage->varyings[idx];
+
+        /* Override format to match linkage */
+        if (!should_alloc && gen_formats[idx])
+                format = gen_formats[idx];
+
+        if (has_point_coord(stage->point_sprite_mask, loc)) {
+                pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, quirks);
+        } else if (panfrost_xfb_captured(xfb, loc, max_xfb)) {
+                struct pipe_stream_output *o = pan_get_so(&xfb->stream_output, loc);
+                pan_emit_vary_xfb(out, present, max_xfb, streamout_offsets, quirks, format, *o);
+        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_POS) {
+                if (is_fragment)
+                        pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_FRAGCOORD, quirks);
+                else
+                        pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_POSITION, quirks);
+        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_PSIZ) {
+                pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_PSIZ, quirks);
+        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_PNTC) {
+                pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, quirks);
+        } else if (loc == VARYING_SLOT_FACE) {
+                pan_emit_vary_special(out, present, PAN_VARY_FACE, quirks);
+        } else {
+                pan_emit_general_varying(out, other, xfb, loc, format, present,
+                                quirks, gen_offsets, gen_formats, gen_stride,
+                                idx, should_alloc);
+        }
 }
 
 static void
-pan_emit_special_input(union mali_attr *varyings,
+pan_emit_special_input(struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *out,
                 unsigned present,
                 enum pan_special_varying v,
-                mali_ptr addr)
+                unsigned special)
 {
         if (present & (1 << v)) {
-                /* Ensure we write exactly once for performance and with fields
-                 * zeroed appropriately to avoid flakes */
-
-                union mali_attr s = {
-                        .elements = addr
-                };
+                unsigned idx = pan_varying_index(present, v);
 
-                varyings[pan_varying_index(present, v)] = s;
+                pan_pack(out + idx, ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER, cfg) {
+                        cfg.special = special;
+                        cfg.type = 0;
+                }
         }
 }
 
@@ -1913,12 +1822,11 @@ panfrost_emit_varying_descriptor(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
 
         vs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_VERTEX);
         fs = panfrost_get_shader_state(ctx, PIPE_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
-        vs_size = sizeof(struct mali_attr_meta) * vs->varying_count;
-        fs_size = sizeof(struct mali_attr_meta) * fs->varying_count;
+        vs_size = MALI_ATTRIBUTE_LENGTH * vs->varying_count;
+        fs_size = MALI_ATTRIBUTE_LENGTH * fs->varying_count;
 
-        struct panfrost_transfer trans = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool,
-                                                                     vs_size +
-                                                                     fs_size);
+        struct panfrost_transfer trans = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(
+                        &batch->pool, vs_size + fs_size, MALI_ATTRIBUTE_LENGTH);
 
         struct pipe_stream_output_info *so = &vs->stream_output;
         unsigned present = pan_varying_present(vs, fs, dev->quirks);
@@ -1946,27 +1854,29 @@ panfrost_emit_varying_descriptor(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                                         ctx->streamout.targets[i]);
         }
 
-        struct mali_attr_meta *ovs = (struct mali_attr_meta *)trans.cpu;
-        struct mali_attr_meta *ofs = ovs + vs->varying_count;
+        struct mali_attribute_packed *ovs = (struct mali_attribute_packed *)trans.cpu;
+        struct mali_attribute_packed *ofs = ovs + vs->varying_count;
 
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < vs->varying_count; i++) {
-                ovs[i] = panfrost_emit_varying(vs, fs, vs, present,
+                panfrost_emit_varying(ovs + i, vs, fs, vs, present,
                                 ctx->streamout.num_targets, streamout_offsets,
                                 dev->quirks,
                                 gen_offsets, gen_formats, &gen_stride, i, true, false);
         }
 
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < fs->varying_count; i++) {
-                ofs[i] = panfrost_emit_varying(fs, vs, vs, present,
+                panfrost_emit_varying(ofs + i, fs, vs, vs, present,
                                 ctx->streamout.num_targets, streamout_offsets,
                                 dev->quirks,
                                 gen_offsets, gen_formats, &gen_stride, i, false, true);
         }
 
         unsigned xfb_base = pan_xfb_base(present);
-        struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc(&batch->pool,
-                        sizeof(union mali_attr) * (xfb_base + ctx->streamout.num_targets));
-        union mali_attr *varyings = (union mali_attr *) T.cpu;
+        struct panfrost_transfer T = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(&batch->pool,
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER_LENGTH * (xfb_base + ctx->streamout.num_targets),
+                        MALI_ATTRIBUTE_BUFFER_LENGTH * 2);
+        struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *varyings =
+                (struct mali_attribute_buffer_packed *) T.cpu;
 
         /* Emit the stream out buffers */
 
@@ -1996,9 +1906,9 @@ panfrost_emit_varying_descriptor(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
                                 2, vertex_count);
         }
 
-        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, MALI_VARYING_POINT_COORD);
-        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_FACE, MALI_VARYING_FRONT_FACING);
-        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_FRAGCOORD, MALI_VARYING_FRAG_COORD);
+        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_PNTCOORD, MALI_ATTRIBUTE_SPECIAL_POINT_COORD);
+        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_FACE, MALI_ATTRIBUTE_SPECIAL_FRONT_FACING);
+        pan_emit_special_input(varyings, present, PAN_VARY_FRAGCOORD, MALI_ATTRIBUTE_SPECIAL_FRAG_COORD);
 
         vertex_postfix->varyings = T.gpu;
         tiler_postfix->varyings = T.gpu;
@@ -2062,13 +1972,10 @@ panfrost_emit_vertex_tiler_jobs(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
 
         /* If rasterizer discard is enable, only submit the vertex */
 
-        bool rasterizer_discard = ctx->rasterizer &&
-                                  ctx->rasterizer->base.rasterizer_discard;
-
         unsigned vertex = panfrost_new_job(&batch->pool, &batch->scoreboard, MALI_JOB_TYPE_VERTEX, false, 0,
                                            vp, vp_size, false);
 
-        if (rasterizer_discard)
+        if (ctx->rasterizer->base.rasterizer_discard)
                 return;
 
         panfrost_new_job(&batch->pool, &batch->scoreboard, MALI_JOB_TYPE_TILER, false, vertex, tp, tp_size,
@@ -2130,5 +2037,5 @@ panfrost_emit_sample_locations(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
             0, 0,
         };
 
-        return panfrost_pool_upload(&batch->pool, locations, 96 * sizeof(uint16_t));
+        return panfrost_pool_upload_aligned(&batch->pool, locations, 96 * sizeof(uint16_t), 64);
 }