From 915591aea962beb60da2e96ac0f57307f646f675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caleb Allen <caleballen1276@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:15:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] perf: auto-detect NVIDIA+Wayland for DMABuf workaround
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Instead of disabling DMABuf for all users (hurting AMD/Intel/X11
performance), detect NVIDIA GPU + Wayland session at startup and
only apply WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 for that combo.

Detection checks /proc/driver/nvidia/version first (fast, no
subprocess), falls back to scanning /proc/modules for nvidia.

GPU policy remains Always for everyone — the DMABuf workaround
only affects buffer sharing between WebKitGTK and the display
server, not GPU-accelerated CSS/layout/paint.
---
 main.go | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f0b2e7e..6f01470 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ var (
 var frontendDistAssets embed.FS
 
 func main() {
-	// Work around WebKitGTK DMABuf rendering crashes on certain
-	// Wayland compositor / GPU-driver combinations.
-	if os.Getenv("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER") == "" {
+	// WebKitGTK's DMABuf renderer crashes on NVIDIA GPUs under Wayland.
+	// Only disable it for that specific combo so AMD/Intel and X11 users
+	// keep full hardware-accelerated buffer sharing.  Users can also
+	// force the workaround with WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1.
+	if os.Getenv("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER") == "" && isNVIDIAWayland() {
 		_ = os.Setenv("WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER", "1")
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func main() {
 		MaxWidth:         0,
 		MaxHeight:        0,
 		Linux: &linux.Options{
-			WebviewGpuPolicy: linux.WebviewGpuPolicyOnDemand,
+			WebviewGpuPolicy: linux.WebviewGpuPolicyAlways,
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -124,3 +126,29 @@ func resolveLogLevel(_ bool) slog.Level {
 	// Default: Info for both dev and prod.
 	return slog.LevelInfo
 }
+
+// isNVIDIAWayland returns true when running under a Wayland session with
+// an NVIDIA GPU.  This combination triggers DMABuf rendering crashes in
+// WebKitGTK, so we need to disable the DMABuf renderer for it.
+func isNVIDIAWayland() bool {
+	// Not Wayland → safe.
+	if os.Getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") == "" && os.Getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE") != "wayland" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Check for NVIDIA kernel modules (works even without nvidia-smi).
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/driver/nvidia/version"); err == nil {
+		_ = data
+
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// Fallback: check if the nvidia module is loaded.
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/modules"); err == nil {
+		if strings.Contains(string(data), "nvidia") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}