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test_host_cached_available() only checked memoryTypes[0] to determine if
HOST_CACHED memory was available. On Pixel devices, memoryTypes[0] is
DEVICE_LOCAL without HOST_CACHED, so the function incorrectly returned
SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT. This caused DEVICE_TO_HOST staging buffers to be
allocated in write-combining (uncached) memory, making CPU reads during
COPY_OUTPUTS ~170x slower than necessary (~40ms vs ~237us on S24).

The fix iterates over all memory types to correctly detect HOST_CACHED support.

On-device profiling of edgetam_first_frame_fp16_vulkan.pte confirms the fix:

  • Pixel 8 Pro COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 6.3ms (-84%)
  • Pixel 9 Pro XL COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 2.5ms (-94%)
  • Pixel 8 Pro Method::execute: 492ms -> 464ms (-5.7%)
  • Pixel 9 Pro XL Method::execute: 445ms -> 411ms (-7.6%)

Differential Revision: D97058156

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`test_host_cached_available()` only checked `memoryTypes[0]` to determine if
HOST_CACHED memory was available. On Pixel devices, `memoryTypes[0]` is
DEVICE_LOCAL without HOST_CACHED, so the function incorrectly returned
`SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT`. This caused DEVICE_TO_HOST staging buffers to be
allocated in write-combining (uncached) memory, making CPU reads during
COPY_OUTPUTS ~170x slower than necessary (~40ms vs ~237us on S24).

The fix iterates over all memory types to correctly detect HOST_CACHED support.

On-device profiling of edgetam_first_frame_fp16_vulkan.pte confirms the fix:
- Pixel 8 Pro COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 6.3ms (-84%)
- Pixel 9 Pro XL COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 2.5ms (-94%)
- Pixel 8 Pro Method::execute: 492ms -> 464ms (-5.7%)
- Pixel 9 Pro XL Method::execute: 445ms -> 411ms (-7.6%)

Differential Revision: [D97058156](https://our.internmc.facebook.com/intern/diff/D97058156/)

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…types for HOST_CACHED"

`test_host_cached_available()` only checked `memoryTypes[0]` to determine if
HOST_CACHED memory was available. On Pixel devices, `memoryTypes[0]` is
DEVICE_LOCAL without HOST_CACHED, so the function incorrectly returned
`SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT`. This caused DEVICE_TO_HOST staging buffers to be
allocated in write-combining (uncached) memory, making CPU reads during
COPY_OUTPUTS ~170x slower than necessary (~40ms vs ~237us on S24).

The fix iterates over all memory types to correctly detect HOST_CACHED support.

On-device profiling of edgetam_first_frame_fp16_vulkan.pte confirms the fix:
- Pixel 8 Pro COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 6.3ms (-84%)
- Pixel 9 Pro XL COPY_OUTPUTS: 40ms -> 2.5ms (-94%)
- Pixel 8 Pro Method::execute: 492ms -> 464ms (-5.7%)
- Pixel 9 Pro XL Method::execute: 445ms -> 411ms (-7.6%)

Differential Revision: [D97058156](https://our.internmc.facebook.com/intern/diff/D97058156/)

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