[TEST] Refactor on memory collections

src/android/app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "dev.eden.eden_emulator"
-        minSdk = 24
+        minSdk = 33
         targetSdk = 36
         versionName = getGitVersion()
         versionCode = autoVersion

src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ add_library(video_core STATIC
     control/channel_state_cache.h
     control/scheduler.cpp
     control/scheduler.h
+    deferred_destruction_queue.h
     delayed_destruction_ring.h
     dirty_flags.cpp
     dirty_flags.h

src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache.h

@@ -31,44 +31,74 @@ BufferCache<P>::BufferCache(Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManager& device_memory_, R
     immediately_free = (Settings::values.vram_usage_mode.GetValue() == Settings::VramUsageMode::Aggressive);
 #endif
     if (!runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
-        minimum_memory = DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY;
-        critical_memory = DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY;
+        memory_budget = FALLBACK_MEMORY_BUDGET;
         return;
     }
 
-    const s64 device_local_memory = static_cast<s64>(runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory());
-    const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_local_memory - 1_GiB;
-    const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_local_memory - 512_MiB;
-    const s64 mem_threshold = (std::min)(device_local_memory, TARGET_THRESHOLD);
-    const s64 min_vacancy_expected = (6 * mem_threshold) / 10;
-    const s64 min_vacancy_critical = (2 * mem_threshold) / 10;
-    minimum_memory = static_cast<u64>(
-        (std::max)((std::min)(device_local_memory - min_vacancy_expected, min_spacing_expected),
-                 DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY));
-    critical_memory = static_cast<u64>(
-        (std::max)((std::min)(device_local_memory - min_vacancy_critical, min_spacing_critical),
-                 DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY));
+    memory_budget = runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory();
 }
 
 template <class P>
 BufferCache<P>::~BufferCache() = default;
 
 template <class P>
-void BufferCache<P>::RunGarbageCollector() {
-    const bool aggressive_gc = total_used_memory >= critical_memory;
-    const u64 ticks_to_destroy = aggressive_gc ? 60 : 120;
-    int num_iterations = aggressive_gc ? 64 : 32;
-    const auto clean_up = [this, &num_iterations](BufferId buffer_id) {
-        if (num_iterations == 0) {
+u64 BufferCache<P>::DeviceUsage(bool force_refresh) {
+    if (!runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
+        return total_used_memory;
+    }
+    if (force_refresh || usage_refresh_countdown == 0) {
+        cached_device_usage = runtime.GetDeviceAllocationUsage();
+        usage_refresh_countdown = USAGE_REFRESH_INTERVAL;
+    } else {
+        --usage_refresh_countdown;
+    }
+    return cached_device_usage;
+}
+
+template <class P>
+u64 BufferCache<P>::ReclaimMemory(u64 target_bytes, bool allow_download) {
+    if (target_bytes == 0 || in_reclaim) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    in_reclaim = true;
+    u64 freed = 0;
+    const auto clean_up = [&](BufferId buffer_id) {
+        if (freed >= target_bytes) {
             return true;
         }
-        --num_iterations;
         auto& buffer = slot_buffers[buffer_id];
+        if (!allow_download && IsRegionGpuModified(buffer.CpuAddr(), buffer.SizeBytes())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const u64 buffer_bytes = Common::AlignUp(buffer.SizeBytes(), 1024);
         DownloadBufferMemory(buffer);
         DeleteBuffer(buffer_id);
+        freed += buffer_bytes;
         return false;
     };
-    lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(frame_tick - ticks_to_destroy, clean_up);
+    const u64 cold_tick =
+        frame_tick > RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES ? frame_tick - RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES : 0;
+    lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(cold_tick, clean_up);
+    if (freed < target_bytes) {
+        lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(frame_tick > 0 ? frame_tick - 1 : 0, clean_up);
+    }
+    in_reclaim = false;
+    usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    reclaim_stalled = freed == 0;
+    return freed;
+}
+
+template <class P>
+void BufferCache<P>::EnsureHeadroom(bool allow_download) {
+    if (reclaim_stalled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const u64 limit = memory_budget > RECLAIM_HEADROOM ? memory_budget - RECLAIM_HEADROOM : 0;
+    const u64 usage = DeviceUsage(false);
+    if (usage <= limit) {
+        return;
+    }
+    ReclaimMemory(usage - limit, allow_download);
 }
 
 template <class P>
@@ -96,15 +126,11 @@ void BufferCache<P>::TickFrame() {
     const bool skip_preferred = hits * 256 < shots * 251;
     channel_state->uniform_buffer_skip_cache_size = skip_preferred ? DEFAULT_SKIP_CACHE_SIZE : 0;
 
-    // If we can obtain the memory info, use it instead of the estimate.
-    if (runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
-        total_used_memory = runtime.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
-    }
-    if (total_used_memory >= minimum_memory) {
-        RunGarbageCollector();
-    }
+    usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    reclaim_stalled = false;
+    EnsureHeadroom(true);
     ++frame_tick;
-    delayed_destruction_ring.Tick();
+    sentenced_buffers.Reclaim(runtime.CompletedSyncPoint());
 
     for (auto& buffer : async_buffers_death_ring) {
         runtime.FreeDeferredStagingBuffer(buffer);
@@ -1650,6 +1676,7 @@ void BufferCache<P>::JoinOverlap(BufferId new_buffer_id, BufferId overlap_id,
 
 template <class P>
 BufferId BufferCache<P>::CreateBuffer(DAddr device_addr, u32 wanted_size) {
+    EnsureHeadroom(false);
     DAddr device_addr_end = Common::AlignUp(device_addr + wanted_size, CACHING_PAGESIZE);
     device_addr = Common::AlignDown(device_addr, CACHING_PAGESIZE);
     wanted_size = static_cast<u32>(device_addr_end - device_addr);
@@ -1687,7 +1714,7 @@ void BufferCache<P>::ChangeRegister(BufferId buffer_id) {
         total_used_memory += Common::AlignUp(size, 1024);
         buffer.setLRUID(lru_cache.Insert(buffer_id, frame_tick));
     } else {
-        total_used_memory -= Common::AlignUp(size, 1024);
+        total_used_memory -= (std::min)(total_used_memory, Common::AlignUp(size, 1024));
         lru_cache.Free(buffer.getLRUID());
     }
     const DAddr device_addr_begin = buffer.CpuAddr();
@@ -1946,7 +1973,7 @@ void BufferCache<P>::DeleteBuffer(BufferId buffer_id, bool do_not_mark) {
 #ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
     if (!do_not_mark || !immediately_free)
 #endif
-        delayed_destruction_ring.Push(std::move(slot_buffers[buffer_id]));
+        sentenced_buffers.Push(std::move(slot_buffers[buffer_id]), runtime.CurrentSyncPoint());
 
     slot_buffers.erase(buffer_id);
 

src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "common/slot_vector.h"
 #include "video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_base.h"
 #include "video_core/control/channel_state_cache.h"
-#include "video_core/delayed_destruction_ring.h"
+#include "video_core/deferred_destruction_queue.h"
 #include "video_core/dirty_flags.h"
 #include "video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h"
 #include "video_core/engines/kepler_compute.h"
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ class BufferCache : public VideoCommon::ChannelSetupCaches<BufferCacheChannelInf
     static constexpr bool USE_MEMORY_MAPS_FOR_UPLOADS = P::USE_MEMORY_MAPS_FOR_UPLOADS;
 
 #ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
-    static constexpr s64 TARGET_THRESHOLD = 3_GiB;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_HEADROOM = 384_MiB;
 #else
-    static constexpr s64 TARGET_THRESHOLD = 4_GiB;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_HEADROOM = 512_MiB;
 #endif
 
-    static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY = 512_MiB;
-    static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY = 1_GiB;
+    static constexpr u64 FALLBACK_MEMORY_BUDGET = 2_GiB;
+    static constexpr u32 USAGE_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 16;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES = 8;
 
     // Debug Flags.
 
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ public:
 
     void TickFrame();
 
+    u64 ReclaimMemory(u64 target_bytes, bool allow_download);
+
     void WriteMemory(DAddr device_addr, u64 size);
 
     void CachedWriteMemory(DAddr device_addr, u64 size);
@@ -358,7 +361,9 @@ private:
                ((device_addr + size) & ~Core::DEVICE_PAGEMASK);
     }
 
-    void RunGarbageCollector();
+    u64 DeviceUsage(bool force_refresh);
+
+    void EnsureHeadroom(bool allow_download);
 
     void BindHostIndexBuffer();
 
@@ -475,12 +480,7 @@ private:
     Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManager& device_memory;
 
     Common::SlotVector<Buffer> slot_buffers;
-#ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
-    static constexpr size_t TICKS_TO_DESTROY = 6;
-#else
-    static constexpr size_t TICKS_TO_DESTROY = 8;
-#endif
-    DelayedDestructionRing<Buffer, TICKS_TO_DESTROY> delayed_destruction_ring;
+    DeferredDestructionQueue<Buffer> sentenced_buffers;
 
     const Tegra::Engines::Maxwell3D::DrawManager::IndirectParams* current_draw_indirect{};
 
@@ -515,8 +515,11 @@ private:
     Common::LeastRecentlyUsedCache<LRUItemParams> lru_cache;
     u64 frame_tick = 0;
     u64 total_used_memory = 0;
-    u64 minimum_memory = 0;
-    u64 critical_memory = 0;
+    u64 memory_budget = 0;
+    u64 cached_device_usage = 0;
+    u32 usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    bool in_reclaim = false;
+    bool reclaim_stalled = false;
     BufferId inline_buffer_id;
 #ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
     bool immediately_free = false;

src/video_core/deferred_destruction_queue.h

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2026 Eden Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <deque>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+
+namespace VideoCommon {
+
+template <typename T>
+class DeferredDestructionQueue {
+public:
+    void Push(T&& object, u64 sync_point) {
+        entries.emplace_back(std::move(object), sync_point);
+    }
+
+    void Reclaim(u64 completed_sync_point) {
+        while (!entries.empty() && entries.front().sync_point <= completed_sync_point) {
+            entries.pop_front();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void Clear() {
+        entries.clear();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t Size() const noexcept {
+        return entries.size();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] bool Empty() const noexcept {
+        return entries.empty();
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Entry {
+        Entry(T&& object_, u64 sync_point_) noexcept
+            : object{std::move(object_)}, sync_point{sync_point_} {}
+
+        T object;
+        u64 sync_point;
+    };
+
+    std::deque<Entry> entries;
+};
+
+} // namespace VideoCommon

src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_buffer_cache.h

@@ -93,7 +93,17 @@ public:
     void PostCopyBarrier();
     void Finish();
 
-    void TickFrame(Common::SlotVector<Buffer>&) noexcept {}
+    void TickFrame(Common::SlotVector<Buffer>&) noexcept {
+        ++sync_point;
+    }
+
+    u64 CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+        return sync_point;
+    }
+
+    u64 CompletedSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+        return sync_point > SYNC_POINT_DELAY ? sync_point - SYNC_POINT_DELAY : 0;
+    }
 
     void ClearBuffer(Buffer& dest_buffer, u32 offset, size_t size, u32 value);
 
@@ -128,6 +138,10 @@ public:
 
     u64 GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const;
 
+    u64 GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const {
+        return GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
+    }
+
     void BindFastUniformBuffer(size_t stage, u32 binding_index, u32 size) {
         const GLuint handle = fast_uniforms[stage][binding_index].handle;
         const GLsizeiptr gl_size = static_cast<GLsizeiptr>(size);
@@ -213,9 +227,13 @@ private:
         GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_PARAMETER_BUFFER_NV,
     };
 
+    static constexpr u64 SYNC_POINT_DELAY = 8;
+
     const Device& device;
     StagingBufferPool& staging_buffer_pool;
 
+    u64 sync_point = 1;
+
     bool has_fast_buffer_sub_data = false;
     bool use_assembly_shaders = false;
     bool has_unified_vertex_buffers = false;

src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_cache.h

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ public:
 
     u64 GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const;
 
+    u64 GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const {
+        return GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
+    }
+
     bool CanReportMemoryUsage() const {
         return device.CanReportMemoryUsage();
     }
@@ -139,7 +143,19 @@ public:
 
     bool HasNativeASTC() const noexcept;
 
-    void TickFrame() {}
+    void TickFrame() {
+        ++sync_point;
+    }
+
+    u64 CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+        return sync_point;
+    }
+
+    u64 CompletedSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+        return sync_point > SYNC_POINT_DELAY ? sync_point - SYNC_POINT_DELAY : 0;
+    }
+
+    void WaitSyncPoint(u64) {}
 
     StateTracker& GetStateTracker() {
         return state_tracker;
@@ -174,6 +190,9 @@ private:
     std::array<OGLFramebuffer, 4> rescale_read_fbos;
     const Settings::ResolutionScalingInfo& resolution;
     u64 device_access_memory;
+
+    static constexpr u64 SYNC_POINT_DELAY = 8;
+    u64 sync_point = 1;
 };
 
 class Image : public VideoCommon::ImageBase {
@@ -370,6 +389,7 @@ struct TextureCacheParams {
     static constexpr bool HAS_EMULATED_COPIES = true;
     static constexpr bool HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO = true;
     static constexpr bool IMPLEMENTS_ASYNC_DOWNLOADS = true;
+    static constexpr bool HAS_TIMELINE_SYNC_POINTS = false;
 
     using Runtime = OpenGL::TextureCacheRuntime;
     using Image = OpenGL::Image;

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer_cache.cpp

@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ u64 BufferCacheRuntime::GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const {
     return device.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
 }
 
+u64 BufferCacheRuntime::GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const {
+    return device.GetMemoryBudgetInfo().allocation_bytes;
+}
+
 bool BufferCacheRuntime::CanReportMemoryUsage() const {
     return device.CanReportMemoryUsage();
 }
@@ -404,6 +408,16 @@ u64 BufferCacheRuntime::KnownGpuTick() {
     return scheduler.GetMasterSemaphore().KnownGpuTick();
 }
 
+u64 BufferCacheRuntime::CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+    return scheduler.GetMasterSemaphore().CurrentTick();
+}
+
+u64 BufferCacheRuntime::CompletedSyncPoint() const {
+    auto& master_semaphore = scheduler.GetMasterSemaphore();
+    master_semaphore.Refresh();
+    return master_semaphore.KnownGpuTick();
+}
+
 void BufferCacheRuntime::Wait(u64 buffer_tick) {
     scheduler.Wait(buffer_tick);
 }

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_buffer_cache.h

@@ -100,10 +100,16 @@ public:
 
     void Finish();
 
+    u64 CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept;
+
+    u64 CompletedSyncPoint() const;
+
     u64 GetDeviceLocalMemory() const;
 
     u64 GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const;
 
+    u64 GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const;
+
     bool CanReportMemoryUsage() const;
 
     u32 GetUniformBufferAlignment() const;

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_present_manager.cpp

@@ -296,9 +296,6 @@ void PresentManager::RecreateSwapchain(Frame* frame) {
 }
 
 void PresentManager::SetImageCount() {
-    // We cannot have more than 7 images in flight at any given time.
-    // FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT is 8, and the cache TICKS_TO_DESTROY is 8.
-    // Mali drivers will give us 6.
     image_count = std::min<size_t>(swapchain.GetImageCount(), 7);
 }
 

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp

@@ -221,9 +221,17 @@ RasterizerVulkan::RasterizerVulkan(Core::Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window_, Tegra
       fence_manager(*this, gpu, texture_cache, buffer_cache, query_cache, device, scheduler),
       wfi_event(device.GetLogical().CreateEvent()) {
     scheduler.SetQueryCache(query_cache);
+    memory_allocator.SetReclaimCallback([this](u64 bytes) -> u64 {
+        u64 freed = texture_cache.ReclaimMemory(bytes, false);
+        if (freed < bytes) {
+            freed += buffer_cache.ReclaimMemory(bytes - freed, false);
+        }
+        return freed;
+    });
 }
 
 RasterizerVulkan::~RasterizerVulkan() {
+    memory_allocator.SetReclaimCallback(nullptr);
     scheduler.WaitWorker();
     scheduler.Finish();
 }

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture_cache.cpp

@@ -1780,6 +1780,20 @@ void TextureCacheRuntime::CopyImageMSAA(Image& dst, Image& src,
                                src.info.format, num_samples, copies, msaa_to_non_msaa);
 }
 
+u64 TextureCacheRuntime::CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept {
+    return scheduler.CurrentTick();
+}
+
+u64 TextureCacheRuntime::CompletedSyncPoint() const {
+    auto& master_semaphore = scheduler.GetMasterSemaphore();
+    master_semaphore.Refresh();
+    return master_semaphore.KnownGpuTick();
+}
+
+void TextureCacheRuntime::WaitSyncPoint(u64 sync_point) {
+    scheduler.Wait(sync_point);
+}
+
 u64 TextureCacheRuntime::GetDeviceLocalMemory() const {
     return device.GetDeviceLocalMemory();
 }
@@ -1788,6 +1802,10 @@ u64 TextureCacheRuntime::GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const {
     return device.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
 }
 
+u64 TextureCacheRuntime::GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const {
+    return device.GetMemoryBudgetInfo().allocation_bytes;
+}
+
 bool TextureCacheRuntime::CanReportMemoryUsage() const {
     return device.CanReportMemoryUsage();
 }
@@ -1797,6 +1815,7 @@ std::optional<size_t> TextureCacheRuntime::GetSamplerHeapBudget() const {
 }
 
 void TextureCacheRuntime::TickFrame() {
+    device.TickAllocatorFrame();
     std::erase_if(pending_msaa_images, [this](const auto& pending) {
         return scheduler.IsFree(pending.first);
     });

src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture_cache.h

@@ -60,10 +60,18 @@ public:
 
     void TickFrame();
 
+    u64 CurrentSyncPoint() const noexcept;
+
+    u64 CompletedSyncPoint() const;
+
+    void WaitSyncPoint(u64 sync_point);
+
     u64 GetDeviceLocalMemory() const;
 
     u64 GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const;
 
+    u64 GetDeviceAllocationUsage() const;
+
     bool CanReportMemoryUsage() const;
 
     std::optional<size_t> GetSamplerHeapBudget() const;
@@ -535,6 +543,7 @@ struct TextureCacheParams {
     static constexpr bool HAS_EMULATED_COPIES = false;
     static constexpr bool HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO = true;
     static constexpr bool IMPLEMENTS_ASYNC_DOWNLOADS = true;
+    static constexpr bool HAS_TIMELINE_SYNC_POINTS = true;
 
     using Runtime = Vulkan::TextureCacheRuntime;
     using Image = Vulkan::Image;

src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h

@@ -58,23 +58,9 @@ TextureCache<P>::TextureCache(Runtime& runtime_, Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManag
     void(slot_samplers.insert(runtime, sampler_descriptor));
 
     if constexpr (HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO) {
-        const s64 device_local_memory = static_cast<s64>(runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory());
-        const s64 min_spacing_expected = device_local_memory - 1_GiB;
-        const s64 min_spacing_critical = device_local_memory - 512_MiB;
-        const s64 mem_threshold = (std::min)(device_local_memory, TARGET_THRESHOLD);
-        const s64 min_vacancy_expected = (6 * mem_threshold) / 10;
-        const s64 min_vacancy_critical = (2 * mem_threshold) / 10;
-        expected_memory = static_cast<u64>(
-            (std::max)((std::min)(device_local_memory - min_vacancy_expected, min_spacing_expected),
-                     DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY));
-        critical_memory = static_cast<u64>(
-            (std::max)((std::min)(device_local_memory - min_vacancy_critical, min_spacing_critical),
-                     DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY));
-        minimum_memory = static_cast<u64>((device_local_memory - mem_threshold) / 2);
+        memory_budget = runtime.GetDeviceLocalMemory();
     } else {
-        expected_memory = DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY + 512_MiB;
-        critical_memory = DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY + 1_GiB;
-        minimum_memory = 0;
+        memory_budget = FALLBACK_MEMORY_BUDGET;
     }
 
     const bool gpu_unswizzle_enabled = Settings::values.gpu_unswizzle_enabled.GetValue();
@@ -114,71 +100,140 @@ TextureCache<P>::TextureCache(Runtime& runtime_, Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManag
 }
 
 template <class P>
-void TextureCache<P>::RunGarbageCollector() {
-    bool high_priority_mode = false;
-    bool aggressive_mode = false;
-    u64 ticks_to_destroy = 0;
-    size_t num_iterations = 0;
-    const auto Configure = [&](bool allow_aggressive) {
-        high_priority_mode = total_used_memory >= expected_memory;
-        aggressive_mode = allow_aggressive && total_used_memory >= critical_memory;
-        ticks_to_destroy = aggressive_mode ? 10ULL : high_priority_mode ? 25ULL : 50ULL;
-        num_iterations = aggressive_mode ? 40 : (high_priority_mode ? 20 : 10);
-    };
-    const auto Cleanup = [this, &num_iterations, &high_priority_mode, &aggressive_mode](ImageId image_id) {
-        if (num_iterations == 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        --num_iterations;
-        auto& image = slot_images[image_id];
-        if (True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::IsDecoding)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        const bool must_download = image.IsSafeDownload() && False(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::BadOverlap);
-        if ((!aggressive_mode && True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::CostlyLoad)) || (!high_priority_mode && must_download)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (must_download) {
-            auto map = runtime.DownloadStagingBuffer(image.unswizzled_size_bytes);
-            const auto copies = FixSmallVectorADL(FullDownloadCopies(image.info));
-            image.DownloadMemory(map, copies);
-            runtime.Finish();
-            SwizzleImage(*gpu_memory, image.gpu_addr, image.info, copies, map.mapped_span, swizzle_data_buffer);
-        }
-        if (True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Tracked)) {
-            UntrackImage(image, image_id);
-        }
-        UnregisterImage(image_id);
-        DeleteImage(image_id, image.scale_tick > frame_tick + 5);
-        if (aggressive_mode && total_used_memory < critical_memory) {
-            num_iterations >>= 2;
-            aggressive_mode = false;
-        } else if (high_priority_mode && total_used_memory < expected_memory) {
-            num_iterations >>= 1;
-            high_priority_mode = false;
-        }
-        return false;
-    };
-    Configure(false);
-    lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(frame_tick - ticks_to_destroy, Cleanup);
-    if (total_used_memory >= critical_memory) {
-        Configure(true);
-        lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(frame_tick - ticks_to_destroy, Cleanup);
+void TextureCache<P>::QueueEvictionDownload(Image& image) {
+    auto copies = FullDownloadCopies(image.info);
+    auto staging = runtime.DownloadStagingBuffer(image.unswizzled_size_bytes, true);
+    image.DownloadMemory(staging, FixSmallVectorADL(copies));
+    pending_eviction_downloads.push_back(PendingEvictionDownload{
+        .staging = staging,
+        .gpu_memory = gpu_memory,
+        .gpu_addr = image.gpu_addr,
+        .info = image.info,
+        .copies = std::move(copies),
+        .sync_point = runtime.CurrentSyncPoint(),
+    });
+}
+
+template <class P>
+void TextureCache<P>::TickEvictionDownloads(u64 completed_sync_point) {
+    while (!pending_eviction_downloads.empty() &&
+           pending_eviction_downloads.front().sync_point <= completed_sync_point) {
+        auto& entry = pending_eviction_downloads.front();
+        SwizzleImage(*entry.gpu_memory, entry.gpu_addr, entry.info, FixSmallVectorADL(entry.copies),
+                     entry.staging.mapped_span.subspan(entry.staging.offset), swizzle_data_buffer);
+        runtime.FreeDeferredStagingBuffer(entry.staging);
+        pending_eviction_downloads.pop_front();
     }
 }
 
+template <class P>
+void TextureCache<P>::FlushEvictionDownloads() {
+    if (pending_eviction_downloads.empty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const u64 last_sync_point = pending_eviction_downloads.back().sync_point;
+    runtime.WaitSyncPoint(last_sync_point);
+    TickEvictionDownloads(last_sync_point);
+}
+
+template <class P>
+u64 TextureCache<P>::ImageSizeBytes(const ImageBase& image) {
+    u64 tentative_size = (std::max)(image.guest_size_bytes, image.unswizzled_size_bytes);
+    if ((IsPixelFormatASTC(image.info.format) &&
+         True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::AcceleratedUpload)) ||
+        True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Converted)) {
+        tentative_size = TranscodedAstcSize(tentative_size, image.info.format);
+    }
+    u64 size = Common::AlignUp(tentative_size, 1024);
+    if (image.HasScaled()) {
+        size += GetScaledImageSizeBytes(image);
+    }
+    return size;
+}
+
+template <class P>
+u64 TextureCache<P>::DeviceUsage(bool force_refresh) {
+    if (!runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
+        return total_used_memory;
+    }
+    if (force_refresh || usage_refresh_countdown == 0) {
+        cached_device_usage = runtime.GetDeviceAllocationUsage();
+        usage_refresh_countdown = USAGE_REFRESH_INTERVAL;
+    } else {
+        --usage_refresh_countdown;
+    }
+    return cached_device_usage;
+}
+
+template <class P>
+u64 TextureCache<P>::ReclaimMemory(u64 target_bytes, bool allow_download) {
+    if (target_bytes == 0 || in_reclaim) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    in_reclaim = true;
+    u64 freed = 0;
+    const auto evict = [&](ImageId image_id) {
+        if (freed >= target_bytes) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        auto& image = slot_images[image_id];
+        if (True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::IsDecoding)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const bool must_download =
+            image.IsSafeDownload() && False(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::BadOverlap);
+        bool queued_download = false;
+        if (must_download) {
+            if (!allow_download || !HAS_TIMELINE_SYNC_POINTS) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            QueueEvictionDownload(image);
+            queued_download = true;
+        }
+        const u64 image_bytes = ImageSizeBytes(image);
+        if (True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Tracked)) {
+            UntrackImage(image, image_id);
+        }
+        UnregisterImage(image_id);
+        DeleteImage(image_id, !queued_download && image.scale_tick > frame_tick + 5);
+        freed += image_bytes;
+        return false;
+    };
+    const u64 cold_tick =
+        frame_tick > RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES ? frame_tick - RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES : 0;
+    lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(cold_tick, evict);
+    if (freed < target_bytes) {
+        lru_cache.ForEachItemBelow(frame_tick > 0 ? frame_tick - 1 : 0, evict);
+    }
+    in_reclaim = false;
+    usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    reclaim_stalled = freed == 0;
+    return freed;
+}
+
+template <class P>
+void TextureCache<P>::EnsureHeadroom(bool allow_download) {
+    if (reclaim_stalled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const u64 limit = memory_budget > RECLAIM_HEADROOM ? memory_budget - RECLAIM_HEADROOM : 0;
+    const u64 usage = DeviceUsage(false);
+    if (usage <= limit) {
+        return;
+    }
+    ReclaimMemory(usage - limit, allow_download);
+}
+
 template <class P>
 void TextureCache<P>::TickFrame() {
-    // If we can obtain the memory info, use it instead of the estimate.
-    if (runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
-        total_used_memory = runtime.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
-    }
-    if (total_used_memory > minimum_memory) {
-        RunGarbageCollector();
-    }
-    sentenced_images.Tick();
-    sentenced_framebuffers.Tick();
-    sentenced_image_view.Tick();
+    usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    reclaim_stalled = false;
+    EnsureHeadroom(true);
+    const u64 completed_sync_point = runtime.CompletedSyncPoint();
+    TickEvictionDownloads(completed_sync_point);
+    sentenced_images.Reclaim(completed_sync_point);
+    sentenced_framebuffers.Reclaim(completed_sync_point);
+    sentenced_image_view.Reclaim(completed_sync_point);
     TickAsyncDecode();
     TickAsyncUnswizzle();
 
@@ -596,6 +651,7 @@ void TextureCache<P>::WriteMemory(DAddr cpu_addr, size_t size) {
 
 template <class P>
 void TextureCache<P>::DownloadMemory(DAddr cpu_addr, size_t size) {
+    FlushEvictionDownloads();
     boost::container::small_vector<ImageId, 16> images;
     ForEachImageInRegion(cpu_addr, size, [&images](ImageId image_id, ImageBase& image) {
         if (!image.IsSafeDownload()) {
@@ -894,6 +950,7 @@ void TextureCache<P>::CommitAsyncFlushes() {
 
 template <class P>
 void TextureCache<P>::PopAsyncFlushes() {
+    FlushEvictionDownloads();
     if (committed_downloads.empty()) {
         return;
     }
@@ -1294,8 +1351,9 @@ void TextureCache<P>::InvalidateScale(Image& image) {
     }
     RemoveImageViewReferences(image_view_ids);
     RemoveFramebuffers(image_view_ids);
+    const u64 sync_point = runtime.CurrentSyncPoint();
     for (const ImageViewId image_view_id : image_view_ids) {
-        sentenced_image_view.Push(std::move(slot_image_views[image_view_id]));
+        sentenced_image_view.Push(std::move(slot_image_views[image_view_id]), sync_point);
         slot_image_views.erase(image_view_id);
     }
     image.image_view_ids.clear();
@@ -1523,6 +1581,7 @@ ImageId TextureCache<P>::InsertImage(const ImageInfo& info, GPUVAddr gpu_addr,
 
 template <class P>
 ImageId TextureCache<P>::JoinImages(const ImageInfo& info, GPUVAddr gpu_addr, DAddr cpu_addr) {
+    EnsureHeadroom(false);
     ImageInfo new_info = info;
     const size_t size_bytes = CalculateGuestSizeInBytes(new_info);
     const bool broken_views = runtime.HasBrokenTextureViewFormats();
@@ -2185,13 +2244,7 @@ void TextureCache<P>::RegisterImage(ImageId image_id) {
     ASSERT_MSG(False(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Registered),
                "Trying to register an already registered image");
     image.flags |= ImageFlagBits::Registered;
-    u64 tentative_size = (std::max)(image.guest_size_bytes, image.unswizzled_size_bytes);
-    if ((IsPixelFormatASTC(image.info.format) &&
-         True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::AcceleratedUpload)) ||
-        True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Converted)) {
-        tentative_size = TranscodedAstcSize(tentative_size, image.info.format);
-    }
-    total_used_memory += Common::AlignUp(tentative_size, 1024);
+    total_used_memory += ImageSizeBytes(image);
     image.lru_index = lru_cache.Insert(image_id, frame_tick);
 
     ForEachGPUPage(image.gpu_addr, image.guest_size_bytes, [this, image_id](u64 page) {
@@ -2359,16 +2412,7 @@ void TextureCache<P>::UntrackImage(ImageBase& image, ImageId image_id) {
 template <class P>
 void TextureCache<P>::DeleteImage(ImageId image_id, bool immediate_delete) {
     ImageBase& image = slot_images[image_id];
-    if (image.HasScaled()) {
-        total_used_memory -= GetScaledImageSizeBytes(image);
-    }
-    u64 tentative_size = (std::max)(image.guest_size_bytes, image.unswizzled_size_bytes);
-    if ((IsPixelFormatASTC(image.info.format) &&
-         True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::AcceleratedUpload)) ||
-        True(image.flags & ImageFlagBits::Converted)) {
-        tentative_size = TranscodedAstcSize(tentative_size, image.info.format);
-    }
-    total_used_memory -= Common::AlignUp(tentative_size, 1024);
+    total_used_memory -= (std::min)(total_used_memory, ImageSizeBytes(image));
     const GPUVAddr gpu_addr = image.gpu_addr;
     const auto alloc_it = image_allocs_table.find(gpu_addr);
     if (alloc_it == image_allocs_table.end()) {
@@ -2422,14 +2466,15 @@ void TextureCache<P>::DeleteImage(ImageId image_id, bool immediate_delete) {
         ASSERT_MSG(num_removed_overlaps == 1, "Invalid number of removed overlapps: {}",
                    num_removed_overlaps);
     }
+    const u64 sync_point = runtime.CurrentSyncPoint();
     for (const ImageViewId image_view_id : image_view_ids) {
         if (!immediate_delete) {
-            sentenced_image_view.Push(std::move(slot_image_views[image_view_id]));
+            sentenced_image_view.Push(std::move(slot_image_views[image_view_id]), sync_point);
         }
         slot_image_views.erase(image_view_id);
     }
     if (!immediate_delete) {
-        sentenced_images.Push(std::move(slot_images[image_id]));
+        sentenced_images.Push(std::move(slot_images[image_id]), sync_point);
     }
     slot_images.erase(image_id);
 
@@ -2475,7 +2520,8 @@ void TextureCache<P>::RemoveFramebuffers(std::span<const ImageViewId> removed_vi
                 last_framebuffer_id = {};
                 last_framebuffer_serial = 0;
             }
-            sentenced_framebuffers.Push(std::move(slot_framebuffers[framebuffer_id]));
+            sentenced_framebuffers.Push(std::move(slot_framebuffers[framebuffer_id]),
+                                        runtime.CurrentSyncPoint());
             it = framebuffers.erase(it);
         } else {
             ++it;

src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "common/thread_worker.h"
 #include "video_core/compatible_formats.h"
 #include "video_core/control/channel_state_cache.h"
-#include "video_core/delayed_destruction_ring.h"
+#include "video_core/deferred_destruction_queue.h"
 #include "video_core/engines/fermi_2d.h"
 #include "video_core/surface.h"
 #include "video_core/texture_cache/descriptor_table.h"
@@ -108,18 +108,19 @@ class TextureCache : public VideoCommon::ChannelSetupCaches<TextureCacheChannelI
     static constexpr bool HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO = P::HAS_DEVICE_MEMORY_INFO;
     /// True when the API can do asynchronous texture downloads.
     static constexpr bool IMPLEMENTS_ASYNC_DOWNLOADS = P::IMPLEMENTS_ASYNC_DOWNLOADS;
+    static constexpr bool HAS_TIMELINE_SYNC_POINTS = P::HAS_TIMELINE_SYNC_POINTS;
 
     static constexpr size_t UNSET_CHANNEL{(std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max)()};
 
 #ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
-    static constexpr s64 TARGET_THRESHOLD = 3_GiB;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_HEADROOM = 384_MiB;
 #else
-    static constexpr s64 TARGET_THRESHOLD = 4_GiB;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_HEADROOM = 512_MiB;
 #endif
 
-    static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY = 1_GiB + 125_MiB;
-    static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY = 1_GiB + 625_MiB;
-    static constexpr size_t GC_EMERGENCY_COUNTS = 2;
+    static constexpr u64 FALLBACK_MEMORY_BUDGET = 2_GiB;
+    static constexpr u32 USAGE_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 16;
+    static constexpr u64 RECLAIM_GUARD_FRAMES = 8;
 
     using Runtime = typename P::Runtime;
     using Image = typename P::Image;
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ public:
     /// Notify the cache that a new frame has been queued
     void TickFrame();
 
+    u64 ReclaimMemory(u64 target_bytes, bool allow_download);
+
     /// Return a constant reference to the given image view id
     [[nodiscard]] const ImageView& GetImageView(ImageViewId id) const noexcept;
 
@@ -293,8 +296,17 @@ private:
 
     void OnGPUASRegister(size_t map_id) final override;
 
-    /// Runs the Garbage Collector.
-    void RunGarbageCollector();
+    u64 ImageSizeBytes(const ImageBase& image);
+
+    u64 DeviceUsage(bool force_refresh);
+
+    void EnsureHeadroom(bool allow_download);
+
+    void QueueEvictionDownload(Image& image);
+
+    void TickEvictionDownloads(u64 completed_sync_point);
+
+    void FlushEvictionDownloads();
 
     /// Find or create an image view in the guest descriptor table
     ImageViewId VisitImageView(u32 index, bool compute);
@@ -451,9 +463,11 @@ private:
     bool has_deleted_images = false;
     bool is_rescaling = false;
     u64 total_used_memory = 0;
-    u64 minimum_memory;
-    u64 expected_memory;
-    u64 critical_memory;
+    u64 memory_budget = 0;
+    u64 cached_device_usage = 0;
+    u32 usage_refresh_countdown = 0;
+    bool in_reclaim = false;
+    bool reclaim_stalled = false;
     size_t gpu_unswizzle_maxsize = 0;
     size_t swizzle_chunk_size = 0;
     u32 swizzle_slices_per_batch = 0;
@@ -491,14 +505,19 @@ private:
     };
     Common::LeastRecentlyUsedCache<LRUItemParams> lru_cache;
 
- #ifdef YUZU_LEGACY
-    static constexpr size_t TICKS_TO_DESTROY = 6;
- #else
-    static constexpr size_t TICKS_TO_DESTROY = 8;
-#endif
-    DelayedDestructionRing<Image, TICKS_TO_DESTROY> sentenced_images;
-    DelayedDestructionRing<ImageView, TICKS_TO_DESTROY> sentenced_image_view;
-    DelayedDestructionRing<Framebuffer, TICKS_TO_DESTROY> sentenced_framebuffers;
+    DeferredDestructionQueue<Image> sentenced_images;
+    DeferredDestructionQueue<ImageView> sentenced_image_view;
+    DeferredDestructionQueue<Framebuffer> sentenced_framebuffers;
+
+    struct PendingEvictionDownload {
+        AsyncBuffer staging;
+        Tegra::MemoryManager* gpu_memory;
+        GPUVAddr gpu_addr;
+        VideoCommon::ImageInfo info;
+        boost::container::small_vector<VideoCommon::BufferImageCopy, 16> copies;
+        u64 sync_point;
+    };
+    std::deque<PendingEvictionDownload> pending_eviction_downloads;
 
     ankerl::unordered_dense::map<GPUVAddr, ImageAllocId> image_allocs_table;
 

src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.cpp

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <optional>
@@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ Device::Device(VkInstance instance_, vk::PhysicalDevice physical_, VkSurfaceKHR
             .device = *logical,
             .preferredLargeHeapBlockSize = is_integrated
                                            ? (64u * 1024u * 1024u)
-                                           : (256u * 1024u * 1024u),
+                                           : (128u * 1024u * 1024u),
             .pAllocationCallbacks = nullptr,
             .pDeviceMemoryCallbacks = nullptr,
             .pHeapSizeLimit = nullptr,
@@ -1449,6 +1450,23 @@ std::optional<size_t> Device::GetSamplerHeapBudget() const {
     return sampler_heap_budget;
 }
 
+Device::MemoryBudgetInfo Device::GetMemoryBudgetInfo() const {
+    std::array<VmaBudget, VK_MAX_MEMORY_HEAPS> budgets{};
+    vmaGetHeapBudgets(allocator, budgets.data());
+    MemoryBudgetInfo info{};
+    for (const size_t heap : valid_heap_memory) {
+        info.usage += budgets[heap].usage;
+        info.budget += budgets[heap].budget;
+        info.block_bytes += budgets[heap].statistics.blockBytes;
+        info.allocation_bytes += budgets[heap].statistics.allocationBytes;
+    }
+    return info;
+}
+
+void Device::TickAllocatorFrame() const {
+    vmaSetCurrentFrameIndex(allocator, ++allocator_frame_index);
+}
+
 u64 Device::GetDeviceMemoryUsage() const {
     VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryBudgetPropertiesEXT budget;
     budget.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MEMORY_BUDGET_PROPERTIES_EXT;
@@ -1498,9 +1516,12 @@ void Device::CollectPhysicalMemoryInfo() {
         device_access_memory -= reserve_memory;
         if (Settings::values.vram_usage_mode.GetValue() != Settings::VramUsageMode::Aggressive) {
             // Account for resolution scaling in memory limits
-            const size_t normal_memory = 6_GiB;
-            const size_t scaler_memory = 1_GiB * Settings::values.resolution_info.ScaleUp(1);
-            device_access_memory = std::min<u64>(device_access_memory, normal_memory + scaler_memory);
+            const u64 normal_memory = 6_GiB;
+            const u64 scaler_memory = 1_GiB * Settings::values.resolution_info.ScaleUp(1);
+            const u64 baseline = normal_memory + scaler_memory;
+            const u64 proportional = (device_access_memory / 4) * 3;
+            device_access_memory =
+                std::min<u64>(device_access_memory, std::max<u64>(baseline, proportional));
         }
     }
 }

src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.h

@@ -256,6 +256,17 @@ public:
         return allocator;
     }
 
+    struct MemoryBudgetInfo {
+        u64 usage;
+        u64 budget;
+        u64 block_bytes;
+        u64 allocation_bytes;
+    };
+
+    MemoryBudgetInfo GetMemoryBudgetInfo() const;
+
+    void TickAllocatorFrame() const;
+
     /// Returns the logical device.
     const vk::Device& GetLogical() const {
         return logical;
@@ -1067,6 +1078,7 @@ private:
 private:
     VkInstance instance;         ///< Vulkan instance.
     VmaAllocator allocator;      ///< VMA allocator.
+    mutable u32 allocator_frame_index{};
     vk::DeviceDispatch dld;      ///< Device function pointers.
     vk::PhysicalDevice physical; ///< Physical device.
     vk::Device logical;          ///< Logical device.

src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_memory_allocator.cpp

@@ -224,6 +224,27 @@ namespace Vulkan {
 
     MemoryAllocator::~MemoryAllocator() = default;
 
+    void MemoryAllocator::SetReclaimCallback(ReclaimCallback callback) {
+        reclaim_callback = std::move(callback);
+        owner_thread = std::this_thread::get_id();
+    }
+
+    bool MemoryAllocator::ReclaimAtLeast(u64 hint_bytes) const {
+        if (!reclaim_callback || in_reclaim) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        in_reclaim = true;
+        const u64 freed = reclaim_callback(hint_bytes);
+        in_reclaim = false;
+        return freed > 0;
+    }
+
+    void MemoryAllocator::AssertOwnerThread() const {
+        DEBUG_ASSERT_MSG(owner_thread == std::thread::id{} ||
+                             owner_thread == std::this_thread::get_id(),
+                         "VmaAllocator is externally synchronized but was used off-thread");
+    }
+
     vk::Image MemoryAllocator::CreateImage(const VkImageCreateInfo &ci) const
     {
         const VmaAllocationCreateInfo alloc_ci = {
@@ -240,7 +261,26 @@ namespace Vulkan {
         VkImage handle{};
         VmaAllocation allocation{};
         VmaAllocationInfo alloc_info{};
-        vk::Check(vmaCreateImage(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info));
+        AssertOwnerThread();
+
+        VkResult res = vmaCreateImage(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+
+        if (res != VK_SUCCESS && ReclaimAtLeast(IMAGE_RECLAIM_HINT)) {
+            res = vmaCreateImage(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+        }
+
+        if (res != VK_SUCCESS) {
+            auto relaxed_ci = alloc_ci;
+            relaxed_ci.flags &= ~VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_WITHIN_BUDGET_BIT;
+            res = vmaCreateImage(allocator, &ci, &relaxed_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+
+            if (res != VK_SUCCESS) {
+                relaxed_ci.preferredFlags &= ~VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT;
+                res = vmaCreateImage(allocator, &ci, &relaxed_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+            }
+        }
+
+        vk::Check(res);
 
         // Log GPU memory allocation for images
         if (GPU::Logging::IsActive() &&
@@ -277,7 +317,28 @@ namespace Vulkan {
         VmaAllocation allocation{};
         VkMemoryPropertyFlags property_flags{};
 
-        vk::Check(vmaCreateBuffer(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info));
+        AssertOwnerThread();
+
+        VkResult res = vmaCreateBuffer(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+
+        if (res != VK_SUCCESS && ReclaimAtLeast(ci.size)) {
+            res = vmaCreateBuffer(allocator, &ci, &alloc_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+        }
+
+        if (res != VK_SUCCESS) {
+            auto relaxed_ci = alloc_ci;
+            relaxed_ci.flags &= ~VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_WITHIN_BUDGET_BIT;
+            res = vmaCreateBuffer(allocator, &ci, &relaxed_ci, &handle, &allocation, &alloc_info);
+
+            if (res != VK_SUCCESS &&
+                (relaxed_ci.preferredFlags & VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT)) {
+                relaxed_ci.preferredFlags &= ~VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT;
+                res = vmaCreateBuffer(allocator, &ci, &relaxed_ci, &handle, &allocation,
+                                      &alloc_info);
+            }
+        }
+
+        vk::Check(res);
         vmaGetAllocationMemoryProperties(allocator, allocation, &property_flags);
 
         // Log GPU memory allocation for buffers

src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_memory_allocator.h

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <span>
+#include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "common/common_types.h"
@@ -120,7 +122,17 @@ namespace Vulkan {
         /// Commits memory required by the buffer and binds it (for buffers created outside VMA).
         MemoryCommit Commit(const vk::Buffer &buffer, MemoryUsage usage);
 
+        using ReclaimCallback = std::function<u64(u64)>;
+
+        void SetReclaimCallback(ReclaimCallback callback);
+
     private:
+        bool ReclaimAtLeast(u64 hint_bytes) const;
+
+        void AssertOwnerThread() const;
+
+        static constexpr u64 IMAGE_RECLAIM_HINT = 64ULL * 1024 * 1024;
+
         static bool IsAutoUsage(VmaMemoryUsage u) noexcept {
             switch (u) {
                 case VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO:
@@ -137,6 +149,9 @@ namespace Vulkan {
         const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties properties; ///< Physical device memory properties.
         VkDeviceSize buffer_image_granularity;            ///< Adjacent buffer/image granularity
         u32 valid_memory_types{~0u};
+        ReclaimCallback reclaim_callback;
+        mutable bool in_reclaim{false};
+        std::thread::id owner_thread;
     };
 
 } // namespace Vulkan