Short circuit rate_block in block_rd_txfm.

Don't run rate_block (cost_coeffs) if distortion alone is enough to
surpass best_rd.

This decreases 2nd pass runtime on HD at speed 2 by about 2%. There is
zero effect on output if tx_cache is removed.

Change-Id: Ia3b1cc77bfbe6ee988c395fde06c0eb92940b784

diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
index 43fa77c..61f77e8 100644 (file)
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_rdopt.c
@@ -551,6 +551,12 @@ static void block_rd_txfm(int plane, int block, BLOCK_SIZE plane_bsize,
 #endif  // CONFIG_VP9_HIGHBITDEPTH
   }
 
+  rd = RDCOST(x->rdmult, x->rddiv, 0, dist);
+  if (args->this_rd + rd > args->best_rd) {
+    args->exit_early = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+
   rate = rate_block(plane, block, plane_bsize, tx_size, args);
   rd1 = RDCOST(x->rdmult, x->rddiv, rate, dist);
   rd2 = RDCOST(x->rdmult, x->rddiv, 0, sse);