[Fix] (DirectVulkan): bound the vertex-input and sampler caches and sweep undeleted GL syncs - both caches age out entries idle >1024 frame boundaries (animated LOD bias no longer mints a VkSampler per float value, buffer/VAO churn no longer grows the vertex-input map for the whole session), and library teardown drains the live-sync registry exactly as glDeleteSync would since GL requires syncs to die with their context

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VertexInputStateFactory.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &attr.IsBgra, sizeof(attr.IsBgra)));
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &attr.Divisor, sizeof(attr.Divisor)));
 
+            // The buffer's heap address is an identity component of the key: a freed
+            // buffer's reused address can alias an old cache entry, but only under a
+            // byte-identical attribute layout - and the entry payload is a pure function
+            // of the hashed inputs, with the draw path re-resolving bindingBufferKeys
+            // against the live VAO attribute pointers, so an aliased hit returns exactly
+            // what a rebuild would. Address drift only grows the map; the OnFrameBoundary
+            // aging sweep bounds that.
             const SizeT bufferKey = reinterpret_cast<SizeT>(attr.Buffer.get());
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &bufferKey, sizeof(bufferKey)));
         }
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao, HashType hash) {
         auto it = m_cache.find(hash);
         if (it != m_cache.end()) {
+            it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
             return it->second;
         }
 
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         auto& entry = m_cache[hash];
         entry.hash = hash;
+        entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
         entry.bindings = builder.GetBindings();
         entry.attributes = builder.GetAttributes();
         entry.bindingBufferKeys = std::move(bindingBufferKeys);
@@ -180,6 +189,30 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return entry;
     }
 
+    void VertexInputStateFactory::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameBoundaryCounter;
+
+        // Sweep occasionally; evict entries whose last hit is far in the past.
+        // Erasure happens only here, never mid-frame: the draw path holds a
+        // reference into the current entry across its setup, and unordered_map
+        // erase would invalidate it. Entries are CPU-side only, so no GPU-idle
+        // proof is needed; an evicted entry that is used again is simply rebuilt
+        // from the VAO state (same hash, same content).
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeBoundaries = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameBoundaryCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end();) {
+            if (m_frameBoundaryCounter - it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary > kRetireAgeBoundaries) {
+                it = m_cache.erase(it);
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     VkFormat VertexInputStateFactory::ToVkVertexFormat(DataType type, Int size, Bool normalized, Bool isInteger,
                                                        Bool isBgra) {
         if (isBgra) {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VertexInputStateFactory.h

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         struct BackendVertexInputState {
             HashType hash = 0;
+            // Frame boundary of the last cache hit; entries idle past the
+            // OnFrameBoundary retirement age are evicted (CPU heap only).
+            Uint64 lastUsedFrameBoundary = 0;
             Vector<VkVertexInputBindingDescription> bindings;
             Vector<VkVertexInputAttributeDescription> attributes;
             Vector<SizeT> bindingBufferKeys;
@@ -55,6 +58,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const BackendVertexInputState& GetOrCreateVertexInputState(
             const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao, HashType hash);
         const BackendVertexInputState& GetOrCreateVertexInputState(const MG_State::GLState::VertexArrayObject& vao);
+        // Frame boundary hook: ages the cache and evicts entries not hit for many
+        // frames. The key mixes buffer heap addresses, so buffer/VAO churn keeps
+        // minting fresh keys; without eviction the map grows for the whole session.
+        // Entries hold no Vulkan handles (pipeline creation copies the descriptions)
+        // and the draw path's entry reference never spans a frame boundary, so
+        // eviction here needs no GPU-idle proof. Self-gated: one counter bump and
+        // compare except on sweep boundaries.
+        void OnFrameBoundary();
         static SizeT GetComponentSize(DataType type);
         // Tightly-packed byte size of one vertex element for this attribute: componentSize * size for
         // normal types, and 4 (one packed word) for the 2_10_10_10 types and GL_BGRA. Returns 0 for
@@ -70,6 +81,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const VulkanRendererConfig& m_config;
         VkPhysicalDevice m_physicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         UnorderedMap<HashType, BackendVertexInputState> m_cache;
+        // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+        Uint64 m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
         static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
     };
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkSamplerManager.cpp

@@ -89,6 +89,33 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         m_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         m_config = nullptr;
+        m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
+    }
+
+    void VkSamplerManager::OnFrameBoundary() {
+        ++m_frameBoundaryCounter;
+
+        // Sweep occasionally; destroy samplers whose last use is far past every
+        // in-flight frame. Destroy and erase must stay atomic, or Shutdown would
+        // double-free the handle; an evicted key that recurs simply re-creates
+        // its sampler on the next miss.
+        constexpr Uint64 kSweepInterval = 256;
+        constexpr Uint64 kRetireAgeBoundaries = 1024;
+        if ((m_frameBoundaryCounter % kSweepInterval) != 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (auto it = m_samplers.begin(); it != m_samplers.end();) {
+            auto& entry = it->second;
+            if (m_frameBoundaryCounter - entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary > kRetireAgeBoundaries) {
+                if (m_device != VK_NULL_HANDLE && entry.handle != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                    vkDestroySampler(m_device, entry.handle, nullptr);
+                }
+                it = m_samplers.erase(it);
+            } else {
+                ++it;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     Uint64 VkSamplerManager::BuildSamplerKey(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
@@ -137,6 +164,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const Uint64 key = BuildSamplerKey(sampler, texture, forceNearestFiltering);
         auto it = m_samplers.find(key);
         if (it != m_samplers.end()) {
+            it->second.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
             return it->second.handle;
         }
 
@@ -169,6 +197,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         entry.handle = vkSampler;
         entry.externalIndex = sampler.GetExternalIndex();
         entry.version = sampler.GetVersion();
+        entry.lastUsedFrameBoundary = m_frameBoundaryCounter;
         m_samplers[key] = entry;
         return vkSampler;
     }

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkSamplerManager.h

@@ -36,12 +36,27 @@ public:
     VkSampler GetOrCreateSampler(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
                                  const MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture,
                                  Bool forceNearestFiltering = false);
+    // Frame boundary hook: ages the sampler cache and destroys samplers not used
+    // for many frames. The key hashes continuous float state (lodBias, LOD clamps,
+    // anisotropy), so an app animating those would otherwise mint an unbounded
+    // stream of never-destroyed VkSamplers and eventually exhaust the device's
+    // maxSamplerAllocationCount. A sampler idle for over a thousand frame
+    // boundaries cannot be referenced by any in-flight command buffer (frames in
+    // flight are single digits), and every descriptor set the GPU consumes is
+    // written that same frame with live handles (the per-binding resolve memo and
+    // descriptor-set reuse are both frame-reset), so destruction here needs no
+    // fence wait. Self-gated: one counter bump and compare except on sweep
+    // boundaries.
+    void OnFrameBoundary();
 
 private:
     struct SamplerCacheEntry {
         VkSampler handle = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         Uint externalIndex = 0;
         Uint16 version = 0;
+        // Frame boundary of the last cache hit; entries idle past the
+        // OnFrameBoundary retirement age have their VkSampler destroyed.
+        Uint64 lastUsedFrameBoundary = 0;
     };
 
     Uint64 BuildSamplerKey(const MG_State::GLState::SamplerObject& sampler,
@@ -67,6 +82,8 @@ private:
     Bool m_samplerAnisotropySupported = false;
     Float m_maxSamplerAnisotropy = 1.0f;
     UnorderedMap<Uint64, SamplerCacheEntry> m_samplers;
+    // Monotonic frame-boundary counter (bumped in OnFrameBoundary) for cache aging.
+    Uint64 m_frameBoundaryCounter = 0;
     static inline XXH64_state_t* m_hashState = XXH64_createState();
 };
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp

@@ -7269,6 +7269,12 @@ void main() {
         if (m_uniformManager) {
             m_uniformManager->OnFrameBoundary();
         }
+        if (m_vertexInputStateFactory) {
+            m_vertexInputStateFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        }
+        if (m_samplerManager) {
+            m_samplerManager->OnFrameBoundary();
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -7534,6 +7540,8 @@ void main() {
             m_lastPipelineResult = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
         }
         m_uniformManager->OnFrameBoundary();
+        m_vertexInputStateFactory->OnFrameBoundary();
+        m_samplerManager->OnFrameBoundary();
         auto& frame = m_frameContext.GetCurrent();
         auto* activeRenderPass = VkRenderPassManager::GetActiveRenderPass();
         if (activeRenderPass)