From fc0cb61c6cb5ab3040e1a36d082f24d8999d72d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Szpakowski <slime73@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 14:03:20 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] metal: improve canvas creation performance.

Prefer initializing textures by using a render target clear rather than a blank data upload, when possible.
---
 src/modules/graphics/metal/Texture.mm | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/metal/Texture.mm b/src/modules/graphics/metal/Texture.mm
index 3200be440..c203e7a3e 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/metal/Texture.mm
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/metal/Texture.mm
@@ -147,15 +147,6 @@ Texture::Texture(love::graphics::Graphics *gfxbase, id<MTLDevice> device, const
 				shouldgeneratemips = true;
 				continue;
 			}
-			else if (getMSAA() <= 1 && !isPixelFormatDepthStencil(format) && !isPixelFormatCompressed(format))
-			{
-				// Initialize to transparent black.
-				if (emptydata.empty())
-					emptydata.resize(getPixelFormatSliceSize(format, w, h));
-
-				Rect r = {0, 0, getPixelWidth(mip), getPixelHeight(mip)};
-				uploadByteData(emptydata.data(), emptydata.size(), mip, slice, r);
-			}
 			else if (isRenderTarget())
 			{
 				// Clear to transparent black.
@@ -201,6 +192,15 @@ Texture::Texture(love::graphics::Graphics *gfxbase, id<MTLDevice> device, const
 				id<MTLRenderCommandEncoder> encoder = [cmd renderCommandEncoderWithDescriptor:passdesc];
 				[encoder endEncoding];
 			}
+			else if (getMSAA() <= 1 && !isPixelFormatDepthStencil(format) && !isPixelFormatCompressed(format))
+			{
+				// Initialize to transparent black.
+				if (emptydata.empty())
+					emptydata.resize(getPixelFormatSliceSize(format, w, h));
+
+				Rect r = {0, 0, getPixelWidth(mip), getPixelHeight(mip)};
+				uploadByteData(emptydata.data(), emptydata.size(), mip, slice, r);
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				// Shouldn't be possible to get here.