D3D V-sync: prevent timestamp drift on a secondary monitor
I got back some preliminary UMA data from Canary experiment that
confirm the timestamp drift relative to the timing of v-sync signal
which makes BeginImplFrameLatency2 UMA to be all over the place with
a distribution that is spread evenly in the entire 0 - 16667 range.
This happens because D3D V-sync signal is generated based on v-blank
event for a display that contains contains the window (the current
display), but the timestamp is obtained from DWM which is based on
the most recent v-blank timing for the primary monitor. So if a
secondary monitor frequency is even slightly different that causes
v-sync / RAF timestamp drift that is clearly visible on some websites
like vsynctester.com.
One possible solution is to capture the timestamp when v-blank event
is received, but that seems to be a bit less smooth than the DWM
timestamp. So the compromise is to use DWM timing only when running on
a primary monitor; otherwise use the v-blank wake-up timestamp.
I've verified that this fixes BeginImplFrameLatency2 UMA distribution on
my setup where the secondary monitor refresh rate seems to differ from
the primary monitor by about 0.15 Hz.
BUG=467617,680639
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