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Anish Goyal

Worked on enhancing the stability and memory management of the Vulkan backend in the google/filament repository, focusing on long-running workloads. Addressed a critical memory leak in the Vulkan fence pool by ensuring proper deletion of synchronization objects, using C++ and the Vulkan API. The solution involved casting sync objects to their derived type before deletion to avoid undefined behavior caused by a non-virtual destructor, thereby improving cross-platform reliability. Documented the destructor policy to guide future maintenance without incurring vtable overhead. This work resulted in reduced memory growth and more predictable behavior for Vulkan-based applications, emphasizing robust memory management practices.

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Feature vs Bugs

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Repository Contributions

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Bugs
1
Commits
1
Features
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Lines of code
11
Activity Months1

Work History

June 2026

1 Commits

Jun 1, 2026

June 2026 monthly summary: Focused on Vulkan backend stability and memory management in google/filament. Delivered a critical fix to the Vulkan fence pool to eliminate a memory leak by ensuring proper deletion of sync objects. Due to Platform::Sync not having a virtual destructor, we cast to the derived type before deletion to avoid undefined behavior, improving memory management and stability across platforms. Result: reduced memory growth in long-running sessions and more reliable behavior of the Vulkan path.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability80.0%
Architecture80.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C++

Technical Skills

C++ developmentVulkan APImemory management

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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google/filament

Jun 2026 Jun 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

C++

Technical Skills

C++ developmentVulkan APImemory management