transform: Add optimization for common case

Transforming identity by an other transform does not mean we need to
painstakingly apply the individual steps of other to construct a new
transform, it means we can just return other.

Or in math terms:
  I * B = B
so just return B.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gsk/gsktransform.c b/gsk/gsktransform.c
index c8e0d321b7..df6cb63bdd 100644
--- a/gsk/gsktransform.c
+++ b/gsk/gsktransform.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,12 @@ gsk_transform_transform (GskTransform *next,
   if (other == NULL)
     return next;
 
+  if (gsk_transform_is_identity (next))
+    {
+      gsk_transform_unref (next);
+      return gsk_transform_ref (other);
+    }
+
   next = gsk_transform_transform (next, other->next);
   return other->transform_class->apply (other, next);
 }