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vp9: Use more aggressive skip when short_circuit_low_temp_var = 1.

Use the same feature as https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/411327/,
but allow it to be used for speed  = 6 and 7, where
short_circuit_low_temp_var = 1.

Speed up of ~2-3% for speed 7, with little/no loss in compression.

Change-Id: I263a0f261ad9929034392d68f0153dc6376fdb5f

--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c

+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c

@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@

           continue;

         if ((*this_mi)->sb_type == BLOCK_32X32) {

-          int64_t threshold_32x32 = cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 3

+          int64_t threshold_32x32 = (cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 1 ||

+                                     cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 3)

                                         ? ((3 * thresholds[1]) >> 2)

                                         : (thresholds[1] >> 1);

           if (vt->split[i].part_variances.none.variance < threshold_32x32)

--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_pickmode.c

+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_pickmode.c

@@ -1490,8 +1490,11 @@

   if (cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var) {

     force_skip_low_temp_var =

         get_force_skip_low_temp_var(&x->variance_low[0], mi_row, mi_col, bsize);

-    // In the most aggresive short circuit, skip golden in any mode

-    if (cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 3 && force_skip_low_temp_var) {

+    // If force_skip_low_temp_var is set, and for short circuit mode = 1 and 3,

+    // skip golden reference.

+    if ((cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 1 ||

+         cpi->sf.short_circuit_low_temp_var == 3) &&

+        force_skip_low_temp_var) {

       usable_ref_frame = LAST_FRAME;

     }

   }

--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.h

+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.h

@@ -457,11 +457,11 @@

   // Skip a number of expensive mode evaluations for blocks with very low

   // temporal variance.

-  // 1: Skip golden non-zeromv and ALL INTRA for bsize >= 32x32.

+  // 1: Skip all golden modes and ALL INTRA for bsize >= 32x32.

   // 2: Skip golden non-zeromv and newmv-last for bsize >= 16x16, skip ALL

   // INTRA for bsize >= 32x32 and vert/horz INTRA for bsize 16x16, 16x32 and

   // 32x16.

-  // 3: Same as (2), also skip golden in any mode for low res

+  // 3: Same as (2), but also skip golden zeromv for low res.

   int short_circuit_low_temp_var;

   // Limits the rd-threshold update for early exit for the newmv-last mode,