4x allocation in PipeController is probably overkill.

tests/DeferredCanvasTest.cpp

 /*
  * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
  *
  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file.
  */
 
 #include "../src/image/SkImagePriv.h"
 #include "../src/image/SkSurface_Base.h"
 #include "SkBitmap.h"
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     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == notificationCounter.fPrepareForDrawCount);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, canvas->storageAllocatedForRecording() >= bitmapSize);
 
     // verify that after a flush, cached image can be freed
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, canvas->freeMemoryIfPossible(~0U) >= bitmapSize);
 
     // Verify that caching works for avoiding multiple copies of the same bitmap
     canvas->drawBitmap(sourceImages[0], 0, 0, NULL);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 2 == notificationCounter.fStorageAllocatedChangedCount);
     canvas->drawBitmap(sourceImages[0], 0, 0, NULL);
+#ifdef SK_DEBUG
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 2 == notificationCounter.fStorageAllocatedChangedCount);
+#else
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 3 == notificationCounter.fStorageAllocatedChangedCount);
+#endif
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == notificationCounter.fFlushedDrawCommandsCount);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, canvas->storageAllocatedForRecording() < 2 * bitmapSize);
 
     // Verify partial eviction based on bytesToFree
     canvas->drawBitmap(sourceImages[1], 0, 0, NULL);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == notificationCounter.fFlushedDrawCommandsCount);
     canvas->flush();
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 2 == notificationCounter.fFlushedDrawCommandsCount);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, canvas->storageAllocatedForRecording() > 2 * bitmapSize);
     size_t bytesFreed = canvas->freeMemoryIfPossible(1);
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     TestDeferredCanvasBitmapSizeThreshold(reporter);
     TestDeferredCanvasCreateCompatibleDevice(reporter);
     TestDeferredCanvasWritePixelsToSurface(reporter);
     TestDeferredCanvasSurface(reporter, NULL);
     TestDeferredCanvasSetSurface(reporter, NULL);
     if (NULL != factory) {
         TestDeferredCanvasSurface(reporter, factory);
         TestDeferredCanvasSetSurface(reporter, factory);
     }
 }