Try backing SkPicture with SkRecord in Chromium.

skia/config/SkUserConfig.h

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 #ifndef SkUserConfig_DEFINED
 #define SkUserConfig_DEFINED
 
 // Turns SkPicture::clone() into a simple "return SkRef(this);" as a way to
 // test the threadsafety of SkPicture playback.
 #define SK_PICTURE_CLONE_NOOP 1
 
+// Turns on new (nicer, hopefully faster) SkPicture backend.
+#define SK_PICTURE_USE_SK_RECORD 1

[Stephen White, 2014/08/25 19:15:23]

Please put this below the "// ===== Begin Chrome-specific definitions ====="
line below, or in a .gypi instead.

[mtklein, 2014/08/25 19:18:49]

Done.

+
 /*  SkTypes.h, the root of the public header files, does the following trick:
 
     #include <SkPreConfig.h>
     #include <SkUserConfig.h>
     #include <SkPostConfig.h>
 
     SkPreConfig.h runs first, and it is responsible for initializing certain
     skia defines.
 
     SkPostConfig.h runs last, and its job is to just check that the final
@@ skipping 223 matching lines @@
     #define SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_GETTOPDEVICE
 #endif
 
 #ifndef SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_GETDEVICE
     #define SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_GETDEVICE
 #endif
 
 // ===== End Chrome-specific definitions =====
 
 #endif