The first iteration of COW snapshotting always made an initial copy when
the snapshot was requested (and reused that copy until the surface was
modified). However, in a few circumstances we can avoid even that copy
so long as the surface is still alive and unmodified between the
snapshotting and its use. In order to do so, we need a new proxy surface
that can automatically perform the copy if the target should disappear
prior to use.