On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 13:30:40 GMT, Ambarish Rapte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Issue: > As described in the bug, a crash occurs on macOS VM created using Parallels. > The crash occurs when trying to create a > [MTLArgumentEncoder](https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/blob/5ac1620ac0ba20170ae9758e20893feba5ebc58b/modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/native-prism-mtl/MetalShader.m#L76C49-L76C82), > which is required for creating Shaders(Both Prism and Decora) > This crash is not observed on macOS VM created using Apple Virtualization > Framework. > > Fix: > Support for MTLArgumentEncoder is mandatory for Prism Metal Rendering > pipeline. Without support for MTLArgumentEncoder the Shaders cannot be > created. > In this scenario Prism should gracefully fallback to Software rendering. > Added a check to verify if the minimum > [MTLGPUFamilyMac2](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlgpufamily/mac2?language=objc) > GPU family is supported by the platform. If not supported then Metal > Pipeline cannot be used, and rendering falls back to software pipeline. Tested with Parallels on x86 host: the issue is no longer reproducible. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2061#issuecomment-3842105113
