On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM Dmitry Osipenko
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Add support for DRM native contexts to VirtIO-GPU. DRM context is enabled
> using a new virtio-gpu-gl device option "drm_native_context=on".
>
> Unlike Virgl and Venus contexts that operate on application API level,
> DRM native contexts work on a kernel UAPI level. This lower level results
> in a lightweight context implementations that yield better performance.
>
> Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Alex Bennée <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <[email protected]>
> ---
>  docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst | 11 +++++++++++
>  hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c         |  2 ++
>  hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/display/virtio-gpu.c            | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h     |  3 +++
>  5 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst 
> b/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
> index b7eb0fc0e727..f20c60016376 100644
> --- a/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/devices/virtio-gpu.rst
> @@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ of virtio-gpu host memory window. This is typically 
> between 256M and 8G.
>
>  .. _venus: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/venus-protocol/
>
> +DRM native context is supported since release of `virglrenderer`_ v1.0.0
> +using `drm`_ protocol.  ``DRM`` virtio-gpu capability set ("capset") requires
> +host blob support (``hostmem`` and ``blob`` fields) and should be enabled
> +using ``drm_native_context`` field.  The ``hostmem`` field specifies the size
> +of virtio-gpu host memory window. This is typically between 256M and 8G.
> +
> +.. parsed-literal::
> +    -device virtio-gpu-gl,hostmem=8G,blob=on,drm_native_context=on
> +
> +.. _drm: 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/tree/main/src/drm
> +
>  virtio-gpu rutabaga
>  -------------------
>
> diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
> index 1468c6ed1467..b640900fc6f1 100644
> --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
> +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-gl.c
> @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ static const Property virtio_gpu_gl_properties[] = {
>                      VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_STATS_ENABLED, false),
>      DEFINE_PROP_BIT("venus", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
>                      VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_VENUS_ENABLED, false),
> +    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("drm_native_context", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
> +                    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DRM_ENABLED, false),
>  };
>
>  static void virtio_gpu_gl_device_unrealize(DeviceState *qdev)
> diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> index 0320d6deca76..ccba1d8ee4f4 100644
> --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> @@ -1298,6 +1298,25 @@ int virtio_gpu_virgl_init(VirtIOGPU *g)
>      if (virtio_gpu_venus_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
>          flags |= VIRGL_RENDERER_VENUS | VIRGL_RENDERER_RENDER_SERVER;
>      }
> +    if (virtio_gpu_drm_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
> +        flags |= VIRGL_RENDERER_DRM;
> +
> +        if (!(flags & VIRGL_RENDERER_ASYNC_FENCE_CB)) {
> +            /*
> +             * Virglrenderer skips enabling DRM context support without
> +             * enabled async-fence feature. VirtIO-GPU will initialize
> +             * successfully, but DRM context won't be available in guest.
> +             *
> +             * For vrend async-fencing can be enabled only if EGL display
> +             * is used. Vrend can't be disabled in QEMU, hence DRM implicitly
> +             * requires EGL too.
> +             *
> +             * Async-fence was bugged in virglrenderer versions <= 1.1.1.
> +             */
> +            error_report("drm requires egl display and virglrenderer >= 
> 1.2.0");
> +            return -EINVAL;
> +        }
> +    }
>  #endif
>
>      ret = virgl_renderer_init(g, flags, &virtio_gpu_3d_cbs);
> @@ -1361,5 +1380,14 @@ GArray *virtio_gpu_virgl_get_capsets(VirtIOGPU *g)
>          }
>      }
>
> +    if (virtio_gpu_drm_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
> +        virgl_renderer_get_cap_set(VIRTIO_GPU_CAPSET_DRM,
> +                                   &capset_max_ver,
> +                                   &capset_max_size);
> +        if (capset_max_size) {
> +            virtio_gpu_virgl_add_capset(capset_ids, VIRTIO_GPU_CAPSET_DRM);
> +        }
> +    }
> +
>      return capset_ids;
>  }
> diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
> index 3a555125be60..ad36ea6ee319 100644
> --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
> +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
> @@ -1510,6 +1510,21 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, 
> Error **errp)
>  #endif
>      }
>
> +    if (virtio_gpu_drm_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
> +#ifdef VIRGL_VERSION_MAJOR
> +    #if VIRGL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 1
> +        if (!virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf) ||
> +            !virtio_gpu_hostmem_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
> +            error_setg(errp, "drm requires enabled blob and hostmem 
> options");
> +            return;
> +        }
> +    #else
> +        error_setg(errp, "old virglrenderer, drm unsupported");
> +        return;
> +    #endif
> +#endif
> +    }
> +
>      if (!virtio_gpu_base_device_realize(qdev,
>                                          virtio_gpu_handle_ctrl_cb,
>                                          virtio_gpu_handle_cursor_cb,
> diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
> index e15c16aa5945..a4963508a469 100644
> --- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
> +++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
>      VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_RUTABAGA_ENABLED,
>      VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_VENUS_ENABLED,
>      VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_RESOURCE_UUID_ENABLED,
> +    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DRM_ENABLED,
>  };
>
>  #define virtio_gpu_virgl_enabled(_cfg) \
> @@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
>      (_cfg.hostmem > 0)
>  #define virtio_gpu_venus_enabled(_cfg) \
>      (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_VENUS_ENABLED))
> +#define virtio_gpu_drm_enabled(_cfg) \
> +    (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DRM_ENABLED))
>
>  struct virtio_gpu_base_conf {
>      uint32_t max_outputs;
> --
> 2.51.0
>

Reviewed-by: Yiwei Zhang <[email protected]>

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