From: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Phil Dennis-Jordan <phil@philjordan.eu>,
Mads Ynddal <mads@ynddal.dk>,
qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
Roman Bolshakov <rbolshakov@ddn.com>,
Alexander Graf <agraf@csgraf.de>,
Akihiko Odaki <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>,
Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/2] vmapple: apple-gfx: make it work on the latest macOS release
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 15:52:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260306145246.10274-2-mohamed@unpredictable.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260306145246.10274-1-mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
Follow changes in memory management introduced on macOS 15.4.
The legacy memory management API has been removed for the IOSurface mapper on that macOS version.
Also enable process isolation for a sandboxed GPU process when on a new OS.
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
---
hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
hw/display/apple-gfx.h | 18 +++++++++++
hw/display/apple-gfx.m | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m b/hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m
index 58beaadd1f..323dcfe8cd 100644
--- a/hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m
+++ b/hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include "hw/core/irq.h"
#include "apple-gfx.h"
#include "trace.h"
+#include "system/address-spaces.h"
#import <ParavirtualizedGraphics/ParavirtualizedGraphics.h>
@@ -36,12 +37,19 @@ typedef bool(^IOSFCMapMemory)(uint64_t phys, uint64_t len, bool ro, void **va,
@interface PGDeviceDescriptor (IOSurfaceMapper)
@property (readwrite, nonatomic) bool usingIOSurfaceMapper;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic) bool enableArgumentBuffers;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic) bool enableProcessIsolation;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic) bool enableProtectedContent;
+
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) PGMemoryMapDescriptor* memoryMapDescriptor;
@end
@interface PGIOSurfaceHostDeviceDescriptor : NSObject
-(PGIOSurfaceHostDeviceDescriptor *)init;
@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) IOSFCMapMemory mapMemory;
@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) IOSFCUnmapMemory unmapMemory;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) PGMemoryMapDescriptor* memoryMapDescriptor;
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic) unsigned long long mmioLength;
@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) IOSFCRaiseInterrupt raiseInterrupt;
@end
@@ -182,20 +190,34 @@ static bool apple_gfx_mmio_unmap_surface_memory(void *ptr)
PGIOSurfaceHostDeviceDescriptor *iosfc_desc =
[PGIOSurfaceHostDeviceDescriptor new];
PGIOSurfaceHostDevice *iosfc_host_dev;
-
- iosfc_desc.mapMemory =
- ^bool(uint64_t phys, uint64_t len, bool ro, void **va, void *e, void *f) {
- *va = apple_gfx_mmio_map_surface_memory(phys, len, ro);
-
- trace_apple_gfx_iosfc_map_memory(phys, len, ro, va, e, f, *va);
-
- return *va != NULL;
- };
-
- iosfc_desc.unmapMemory =
- ^bool(void *va, void *b, void *c, void *d, void *e, void *f) {
- return apple_gfx_mmio_unmap_surface_memory(va);
- };
+ PGMemoryMapDescriptor* memory_map_descriptor;
+
+ /*
+ * The legacy memory management API is no longer present
+ * for the IOSurface mapper as of macOS 15.4.
+ */
+ if (@available(macOS 15.4, *)) {
+ memory_map_descriptor = [PGMemoryMapDescriptor new];
+ FlatView* fv = address_space_to_flatview(&address_space_memory);
+ flatview_for_each_range(fv, apple_gfx_register_memory_cb, memory_map_descriptor);
+ /* the device model defines this as a single-page MMIO region, hence 16KB */
+ iosfc_desc.mmioLength = 0x10000;
+ iosfc_desc.memoryMapDescriptor = memory_map_descriptor;
+ } else {
+ iosfc_desc.mapMemory =
+ ^bool(uint64_t phys, uint64_t len, bool ro, void **va, void *e, void *f) {
+ *va = apple_gfx_mmio_map_surface_memory(phys, len, ro);
+
+ trace_apple_gfx_iosfc_map_memory(phys, len, ro, va, e, f, *va);
+
+ return *va != NULL;
+ };
+
+ iosfc_desc.unmapMemory =
+ ^bool(void *va, void *b, void *c, void *d, void *e, void *f) {
+ return apple_gfx_mmio_unmap_surface_memory(va);
+ };
+ }
iosfc_desc.raiseInterrupt = ^bool(uint32_t vector) {
trace_apple_gfx_iosfc_raise_irq(vector);
@@ -223,13 +245,23 @@ static void apple_gfx_mmio_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
};
desc.usingIOSurfaceMapper = true;
- s->pgiosfc = apple_gfx_prepare_iosurface_host_device(s);
+ desc.enableArgumentBuffers = true;
+ /*
+ * Process isolation needs PGMemoryMapDescriptor instead of
+ * the legacy memory management interface present in releases
+ * older than macOS 15.4.
+ */
+ if (@available(macOS 15.4, *)) {
+ desc.enableProcessIsolation = true;
+ }
if (!apple_gfx_common_realize(&s->common, dev, desc, errp)) {
[s->pgiosfc release];
s->pgiosfc = nil;
}
+ s->pgiosfc = apple_gfx_prepare_iosurface_host_device(s);
+
[desc release];
desc = nil;
}
diff --git a/hw/display/apple-gfx.h b/hw/display/apple-gfx.h
index 3197bd853d..72b360454e 100644
--- a/hw/display/apple-gfx.h
+++ b/hw/display/apple-gfx.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include "system/memory.h"
#include "hw/core/qdev-properties.h"
#include "ui/surface.h"
+#include "objc/NSObject.h"
#define TYPE_APPLE_GFX_MMIO "apple-gfx-mmio"
#define TYPE_APPLE_GFX_PCI "apple-gfx-pci"
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@
@protocol MTLTexture;
@protocol MTLCommandQueue;
+typedef struct PGGuestPhysicalRange_s
+{
+ uint64_t physicalAddress;
+ uint64_t physicalLength;
+ void *hostAddress;
+} PGGuestPhysicalRange_t;
+
+@interface PGMemoryMapDescriptor : NSObject
+-(void)addRange:(PGGuestPhysicalRange_t) range;
+@end
+
typedef QTAILQ_HEAD(, PGTask_s) PGTaskList;
typedef struct AppleGFXDisplayMode {
@@ -68,6 +80,12 @@ void *apple_gfx_host_ptr_for_gpa_range(uint64_t guest_physical,
uint64_t length, bool read_only,
MemoryRegion **mapping_in_region);
+bool apple_gfx_register_memory_cb(Int128 start,
+ Int128 len,
+ const MemoryRegion *mr,
+ hwaddr offset_in_region,
+ void *opaque);
+
extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_apple_gfx_display_mode;
#endif
diff --git a/hw/display/apple-gfx.m b/hw/display/apple-gfx.m
index e0a765fcb1..92404d20bf 100644
--- a/hw/display/apple-gfx.m
+++ b/hw/display/apple-gfx.m
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include "system/address-spaces.h"
#include "system/dma.h"
#include "migration/blocker.h"
+#include "system/memory.h"
#include "ui/console.h"
#include "apple-gfx.h"
#include "trace.h"
@@ -596,6 +597,37 @@ void apple_gfx_common_init(Object *obj, AppleGFXState *s, const char* obj_name)
/* TODO: PVG framework supports serialising device state: integrate it! */
}
+@interface PGDeviceDescriptor (IOSurfaceMapper)
+@property (readwrite, nonatomic, copy, nullable) PGMemoryMapDescriptor* memoryMapDescriptor;
+@end
+
+bool apple_gfx_register_memory_cb(Int128 start, Int128 len,
+ const MemoryRegion *mr_const,
+ hwaddr offset_in_region, void *opaque) {
+ MemoryRegion *mr = (MemoryRegion *)mr_const;
+ PGGuestPhysicalRange_t range;
+ PGMemoryMapDescriptor *memory_map_descriptor = opaque;
+ if (memory_access_is_direct(mr, true, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED)) {
+ range.physicalAddress = start;
+ range.physicalLength = len;
+ range.hostAddress = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(mr);
+ [memory_map_descriptor addRange:range];
+ memory_region_ref(mr);
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+static void apple_gfx_register_memory(AppleGFXState *s,
+ PGDeviceDescriptor *desc)
+{
+ PGMemoryMapDescriptor* memoryMapDescriptor = [PGMemoryMapDescriptor new];
+
+ FlatView* fv = address_space_to_flatview(&address_space_memory);
+ flatview_for_each_range(fv, apple_gfx_register_memory_cb, memoryMapDescriptor);
+
+ desc.memoryMapDescriptor = memoryMapDescriptor;
+}
+
static void apple_gfx_register_task_mapping_handlers(AppleGFXState *s,
PGDeviceDescriptor *desc)
{
@@ -763,7 +795,16 @@ bool apple_gfx_common_realize(AppleGFXState *s, DeviceState *dev,
desc.device = s->mtl;
- apple_gfx_register_task_mapping_handlers(s, desc);
+ /*
+ * The legacy memory management interface doesn't allow for
+ * vGPU sandboxing. As such, always use the new interface
+ * on macOS 15.4 onwards.
+ */
+ if (@available(macOS 15.4, *)) {
+ apple_gfx_register_memory(s, desc);
+ } else {
+ apple_gfx_register_task_mapping_handlers(s, desc);
+ }
s->cursor_show = true;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-06 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-06 14:52 [PATCH v5 0/2] vmapple: making it work on the latest macOS host releases Mohamed Mediouni
2026-03-06 14:52 ` Mohamed Mediouni [this message]
2026-03-07 3:08 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] vmapple: apple-gfx: make it work on the latest macOS release Akihiko Odaki
2026-03-09 22:21 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-03-10 6:55 ` Akihiko Odaki
2026-03-10 7:09 ` Mohamed Mediouni
2026-03-10 16:20 ` Peter Xu
2026-03-11 6:02 ` Akihiko Odaki
2026-03-06 14:52 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] Revert "hw/arm: Do not build VMapple machine by default" Mohamed Mediouni
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