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authorSimon Zeni <simon@bl4ckb0ne.ca>2021-01-26 21:13:28 -0500
committerSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>2021-01-27 15:50:19 +0100
commit6becc69ec90c2300d974e653ca50d2d33cf94c00 (patch)
tree89ac84eee0f7d8f467b5a16869ebd3526c4cc7b3
parent5a2ef794dcf4fe6099866ff11af44d363e0286a1 (diff)
render/egl: fail to create wlr_egl on software renderer
The creation of `wlr_egl` will fail is the device extension EGL_MESA_device_software is defined. The creation process is allowed to continue only if the environment variable `WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE` is defined to the value 1.
-rw-r--r--docs/env_vars.md5
-rw-r--r--render/egl.c12
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/env_vars.md b/docs/env_vars.md
index 6ac87e07..aa4635cc 100644
--- a/docs/env_vars.md
+++ b/docs/env_vars.md
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ wlroots reads these environment variables
* *WLR_X11_OUTPUTS*: when using the X11 backend specifies the number of outputs
+## gles2 renderer
+
+* *WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE*: allows the gles2 renderer to use software
+ rendering
+
# Generic
* *DISPLAY*: if set probe X11 backend in `wlr_backend_autocreate`
diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index c1734a36..2eea387b 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ struct wlr_egl *wlr_egl_create(EGLenum platform, void *remote_display,
goto error;
}
+ if (check_egl_ext(device_exts_str, "EGL_MESA_device_software")) {
+ const char *allow_software = getenv("WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE");
+ if (strcmp(allow_software, "1") == 0) {
+ wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Using software rendering");
+ } else {
+ wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Software rendering detected, please use "
+ "the WLR_RENDERER_ALLOW_SOFTWARE environment variable "
+ "to proceed");
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
+
egl->exts.device_drm_ext =
check_egl_ext(device_exts_str, "EGL_EXT_device_drm");
}