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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-03-13 19:10:40 +0000
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pci, pc, virtio: features, fixes, cleanups intel-iommu scalable option pcie acs emulation beginning for vhost-user-blk reconnect and of vhost-user backend work misc fixes and cleanups Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> # gpg: Signature made Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:52:02 GMT # gpg: using RSA key 281F0DB8D28D5469 # gpg: Good signature from "Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@kernel.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 0270 606B 6F3C DF3D 0B17 0970 C350 3912 AFBE 8E67 # Subkey fingerprint: 5D09 FD08 71C8 F85B 94CA 8A0D 281F 0DB8 D28D 5469 * remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (26 commits) i386, acpi: check acpi_memory_hotplug capacity in pre_plug gen_pcie_root_port: Add ACS (Access Control Services) capability pcie: Add a simple PCIe ACS (Access Control Services) helper function vhost-user-blk: Add support to get/set inflight buffer libvhost-user: Support tracking inflight I/O in shared memory libvhost-user: Introduce vu_queue_map_desc() libvhost-user: Remove unnecessary FD flag check for event file descriptors vhost-user: Support transferring inflight buffer between qemu and backend nvdimm: use NVDIMM_ACPI_IO_LEN for the proper IO size nvdimm: use *function* directly instead of allocating it again nvdimm: fix typo in nvdimm_build_nvdimm_devices argument intel_iommu: add scalable-mode option to make scalable mode work intel_iommu: add 256 bits qi_desc support intel_iommu: scalable mode emulation libvhost-user: add vu_queue_unpop() libvhost-user-glib: export vug_source_new() vhost-user: split vhost_user_read() vhost-user: wrap some read/write with retry handling libvhost-user: exit by default on VHOST_USER_NONE vhost-user: simplify vhost_user_init/vhost_user_cleanup ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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-rw-r--r--docs/interop/vhost-user.json232
-rw-r--r--docs/interop/vhost-user.txt386
2 files changed, 616 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.json b/docs/interop/vhost-user.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae88c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.json
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+# Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+##
+# = vhost user backend discovery & capabilities
+##
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendType:
+#
+# List the various vhost user backend types.
+#
+# @9p: 9p virtio console
+# @balloon: virtio balloon
+# @block: virtio block
+# @caif: virtio caif
+# @console: virtio console
+# @crypto: virtio crypto
+# @gpu: virtio gpu
+# @input: virtio input
+# @net: virtio net
+# @rng: virtio rng
+# @rpmsg: virtio remote processor messaging
+# @rproc-serial: virtio remoteproc serial link
+# @scsi: virtio scsi
+# @vsock: virtio vsock transport
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'enum': 'VHostUserBackendType',
+ 'data': [
+ '9p',
+ 'balloon',
+ 'block',
+ 'caif',
+ 'console',
+ 'crypto',
+ 'gpu',
+ 'input',
+ 'net',
+ 'rng',
+ 'rpmsg',
+ 'rproc-serial',
+ 'scsi',
+ 'vsock'
+ ]
+}
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendInputFeature:
+#
+# List of vhost user "input" features.
+#
+# @evdev-path: The --evdev-path command line option is supported.
+# @no-grab: The --no-grab command line option is supported.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'enum': 'VHostUserBackendInputFeature',
+ 'data': [ 'evdev-path', 'no-grab' ]
+}
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesInput:
+#
+# Capabilities reported by vhost user "input" backends
+#
+# @features: list of supported features.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'struct': 'VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesInput',
+ 'data': {
+ 'features': [ 'VHostUserBackendInputFeature' ]
+ }
+}
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendGPUFeature:
+#
+# List of vhost user "gpu" features.
+#
+# @render-node: The --render-node command line option is supported.
+# @virgl: The --virgl command line option is supported.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'enum': 'VHostUserBackendGPUFeature',
+ 'data': [ 'render-node', 'virgl' ]
+}
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesGPU:
+#
+# Capabilities reported by vhost user "gpu" backends.
+#
+# @features: list of supported features.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'struct': 'VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesGPU',
+ 'data': {
+ 'features': [ 'VHostUserBackendGPUFeature' ]
+ }
+}
+
+##
+# @VHostUserBackendCapabilities:
+#
+# Capabilities reported by vhost user backends.
+#
+# @type: The vhost user backend type.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{
+ 'union': 'VHostUserBackendCapabilities',
+ 'base': { 'type': 'VHostUserBackendType' },
+ 'discriminator': 'type',
+ 'data': {
+ 'input': 'VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesInput',
+ 'gpu': 'VHostUserBackendCapabilitiesGPU'
+ }
+}
+
+##
+# @VhostUserBackend:
+#
+# Describes a vhost user backend to management software.
+#
+# It is possible for multiple @VhostUserBackend elements to match the
+# search criteria of management software. Applications thus need rules
+# to pick one of the many matches, and users need the ability to
+# override distro defaults.
+#
+# It is recommended to create vhost user backend JSON files (each
+# containing a single @VhostUserBackend root element) with a
+# double-digit prefix, for example "50-qemu-gpu.json",
+# "50-crosvm-gpu.json", etc, so they can be sorted in predictable
+# order. The backend JSON files should be searched for in three
+# directories:
+#
+# - /usr/share/qemu/vhost-user -- populated by distro-provided
+# packages (XDG_DATA_DIRS covers
+# /usr/share by default),
+#
+# - /etc/qemu/vhost-user -- exclusively for sysadmins' local additions,
+#
+# - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/qemu/vhost-user -- exclusively for per-user local
+# additions (XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+# defaults to $HOME/.config).
+#
+# Top-down, the list of directories goes from general to specific.
+#
+# Management software should build a list of files from all three
+# locations, then sort the list by filename (i.e., basename
+# component). Management software should choose the first JSON file on
+# the sorted list that matches the search criteria. If a more specific
+# directory has a file with same name as a less specific directory,
+# then the file in the more specific directory takes effect. If the
+# more specific file is zero length, it hides the less specific one.
+#
+# For example, if a distro ships
+#
+# - /usr/share/qemu/vhost-user/50-qemu-gpu.json
+#
+# - /usr/share/qemu/vhost-user/50-crosvm-gpu.json
+#
+# then the sysadmin can prevent the default QEMU being used at all with
+#
+# $ touch /etc/qemu/vhost-user/50-qemu-gpu.json
+#
+# The sysadmin can replace/alter the distro default OVMF with
+#
+# $ vim /etc/qemu/vhost-user/50-qemu-gpu.json
+#
+# or they can provide a parallel QEMU GPU with higher priority
+#
+# $ vim /etc/qemu/vhost-user/10-qemu-gpu.json
+#
+# or they can provide a parallel OVMF with lower priority
+#
+# $ vim /etc/qemu/vhost-user/99-qemu-gpu.json
+#
+# @type: The vhost user backend type.
+#
+# @description: Provides a human-readable description of the backend.
+# Management software may or may not display @description.
+#
+# @binary: Absolute path to the backend binary.
+#
+# @tags: An optional list of auxiliary strings associated with the
+# backend for which @description is not appropriate, due to the
+# latter's possible exposure to the end-user. @tags serves
+# development and debugging purposes only, and management
+# software shall explicitly ignore it.
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# {
+# "description": "QEMU vhost-user-gpu",
+# "type": "gpu",
+# "binary": "/usr/libexec/qemu/vhost-user-gpu",
+# "tags": [
+# "CONFIG_OPENGL_DMABUF=y"
+# ]
+# }
+#
+##
+{
+ 'struct' : 'VhostUserBackend',
+ 'data' : {
+ 'description': 'str',
+ 'type': 'VHostUserBackendType',
+ 'binary': 'str',
+ '*tags': [ 'str' ]
+ }
+}
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
index c219471..4dbd530 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ The protocol defines 2 sides of the communication, master and slave. Master is
the application that shares its virtqueues, in our case QEMU. Slave is the
consumer of the virtqueues.
-In the current implementation QEMU is the Master, and the Slave is intended to
-be a software Ethernet switch running in user space, such as Snabbswitch.
+In the current implementation QEMU is the Master, and the Slave is the
+external process consuming the virtio queues, for example a software
+Ethernet switch running in user space, such as Snabbswitch, or a block
+device backend processing read & write to a virtual disk. In order to
+facilitate interoperability between various backend implementations,
+it is recommended to follow the "Backend program conventions"
+described in this document.
Master and slave can be either a client (i.e. connecting) or server (listening)
in the socket communication.
@@ -142,6 +147,17 @@ Depending on the request type, payload can be:
Offset: a 64-bit offset of this area from the start of the
supplied file descriptor
+ * Inflight description
+ -----------------------------------------------------
+ | mmap size | mmap offset | num queues | queue size |
+ -----------------------------------------------------
+
+ mmap size: a 64-bit size of area to track inflight I/O
+ mmap offset: a 64-bit offset of this area from the start
+ of the supplied file descriptor
+ num queues: a 16-bit number of virtqueues
+ queue size: a 16-bit size of virtqueues
+
In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the following struct:
typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
@@ -157,6 +173,7 @@ typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb;
VhostUserConfig config;
VhostUserVringArea area;
+ VhostUserInflight inflight;
};
} QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg;
@@ -175,6 +192,7 @@ the ones that do:
* VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
* VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE
* VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD)
+ * VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)
[ Also see the section on REPLY_ACK protocol extension. ]
@@ -188,6 +206,7 @@ in the ancillary data:
* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_CALL
* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ERR
* VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD
+ * VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD (if VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD)
If Master is unable to send the full message or receives a wrong reply it will
close the connection. An optional reconnection mechanism can be implemented.
@@ -382,6 +401,256 @@ If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD protocol feature is negotiated,
slave can send file descriptors (at most 8 descriptors in each message)
to master via ancillary data using this fd communication channel.
+Inflight I/O tracking
+---------------------
+
+To support reconnecting after restart or crash, slave may need to resubmit
+inflight I/Os. If virtqueue is processed in order, we can easily achieve
+that by getting the inflight descriptors from descriptor table (split virtqueue)
+or descriptor ring (packed virtqueue). However, it can't work when we process
+descriptors out-of-order because some entries which store the information of
+inflight descriptors in available ring (split virtqueue) or descriptor
+ring (packed virtqueue) might be overrided by new entries. To solve this
+problem, slave need to allocate an extra buffer to store this information of inflight
+descriptors and share it with master for persistent. VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD and
+VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD are used to transfer this buffer between master
+and slave. And the format of this buffer is described below:
+
+-------------------------------------------------------
+| queue0 region | queue1 region | ... | queueN region |
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+N is the number of available virtqueues. Slave could get it from num queues
+field of VhostUserInflight.
+
+For split virtqueue, queue region can be implemented as:
+
+typedef struct DescStateSplit {
+ /* Indicate whether this descriptor is inflight or not.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint8_t inflight;
+
+ /* Padding */
+ uint8_t padding[5];
+
+ /* Maintain a list for the last batch of used descriptors.
+ * Only available when batching is used for submitting */
+ uint16_t next;
+
+ /* Used to preserve the order of fetching available descriptors.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint64_t counter;
+} DescStateSplit;
+
+typedef struct QueueRegionSplit {
+ /* The feature flags of this region. Now it's initialized to 0. */
+ uint64_t features;
+
+ /* The version of this region. It's 1 currently.
+ * Zero value indicates an uninitialized buffer */
+ uint16_t version;
+
+ /* The size of DescStateSplit array. It's equal to the virtqueue
+ * size. Slave could get it from queue size field of VhostUserInflight. */
+ uint16_t desc_num;
+
+ /* The head of list that track the last batch of used descriptors. */
+ uint16_t last_batch_head;
+
+ /* Store the idx value of used ring */
+ uint16_t used_idx;
+
+ /* Used to track the state of each descriptor in descriptor table */
+ DescStateSplit desc[0];
+} QueueRegionSplit;
+
+To track inflight I/O, the queue region should be processed as follows:
+
+When receiving available buffers from the driver:
+
+ 1. Get the next available head-descriptor index from available ring, i
+
+ 2. Set desc[i].counter to the value of global counter
+
+ 3. Increase global counter by 1
+
+ 4. Set desc[i].inflight to 1
+
+When supplying used buffers to the driver:
+
+ 1. Get corresponding used head-descriptor index, i
+
+ 2. Set desc[i].next to last_batch_head
+
+ 3. Set last_batch_head to i
+
+ 4. Steps 1,2,3 may be performed repeatedly if batching is possible
+
+ 5. Increase the idx value of used ring by the size of the batch
+
+ 6. Set the inflight field of each DescStateSplit entry in the batch to 0
+
+ 7. Set used_idx to the idx value of used ring
+
+When reconnecting:
+
+ 1. If the value of used_idx does not match the idx value of used ring (means
+ the inflight field of DescStateSplit entries in last batch may be incorrect),
+
+ (a) Subtract the value of used_idx from the idx value of used ring to get
+ last batch size of DescStateSplit entries
+
+ (b) Set the inflight field of each DescStateSplit entry to 0 in last batch
+ list which starts from last_batch_head
+
+ (c) Set used_idx to the idx value of used ring
+
+ 2. Resubmit inflight DescStateSplit entries in order of their counter value
+
+For packed virtqueue, queue region can be implemented as:
+
+typedef struct DescStatePacked {
+ /* Indicate whether this descriptor is inflight or not.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint8_t inflight;
+
+ /* Padding */
+ uint8_t padding;
+
+ /* Link to the next free entry */
+ uint16_t next;
+
+ /* Link to the last entry of descriptor list.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint16_t last;
+
+ /* The length of descriptor list.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint16_t num;
+
+ /* Used to preserve the order of fetching available descriptors.
+ * Only available for head-descriptor. */
+ uint64_t counter;
+
+ /* The buffer id */
+ uint16_t id;
+
+ /* The descriptor flags */
+ uint16_t flags;
+
+ /* The buffer length */
+ uint32_t len;
+
+ /* The buffer address */
+ uint64_t addr;
+} DescStatePacked;
+
+typedef struct QueueRegionPacked {
+ /* The feature flags of this region. Now it's initialized to 0. */
+ uint64_t features;
+
+ /* The version of this region. It's 1 currently.
+ * Zero value indicates an uninitialized buffer */
+ uint16_t version;
+
+ /* The size of DescStatePacked array. It's equal to the virtqueue
+ * size. Slave could get it from queue size field of VhostUserInflight. */
+ uint16_t desc_num;
+
+ /* The head of free DescStatePacked entry list */
+ uint16_t free_head;
+
+ /* The old head of free DescStatePacked entry list */
+ uint16_t old_free_head;
+
+ /* The used index of descriptor ring */
+ uint16_t used_idx;
+
+ /* The old used index of descriptor ring */
+ uint16_t old_used_idx;
+
+ /* Device ring wrap counter */
+ uint8_t used_wrap_counter;
+
+ /* The old device ring wrap counter */
+ uint8_t old_used_wrap_counter;
+
+ /* Padding */
+ uint8_t padding[7];
+
+ /* Used to track the state of each descriptor fetched from descriptor ring */
+ DescStatePacked desc[0];
+} QueueRegionPacked;
+
+To track inflight I/O, the queue region should be processed as follows:
+
+When receiving available buffers from the driver:
+
+ 1. Get the next available descriptor entry from descriptor ring, d
+
+ 2. If d is head descriptor,
+
+ (a) Set desc[old_free_head].num to 0
+
+ (b) Set desc[old_free_head].counter to the value of global counter
+
+ (c) Increase global counter by 1
+
+ (d) Set desc[old_free_head].inflight to 1
+
+ 3. If d is last descriptor, set desc[old_free_head].last to free_head
+
+ 4. Increase desc[old_free_head].num by 1
+
+ 5. Set desc[free_head].addr, desc[free_head].len, desc[free_head].flags,
+ desc[free_head].id to d.addr, d.len, d.flags, d.id
+
+ 6. Set free_head to desc[free_head].next
+
+ 7. If d is last descriptor, set old_free_head to free_head
+
+When supplying used buffers to the driver:
+
+ 1. Get corresponding used head-descriptor entry from descriptor ring, d
+
+ 2. Get corresponding DescStatePacked entry, e
+
+ 3. Set desc[e.last].next to free_head
+
+ 4. Set free_head to the index of e
+
+ 5. Steps 1,2,3,4 may be performed repeatedly if batching is possible
+
+ 6. Increase used_idx by the size of the batch and update used_wrap_counter if needed
+
+ 7. Update d.flags
+
+ 8. Set the inflight field of each head DescStatePacked entry in the batch to 0
+
+ 9. Set old_free_head, old_used_idx, old_used_wrap_counter to free_head, used_idx,
+ used_wrap_counter
+
+When reconnecting:
+
+ 1. If used_idx does not match old_used_idx (means the inflight field of DescStatePacked
+ entries in last batch may be incorrect),
+
+ (a) Get the next descriptor ring entry through old_used_idx, d
+
+ (b) Use old_used_wrap_counter to calculate the available flags
+
+ (c) If d.flags is not equal to the calculated flags value (means slave has
+ submitted the buffer to guest driver before crash, so it has to commit the
+ in-progres update), set old_free_head, old_used_idx, old_used_wrap_counter
+ to free_head, used_idx, used_wrap_counter
+
+ 2. Set free_head, used_idx, used_wrap_counter to old_free_head, old_used_idx,
+ old_used_wrap_counter (roll back any in-progress update)
+
+ 3. Set the inflight field of each DescStatePacked entry in free list to 0
+
+ 4. Resubmit inflight DescStatePacked entries in order of their counter value
+
Protocol features
-----------------
@@ -397,6 +666,7 @@ Protocol features
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD 10
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_HOST_NOTIFIER 11
+#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD 12
Master message types
--------------------
@@ -761,6 +1031,26 @@ Master message types
was previously sent.
The value returned is an error indication; 0 is success.
+ * VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD
+ Id: 31
+ Equivalent ioctl: N/A
+ Master payload: inflight description
+
+ When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD protocol feature has been
+ successfully negotiated, this message is submitted by master to get
+ a shared buffer from slave. The shared buffer will be used to track
+ inflight I/O by slave. QEMU should retrieve a new one when vm reset.
+
+ * VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD
+ Id: 32
+ Equivalent ioctl: N/A
+ Master payload: inflight description
+
+ When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INFLIGHT_SHMFD protocol feature has been
+ successfully negotiated, this message is submitted by master to send
+ the shared inflight buffer back to slave so that slave could get
+ inflight I/O after a crash or restart.
+
Slave message types
-------------------
@@ -835,3 +1125,95 @@ resilient for selective requests.
For the message types that already solicit a reply from the client, the
presence of VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK or need_reply bit being set brings
no behavioural change. (See the 'Communication' section for details.)
+
+Backend program conventions
+---------------------------
+
+vhost-user backends can provide various devices & services and may
+need to be configured manually depending on the use case. However, it
+is a good idea to follow the conventions listed here when
+possible. Users, QEMU or libvirt, can then rely on some common
+behaviour to avoid heterogenous configuration and management of the
+backend programs and facilitate interoperability.
+
+Each backend installed on a host system should come with at least one
+JSON file that conforms to the vhost-user.json schema. Each file
+informs the management applications about the backend type, and binary
+location. In addition, it defines rules for management apps for
+picking the highest priority backend when multiple match the search
+criteria (see @VhostUserBackend documentation in the schema file).
+
+If the backend is not capable of enabling a requested feature on the
+host (such as 3D acceleration with virgl), or the initialization
+failed, the backend should fail to start early and exit with a status
+!= 0. It may also print a message to stderr for further details.
+
+The backend program must not daemonize itself, but it may be
+daemonized by the management layer. It may also have a restricted
+access to the system.
+
+File descriptors 0, 1 and 2 will exist, and have regular
+stdin/stdout/stderr usage (they may have been redirected to /dev/null
+by the management layer, or to a log handler).
+
+The backend program must end (as quickly and cleanly as possible) when
+the SIGTERM signal is received. Eventually, it may receive SIGKILL by
+the management layer after a few seconds.
+
+The following command line options have an expected behaviour. They
+are mandatory, unless explicitly said differently:
+
+* --socket-path=PATH
+
+This option specify the location of the vhost-user Unix domain socket.
+It is incompatible with --fd.
+
+* --fd=FDNUM
+
+When this argument is given, the backend program is started with the
+vhost-user socket as file descriptor FDNUM. It is incompatible with
+--socket-path.
+
+* --print-capabilities
+
+Output to stdout the backend capabilities in JSON format, and then
+exit successfully. Other options and arguments should be ignored, and
+the backend program should not perform its normal function. The
+capabilities can be reported dynamically depending on the host
+capabilities.
+
+The JSON output is described in the vhost-user.json schema, by
+@VHostUserBackendCapabilities. Example:
+{
+ "type": "foo",
+ "features": [
+ "feature-a",
+ "feature-b"
+ ]
+}
+
+vhost-user-input
+----------------
+
+Command line options:
+
+* --evdev-path=PATH (optional)
+
+Specify the linux input device.
+
+* --no-grab (optional)
+
+Do no request exclusive access to the input device.
+
+vhost-user-gpu
+--------------
+
+Command line options:
+
+* --render-node=PATH (optional)
+
+Specify the GPU DRM render node.
+
+* --virgl (optional)
+
+Enable virgl rendering support.