[PATCH v2 12/21] gpu: nova-core: add DMA object struct

Alexandre Courbot
2025-05-01T12:59:32Z

Since we will need to allocate lots of distinct memory chunks to be
shared between GPU and CPU, introduce a type dedicated to that. It is a
light wrapper around CoherentAllocation.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/dma.rs | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs | 1 +
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/dma.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/dma.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d90ae01d0044eaab4ddbc3eba216741d7a623ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/dma.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Simple DMA object wrapper.
+
+// To be removed when all code is used.
+#![expect(dead_code)]
+
+use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+
+use kernel::device;
+use kernel::dma::CoherentAllocation;
+use kernel::page::PAGE_SIZE;
+use kernel::prelude::*;
+
+pub(crate) struct DmaObject {
+ dma: CoherentAllocation<u8>,
+}
+
+impl DmaObject {
+ pub(crate) fn new(dev: &device::Device<device::Bound>, len: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+ let len = core::alloc::Layout::from_size_align(len, PAGE_SIZE)
+ .map_err(|_| EINVAL)?
+ .pad_to_align()
+ .size();
+ let dma = CoherentAllocation::alloc_coherent(dev, len, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO)?;
+
+ Ok(Self { dma })
+ }
+
+ pub(crate) fn from_data(dev: &device::Device<device::Bound>, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
+ Self::new(dev, data.len()).map(|mut dma_obj| {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - The copied data fits within the size of the allocated object.
+ // - We have just created this object and there is no other user at this stage.
+ unsafe {
+ core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+ data.as_ptr(),
+ dma_obj.dma.start_ptr_mut(),
+ data.len(),
+ );
+ }
+
+ dma_obj
+ })
+ }
+}
+
+impl Deref for DmaObject {
+ type Target = CoherentAllocation<u8>;
+
+ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+ &self.dma
+ }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for DmaObject {
+ fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+ &mut self.dma
+ }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
index 878161e060f54da7738c656f6098936a62dcaa93..37c7eb0ea7a926bee4e3c661028847291bf07fa2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ macro_rules! with_bar {
}

mod devinit;
+mod dma;
mod driver;
mod firmware;
mod gpu;

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