[PATCH] drm: Remove DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA feature flag

Laura Nao
2026-04-21T08:47:17Z

The DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA feature flag is currently only used to control two
behaviors within the DRM core:
- calling drm_gem_gpuva_init() during
GEM object initialization
- creating the "gpuvas" debugfs entry

drm_gem_gpuva_init() is a plain INIT_LIST_HEAD() and therefore is cheap
to run for every GEM object. The DRM_DEBUGFS_GPUVA_INFO macro is only
referenced by GPU-VA capable drivers, so clearing the feature bit does
not cause any unrelated drivers to get the "gpuvas" debugfs node. The
flag doesn't have any relevant purpose (e.g. gating ioctl handlers or MM
logic) and doesn't provide any practical benefit.

Remove the flag definition and drop it from all drivers that use it,
call drm_gem_gpuva_init() unconditionally and clear the driver features
bit in DRM_DEBUGFS_GPUVA_INFO.

Signed-off-by: Laura Nao <laura.nao@collabora.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 3 +--
drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 2 --
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c | 1 -
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c | 2 +-
include/drm/drm_debugfs.h | 2 +-
include/drm/drm_drv.h | 6 ------
include/drm/drm_gem.h | 3 ---
9 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index 0377a5fd402d..cb703d0072aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ void drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
if (!obj->resv)
obj->resv = &obj->_resv;

- if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA))
- drm_gem_gpuva_init(obj);
+ drm_gem_gpuva_init(obj);

drm_vma_node_reset(&obj->vma_node);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->lru_node);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c
index 268900464ab6..80033d4cb66a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_drv.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ pvr_drm_driver_postclose(__always_unused struct drm_device *drm_dev,
DEFINE_DRM_GEM_FOPS(pvr_drm_driver_fops);

static struct drm_driver pvr_drm_driver = {
- .driver_features = DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA | DRIVER_RENDER |
+ .driver_features = DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_RENDER |
DRIVER_SYNCOBJ | DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE,
.open = pvr_drm_driver_open,
.postclose = pvr_drm_driver_postclose,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 195f40e331e5..ee38c18715f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ static const struct file_operations fops = {

#define DRIVER_FEATURES_GPU ( \
DRIVER_GEM | \
- DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA | \
DRIVER_RENDER | \
DRIVER_SYNCOBJ | \
DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE | \
@@ -833,7 +832,6 @@ static const struct file_operations fops = {

#define DRIVER_FEATURES_KMS ( \
DRIVER_GEM | \
- DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA | \
DRIVER_ATOMIC | \
DRIVER_MODESET | \
0 )
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 5d8475e4895e..0f5f662e5429 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,6 @@ static struct drm_driver
driver_stub = {
.driver_features = DRIVER_GEM |
DRIVER_SYNCOBJ | DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE |
- DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA |
DRIVER_MODESET |
DRIVER_RENDER,
.open = nouveau_drm_open,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
index 87d27c3c1456..1a1d40a744db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ static void panthor_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor)
*/
static const struct drm_driver panthor_drm_driver = {
.driver_features = DRIVER_RENDER | DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_SYNCOBJ |
- DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE | DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA,
+ DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE,
.open = panthor_open,
.postclose = panthor_postclose,
.show_fdinfo = panthor_show_fdinfo,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index ffea4a453c01..b3acc202df76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static struct drm_driver driver = {
.driver_features =
DRIVER_GEM |
DRIVER_RENDER | DRIVER_SYNCOBJ |
- DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE | DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA,
+ DRIVER_SYNCOBJ_TIMELINE,
.open = xe_file_open,
.postclose = xe_file_close,

diff --git a/include/drm/drm_debugfs.h b/include/drm/drm_debugfs.h
index ea8cba94208a..eb93512b0f23 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_debugfs.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_debugfs.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
* For each DRM GPU VA space drivers should call drm_debugfs_gpuva_info() from
* their @show callback.
*/
-#define DRM_DEBUGFS_GPUVA_INFO(show, data) {"gpuvas", show, DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA, data}
+#define DRM_DEBUGFS_GPUVA_INFO(show, data) {"gpuvas", show, 0, data}

/**
* struct drm_info_list - debugfs info list entry
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_drv.h b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
index 42fc085f986d..e09559495c5b 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_drv.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_drv.h
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ enum drm_driver_feature {
* acceleration should be handled by two drivers that are connected using auxiliary bus.
*/
DRIVER_COMPUTE_ACCEL = BIT(7),
- /**
- * @DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA:
- *
- * Driver supports user defined GPU VA bindings for GEM objects.
- */
- DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA = BIT(8),
/**
* @DRIVER_CURSOR_HOTSPOT:
*
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
index 86f5846154f7..996aa418dce9 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
@@ -663,9 +663,6 @@ static inline bool drm_gem_is_imported(const struct drm_gem_object *obj)
*
* This initializes the &drm_gem_object's &drm_gpuvm_bo list.
*
- * Calling this function is only necessary for drivers intending to support the
- * &drm_driver_feature DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA.
- *
* See also drm_gem_gpuva_set_lock().
*/
static inline void drm_gem_gpuva_init(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
--
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