From: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
To: nova-gpu <nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
M Henning <mhenning@darkrefraction.com>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>, Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 01/11] gpu: nova-core: Add public driver API to nova-core
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:35:21 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828033531.1117754-2-apopple@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828033531.1117754-1-apopple@nvidia.com>
Nova core will be used to export core functionality to other drivers
which will bind to it via auxiliary bus devices. Add a NovaCoreApi type
which drivers can use to call nova-core methods.
Auxiliary bus drivers can obtain a handle to call nova-core methods on
a particular GPU using NovaCoreApi::of(). This takes a reference to a
bound auxiliary bus device and returns a handle to NovaCoreApi.
Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
---
Changes since v4:
- Move the `_reg` field declaration, since it must be dropped before
`gpu` to satisfy the safety requirements of holding a reference to it.
Changes since v2:
- Add accidentally dropped TODO comment
Changes since v1:
- Rework unsafe pin-init to make safety comments clearer, suggested
by Danilo.
- s/allow(dead_code)/expect(unused)/
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs | 1 +
4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..610cfc01111e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Nova-core auxbus data. Contains all the methods used by the auxbus drivers
+//! to interact with nova-core.
+
+use core::pin::Pin;
+
+use kernel::{
+ auxiliary,
+ device::Bound,
+ prelude::*,
+ types::CovariantForLt, //
+};
+
+use crate::gpu::Gpu;
+
+/// API handle for the auxiliary bus child drivers to interact with nova-core.
+pub struct NovaCoreApi<'bound> {
+ #[expect(unused)]
+ pub(crate) gpu: Pin<&'bound Gpu<'bound>>,
+}
+
+impl NovaCoreApi<'_> {
+ /// Obtain a [`NovaCoreApi`] handle from an auxiliary device registered
+ /// by nova-core.
+ pub fn of(adev: &auxiliary::Device<Bound>) -> Result<Pin<&NovaCoreApi<'_>>> {
+ adev.registration_data::<CovariantForLt!(NovaCoreApi<'_>)>()
+ }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
index 48380ac15f68..078a3371a7d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@
types::CovariantForLt,
};
-use crate::gpu::Gpu;
+use crate::{
+ api::NovaCoreApi,
+ gpu::Gpu, //
+};
/// Counter for generating unique auxiliary device IDs.
static AUXILIARY_ID_COUNTER: Atomic<u32> = Atomic::new(0);
#[pin_data]
pub(crate) struct NovaCore<'bound> {
+ #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+ _reg: auxiliary::Registration<'bound, CovariantForLt!(NovaCoreApi<'_>)>,
#[pin]
pub(crate) gpu: Gpu<'bound>,
bar: pci::Bar<'bound, BAR0_SIZE>,
- #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
- _reg: auxiliary::Registration<'bound, CovariantForLt!(())>,
}
pub(crate) struct NovaCoreDriver;
@@ -83,18 +86,35 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
// TODO: Use `&bar` self-referential pin-init syntax once available.
//
// SAFETY: `bar` is initialized before this expression is evaluated
- // (`try_pin_init!()` initializes fields in declaration order), lives at a pinned
+ // (`try_pin_init!()` initializes fields in initializer order), lives at a pinned
// stable address, and is dropped after `gpu` (struct field drop order).
gpu <- Gpu::new(pdev, unsafe { &*core::ptr::from_ref(bar) }),
- _reg: auxiliary::Registration::new(
- pdev.as_ref(),
- c"nova-drm",
- // TODO[XARR]: Use XArray or perhaps IDA for proper ID allocation/recycling. For
- // now, use a simple atomic counter that never recycles IDs.
- AUXILIARY_ID_COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Relaxed),
- crate::MODULE_NAME,
- (),
- )?,
+ _reg: {
+ // TODO: Use `&gpu` self-referential pin-init syntax once available.
+ //
+ // SAFETY: `gpu` is initialized before this expression is evaluated
+ // (`try_pin_init!()` initializes fields in initializer order), lives at
+ // a pinned stable address, and is dropped after `_reg` (struct field
+ // drop order).
+ let gpu = unsafe {
+ Pin::new_unchecked(&*core::ptr::from_ref(gpu.as_ref().get_ref()))
+ };
+
+ // SAFETY: `NovaCore` is dropped when the device is unbound;
+ // i.e. `mem::forget()` is never called on it.
+ unsafe {
+ auxiliary::Registration::new_with_lt(
+ pdev.as_ref(),
+ c"nova-drm",
+ // TODO[XARR]: Use XArray or perhaps IDA for proper ID
+ // allocation/recycling. For now, use a simple atomic counter that
+ // never recycles IDs.
+ AUXILIARY_ID_COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Relaxed),
+ crate::MODULE_NAME,
+ NovaCoreApi { gpu },
+ )?
+ }
+ },
}))
})
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs
index 5850fa0fe0e9..0c8670c57bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
/// The GSP unload code might run in a situation where we cannot load firmware dynamically (e.g.
/// because we are in shutdown and the file system is not accessible anymore). Thus, the firmware
/// required for unloading is prepared at load time, and stored here until it needs to be run.
-pub(super) trait UnloadBundle: Send {
+pub(super) trait UnloadBundle: Send + Sync {
/// Performs the steps required to properly reset the GSP after it has been stopped.
fn run(&self, ctx: &mut GspBootContext<'_, '_>) -> Result;
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
index 35a8b1214b0e..503898cee042 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
InPlaceModule, //
};
+pub mod api;
mod driver;
mod falcon;
mod fb;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 3:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 3:35 [PATCH v5 00/11] gpu: nova: Export parameters from nova-core to nova-drm Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` Alistair Popple [this message]
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] drm: nova: Add DRM registration data Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] drm: nova: Add GPU architecture enum to nova-drm UAPI Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] rust: uaccess: add UserSliceWriter::write_truncated() Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] drm: nova: Add an info ioctl Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] drm: nova: Add usable VRAM size to GPU info Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] drm: nova: Use nova-core to read VRAM_BAR_SIZE parameter Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] drm: nova: Expose a render node Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] drm: nova: Report GPU name in GPU info Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] drm: nova: Report GPU short " Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 3:35 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] drm: nova: Report GPU GID " Alistair Popple
2026-08-28 6:04 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] gpu: nova: Export parameters from nova-core to nova-drm Alistair Popple
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