On 2026-08-28 at 13:35 +1000, Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com> wrote...
> This patch series adds some basic GPU properties via a new GPU info
> ioctl. It builds on top of the "drm: Higher-Ranked Lifetime private data"
> series[1] to correctly manage lifetimes of registration data shared between
> DRM, auxbus and nova-core. It's also based on top of "ForLt/CovariantForLt
> split, auxiliary closure API and DevresLt"[2]
>
> A tree with this series applied on top of all pre-requisites is available
> at [3].
>
> Properties are exported via a new NovaCoreApi type which implements methods
> to read data from the GPU. This has been implemented in a separate module
> to make the public API implementations obvious and to keep them in one
> place. Auxiliary bus drivers can obtain a handle to this type using
> NovaCoreApi::of().
>
> This handle can then be stored as part of the DRM registration data and
> used to interact with the GPU via the nova-core driver.
>
> A new info ioctl is introduced which provides an info type field and a
> method for reading extendable structs containing GPU information. This
> series can be tested using the drm-test[4]. A pull request containing
> updated tests will be raised once this has been posted.
Pull request is here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dakr/drm-test/-/merge_requests/1
> A pull request for
> Mesa has also been raised but is out of date. That will be updated once
> this series has been merged.
>
> Changes since v4:
>
> - No longer export chip-id, instead export architecture and implementation
> - Add a separate info ioctl with types to read GPU info as suggested by
> Danilo
>
> Changes since v3:
>
> - Use an ioctl to return all parameters rather than multiple key/value
> queries
>
> Changes since v2:
>
> - Addressed review Danilo and Alex
> - Minor renames to better align with HW based on internal feedback
>
> Changes since v1:
>
> - Address review comments from Danilo
> - Add an API call to read VRAM PCI BAR size using nova-core
>
> [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260628145406.2107056-1-dakr@kernel.org/
> [2] - https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/20260626183630.2585057-1-dakr@kernel.org/
> [3] - https://github.com/apopple-nvidia/linux/tree/nova-drm
> [4] - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dakr/drm-test
>
> Cc: M Henning <mhenning@darkrefraction.com>
> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
> Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Cc: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
>
> Alistair Popple (11):
> gpu: nova-core: Add public driver API to nova-core
> drm: nova: Add DRM registration data
> drm: nova: Add GPU architecture enum to nova-drm UAPI
> rust: uaccess: add UserSliceWriter::write_truncated()
> drm: nova: Add an info ioctl
> drm: nova: Add usable VRAM size to GPU info
> drm: nova: Use nova-core to read VRAM_BAR_SIZE parameter
> drm: nova: Expose a render node
> drm: nova: Report GPU name in GPU info
> drm: nova: Report GPU short name in GPU info
> drm: nova: Report GPU GID in GPU info
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs | 18 ++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs | 68 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs | 46 +++++++++----
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs | 43 +++++++-----
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs | 27 ++++++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs | 12 ++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal.rs | 2 +-
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/num.rs | 2 +-
> include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> rust/kernel/uaccess.rs | 14 ++++
> 12 files changed, 352 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/api.rs
>
> --
> 2.54.0
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