Re: [PATCH v4 13/20] gpu: nova-core: vbios: store PMU lookup entries in a KVVec

From: John Hubbard

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 23:01:50 EST


On 5/18/26 7:55 PM, Eliot Courtney wrote:
> The current code copies the data into a KVec and parses it on demand. We
> can simplify the code by storing the parsed entries.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs | 56 ++++++++++++++----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

This is a nice improvement.

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard


>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> index 987eb1948314..1ffaf0ef56a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> @@ -917,8 +917,7 @@ unsafe impl FromBytes for PmuLookupTableHeader {}
> /// The table of entries is pointed to by the falcon data pointer in the BIT table, and is used to
> /// locate the Falcon Ucode.
> struct PmuLookupTable {
> - header: PmuLookupTableHeader,
> - table_data: KVec<u8>,
> + entries: KVVec<PmuLookupTableEntry>,
> }
>
> impl PmuLookupTable {
> @@ -929,48 +928,29 @@ fn new(dev: &device::Device, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
> let entry_len = usize::from(header.entry_len);
> let entry_count = usize::from(header.entry_count);
>
> - let required_bytes = header_len + (entry_count * entry_len);
> + let data = data
> + .get(header_len..header_len + entry_count * entry_len)
> + .ok_or(EINVAL)
> + .inspect_err(|_| {
> + dev_err!(dev, "PmuLookupTable data length less than required\n");
> + })?;
>
> - if data.len() < required_bytes {
> - dev_err!(dev, "PmuLookupTable data length less than required\n");
> - return Err(EINVAL);
> + let mut entries = KVVec::with_capacity(entry_count, GFP_KERNEL)?;
> + for i in 0..entry_count {
> + let (entry, _) = PmuLookupTableEntry::from_bytes_copy_prefix(&data[i * entry_len..])
> + .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
> + entries.push(entry, GFP_KERNEL)?;
> }
>
> - // Create a copy of only the table data
> - let table_data = {
> - let mut ret = KVec::new();
> - ret.extend_from_slice(&data[header_len..required_bytes], GFP_KERNEL)?;
> - ret
> - };
> -
> - Ok(PmuLookupTable { header, table_data })
> - }
> -
> - fn lookup_index(&self, idx: u8) -> Result<PmuLookupTableEntry> {
> - if idx >= self.header.entry_count {
> - return Err(EINVAL);
> - }
> -
> - let index = (usize::from(idx)) * usize::from(self.header.entry_len);
> - let (entry, _) = self
> - .table_data
> - .get(index..)
> - .and_then(PmuLookupTableEntry::from_bytes_copy_prefix)
> - .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
> -
> - Ok(entry)
> + Ok(PmuLookupTable { entries })
> }
>
> // find entry by type value
> - fn find_entry_by_type(&self, entry_type: u8) -> Result<PmuLookupTableEntry> {
> - for i in 0..self.header.entry_count {
> - let entry = self.lookup_index(i)?;
> - if entry.application_id == entry_type {
> - return Ok(entry);
> - }
> - }
> -
> - Err(EINVAL)
> + fn find_entry_by_type(&self, entry_type: u8) -> Result<&PmuLookupTableEntry> {
> + self.entries
> + .iter()
> + .find(|entry| entry.application_id == entry_type)
> + .ok_or(EINVAL)
> }
> }
>
>