[PATCH v11 17/22] gpu: nova-core: Hopper/Blackwell: add FSP send/receive messaging

From: John Hubbard

Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 23:18:30 EST


FSP exchanges are request/response: the driver sends an MCTP/NVDM
message and must match the reply against the request before acting on
it. Add the synchronous send-and-wait path that validates the response
transport and message headers and confirms the reply corresponds to the
request that was sent.

Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/fsp.rs | 3 -
drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/fsp.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/fsp.rs
index 57880c4289cc..a3345121485d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/fsp.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/fsp.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ fn read_emem(&mut self, bar: &Bar0, offset: u32, data: &mut [u8]) -> Result {
///
/// The FSP message queue is not circular. Pointers are reset to 0 after each
/// message exchange, so `tail >= head` is always true when data is present.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
pub(crate) fn poll_msgq(&self, bar: &Bar0) -> u32 {
let head = bar.read(regs::NV_PFSP_MSGQ_HEAD).address();
let tail = bar.read(regs::NV_PFSP_MSGQ_TAIL).address();
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@ pub(crate) fn poll_msgq(&self, bar: &Bar0) -> u32 {
/// Writes `packet` to FSP EMEM and updates the queue pointers to notify FSP.
///
/// Returns `EINVAL` if `packet` is empty or its length is not 4-byte aligned.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
pub(crate) fn send_msg(&mut self, bar: &Bar0, packet: &[u8]) -> Result {
if packet.is_empty() {
return Err(EINVAL);
@@ -187,7 +185,6 @@ pub(crate) fn send_msg(&mut self, bar: &Bar0, packet: &[u8]) -> Result {
///
/// `size` comes from `poll_msgq`. Returns `EINVAL` if `size` is 0, exceeds
/// `buffer`, or is not 4-byte aligned.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
pub(crate) fn recv_msg(&mut self, bar: &Bar0, buffer: &mut [u8], size: usize) -> Result {
if size == 0 || size > buffer.len() {
return Err(EINVAL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
index ee8fc384fe38..cc2ebc3f6e78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
@@ -11,17 +11,64 @@
device,
io::poll::read_poll_timeout,
prelude::*,
- time::Delta, //
+ time::Delta,
+ transmute::{
+ AsBytes,
+ FromBytes, //
+ },
};

use crate::{
driver::Bar0,
+ falcon::{
+ self,
+ Falcon, //
+ },
gpu::Chipset,
+ mctp::{
+ MctpHeader,
+ NvdmHeader,
+ NvdmType, //
+ },
+ num,
regs, //
};

mod hal;

+/// FSP message timeout in milliseconds.
+const FSP_MSG_TIMEOUT_MS: i64 = 2000;
+
+/// FSP command response payload (`NVDM_PAYLOAD_COMMAND_RESPONSE`).
+#[repr(C, packed)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct NvdmPayloadCommandResponse {
+ task_id: u32,
+ command_nvdm_type: u32,
+ error_code: u32,
+}
+
+/// Complete FSP response structure with MCTP and NVDM headers.
+#[repr(C, packed)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct FspResponse {
+ mctp_header: MctpHeader,
+ nvdm_header: NvdmHeader,
+ response: NvdmPayloadCommandResponse,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: FspResponse is a packed C struct with only integral fields.
+unsafe impl FromBytes for FspResponse {}
+
+/// Trait implemented by types representing a message to send to FSP.
+///
+/// This provides [`Fsp::send_sync_fsp`] with the information it needs to send
+/// a given message, following the same pattern as GSP's `CommandToGsp`.
+pub(crate) trait MessageToFsp: AsBytes {
+ /// NVDM type identifying this message to FSP.
+ const NVDM_TYPE: u32;
+}
+
/// FSP interface for Hopper/Blackwell GPUs.
pub(crate) struct Fsp;

@@ -48,4 +95,84 @@ pub(crate) fn wait_secure_boot(dev: &device::Device, bar: &Bar0, chipset: Chipse
})
.map(|_| ())
}
+
+ /// Sends a message to FSP and waits for the response.
+ #[expect(dead_code)]
+ fn send_sync_fsp<M>(
+ dev: &device::Device,
+ bar: &Bar0,
+ fsp_falcon: &mut Falcon<falcon::fsp::Fsp>,
+ msg: &M,
+ ) -> Result
+ where
+ M: MessageToFsp,
+ {
+ fsp_falcon.send_msg(bar, msg.as_bytes())?;
+
+ let packet_size = read_poll_timeout(
+ || Ok(fsp_falcon.poll_msgq(bar)),
+ |&size| size > 0,
+ Delta::from_millis(10),
+ Delta::from_millis(FSP_MSG_TIMEOUT_MS),
+ )
+ .map_err(|_| {
+ dev_err!(dev, "FSP response timeout\n");
+ ETIMEDOUT
+ })?;
+
+ let packet_size = num::u32_as_usize(packet_size);
+ let mut response_buf = KVec::<u8>::new();
+ response_buf.resize(packet_size, 0, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ fsp_falcon.recv_msg(bar, &mut response_buf, packet_size)?;
+
+ let (response, _) = FspResponse::from_bytes_prefix(&response_buf[..]).ok_or_else(|| {
+ dev_err!(dev, "FSP response too small: {}\n", response_buf.len());
+ EIO
+ })?;
+
+ let mctp_header = response.mctp_header;
+ let nvdm_header = response.nvdm_header;
+ let command_nvdm_type = response.response.command_nvdm_type;
+ let error_code = response.response.error_code;
+
+ if !mctp_header.is_single_packet() {
+ dev_err!(
+ dev,
+ "Unexpected MCTP header in FSP reply: {:x?}\n",
+ mctp_header,
+ );
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ if !nvdm_header.validate(NvdmType::FspResponse) {
+ dev_err!(
+ dev,
+ "Unexpected NVDM header in FSP reply: {:x?}\n",
+ nvdm_header,
+ );
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ if command_nvdm_type != M::NVDM_TYPE {
+ dev_err!(
+ dev,
+ "Expected NVDM type {:#x} in reply, got {:#x}\n",
+ M::NVDM_TYPE,
+ command_nvdm_type
+ );
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ if error_code != 0 {
+ dev_err!(
+ dev,
+ "NVDM command {:#x} failed with error {:#x}\n",
+ M::NVDM_TYPE,
+ error_code
+ );
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ Ok(())
+ }
}
--
2.54.0