[PATCH v2 2/5] gpu: nova: Add DRM registration data
From: Alistair Popple
Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 05:13:35 EST
Currently the nova-drm stub driver doesn't really interact with a real
device, so it doesn't have any registration data and has no way to call
into nova-core.
To allow for this add a DrmRegData type which will hold a reference to
the NovaCoreApi associated with the auxbus device.
Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v1:
- Drop unrelated device::Bound removal.
- Switch exisiting import to vertical style.
- s/allow(dead_code)/expect(unused)/
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
index 739690bc2db5..0204d1cee6a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+use core::pin::Pin;
+
use kernel::{
auxiliary,
device::{
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
use crate::file::File;
use crate::gem::NovaObject;
+use nova_core::api::NovaCoreApi;
pub(crate) struct NovaDriver;
@@ -26,6 +29,12 @@ pub(crate) struct Nova<'bound> {
_reg: drm::Registration<'bound, NovaDriver>,
}
+/// DRM registration data, accessible from ioctl handlers via the registration guard.
+pub(crate) struct DrmRegData<'bound> {
+ #[expect(unused)]
+ pub(crate) api: Pin<&'bound NovaCoreApi<'bound>>,
+}
+
/// Convienence type alias for the DRM device type for this driver
pub(crate) type NovaDevice<Ctx = drm::Normal> = drm::Device<NovaDriver, Ctx>;
@@ -60,9 +69,12 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
_info: &'bound Self::IdInfo,
) -> impl PinInit<Self::Data<'bound>, Error> + 'bound {
let drm = drm::UnregisteredDevice::<Self>::new(adev, Ok(()))?;
+ let reg_data = DrmRegData {
+ api: NovaCoreApi::of(adev)?,
+ };
// SAFETY: `reg` is stored in `Nova` and dropped when the driver is unbound; it is
// never forgotten.
- let reg = unsafe { drm::Registration::new(adev.as_ref(), drm, (), 0)? };
+ let reg = unsafe { drm::Registration::new(adev.as_ref(), drm, reg_data, 0)? };
Ok(Nova {
drm: reg.device().into(),
@@ -74,7 +86,7 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
#[vtable]
impl drm::Driver for NovaDriver {
type Data = ();
- type RegistrationData<'a> = ();
+ type RegistrationData<'a> = DrmRegData<'a>;
type File = File;
type Object = gem::Object<NovaObject>;
type ParentDevice<Ctx: DeviceContext> = auxiliary::Device<Ctx>;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
index 298c02bacb4b..1156df51c533 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-use crate::driver::{NovaDevice, NovaDriver};
+use crate::driver::{
+ DrmRegData,
+ NovaDevice,
+ NovaDriver, //
+};
use crate::gem::NovaObject;
use kernel::{
alloc::flags::*,
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ impl File {
/// IOCTL: get_param: Query GPU / driver metadata.
pub(crate) fn get_param(
dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
- _reg_data: &(),
+ _reg_data: &DrmRegData<'_>,
getparam: &mut uapi::drm_nova_getparam,
_file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_param(
/// IOCTL: gem_create: Create a new DRM GEM object.
pub(crate) fn gem_create(
dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
- _reg_data: &(),
+ _reg_data: &DrmRegData<'_>,
req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_create,
file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ pub(crate) fn gem_create(
/// IOCTL: gem_info: Query GEM metadata.
pub(crate) fn gem_info(
_dev: &NovaDevice<Registered>,
- _reg_data: &(),
+ _reg_data: &DrmRegData<'_>,
req: &mut uapi::drm_nova_gem_info,
file: &drm::File<File>,
) -> Result<u32> {
--
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