[PATCH v5 09/14] gpu: nova-core: gsp: cmdq: split the transport part of the receive path

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 06:14:43 EST


`receive_msg` currently handles both the transport and RPC layers.
Retire it and split its logic between the new `consume_element`, a
transport-level method which passes the parsed message contents to a
closure before advancing the CPU read pointer past it, and the
already-existing `await_msg`, which calls `consume_element` with a
closure matching the RPC message.

This introduces a small behavioral change: a matched RPC message that is
too short to contain the message component itself no longer stalls the
queue. This behavior is justified because it fixes an inconsistency:
unmatched RPC messages were always skipped, whereas matched RPC messages
could block the queue if they were too short. While a misconstructed RPC
message is a problem, it is not a fatal queue error as long as the
transport framing and checksum are valid.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gpu/nova/core/interrupts.rst | 7 +--
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 93 +++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/interrupts.rst b/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/interrupts.rst
index e42286915711..13a087b960c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/interrupts.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/interrupts.rst
@@ -583,13 +583,12 @@ the command's sequence number on every reply. On r570 the reply to
``UnloadingGuestDriver`` carries sequence 0.

The read pointer advances past every message that passes framing and checksum
-validation, whether it matched or was an event. A matched message that is too
-short to decode is the exception, and it stays at the queue head.
+validation, whether it matched or was an event.

A message's length is inside the region that the checksum covers, so once the
framing or the checksum fails there is no trustworthy length with which to skip
-the message. Such a message also stays at the queue head, and every later
-receive fails on it with ``EIO`` until the device is reset.
+the message. Such a message stays at the queue head, and every later receive
+fails on it with ``EIO`` until the device is reset.

The polling path and the IRQ thread both read the queue under the command-queue
mutex. Replies and events share one queue and one read pointer, so one lock is
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
index 4efc96eba4dd..58761a5f609f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
@@ -645,6 +645,12 @@ fn log(&self, dev: &device::Device) {
}
}

+/// A message whose protocol layer has been parsed and validated.
+enum GspParsedMessage<'a> {
+ /// A [RPC message](RpcMessage).
+ Rpc(RpcMessage<'a>),
+}
+
/// GSP command queue.
///
/// Provides the ability to send commands and receive messages from the GSP using a shared memory
@@ -930,57 +936,39 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
})
}

- /// Receive a message from the GSP.
+ /// Wait for the next element on the message queue, pass it to `f`, advance the read pointer
+ /// past the message, and returns the result of `f`.
///
- /// A message whose function code is `M::FUNCTION` is decoded and returned. Any other message
- /// is logged as an event.
- ///
- /// The read pointer is always advanced past the message, regardless of whether it matched.
+ /// The read pointer advances regardless of whether `f` succeeds or not.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if `timeout` has elapsed before any message becomes available.
- /// - `EIO` if a message fails framing or checksum validation.
- /// - `ENOMSG` if the message was not the awaited reply.
+ /// - `EIO` if a message fails framing or checksum validation. In this case, the read pointer
+ /// does not advance and the queue is stalled. This is a fatal error.
///
- /// Error codes returned by [`MessageFromGsp::read`] are propagated as-is.
- fn receive_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&mut self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<M>
- where
- // This allows all error types, including `Infallible`, to be used for `M::InitError`.
- Error: From<M::InitError>,
- {
+ /// If an error is returned, then `f` has not been called.
+ fn consume_element<R>(
+ &mut self,
+ timeout: Delta,
+ f: impl FnOnce(GspParsedMessage<'_>) -> R,
+ ) -> Result<R> {
let message = self.wait_for_msg(timeout)?;
- let elem_count = u32::try_from(message.header.msg_length().div_ceil(GSP_PAGE_SIZE))?;
- let rpc_message = RpcMessage::parse(self.dev, message)?;
- let function = rpc_message.header.function();
+ let elem_count = u32::try_from(message.header.msg_length().div_ceil(GSP_PAGE_SIZE))
+ .map_err(|_| {
+ dev_err!(&self.dev, "GSP receive: message length overflow\n");
+ EIO
+ })?;

- // An early return here would leave the read pointer on this message.
- let result = if matches!(function, Ok(f) if f == M::FUNCTION) {
- let (cmd, contents_1) =
- M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(rpc_message.contents.0).ok_or(EIO)?;
- let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, rpc_message.contents.1]);
+ // RPC is the only type of message supported for now.
+ let message = GspParsedMessage::Rpc(RpcMessage::parse(self.dev, message)?);

- M::read(cmd, &mut sbuffer)
- .map_err(|e| e.into())
- .inspect(|_| {
- if !sbuffer.is_empty() {
- dev_warn!(
- &self.dev,
- "GSP message {:?} has unprocessed data\n",
- M::FUNCTION
- );
- }
- })
- } else {
- rpc_message.log(self.dev);
-
- Err(ENOMSG)
- };
+ let res = f(message);

// Advance the read pointer past this message.
self.gsp_mem.advance_cpu_read_ptr(elem_count);

- result
+ Ok(res)
}

/// Receives a message of type `M`, waiting up to [`Cmdq::RECEIVE_TIMEOUT`] from the call.
@@ -1000,14 +988,39 @@ fn await_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&mut self) -> Result<M>
// This allows all error types, including `Infallible`, to be used for `M::InitError`.
Error: From<M::InitError>,
{
+ let f = |message: GspParsedMessage<'_>| {
+ let GspParsedMessage::Rpc(rpc_message) = message;
+ let function = rpc_message.header.function();
+ if matches!(function, Ok(f) if f == M::FUNCTION) {
+ let (cmd, contents_1) =
+ M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(rpc_message.contents.0).ok_or(EIO)?;
+ let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, rpc_message.contents.1]);
+
+ M::read(cmd, &mut sbuffer)
+ .map_err(|e| e.into())
+ .inspect(|_| {
+ if !sbuffer.is_empty() {
+ dev_warn!(
+ self.dev,
+ "GSP message {:?} has unprocessed data\n",
+ M::FUNCTION
+ );
+ }
+ })
+ } else {
+ rpc_message.log(self.dev);
+
+ Err(ENOMSG)
+ }
+ };
let deadline = Instant::<Monotonic>::now() + Cmdq::RECEIVE_TIMEOUT;
loop {
let remaining = deadline - Instant::<Monotonic>::now();
if remaining.is_negative() {
break Err(ETIMEDOUT);
}
- match self.receive_msg::<M>(remaining) {
- Ok(msg) => break Ok(msg),
+ match self.consume_element(remaining, f)? {
+ Ok(m) => break Ok(m),
Err(ENOMSG) => continue,
Err(e) => break Err(e),
}

--
2.56.0