[PATCH v3 1/8] gpu: nova-core: gsp: warn if data remains after processing a message

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 21:46:20 EST


Not processing the whole data from a received message is a strong
indicator of a bug - emit a warning when such cases are detected.

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
index 46819a82a51a..607fb9ad69b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
@@ -661,7 +661,17 @@ pub(crate) fn receive_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&mut self, timeout: Delta) -> Resul
let (cmd, contents_1) = M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(message.contents.0).ok_or(EIO)?;
let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, message.contents.1]);

- M::read(cmd, &mut sbuffer).map_err(|e| e.into())
+ 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",
+ function
+ );
+ }
+ })
} else {
Err(ERANGE)
};

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2.53.0