[PATCH v2 1/7] rust: drm: Add Driver::ParentDevice associated type

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 21:30:13 EST


Add a ParentDevice associated type to the Driver trait, allowing each
DRM driver to declare its parent bus device type (e.g.
auxiliary::Device, platform::Device).

Change UnregisteredDevice::new() to take &T::ParentDevice<Bound>,
ensuring at the type level that the DRM device's parent matches the
declared bus device type.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs | 8 ++++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs | 6 ++++--
rust/kernel/drm/device.rs | 7 +++++--
rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs | 3 +++
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
index 48933d86ddda..c5b0313006bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/driver.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@

use kernel::{
auxiliary,
- device::Core,
+ device::{
+ Core,
+ DeviceContext, //
+ },
drm::{
self,
gem,
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
) -> impl PinInit<Self::Data<'bound>, Error> + 'bound {
let data = try_pin_init!(NovaData { adev: adev.into() });

- let drm = drm::UnregisteredDevice::<Self>::new(adev.as_ref(), data)?;
+ let drm = drm::UnregisteredDevice::<Self>::new(adev, data)?;
let drm = drm::Registration::new_foreign_owned(drm, adev.as_ref(), 0)?;

Ok(Nova { drm: drm.into() })
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ impl drm::Driver for NovaDriver {
type Data = NovaData;
type File = File;
type Object<Ctx: drm::DeviceContext> = gem::Object<NovaObject, Ctx>;
+ type ParentDevice<Ctx: DeviceContext> = auxiliary::Device<Ctx>;

const INFO: drm::DriverInfo = INFO;

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
index d063bc664cc1..338c25ccc151 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
},
device::{
Core,
- Device, //
+ Device,
+ DeviceContext, //
},
dma::{
Device as DmaDevice,
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
gpu_info,
});

- let tdev = drm::UnregisteredDevice::<TyrDrmDriver>::new(pdev.as_ref(), data)?;
+ let tdev = drm::UnregisteredDevice::<TyrDrmDriver>::new(pdev, data)?;
let tdev = drm::driver::Registration::new_foreign_owned(tdev, pdev.as_ref(), 0)?;

let driver = TyrPlatformDriverData {
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ impl drm::Driver for TyrDrmDriver {
type Data = TyrDrmDeviceData;
type File = TyrDrmFileData;
type Object<R: drm::DeviceContext> = drm::gem::shmem::Object<BoData, R>;
+ type ParentDevice<Ctx: DeviceContext> = platform::Device<Ctx>;

const INFO: drm::DriverInfo = INFO;
const FEAT_RENDER: bool = true;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs
index 477cf771fb10..858272fc2164 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/device.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ const fn compute_features() -> u32 {
/// Create a new `UnregisteredDevice` for a `drm::Driver`.
///
/// This can be used to create a [`Registration`](kernel::drm::Registration).
- pub fn new(dev: &device::Device, data: impl PinInit<T::Data, Error>) -> Result<Self> {
+ pub fn new(
+ dev: &T::ParentDevice<device::Bound>,
+ data: impl PinInit<T::Data, Error>,
+ ) -> Result<Self> {
// `__drm_dev_alloc` uses `kmalloc()` to allocate memory, hence ensure a `kmalloc()`
// compatible `Layout`.
let layout = Kmalloc::aligned_layout(Layout::new::<Device<T, Uninit>>());
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ pub fn new(dev: &device::Device, data: impl PinInit<T::Data, Error>) -> Result<S
// - `dev` is valid by its type invarants,
let raw_drm: *mut Device<T, Uninit> = unsafe {
bindings::__drm_dev_alloc(
- dev.as_raw(),
+ dev.as_ref().as_raw(),
&alloc_vtable,
layout.size(),
mem::offset_of!(Device<T, Uninit>, dev),
diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs
index 25f7e233884d..802e7fc13e30 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ pub trait Driver {
/// The type used to represent a DRM File (client)
type File: drm::file::DriverFile;

+ /// The bus device type of the parent device that the DRM device is associated with.
+ type ParentDevice<Ctx: device::DeviceContext>: device::AsBusDevice<Ctx>;
+
/// Driver metadata
const INFO: DriverInfo;

--
2.54.0