[PATCH 12/17] gpu: nova-core: recover the GSP receive path from corrupt framing
From: John Hubbard
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 23:12:53 EST
A GSP message carries its length inside the checksummed region, so once
the framing or the checksum fails, the length cannot be trusted to skip
the message.
Two paths left a bad message at the queue head. A framing or checksum
failure returned without advancing the read pointer, so every later
receive re-parsed the same message. A validly framed message whose typed
payload failed to decode returned early and did the same.
Poison the queue on a framing or checksum failure, and fail every later
receive, so the bad head is parsed once and recovery requires a reset.
Advance the read pointer past a validly framed message whether or not
its payload decodes.
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
index 3224079abf7e..fc4c229b8b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
mod continuation;
use core::{
+ cell::Cell,
mem,
sync::atomic::{
fence,
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(dev: &device::Device<device::Bound>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Err
gsp_mem,
elem_seq: 0,
rpc_seq: 0,
+ poisoned: Cell::new(false),
}),
}))
})
@@ -622,6 +624,12 @@ struct CmdqInner {
/// [`CmdqInner::receive_msg`] match that reply to the awaiting command. Advances once per
/// logical command.
rpc_seq: u32,
+ /// Set once a message with corrupt framing or a bad checksum is seen. Such a message has an
+ /// untrusted length, so the queue cannot be advanced past it, and every later receive fails
+ /// until the queue is torn down and reset.
+ ///
+ /// A [`Cell`], so the shared-borrow read path [`Self::wait_for_msg`] can set it.
+ poisoned: Cell<bool>,
/// Memory area shared with the GSP for communicating commands and messages.
gsp_mem: DmaGspMem,
}
@@ -748,11 +756,13 @@ fn send_command<M>(&mut self, bar: Bar0<'_>, command: M) -> Result<u32>
/// # Errors
///
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if `timeout` has elapsed before any message becomes available.
- /// - `EIO` if there was some inconsistency (e.g. message shorter than advertised) on the
- /// message queue.
- ///
- /// Error codes returned by the message constructor are propagated as-is.
+ /// - `EIO` if the framing or the checksum is invalid, or the queue was already poisoned by an
+ /// earlier such failure. Either failure poisons the queue, so recovery requires a reset.
fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
+ if self.poisoned.get() {
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
// Wait for a message to arrive from the GSP.
let (slice_1, slice_2) = read_poll_timeout(
|| Ok(self.gsp_mem.driver_read_area()),
@@ -763,7 +773,10 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
.map(|(slice_1, slice_2)| (slice_1.as_flattened(), slice_2.as_flattened()))?;
// Extract the `GspMsgElement`.
- let (header, slice_1) = GspMsgElement::from_bytes_prefix(slice_1).ok_or(EIO)?;
+ let Some((header, slice_1)) = GspMsgElement::from_bytes_prefix(slice_1) else {
+ self.poisoned.set(true);
+ return Err(EIO);
+ };
dev_dbg!(
&self.dev,
@@ -777,6 +790,7 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
// Check that the driver read area is large enough for the message.
if slice_1.len() + slice_2.len() < payload_length {
+ self.poisoned.set(true);
return Err(EIO);
}
@@ -805,6 +819,7 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
"GSP RPC: receive: Call {} - bad checksum\n",
header.sequence()
);
+ self.poisoned.set(true);
return Err(EIO);
}
@@ -830,8 +845,8 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
/// # Errors
///
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if `timeout` has elapsed before any message becomes available.
- /// - `EIO` if there was some inconsistency (e.g. message shorter than advertised) on the
- /// message queue.
+ /// - `EIO` if the queue is poisoned or the message fails framing or checksum validation (see
+ /// [`Self::wait_for_msg`]), or if the matched message is too short for `M::Message`.
/// - `ERANGE` if the message was not the awaited reply.
///
/// Error codes returned by [`MessageFromGsp::read`] are propagated as-is.
@@ -850,22 +865,26 @@ fn receive_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(
let func_matches = matches!(function, Ok(f) if f == M::FUNCTION);
let matched = func_matches && expected_seq.is_none_or(|expected| seq == expected);
- // Every path must advance the read pointer past this message.
+ // Every path must advance the read pointer past this message, including a failed decode.
let result = if matched {
- 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())
- .inspect(|_| {
- if !sbuffer.is_empty() {
- dev_warn!(
- &self.dev,
- "GSP message {:?} has unprocessed data\n",
- M::FUNCTION
- );
- }
- })
+ match M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(message.contents.0) {
+ Some((cmd, contents_1)) => {
+ let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, 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
+ );
+ }
+ })
+ }
+ None => Err(EIO),
+ }
} else {
Err(ERANGE)
};
--
2.55.0