[PATCH v7 09/10] gpu: nova-core: add ChannelIdPool

From: Eliot Courtney

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 03:08:15 EST


Add `ChannelIdPool` which adds automatic tracking and releasing of
channel IDs on top of `IdPool`. This is necessary for apportioning
ranges of channel IDs to be used in e.g. vGPU.

Channel IDs are allocated as a contiguous sequence with a specific
length and sometimes a specific alignment [1] for vGPU. The ID space is
small (limited to 2048) and allocation is not on a hot path, so a
bitmap-backed `IdPool` is a better fit than IDA/xarray (which allocate a
single ID within a range, not a contiguous sequence) or a maple tree
(where aligned allocation needs an alloc_range()+erase() retry loop that
essentially reimplements bitmap_find_next_zero_area()) [2]. It is
also faster than maple tree [3].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/84bc8bd2-e292-4b84-9580-a1b5df4c5bdc@xxxxxxxxxx/ # [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260710-chid-maple-v1-1-4ee869055268@xxxxxxxxxx/ # [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260717053241.916441-1-ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx/ # [3]
Signed-off-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs | 2 +
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu/channel.rs | 201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 203 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
index 42a4cd7971fa..66ea697a89f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
vgpu::VgpuManager, //
};

+#[cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_KUNIT = "y"), expect(dead_code))]
+mod channel;
mod hal;

macro_rules! define_chipset {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu/channel.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu/channel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..029fd843bfe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu/channel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+
+//! Channel ID allocation.
+
+use core::{
+ num::NonZero,
+ ops::{
+ Deref,
+ Range, //
+ }, //
+};
+
+use kernel::{
+ id_pool::IdPool,
+ prelude::*,
+ ptr::Alignment,
+ sync::{
+ new_mutex,
+ Mutex, //
+ }, //
+};
+
+/// Pool for tracking reservations of channel IDs.
+#[pin_data]
+pub(crate) struct ChannelIdPool {
+ #[pin]
+ inner: Mutex<IdPool>,
+}
+
+impl ChannelIdPool {
+ /// Creates a pool managing `num_chids` channel IDs.
+ pub(crate) fn new(num_chids: NonZero<usize>) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {
+ try_pin_init!(Self {
+ inner <- new_mutex!(IdPool::with_capacity(num_chids, GFP_KERNEL)?),
+ })
+ }
+
+ /// Reserves a contiguous area of `count` channel IDs starting at a multiple of `align`,
+ /// returning a guard that releases the area on drop.
+ pub(crate) fn reserve_ids(
+ &self,
+ count: NonZero<usize>,
+ align: Alignment,
+ ) -> Result<ChannelIdReservation<'_>> {
+ let mut ids = self.inner.lock();
+ let range = ids.reserve_ids(0, count, align).ok_or(ENOSPC)?;
+ Ok(ChannelIdReservation { pool: self, range })
+ }
+}
+
+/// A reserved contiguous area of channel IDs.
+///
+/// Releases the whole area back to its [`ChannelIdPool`] when dropped. Releasing locks a
+/// sleeping [`Mutex`], so the area must be dropped in a context that is allowed to sleep.
+#[must_use = "the channel ID reservation is released immediately when unused"]
+pub(crate) struct ChannelIdReservation<'a> {
+ pool: &'a ChannelIdPool,
+ range: Range<usize>,
+}
+
+impl Drop for ChannelIdReservation<'_> {
+ fn drop(&mut self) {
+ self.pool.inner.lock().release_ids(&self.range);
+ }
+}
+
+impl Deref for ChannelIdReservation<'_> {
+ type Target = Range<usize>;
+
+ fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+ &self.range
+ }
+}
+
+#[kunit_tests(nova_core_channel)]
+mod tests {
+ use super::*;
+ use kernel::{
+ nz,
+ sizes::SizeConstants, //
+ };
+
+ #[test]
+ fn chid_reservation() -> Result {
+ let pool = KBox::pin_init(ChannelIdPool::new(nz!(2048)), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+
+ let first = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(48), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(0, first.start);
+ assert_eq!(48, first.len());
+ assert_eq!(48, first.end);
+
+ let second = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(48), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert!(first.end <= second.start || second.end <= first.start);
+
+ let first_start = first.start;
+ drop(first);
+ assert_eq!(
+ first_start,
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(48), Alignment::SZ_1)?.start
+ );
+ Ok(())
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn chid_reservation_drop() -> Result {
+ let pool = KBox::pin_init(ChannelIdPool::new(nz!(8)), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+
+ let a = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(3), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ let b = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(3), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ let c = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(2), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(0, a.start);
+ assert_eq!(3, b.start);
+ assert_eq!(6, c.start);
+
+ drop(b);
+
+ // Only have space for 3 IDs right now.
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(4), Alignment::SZ_1).map(|_| ())
+ );
+ let b = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(3), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(3, b.start);
+
+ drop(a);
+ drop(c);
+ drop(b);
+
+ // Everything was dropped so the pool should be empty.
+ assert_eq!(0, pool.reserve_ids(nz!(8), Alignment::SZ_1)?.start);
+ Ok(())
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn chid_bounded_by_num_chids() -> Result {
+ let pool = KBox::pin_init(ChannelIdPool::new(nz!(4)), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+
+ {
+ let a = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ let b = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ let c = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ let d = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(0, a.start);
+ assert_eq!(1, b.start);
+ assert_eq!(2, c.start);
+ assert_eq!(3, d.start);
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1).map(|_| ())
+ );
+ }
+
+ assert_eq!(0, pool.reserve_ids(nz!(4), Alignment::SZ_1)?.start);
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(5), Alignment::SZ_1).map(|_| ())
+ );
+
+ let head = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(3), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(0, head.start);
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(2), Alignment::SZ_1).map(|_| ())
+ );
+ assert_eq!(3, pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?.start);
+ Ok(())
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn chid_reservation_aligned() -> Result {
+ let pool = KBox::pin_init(ChannelIdPool::new(nz!(16)), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+
+ // Alloc 0 so the first fit for the next area is unaligned.
+ let pad = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(0, pad.start);
+
+ let a = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(4), Alignment::SZ_4)?;
+ assert_eq!(4, a.start);
+
+ // The area skipped over by the aligned allocation should still be available.
+ let b = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_1)?;
+ assert_eq!(1, b.start);
+
+ let c = pool.reserve_ids(nz!(8), Alignment::SZ_8)?;
+ assert_eq!(8, c.start);
+
+ // Only 2 IDs left.
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(4), Alignment::SZ_4).map(|_| ())
+ );
+ assert_eq!(
+ Err(ENOSPC),
+ pool.reserve_ids(nz!(1), Alignment::SZ_32).map(|_| ())
+ );
+
+ assert_eq!(2, pool.reserve_ids(nz!(2), Alignment::SZ_1)?.start);
+ Ok(())
+ }
+}

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