[PATCH v2 24/31] gpu: nova-core: gsp: send GSP_INIT and decode its reply
From: John Hubbard
Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 22:05:13 EST
GSP-RM answers a GSP_INIT request with the static GPU configuration, and
that reply is also what signals it has finished starting. It raises
load-and-execute events in the meantime, so a caller must handle them
rather than wait through them.
Nova-core can build the request but cannot send it: the GMC sender is
private, and the receive path drops the field carrying the reply status.
Add the sender and the receive-side status field it needs, and decode
the reply into the static-info type the RPC path already produces.
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Reviewed-by: Timur Tabi <ttabi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 49 ++++++--
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs | 4 +
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs | 35 +++++-
4 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
index 98d749674df1..d0e93e6a84d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
@@ -790,22 +790,43 @@ fn receive_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<M>
self.inner.lock().receive_msg(timeout, None)
}
- /// Receives one GMC event from the GSP and passes its command id and raw payload slices to
- /// `handler`.
+ /// Receives one GMC element from the GSP and passes its command id, the `max_resp_or_status`
+ /// field, and the raw payload slices to `handler`.
///
/// This method may sleep while waiting. The [`CmdqInner`] mutex stays locked across the wait
/// and across the `handler` call, so `handler` must not call back into this [`Cmdq`].
///
/// See [`CmdqInner::receive_gmc_and_dispatch`] for return values, queue state, and errors.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
pub(crate) fn receive_gmc_and_dispatch<R>(
&self,
timeout: Delta,
- handler: impl FnOnce(u32, &[u8], &[u8]) -> Option<R>,
+ handler: impl FnOnce(u32, u32, &[u8], &[u8]) -> Option<R>,
) -> Result<Option<R>> {
self.inner.lock().receive_gmc_and_dispatch(timeout, handler)
}
+ /// Sends a GMC API command to the GSP without waiting for its response.
+ ///
+ /// A caller that expects a response reads it with [`Self::receive_gmc_and_dispatch`], which
+ /// lets it handle the events GSP-RM interleaves before the response arrives.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// - `EMSGSIZE` if the command exceeds the maximum queue element size.
+ /// - `ETIMEDOUT` if space does not become available within the timeout.
+ /// - `EIO` if the command header is not properly aligned.
+ pub(crate) fn send_gmc_no_wait(
+ &self,
+ bar: Bar0<'_>,
+ command_id: u32,
+ payload: &[u8],
+ max_response_size: u32,
+ ) -> Result {
+ self.inner
+ .lock()
+ .send_gmc(bar, command_id, payload, max_response_size)
+ }
+
/// Waits for an unsolicited GSP event of type `M`, dispatching any other event that arrives
/// first.
///
@@ -1005,7 +1026,6 @@ fn send_command<M>(&mut self, bar: Bar0<'_>, command: M) -> Result<u32>
/// - `EMSGSIZE` if the command exceeds the maximum queue element size.
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if space does not become available within the timeout.
/// - `EIO` if the command header is not properly aligned.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
fn send_gmc(
&mut self,
bar: Bar0<'_>,
@@ -1387,9 +1407,13 @@ fn wait_for_gmc_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GmcMessage<'_>> {
/// Receive the next GMC event from the GSP and dispatch it through a handler.
///
- /// The handler receives the GMC command id and the raw payload slices that follow the
- /// [`super::fw::GmcApiHeader`] (two slices because the circular buffer may wrap). It returns
- /// `None` for an event it does not handle.
+ /// The handler receives the GMC command id, the header's `max_resp_or_status` field, and the
+ /// raw payload slices that follow the [`super::fw::GmcApiHeader`] (two slices because the
+ /// circular buffer may wrap). It returns `None` for an element it does not handle.
+ ///
+ /// `max_resp_or_status` is a union: GSP-RM writes an `NV_STATUS` there when the element is a
+ /// response, and the maximum response size when it is a request. Only a handler that knows
+ /// which one it asked for can read it.
///
/// Where [`Self::receive_msg`] keys on [`MsgFunction`], this keys on the GMC command id,
/// which is the form the r000 firmware uses for boot events.
@@ -1405,7 +1429,7 @@ fn wait_for_gmc_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GmcMessage<'_>> {
fn receive_gmc_and_dispatch<R>(
&mut self,
timeout: Delta,
- handler: impl FnOnce(u32, &[u8], &[u8]) -> Option<R>,
+ handler: impl FnOnce(u32, u32, &[u8], &[u8]) -> Option<R>,
) -> Result<Option<R>> {
let message = self.wait_for_gmc_msg(timeout)?;
let header = message.header;
@@ -1437,7 +1461,12 @@ fn receive_gmc_and_dispatch<R>(
length,
);
- handler(command_id, message.contents.0, message.contents.1)
+ handler(
+ command_id,
+ header.gmc.max_resp_or_status,
+ message.contents.0,
+ message.contents.1,
+ )
};
self.gsp_mem
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
index 0c3832ccf726..d55faf1a4e04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
};
use crate::{
+ driver::Bar0,
gpu::Chipset,
gsp::{
cmdq::{
@@ -32,13 +33,18 @@
self,
commands::{
GspInitRequest,
+ GspInitResponse,
+ GspInitResponseSchema,
RegKey, //
},
- MsgFunction, //
+ MsgFunction,
+ GMCAPI_CMD_GSP_INIT, //
},
nvkv::{
+ Decoder,
Encodeable,
- Encoder, //
+ Encoder,
+ UnknownKeyPolicy, //
},
},
sbuffer::SBufferIter,
@@ -311,6 +317,136 @@ pub(crate) fn build_gsp_init_payload(
Ok(encoder.finish())
}
+/// Size of the buffer GSP-RM may fill with static configuration, matching the allocation Open RM
+/// makes in `kgspSendInitRpcs`.
+const GSP_INIT_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE: u32 = 48 * 1024;
+
+/// Sends `GSP_INIT` and returns the static configuration its reply carries.
+///
+/// GSP-RM interleaves load-and-execute events between the request and the reply, and those events
+/// drive the falcon loads that let it finish starting, so each one is passed to `on_boot_event`
+/// rather than skipped. The reply arrives only once GSP-RM is up, which is what makes it the
+/// signal that boot is complete.
+///
+/// `payload` is the blob from [`build_gsp_init_payload`].
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// - `EIO` if GSP-RM reports a failure status, or if the reply is not a whole number of NVKV
+/// words.
+/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if neither the reply nor another element arrives within
+/// [`Cmdq::RECEIVE_TIMEOUT`].
+///
+/// Errors from `on_boot_event` and from decoding the reply are propagated as-is.
+#[expect(dead_code)]
+pub(crate) fn gsp_init(
+ cmdq: &Cmdq,
+ bar: Bar0<'_>,
+ payload: &[u64],
+ mut on_boot_event: impl FnMut(u32, &[u8]) -> Result,
+) -> Result<GetGspStaticInfoReply> {
+ // Qualified because `zerocopy::IntoBytes` also gives `[T]` an `as_bytes`.
+ let payload = AsBytes::as_bytes(payload);
+
+ cmdq.send_gmc_no_wait(
+ bar,
+ GMCAPI_CMD_GSP_INIT,
+ payload,
+ GSP_INIT_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE,
+ )?;
+
+ loop {
+ let reply = cmdq.receive_gmc_and_dispatch(
+ Cmdq::RECEIVE_TIMEOUT,
+ |command_id, max_resp_or_status, payload_0, payload_1| {
+ if command_id == GMCAPI_CMD_GSP_INIT {
+ Some(decode_gsp_init_reply(
+ max_resp_or_status,
+ payload_0,
+ payload_1,
+ ))
+ } else {
+ // A boot event. Keep waiting for the reply unless handling it failed.
+ match on_boot_event(command_id, payload_0) {
+ Ok(()) => None,
+ Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ )?;
+
+ if let Some(reply) = reply {
+ return reply;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/// Decodes the `GSP_INIT` reply, whose `max_resp_or_status` field carries an `NV_STATUS`.
+fn decode_gsp_init_reply(
+ status: u32,
+ payload_0: &[u8],
+ payload_1: &[u8],
+) -> Result<GetGspStaticInfoReply> {
+ if status != 0 {
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ decode_gsp_info(&nvkv_words(payload_0, payload_1)?)
+}
+
+/// Joins the two halves of a wrapped payload into the `u64` words an NVKV stream is made of.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// - `EIO` if the combined length is not a whole number of words.
+/// - `ENOMEM` if the buffer cannot be allocated.
+fn nvkv_words(payload_0: &[u8], payload_1: &[u8]) -> Result<KVVec<u64>> {
+ let bytes = SBufferIter::new_reader([payload_0, payload_1]).flush_into_kvec(GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ let words = bytes.chunks_exact(size_of::<u64>());
+ if !words.remainder().is_empty() {
+ return Err(EIO);
+ }
+
+ let mut out = KVVec::with_capacity(bytes.len() / size_of::<u64>(), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ for word in words {
+ let word: [u8; size_of::<u64>()] = word.try_into().map_err(|_| EIO)?;
+ out.push(u64::from_le_bytes(word), GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ }
+
+ Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// Decodes the static GPU configuration from an NVKV stream.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// - `EINVAL` if the stream is malformed or omits a required key.
+/// - `ENOMEM` if the decoded regions cannot be allocated.
+fn decode_gsp_info(words: &[u64]) -> Result<GetGspStaticInfoReply> {
+ let decoder = Decoder::new(words, UnknownKeyPolicy::Ignore);
+ let decoded = KBox::try_init(
+ decoder.decode(GspInitResponseSchema::default())?,
+ GFP_KERNEL,
+ )?;
+
+ let mut gpu_name = [0u8; GspInitResponse::MAX_GPU_NAME_LEN];
+ let name = decoded.gpu_name();
+ gpu_name
+ .get_mut(..name.len())
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?
+ .copy_from_slice(name);
+
+ let mut usable_fb_regions = KVec::new();
+ for region in decoded.usable_fb_regions() {
+ usable_fb_regions.push(region, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ }
+
+ Ok(GetGspStaticInfoReply {
+ gpu_name,
+ usable_fb_regions,
+ })
+}
+
pub(crate) use fw::commands::PowerStateLevel;
/// The `UnloadingGuestDriver` command, used to shut down the GSP.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
index 89482d2648f5..9a44a1409fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
@@ -1012,6 +1012,10 @@ pub(crate) struct GmcApiHeader {
/// `GMCAPI_HEADER_COMMAND_ID_MASK`. The remaining byte carries flags.
const GMCAPI_COMMAND_ID_MASK: u32 = 0x00ff_ffff;
+/// GMC command that hands GSP-RM its system information and registry keys and returns the static
+/// GPU configuration. Its reply is also what signals that GSP-RM has finished starting.
+pub(crate) const GMCAPI_CMD_GSP_INIT: u32 = r000_00::GMCAPI_COMMANDS_GMCAPI_CMD_GSP_INIT;
+
/// GMC command asking the driver to run the generic falcon bootloader against a descriptor the
/// GSP supplies.
pub(crate) const GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER: u32 =
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs
index c9deee8d23c8..f41b626ad6d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/commands.rs
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
/// Schema for the `GSP_INIT` response.
#[cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_KUNIT), allow(dead_code))]
#[derive(Default)]
- struct GspInitResponseSchema => GspInitResponse {
+ pub(crate) struct GspInitResponseSchema => GspInitResponse {
gpu_name:
Array<u8, { GspInitResponse::MAX_GPU_NAME_LEN }, { Self::GPU_NAME_STRING_KEY }>,
fb_regions: Accumulated<FbRegionSchema>,
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ impl GspInitResponseSchema {
/// Payload of the `GSP_INIT` response.
#[cfg_attr(not(CONFIG_KUNIT), allow(dead_code))]
-struct GspInitResponse {
+pub(crate) struct GspInitResponse {
gpu_name: ArrayVec<u8, { Self::MAX_GPU_NAME_LEN }>,
fb_regions: KVVec<FbRegion>,
bar1_pde_base: u64,
@@ -454,7 +454,36 @@ struct GspInitResponse {
}
impl GspInitResponse {
- const MAX_GPU_NAME_LEN: usize = 64;
+ pub(crate) const MAX_GPU_NAME_LEN: usize = 64;
+
+ /// A region with no tag is general-purpose memory. A tagged region is reserved for a
+ /// firmware-internal use that the tag identifies.
+ const FB_REGION_TAG_NONE: u32 = 0;
+
+ /// Returns the GPU name, which GSP-RM sends with its NULL terminator.
+ pub(crate) fn gpu_name(&self) -> &[u8] {
+ self.gpu_name.as_slice()
+ }
+
+ /// Iterates over the FB regions the driver may allocate from.
+ ///
+ /// A region qualifies when it is untagged, unprotected, and supports both compression and
+ /// isochronous access, which is the same set the RPC path selects from
+ /// [`GspStaticConfigInfo::usable_fb_regions`].
+ pub(crate) fn usable_fb_regions(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Range<u64>> + '_ {
+ self.fb_regions.iter().filter_map(|region| {
+ if region.limit >= region.base
+ && region.tag == Self::FB_REGION_TAG_NONE
+ && !region.flags.protected()
+ && region.flags.support_compressed()
+ && region.flags.support_iso()
+ {
+ region.limit.checked_add(1).map(|end| region.base..end)
+ } else {
+ None
+ }
+ })
+ }
}
nvkv_decode! {
--
2.55.0