[PATCH 5/9] drm/tyr: add user and MCU VM specifications

From: Ke Sun via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 13:16:57 EST


From: Alvin Sun <alvin.sun@xxxxxxxxx>

Distinguish MCU VMs from user VMs, and compute the user/kernel
GPU VA split for user VMs.

Signed-off-by: Alvin Sun <alvin.sun@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs | 8 +--
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs
index 47d25c901bd01..9b4b488521b85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
KernelBoVaAlloc, //
},
gpu::GpuInfo,
-
mmu::Mmu,
regs::{
gpu_control::{
@@ -66,7 +65,10 @@
JOB_IRQ_RAWSTAT, //
}, //
},
- vm::Vm, //
+ vm::{
+ Vm,
+ VmSpec, //
+ }, //
};

mod parser;
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
mmu: ArcBorrow<'_, Mmu<'drm>>,
gpu_info: &GpuInfo,
) -> Result<Firmware<'drm>> {
- let vm = Vm::new(dev, ddev, mmu, gpu_info)?;
+ let vm = Vm::new(dev, ddev, mmu, gpu_info, VmSpec::Mcu)?;
vm.activate()?;

let result = (|| {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs
index c5e307b1e2416..76c3d60bb2fe2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
//! mapped into hardware address space (AS) slots for GPU execution.

use core::marker::PhantomData;
+use core::num::NonZeroU64;
use core::ops::Range;

use kernel::{
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
new_mutex,
prelude::*,
sizes::{
+ LargeSizeConstants,
+ SizeConstants,
SZ_1G,
SZ_2M,
SZ_4K, //
@@ -154,6 +157,109 @@ fn try_from(value: u32) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
}
}

+/// User VA size request for a user VM.
+pub(crate) enum UserVaRequest {
+ /// Split based on `task_size()` and the GPU VA range.
+ Auto,
+ /// Caller-specified size; construction guarantees `> 0`.
+ Fixed(NonZeroU64),
+}
+
+impl UserVaRequest {
+ /// UAPI boundary normalization: `0` -> [`Auto`](Self::Auto).
+ pub(crate) fn from_uapi(v: u64) -> Self {
+ match NonZeroU64::new(v) {
+ Some(size) => Self::Fixed(size),
+ None => Self::Auto,
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+pub(crate) enum VmSpec {
+ /// MCU/firmware VM, entirely kernel-managed.
+ Mcu,
+ /// User VM: full GPU VA range, split into user/kernel per `user_va`.
+ User { user_va: UserVaRequest },
+}
+
+/// Final user/kernel VA layout for a VM.
+pub(crate) struct VmLayout {
+ /// Full GPU VA range covered by this VM.
+ pub(crate) full: Range<u64>,
+ /// User-accessible VA range. Empty for MCU VMs.
+ pub(crate) user: Range<u64>,
+}
+
+impl VmLayout {
+ /// Kernel VA range, reserved for future kernel object allocation.
+ #[expect(dead_code)]
+ pub(crate) fn kernel(&self) -> Range<u64> {
+ self.user.end..self.full.end
+ }
+
+ /// Compute a user/kernel split for a user VM from the full GPU VA range and
+ /// a user request.
+ pub(crate) fn compute(full: Range<u64>, req: UserVaRequest) -> Result<Self> {
+ /// Minimum VA space reserved for kernel objects (heaps, ring buffers, ...).
+ const MIN_KERNEL_VA: u64 = u64::SZ_256M;
+
+ if full.end <= MIN_KERNEL_VA {
+ pr_err!(
+ "Invalid VA range {:#x}..{:#x}, kernel VA min required: >{:#x}\n",
+ full.start,
+ full.end,
+ MIN_KERNEL_VA
+ );
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+
+ let user_max = full.end - MIN_KERNEL_VA;
+
+ let user_end = match req {
+ UserVaRequest::Fixed(v) => {
+ let user_size = v.get();
+ if user_size > user_max {
+ pr_err!(
+ "Requested user VA range {:#x} exceeds maximum {:#x}\n",
+ user_size,
+ user_max
+ );
+ return Err(EINVAL);
+ }
+ user_size
+ }
+ UserVaRequest::Auto => {
+ let task_size = current!().mm().map(|mm| mm.task_size());
+ let candidate = match task_size {
+ // `task_size()` returns usize; widen to u64 for the comparison.
+ Some(t) if (t as u64) < full.end => t as u64,
+ None | Some(_) => {
+ // If the range exceeds 4G, split it in two so CPU and
+ // GPU share the same addresses (SVM).
+ if full.end > u64::SZ_4G {
+ full.end / 2
+ } else {
+ user_max
+ }
+ }
+ };
+ candidate.min(user_max)
+ }
+ };
+
+ let delta = full.end - user_end;
+ // Pick a kernel VA range that's a power of two, to have a clear split.
+ let kernel_va_range = 1u64 << delta.ilog2();
+ let kernel_va_start = full.end - kernel_va_range;
+ let full_start = full.start;
+
+ Ok(Self {
+ full,
+ user: full_start..kernel_va_start,
+ })
+ }
+}
+
/// Arguments for a virtual memory map operation.
struct VmMapArgs<'drm> {
/// Access permissions and caching behavior for the mapping.
@@ -329,8 +435,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Vm<'drm> {
/// Non-core part of the GPUVM. Can be used for stuff that doesn't modify the
/// internal mapping tree, like GpuVm::obtain()
gpuvm: ARef<GpuVm<GpuVmData<'drm>>>,
- /// VA range for this VM.
- va_range: Range<u64>,
+ /// VA layout for this VM.
+ pub(crate) layout: VmLayout,
}

impl<'drm> Vm<'drm> {
@@ -343,6 +449,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
ddev: &TyrDrmDevice,
mmu: ArcBorrow<'_, Mmu<'drm>>,
gpu_info: &GpuInfo,
+ spec: VmSpec,
) -> Result<Arc<Vm<'drm>>> {
let mmu_features = MMU_FEATURES::from_raw(gpu_info.mmu_features);
let va_bits = mmu_features.va_bits().get();
@@ -351,6 +458,14 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
let range = 0..(1u64 << va_bits);
let reserve_range = 0..0u64;

+ let layout = match spec {
+ VmSpec::Mcu => VmLayout {
+ full: range.clone(),
+ user: 0..0u64,
+ },
+ VmSpec::User { user_va } => VmLayout::compute(range.clone(), user_va)?,
+ };
+
// dummy_obj is used to initialize the GPUVM tree.
let dummy_obj = gem::new_dummy_object(ddev).inspect_err(|e| {
dev_err!(dev, "Failed to create dummy GEM object: {:?}", e);
@@ -380,7 +495,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
mmu: mmu.into(),
gpuvm,
gpuvm_unique <- new_mutex!(gpuvm_unique),
- va_range: range,
+ layout,
}),
GFP_KERNEL,
)?;
@@ -414,7 +529,10 @@ pub(crate) fn kill(&self) {
// TODO: Turn the VM into a state where it can't be used.
let _ = self.deactivate();
let _ = self
- .unmap_range(self.va_range.start, self.va_range.end - self.va_range.start)
+ .unmap_range(
+ self.layout.full.start,
+ self.layout.full.end - self.layout.full.start,
+ )
.inspect_err(|e| {
dev_err!(self.dev, "Failed to unmap range during deactivate: {:?}", e);
});
@@ -551,14 +669,14 @@ pub(crate) fn unmap_range(&self, va: u64, size: u64) -> Result {

let end = va.checked_add(size).ok_or(EINVAL)?;

- if va < self.va_range.start || end > self.va_range.end {
+ if va < self.layout.full.start || end > self.layout.full.end {
dev_err!(
self.dev,
"Unmap range {:#x}..{:#x} exceeds VM range {:#x}..{:#x}",
va,
end,
- self.va_range.start,
- self.va_range.end
+ self.layout.full.start,
+ self.layout.full.end
);
return Err(EINVAL);
}
@@ -568,7 +686,7 @@ pub(crate) fn unmap_range(&self, va: u64, size: u64) -> Result {
region: va..end,
};

- let full_vm = va == self.va_range.start && end == self.va_range.end;
+ let full_vm = va == self.layout.full.start && end == self.layout.full.end;

let mut resources = VmOpResources {
preallocated_gpuvas: if full_vm {

--
2.43.0