[PATCH v6 11/13] drm: nova: Report GPU name in GPU info

From: Alistair Popple

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 02:58:09 EST


Add the full GPU name to the GPU info structure. The name is copied from
the validated, NUL-terminated string nova-core already extracts from the
GSP static info rather than from the raw firmware bytes.

GpuInfo::new() is deliberately fallible here. A malformed name string
from the GSP is unexpected and is reported to userspace as an error
rather than being silently replaced with an empty name.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

Changes since v5:

- Use the existing validated gpu_name() accessor instead of exposing the
raw bytes, as suggested by Danilo
- Keep GpuInfo::new() fallible so that unexpected GSP errors such as a
bad name string fail the ioctl instead of falling back to an empty name

Changes since v4:

- New for v5
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs | 5 ++---
include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
index dad3c83c920b..4753d9bca13b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@
#[repr(transparent)]
struct GpuInfo(uapi::drm_nova_info_gpu);

+/// Copies `name` into the zero initialised, fixed size uAPI buffer `dst`, keeping it
+/// NUL-terminated.
+///
+/// Fails with [`ENAMETOOLONG`] if `name` does not fit in `dst` with room for the terminator.
+fn copy_name(dst: &mut [u8], name: &str) -> Result {
+ let bytes = name.as_bytes();
+
+ if bytes.len() >= dst.len() {
+ return Err(ENAMETOOLONG);
+ }
+ dst[..bytes.len()].copy_from_slice(bytes);
+
+ Ok(())
+}
+
impl GpuInfo {
/// Collects the GPU information reported to userspace.
///
@@ -37,11 +52,15 @@ fn new(reg_data: &DrmRegData<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
let spec = reg_data.api.with(|api| api.get_ref().spec());
let gsp_static_info = reg_data.api.with(|api| api.get_ref().gsp_static_info());

- let info = uapi::drm_nova_info_gpu {
+ let mut info = uapi::drm_nova_info_gpu {
architecture: spec.chipset.arch() as u32,
chipid: spec.chipset as u32,
vram_size: gsp_static_info.vram_size(),
+ ..Default::default()
};
+
+ copy_name(&mut info.gpu_name, gsp_static_info.gpu_name().map_err(|_| EINVAL)?)?;
+
Ok(Self(info))
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
index 5c1f9d296198..00cfcef260c5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs
@@ -241,12 +241,11 @@ fn read(

/// Error type for [`GetGspStaticInfoReply::gpu_name`].
#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum GpuNameError {
+pub enum GpuNameError {
/// The GPU name string does not contain a null terminator.
NoNullTerminator(FromBytesUntilNulError),

/// The GPU name string contains invalid UTF-8.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
InvalidUtf8(Utf8Error),
}

@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ impl GetGspStaticInfoReply {
///
/// Returns an error if the string given by the GSP does not contain a null terminator or
/// contains invalid UTF-8.
- pub(crate) fn gpu_name(&self) -> core::result::Result<&str, GpuNameError> {
+ pub fn gpu_name(&self) -> core::result::Result<&str, GpuNameError> {
CStr::from_bytes_until_nul(&self.gpu_name)
.map_err(GpuNameError::NoNullTerminator)?
.to_str()
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
index 946bd4bf8fbd..c692cacaa552 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ struct drm_nova_info_gpu {
* regions.
*/
__u64 vram_size;
+
+ /**
+ * @gpu_name: NUL-terminated full GPU name.
+ */
+ __u8 gpu_name[64];
};

#define DRM_NOVA_GETPARAM 0x00
--
2.54.0