[PATCH v7 05/31] gpu: nova-core: set DMA mask width based on GPU architecture

From: John Hubbard

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 18:56:57 EST


Replace the hardcoded 47-bit DMA mask with per-architecture values.
Hopper and Blackwell support 52-bit DMA addresses, while Turing,
Ampere, and Ada use 47-bit.

Add Architecture::dma_mask() as a const method with an exhaustive
match, so new architectures get a compile-time reminder to specify
their DMA mask width. Move Spec creation into probe() so the
architecture is known before setting the DMA mask, and pass the Spec
into Gpu::new().

Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs | 28 +++++++--------
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs | 60 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
index 84b0e1703150..41227d29934e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
device::Core,
devres::Devres,
dma::Device,
- dma::DmaMask,
pci,
pci::{
Class,
@@ -23,7 +22,10 @@
},
};

-use crate::gpu::Gpu;
+use crate::gpu::{
+ Gpu,
+ Spec, //
+};

/// Counter for generating unique auxiliary device IDs.
static AUXILIARY_ID_COUNTER: Atomic<u32> = Atomic::new(0);
@@ -38,14 +40,6 @@ pub(crate) struct NovaCore {

const BAR0_SIZE: usize = SZ_16M;

-// For now we only support Ampere which can use up to 47-bit DMA addresses.
-//
-// TODO: Add an abstraction for this to support newer GPUs which may support
-// larger DMA addresses. Limiting these GPUs to smaller address widths won't
-// have any adverse affects, unless installed on systems which require larger
-// DMA addresses. These systems should be quite rare.
-const GPU_DMA_BITS: u32 = 47;
-
pub(crate) type Bar0 = pci::Bar<BAR0_SIZE>;

kernel::pci_device_table!(
@@ -84,18 +78,20 @@ fn probe(pdev: &pci::Device<Core>, _info: &Self::IdInfo) -> impl PinInit<Self, E
pdev.enable_device_mem()?;
pdev.set_master();

- // SAFETY: No concurrent DMA allocations or mappings can be made because
- // the device is still being probed and therefore isn't being used by
- // other threads of execution.
- unsafe { pdev.dma_set_mask_and_coherent(DmaMask::new::<GPU_DMA_BITS>())? };
-
let bar = Arc::pin_init(
pdev.iomap_region_sized::<BAR0_SIZE>(0, c"nova-core/bar0"),
GFP_KERNEL,
)?;
+ let spec = Spec::new(pdev.as_ref(), bar.access(pdev.as_ref())?)?;
+ dev_info!(pdev, "NVIDIA ({})\n", spec);
+
+ // SAFETY: No concurrent DMA allocations or mappings can be made because
+ // the device is still being probed and therefore isn't being used by
+ // other threads of execution.
+ unsafe { pdev.dma_set_mask_and_coherent(spec.chipset().arch().dma_mask())? };

Ok(try_pin_init!(Self {
- gpu <- Gpu::new(pdev, bar.clone(), bar.access(pdev.as_ref())?),
+ gpu <- Gpu::new(pdev, bar.clone(), bar.access(pdev.as_ref())?, spec),
_reg <- auxiliary::Registration::new(
pdev.as_ref(),
c"nova-drm",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
index 8f317d213908..9e140463603b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
use kernel::{
device,
devres::Devres,
+ dma::DmaMask,
fmt,
pci,
prelude::*,
@@ -162,6 +163,19 @@ pub(crate) enum Architecture {
Blackwell = 0x1b,
}

+impl Architecture {
+ /// Returns the DMA mask supported by this architecture.
+ ///
+ /// Hopper and Blackwell support 52-bit DMA addresses, while earlier
+ /// architectures (Turing, Ampere, Ada) support 47-bit.
+ pub(crate) const fn dma_mask(&self) -> DmaMask {
+ match self {
+ Self::Turing | Self::Ampere | Self::Ada => DmaMask::new::<47>(),
+ Self::Hopper | Self::Blackwell => DmaMask::new::<52>(),
+ }
+ }
+}
+
impl TryFrom<u8> for Architecture {
type Error = Error;

@@ -211,7 +225,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Spec {
}

impl Spec {
- fn new(dev: &device::Device, bar: &Bar0) -> Result<Spec> {
+ pub(crate) fn new(dev: &device::Device, bar: &Bar0) -> Result<Spec> {
// Some brief notes about boot0 and boot42, in chronological order:
//
// NV04 through NV50:
@@ -292,38 +306,34 @@ pub(crate) fn new<'a>(
pdev: &'a pci::Device<device::Bound>,
devres_bar: Arc<Devres<Bar0>>,
bar: &'a Bar0,
+ spec: Spec,
) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'a {
- pin_init::pin_init_scope(move || {
- let spec = Spec::new(pdev.as_ref(), bar)?;
- dev_info!(pdev, "NVIDIA ({})\n", spec);
-
- let chipset = spec.chipset();
+ let chipset = spec.chipset();

- Ok(try_pin_init!(Self {
- // We must wait for GFW_BOOT completion before doing any significant setup
- // on the GPU.
- _: {
- gfw::wait_gfw_boot_completion(bar)
- .inspect_err(|_| dev_err!(pdev, "GFW boot did not complete\n"))?;
- },
+ try_pin_init!(Self {
+ // We must wait for GFW_BOOT completion before doing any significant setup
+ // on the GPU.
+ _: {
+ gfw::wait_gfw_boot_completion(bar)
+ .inspect_err(|_| dev_err!(pdev, "GFW boot did not complete\n"))?;
+ },

- sysmem_flush: SysmemFlush::register(pdev.as_ref(), bar, chipset)?,
+ sysmem_flush: SysmemFlush::register(pdev.as_ref(), bar, chipset)?,

- gsp_falcon: Falcon::new(
- pdev.as_ref(),
- chipset,
- )
- .inspect(|falcon| falcon.clear_swgen0_intr(bar))?,
+ gsp_falcon: Falcon::new(
+ pdev.as_ref(),
+ chipset,
+ )
+ .inspect(|falcon| falcon.clear_swgen0_intr(bar))?,

- sec2_falcon: Falcon::new(pdev.as_ref(), chipset)?,
+ sec2_falcon: Falcon::new(pdev.as_ref(), chipset)?,

- gsp <- Gsp::new(pdev),
+ gsp <- Gsp::new(pdev),

- _: { gsp.boot(pdev, bar, chipset, gsp_falcon, sec2_falcon)? },
+ _: { gsp.boot(pdev, bar, chipset, gsp_falcon, sec2_falcon)? },

- bar: devres_bar,
- spec,
- }))
+ bar: devres_bar,
+ spec,
})
}

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2.53.0