[PATCH v4 07/10] gpu: nova-core: gsp: cmdq: split the transport part of the receive path

From: Alexandre Courbot

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 08:25:52 EST


`receive_msg` currently handles both the transport and RPC layers.
Introduce the `MessageElement` trait to define how messages are
processed, independently of their type.

Keep the transport layer in `wait_for_msg`, and introduce
`consume_element`, a transport-level method which reads the message's
contents using an implementation of the `MessageElement` trait before
advancing the CPU read pointer past it. RPC messages are handled by the
`RpcMessageElement` wrapper, and the RPC part of `receive_msg` is moved
to its implementation of `MessageElement`. This sets things up for
moving the RPC code into its own module, leaving the transport agnostic
of the message type.

As a result of the new abstraction layer, RPC messages whose size is
unexpected are consumed instead of remaining on the queue.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
index a059ce74ba2d..65e1a0b6bb44 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@ fn write(&self, dev: &device::Device, seq: u32, dst: &mut GspCommand<'_>) -> Res
}
}

+/// Trait implemented by types that can be received as single command queue elements.
+///
+/// The command queue validates the element header before calling `read()` to interpret the
+/// contents.
+trait MessageElement: Sized {
+ /// Tries to read `Self` from `message`. `dev` is the queue's device, to be used for logging.
+ fn read(dev: &device::Device, message: GspMessage<'_>) -> Result<Self>;
+}
+
/// Trait representing messages received from the GSP.
///
/// A reply that [`Cmdq::send_command`] waits for, or an event that [`Cmdq::await_msg`] waits for.
@@ -224,6 +233,45 @@ fn read(
) -> Result<Self, Self::InitError>;
}

+/// Wrapper type for receiving a RPC message from a command queue element.
+///
+/// [`MessageElement`] cannot be directly implemented for all [`MessageFromGsp`] with a blanket
+/// implementation as it would conflict with other future message types.
+struct RpcMessageElement<M>(M);
+
+impl<M> MessageElement for RpcMessageElement<M>
+where
+ M: MessageFromGsp,
+ Error: From<M::InitError>,
+{
+ fn read(dev: &device::Device, message: GspMessage<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
+ let rpc_message = RpcMessage::parse(dev, message)?;
+ let function = rpc_message.header.function();
+
+ // An early return here would leave the read pointer on this message.
+ let result = if matches!(function, Ok(f) if f == M::FUNCTION) {
+ let (cmd, contents_1) =
+ M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(rpc_message.contents.0).ok_or(EIO)?;
+ let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, rpc_message.contents.1]);
+
+ M::read(cmd, &mut sbuffer)
+ .map(Self)
+ .map_err(|e| e.into())
+ .inspect(|_| {
+ if !sbuffer.is_empty() {
+ dev_warn!(dev, "GSP message {:?} has unprocessed data\n", M::FUNCTION);
+ }
+ })
+ } else {
+ rpc_message.log(dev);
+
+ Err(ENOMSG)
+ };
+
+ result
+ }
+}
+
/// Number of GSP pages making the [`Msgq`].
pub(crate) const MSGQ_NUM_PAGES: u32 = 0x3f;

@@ -886,7 +934,7 @@ fn send_command<M>(&mut self, command: M) -> Result
}
}

- /// Wait for a message to become available on the message queue.
+ /// Wait for the next element to become available on the message queue.
///
/// This works purely at the transport layer and does not interpret or validate the message
/// beyond the advertised length in its [`GspMsgElement`].
@@ -933,53 +981,19 @@ fn wait_for_msg(&self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<GspMessage<'_>> {
})
}

- /// Receive a message from the GSP.
+ /// Wait for the next element on the message queue, pass it to [`MessageElement::read`], and
+ /// advances the read pointer past it.
///
- /// A message whose function code is `M::FUNCTION` is decoded and returned. Any other message
- /// is logged as an event.
- ///
- /// The read pointer is always advanced past the message, regardless of whether it matched.
+ /// The read pointer advances regardless of whether [`MessageElement::read`] succeeds or not.
///
/// # Errors
///
- /// - `ETIMEDOUT` if `timeout` has elapsed before any message becomes available.
- /// - `EIO` if there was some inconsistency (e.g. message shorter than advertised) on the
- /// message queue.
- /// - `ENOMSG` if the message was not the awaited reply.
- ///
- /// Error codes returned by [`MessageFromGsp::read`] are propagated as-is.
- fn receive_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&mut self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<M>
- where
- // This allows all error types, including `Infallible`, to be used for `M::InitError`.
- Error: From<M::InitError>,
- {
+ /// Errors from [`Self::wait_for_msg`] and from [`MessageElement::read`] are propagated
+ /// as-is.
+ fn consume_element<M: MessageElement>(&mut self, timeout: Delta) -> Result<M> {
let message = self.wait_for_msg(timeout)?;
let elem_count = u32::try_from(message.header.msg_length().div_ceil(GSP_PAGE_SIZE))?;
- let rpc_message = RpcMessage::parse(self.dev, message)?;
- let function = rpc_message.header.function();
-
- // An early return here would leave the read pointer on this message.
- let result = if matches!(function, Ok(f) if f == M::FUNCTION) {
- let (cmd, contents_1) =
- M::Message::from_bytes_prefix(rpc_message.contents.0).ok_or(EIO)?;
- let mut sbuffer = SBufferIter::new_reader([contents_1, rpc_message.contents.1]);
-
- M::read(cmd, &mut sbuffer)
- .map_err(|e| e.into())
- .inspect(|_| {
- if !sbuffer.is_empty() {
- dev_warn!(
- &self.dev,
- "GSP message {:?} has unprocessed data\n",
- M::FUNCTION
- );
- }
- })
- } else {
- rpc_message.log(self.dev);
-
- Err(ENOMSG)
- };
+ let result = M::read(self.dev, message);

// Advance the read pointer past this message.
self.gsp_mem.advance_cpu_read_ptr(elem_count);
@@ -1010,8 +1024,8 @@ fn await_msg<M: MessageFromGsp>(&mut self) -> Result<M>
if remaining.is_negative() {
break Err(ETIMEDOUT);
}
- match self.receive_msg::<M>(remaining) {
- Ok(msg) => break Ok(msg),
+ match self.consume_element::<RpcMessageElement<M>>(remaining) {
+ Ok(msg) => break Ok(msg.0),
Err(ENOMSG) => continue,
Err(e) => break Err(e),
}

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2.56.0