[PATCH REF v4 24/27] gpu: nova-core: use lifetime for Bar

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 19:57:04 EST


Take advantage of the lifetime-parameterized pci::Bar<'bound> to hold
the BAR mapping directly in NovaCore<'bound>, and pass a borrowed
reference to Gpu<'bound>.

This eliminates the Arc<Devres<Bar0>> indirection, removes runtime
revocation checks for BAR access, and simplifies Gpu::unbind().

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs | 32 +++++++++++++++-----------------
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs | 33 +++++++++++++--------------------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
index d3f2245ba2e0..d4cf4379ee87 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
},
prelude::*,
sizes::SZ_16M,
- sync::{
- atomic::{
- Atomic,
- Relaxed, //
- },
- Arc,
+ sync::atomic::{
+ Atomic,
+ Relaxed, //
},
types::ForLt,
};
@@ -31,7 +28,8 @@
#[pin_data]
pub(crate) struct NovaCore<'bound> {
#[pin]
- pub(crate) gpu: Gpu,
+ pub(crate) gpu: Gpu<'bound>,
+ bar: pci::Bar<'bound, BAR0_SIZE>,
#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
_reg: auxiliary::Registration<'bound, ForLt!(())>,
}
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) struct NovaCore<'bound> {
// DMA addresses. These systems should be quite rare.
const GPU_DMA_BITS: u32 = 47;

-pub(crate) type Bar0 = pci::Bar<'static, BAR0_SIZE>;
+pub(crate) type Bar0 = kernel::io::Mmio<BAR0_SIZE>;

kernel::pci_device_table!(
PCI_TABLE,
@@ -95,14 +93,14 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
// other threads of execution.
unsafe { pdev.dma_set_mask_and_coherent(DmaMask::new::<GPU_DMA_BITS>())? };

- let bar = Arc::new(
- pdev.iomap_region_sized::<BAR0_SIZE>(0, c"nova-core/bar0")?
- .into_devres()?,
- GFP_KERNEL,
- )?;
-
Ok(try_pin_init!(NovaCore {
- gpu <- Gpu::new(pdev, bar.clone(), bar.access(pdev.as_ref())?),
+ bar: pdev.iomap_region_sized::<BAR0_SIZE>(0, c"nova-core/bar0")?,
+ // TODO: Use `&bar` self-referential pin-init syntax once available.
+ //
+ // SAFETY: `bar` is initialized before this expression is evaluated
+ // (`try_pin_init!()` initializes fields in declaration order), lives at a pinned
+ // stable address, and is dropped after `gpu` (struct field drop order).
+ gpu <- Gpu::new(pdev, unsafe { &*core::ptr::from_ref(bar) }),
_reg: auxiliary::Registration::new(
pdev.as_ref(),
c"nova-drm",
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
})
}

- fn unbind<'bound>(pdev: &'bound pci::Device<Core<'_>>, this: Pin<&Self::Data<'bound>>) {
- this.gpu.unbind(pdev.as_ref());
+ fn unbind<'bound>(_pdev: &'bound pci::Device<Core<'_>>, this: Pin<&Self::Data<'bound>>) {
+ this.gpu.unbind();
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
index 4ffb506342a9..8d2d6b0a917b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@

use kernel::{
device,
- devres::Devres,
fmt,
io::Io,
num::Bounded,
pci,
- prelude::*,
- sync::Arc, //
+ prelude::*, //
};

use crate::{
@@ -224,10 +222,10 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {

/// Structure holding the resources required to operate the GPU.
#[pin_data]
-pub(crate) struct Gpu {
+pub(crate) struct Gpu<'gpu> {
spec: Spec,
- /// MMIO mapping of PCI BAR 0
- bar: Arc<Devres<Bar0>>,
+ /// MMIO mapping of PCI BAR 0.
+ bar: &'gpu Bar0,
/// System memory page required for flushing all pending GPU-side memory writes done through
/// PCIE into system memory, via sysmembar (A GPU-initiated HW memory-barrier operation).
sysmem_flush: SysmemFlush,
@@ -240,12 +238,11 @@ pub(crate) struct Gpu {
gsp: Gsp,
}

-impl Gpu {
- pub(crate) fn new<'a>(
- pdev: &'a pci::Device<device::Bound>,
- devres_bar: Arc<Devres<Bar0>>,
- bar: &'a Bar0,
- ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'a {
+impl<'gpu> Gpu<'gpu> {
+ pub(crate) fn new(
+ pdev: &'gpu pci::Device<device::Bound>,
+ bar: &'gpu Bar0,
+ ) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> + 'gpu {
try_pin_init!(Self {
spec: Spec::new(pdev.as_ref(), bar).inspect(|spec| {
dev_info!(pdev,"NVIDIA ({})\n", spec);
@@ -257,6 +254,8 @@ pub(crate) fn new<'a>(
.inspect_err(|_| dev_err!(pdev, "GFW boot did not complete\n"))?;
},

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

gsp_falcon: Falcon::new(
@@ -270,19 +269,13 @@ pub(crate) fn new<'a>(
gsp <- Gsp::new(pdev),

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

/// Called when the corresponding [`Device`](device::Device) is unbound.
///
/// Note: This method must only be called from `Driver::unbind`.
- pub(crate) fn unbind(&self, dev: &device::Device<device::Core<'_>>) {
- kernel::warn_on!(self
- .bar
- .access(dev)
- .inspect(|bar| self.sysmem_flush.unregister(bar))
- .is_err());
+ pub(crate) fn unbind(&self) {
+ self.sysmem_flush.unregister(self.bar);
}
}
--
2.54.0