Re: [PATCH v10 4/7] drm/tyr: add GPU virtual memory (VM) support

Deborah Brouwer <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:09:55 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <amyeozYr_SZC5FbY@um790>
On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 04:40:36PM +0200, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM Deborah Brouwer
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> >
> > Add GPU virtual address space management using the DRM GPUVM framework.
> > Each virtual memory (VM) space is backed by ARM64 LPAE Stage 1 page tables
> > and can be mapped into hardware address space (AS) slots for GPU execution.
> >
> > The implementation provides memory isolation and virtual address
> > allocation. VMs support mapping GEM buffer objects with configurable
> > protection flags (readonly, noexec, uncached) and handle both 4KB and 2MB
> > page sizes. A new_dummy_object() helper is provided to create a dummy GEM
> > object for use as a GPUVM root.
> >
> > The vm module integrates with the MMU for address space activation and
> > provides map/unmap/remap operations with page table synchronization.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> > Co-developed-by: Daniel Almeida <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Almeida <[email protected]>
> > Co-developed-by: Deborah Brouwer <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Deborah Brouwer <[email protected]>
> 
> There's a 32-bit build failure :(
> 
> error[E0308]: mismatched types
>    --> /home/runner/work/linux/linux/linux/drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs:873:17
>     |
> 871 |             pt.map_pages(
>     |                --------- arguments to this method are incorrect
> 872 |                 curr_iova,
> 873 |                 curr_paddr,
>     |                 ^^^^^^^^^^ expected `u32`, found `u64`
>     |
> note: method defined here
>    --> /home/runner/work/linux/linux/linux/rust/kernel/iommu/pgtable.rs:152:19
>     |
> 152 |     pub unsafe fn map_pages(
>     |                   ^^^^^^^^^
> help: you can convert a `u64` to a `u32` and panic if the converted
> value doesn't fit
>     |
> 873 |                 curr_paddr.try_into().unwrap(),
>     |                           ++++++++++++++++++++

Alice, I see you fixed it in drm-rust-next by casting curr_paddr to
PhysAddr, thank you. I must have added this 32 bit regression trying to
double check all of the sizes.