Re: [PATCH] gpu: nova-core: gsp: tu102: keep unloading if FWSEC-SB fails

["Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>]

On Mon Jun 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM JST, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-05-31 at 21:37 +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>> On Turing and Ampere, resetting the GSP involves running two firmware
>> images: FWSEC-SB and Booter Unloader. They are independent from one
>> another, and we should do whatever is possible to restore the GSP's
>> unloaded state even if a failure occurs along the way.
>> 
>> Thus, keep going and run Booter Unloader even if the execution of
>> FWSEC-SB failed.
>> 
>> Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
>> Closes:
>> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260529-nova-unload-v7-0-678f39209e00%40nvidia.com?part=3
>> Fixes: adb99ce3cc78 ("gpu: nova-core: run Booter Unloader and FWSEC-SB upon unbinding")
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
>> ---
>> This was caught by Sashiko; I unfortunately noticed it after pushing the
>> series, but having it as a follow-up is beneficial regardless as it
>> allows more time for review.
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
>> index a033bc892066..b10215190257 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
>> @@ -134,11 +134,19 @@ fn run(
>>          sec2_falcon: &Falcon<Sec2>,
>>      ) -> Result {
>>          // Run FWSEC-SB to reset the GSP falcon to its pre-libos state.
>> -        self.fwsec_sb.run(dev, bar, gsp_falcon)?;
>> +        // Log errors but keep going if it fails.
>> +        let fwsec_sb_res = self
>> +            .fwsec_sb
>> +            .run(dev, bar, gsp_falcon)
>> +            .inspect_err(|e| dev_err!(dev, "FWSEC-SB failed to run: {:?}\n", e));
>
> Shouldn't this be dev_warn?

I guess that's subjective, but since it is technically an error that is
likely to prevent the driver the reload I think `dev_err` is the right
level here.

>
> Also, how did you test this?  Have you tried breaking the FWSEC-SB code and telling
> booter_unload run anyway, and seeing if you can still reload the driver?  Sashiko said this:
>
>> Since FWSEC-SB (running on gsp_falcon) and the Booter Unloader (running
> on sec2_falcon) are independent cleanup steps, returning early here bypasses
> the Booter Unloader execution entirely.
>
> Are we sure they really are independent?  What does RM do?

This is not really about being able to reload the driver afterwards if
FWSEC-SB fails - in all likelihood we won't be able to, although that
ultimately depends on where and how hard FWSEC-SB fails.

The reason for doing this is more to stay consistent with our teardown
policy [1], which is to keep going even if one step fails.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/b5fb1462-c409-4ddc-a6c4-a83dcfaeae63@nvidia.com/