NACK: [SRU][Q][PATCH 0/1] nouveau: don't attempt fwsec on sb on newer platforms

Abdur Rahman abdur.rahman at canonical.com
Thu May 28 16:46:52 UTC 2026


On 5/28/26 12:40 PM, Abdur Rahman wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2154481
>
> SRU Justification:
>
> [Impact]
>
> The bug causes boot failure of Questing generic kernel on systems with latest
> nvidia hardware. A kernel oops due to a Null pointer dereference is observed
> on bootup. The behavior is undefined in such conditions. The system may boot
> but show various kinds of issues. The issue roots from the nouveau module.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Cherry-pick upstream commit:
> e8b3627bec35 ("nouveau: don't attempt fwsec on sb on newer platforms.")
>
> [Test Plan]
>
> Build test and boot test for the kernel should pass for all tested hardware.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> Since the fix touches the nouveau module, any regression in the fix commit
> would end up showing undefined behavior through this module.
>
> Dave Airlie (1):
>    nouveau: don't attempt fwsec on sb on newer platforms.
>
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/ad102.c   |  3 +++
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/fwsec.c   |  8 +------
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/ga100.c   |  3 +++
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/ga102.c   |  3 +++
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/priv.h    | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/tu102.c   | 15 ++++++++++++
>   .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/tu116.c   |  3 +++
>   7 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
Re-sending to adjust subject

Nacked-by: Abdur Rahman <abdur.rahman at canonical.com>




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