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fix(cardwired): start and stop nvidia-powerd depending on the mode - #186

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Description

Start/Stop nvidia-powerd depending of the mode instead of always blindly restarting the service.
Also include a 10 secondes timeout, to prevent the task from being stuck on a non-responsive nvidia service

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved NVIDIA GPU power-management handling when switching display modes.
    • The NVIDIA power service now starts or stops appropriately for Hybrid, Manual, Integrated, and Smart modes.
    • Added safer command execution with timeout handling and clearer service-status reporting.
    • Improved transition reliability by preventing overlapping power-service operations.
    • Enhanced recovery when starting the service after a previous failure.

Walkthrough

The daemon replaces unconditional nvidia-powerd restarts with separate start and stop operations. Bounded systemctl commands and a mutex control mode-specific transitions.

Changes

NVIDIA power daemon mode control

Layer / File(s) Summary
Power daemon command control
crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/mod.rs, crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/nvidia.rs
The GPU module exports separate start and stop functions. A shared helper runs systemctl commands with a 10-second timeout and logs results. Start resets failed state before starting the enabled service.
Mode transition wiring
crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs
Hybrid and Manual modes start nvidia-powerd. Integrated and Smart modes stop it. A mutex serializes the operations.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fc452

The PR changes mode transitions to start or stop nvidia-powerd asynchronously, but transitions may complete out of order and an unbounded service-state check may leave mode changes pending, resulting in the service running in the wrong state or not responding to a mode change. These bounded correctness and availability risks require owner attention before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ModeInterface
  participant PowerdControl as start_nvidia_powerd or stop_nvidia_powerd
  participant Systemctl
  participant NvidiaPowerd as nvidia-powerd

  ModeInterface->>PowerdControl: select operation for target mode
  PowerdControl->>Systemctl: check enabled state
  Systemctl-->>PowerdControl: return enabled state
  alt Hybrid or Manual
    PowerdControl->>Systemctl: reset failed state and start service
    Systemctl->>NvidiaPowerd: start nvidia-powerd
  else Integrated or Smart
    PowerdControl->>Systemctl: stop service
    Systemctl->>NvidiaPowerd: stop nvidia-powerd
  end
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Description check ✅ Passed The description summarizes the mode-based start/stop behavior and timeout, and it includes the required TODO and checklist sections.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly states that nvidia-powerd starts and stops according to the selected mode.
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Inline comments:
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/nvidia.rs`:
- Around line 70-75: Update nvidia_powerd_enabled to apply the same 10-second
timeout and kill-on-drop termination behavior as run_systemctl when probing
systemctl is-enabled, ensuring hung probes cannot leave pending tasks or child
processes.

In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs`:
- Around line 101-108: Serialize the NVIDIA power-daemon transition in the mode
transition flow by awaiting the selected start_nvidia_powerd or
stop_nvidia_powerd operation while self.transition is held, instead of detaching
it with task::spawn. Preserve the existing mode mapping: Hybrid and Manual start
the daemon, while Integrated and Smart stop it.
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crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs (1)

106-117: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve mode-operation order.

The spawned tasks can acquire nvidia_powerd_lock in scheduler order, not mode-transition order. A later Integrated transition can stop the service first, then an earlier Hybrid task can start it afterward.

Await start_nvidia_powerd or stop_nvidia_powerd while self.transition is held. If asynchronous execution is required, send operations through one ordered worker.

Proposed fix
 match mode {
     Modes::Hybrid | Modes::Manual => {
-        let lock = self.nvidia_powerd_lock.clone();
-        task::spawn(async move {
-            let _guard = lock.lock().await;
-            start_nvidia_powerd().await;
-        });
+        start_nvidia_powerd().await;
     }
     Modes::Integrated | Modes::Smart => {
-        let lock = self.nvidia_powerd_lock.clone();
-        task::spawn(async move {
-            let _guard = lock.lock().await;
-            stop_nvidia_powerd().await;
-        });
+        stop_nvidia_powerd().await;
     }
 }
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In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs` around lines 106 - 117, Update
the mode-transition handling around the Hybrid and Integrated/Smart branches to
preserve operation order: do not spawn independent tasks that can acquire
nvidia_powerd_lock out of sequence. Await start_nvidia_powerd or
stop_nvidia_powerd while self.transition remains held, or route both operations
through a single ordered worker.
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Duplicate comments:
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs`:
- Around line 106-117: Update the mode-transition handling around the Hybrid and
Integrated/Smart branches to preserve operation order: do not spawn independent
tasks that can acquire nvidia_powerd_lock out of sequence. Await
start_nvidia_powerd or stop_nvidia_powerd while self.transition remains held, or
route both operations through a single ordered worker.

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  • crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/nvidia.rs
  • crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs

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