Nvidia Modprobe always creates nvidia-uvm and nvidia-uvm-tools as root:root #7
Description
When attempting to create the nvidia-uvm and nvidia-uvm-tools devices, the devices are always created with root UID and GID.
This method ensures that the creation of nvidia-uvm and nvidia-uvm-tools always gets created with root:root
return mknod_helper(major, base_minor, NV_UVM_DEVICE_NAME, NULL) && mknod_helper(major, base_minor + 1, NV_UVM_TOOLS_DEVICE_NAME, NULL);
By passing NULL, this method doesn't utilize the kernel module parameters that are passed to the nvidia driver.
Passing the params path like is done for the nvidiactl and other devices, the permissions on nvidia-uvm and nvidia-uvm-tools can be set properly according to the documentation: