From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
Cc: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>,
Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com" <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH rtw-next v2 2/2] wifi: rtw88: support channel switch in AP mode
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 03:11:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <135e11c2a24642d0af774d6fd3c7f5a2@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930074444.1991223-3-mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
>
> hostapd's CHAN_SWITCH is refused because the driver does not announce
> channel switch support, so an AP on rtw88 can only change its channel
> by being torn down and started again.
>
> Declare WIPHY_FLAG_HAS_CHANNEL_SWITCH and implement
> ieee80211_ops::channel_switch_beacon: the firmware repeats the beacon
> held in the first reserved page, so while a switch is announced the
> page is downloaded again every beacon interval to renew the countdown,
> and ieee80211_csa_finish() is called once it completes. IBSS, which
> the flag enables too, shares the page and the work.
>
> The work is a wiphy delayed work of the device, like
> update_beacon_work:
rtw88 doesn't switch to wiphy work yet. Mixing to use ieee80211 and wiphy
works with driver mutext still is harmless I think.
> rtw88 runs one beaconing interface, a hw restart
> replays add_interface without remove_interface, and the wiphy lock
> serializes it with the mac80211 state it reads. It is cancelled when
> the AP stops, when the vif goes away and on WoWLAN suspend, and a
> hardware scan is refused while a switch is announced, since it would
> take the AP off the channel its stations count down to.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.h | 1 +
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c | 4 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> index 49f09a9f4ed6..1ad25e0539c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> @@ -1813,6 +1813,47 @@ void rtw_fw_update_beacon_work(struct work_struct *work)
> mutex_unlock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> }
>
> +/* renew the countdown in the firmware's beacon page until it completes */
I think this is unnecessary.
> +void rtw_fw_csa_beacon_work(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wiphy_work *work)
> +{
> + struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = container_of(work, struct rtw_dev,
> + csa_beacon_work.work);
> + struct rtw_rsvd_page *rsvd_pkt;
> + struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
> + unsigned int delay;
> +
> + lockdep_assert_wiphy(wiphy);
> +
> + mutex_lock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> +
> + if (!test_bit(RTW_FLAG_RUNNING, rtwdev->flags))
> + goto out;
> +
> + rsvd_pkt = list_first_entry_or_null(&rtwdev->rsvd_page_list,
> + struct rtw_rsvd_page, build_list);
> + if (!rsvd_pkt || rsvd_pkt->type != RSVD_BEACON)
> + goto out;
> +
> + vif = rtwvif_to_vif(rsvd_pkt->rtwvif);
Should we define csa_beacon_work by vif? Then, here we can get rtwvif
(and vif) from work context.
> + if (!vif->bss_conf.csa_active)
> + goto out;
> +
> + delay = ieee80211_tu_to_usec(vif->bss_conf.beacon_int);
> +
> + if (!ieee80211_beacon_cntdwn_is_complete(vif, 0)) {
> + rtw_fw_download_rsvd_page(rtwdev);
> + rtw_send_rsvd_page_h2c(rtwdev);
> +
> + wiphy_delayed_work_queue(wiphy, &rtwdev->csa_beacon_work,
> + usecs_to_jiffies(delay));
> + } else {
> + ieee80211_csa_finish(vif, 0);
> + }
> +
> +out:
> + mutex_unlock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> +}
> +
> static void rtw_fw_read_fifo_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 offset, u32 size,
> u32 *buf, u32 residue, u16 start_pg)
> {
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> index 2a9b09fa76e7..7c2a373faff8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac80211.c
> @@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ static void rtw_ops_remove_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> rtw_dbg(rtwdev, RTW_DBG_STATE, "stop vif %pM mac_id %d on port %d\n",
> vif->addr, rtwvif->mac_id, rtwvif->port);
>
> + if (rtwvif->net_type == RTW_NET_AP_MODE ||
> + rtwvif->net_type == RTW_NET_AD_HOC)
> + wiphy_delayed_work_cancel(hw->wiphy, &rtwdev->csa_beacon_work);
> +
Why should we need check Ad-hoc? How about just removing conditions?
As above comment, I'd move csa_beacon_work to vif.
> mutex_lock(&rtwdev->mutex);
>
> rtw_leave_lps_deep(rtwdev);
> @@ -375,6 +379,13 @@ static void rtw_conf_tx(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> __rtw_conf_tx(rtwdev, rtwvif, ac);
> }
>
> +/* renew the channel switch countdown one beacon interval from now */
No need this comment.
> +static void rtw_csa_beacon_queue(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u16 beacon_int)
> +{
> + wiphy_delayed_work_queue(rtwdev->hw->wiphy, &rtwdev->csa_beacon_work,
> + usecs_to_jiffies(ieee80211_tu_to_usec(beacon_int)));
Just single one statement. Can't we just call wiphy_delayed_work_queue()
directly?
> +}
> +
> static void rtw_ops_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
> struct ieee80211_bss_conf *conf,
> @@ -438,6 +449,9 @@ static void rtw_ops_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> rtw_set_dtim_period(rtwdev, conf->dtim_period);
> rtw_fw_download_rsvd_page(rtwdev);
> rtw_send_rsvd_page_h2c(rtwdev);
> + /* a hw restart replays the beacon, not channel_switch_beacon */
unnecessary comment.
> + if (conf->csa_active)
> + rtw_csa_beacon_queue(rtwdev, conf->beacon_int);
> }
>
> if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED) {
> @@ -489,6 +503,8 @@ static void rtw_ops_stop_ap(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> {
> struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = hw->priv;
>
> + wiphy_delayed_work_cancel(hw->wiphy, &rtwdev->csa_beacon_work);
> +
> mutex_lock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> rtw_write32_clr(rtwdev, REG_TCR, BIT_TCR_UPDATE_HGQMD);
> rtw_write16(rtwdev, REG_ATIMWND, ATIMWND_DEFAULT);
> @@ -556,6 +572,16 @@ static int rtw_ops_set_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void rtw_ops_channel_switch_beacon(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> + struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
> + struct cfg80211_chan_def *chandef)
> +{
> + struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = hw->priv;
> +
> + /* the beacon that starts the countdown was just downloaded */
unnecessary comment.
> + rtw_csa_beacon_queue(rtwdev, vif->bss_conf.beacon_int);
> +}
> +
> static int rtw_ops_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
> struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
> struct ieee80211_key_conf *key)
[...]
> @@ -900,6 +937,14 @@ static int rtw_ops_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
> return -EBUSY;
>
> mutex_lock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> +
> + /* the stations count down to the new channel and expect the AP there */
> + rtw_iterate_vifs(rtwdev, rtw_csa_active_iter, &csa_active);
> + if (csa_active) {
> + mutex_unlock(&rtwdev->mutex);
> + return -EBUSY;
> + }
Forgot to mention this by commit message?
> +
> rtw_hw_scan_start(rtwdev, vif, req);
> ret = rtw_hw_scan_offload(rtwdev, vif, true);
> if (ret) {
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 3:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 7:44 [PATCH rtw-next v2 0/2] wifi: rtw88: " Mehmet Fide
2026-09-30 7:44 ` [PATCH rtw-next v2 1/2] wifi: rtw88: download the beacon the reserved page was built with Mehmet Fide
2026-10-01 7:16 ` [PATCH " Luka Gejak
2026-10-01 11:54 ` [PATCH rtw-next " Mehmet Fide
2026-10-05 2:49 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-30 7:44 ` [PATCH rtw-next v2 2/2] wifi: rtw88: support channel switch in AP mode Mehmet Fide
2026-10-01 7:18 ` [PATCH " Luka Gejak
2026-10-01 11:54 ` [PATCH rtw-next " Mehmet Fide
2026-10-05 3:11 ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
2026-10-05 9:51 ` Mehmet Fide
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