From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Cc: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>,
Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com
Subject: [PATCH rtw-next v2 1/2] wifi: rtw88: download the beacon the reserved page was built with
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:44:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930074444.1991223-2-mehmet.fide@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930074444.1991223-1-mehmet.fide@gmail.com>
From: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
rtw_fw_download_rsvd_page() downloads the beacon twice: once as part of
the reserved page and once more on its own, so that the firmware ends up
with a TX descriptor that describes the beacon rather than the whole
page. The second download fetched a new beacon from mac80211 instead of
downloading the one the page already holds.
Besides the extra work, every beacon fetch advances the DTIM count and,
while a channel switch is announced, the CSA countdown; doing it twice
per update lets a countdown that starts at 2 reach 0, which mac80211
warns about. Hand the beacon skb out of the page build and download
that. The hw scan, which downloads the beacon without a page build,
keeps fetching its own.
Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 34 +++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
index 945fedcd375b..49f09a9f4ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
@@ -1622,7 +1622,8 @@ static int __rtw_build_rsvd_page_from_vifs(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
return 0;
}
-static u8 *rtw_build_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 *size)
+static u8 *rtw_build_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 *size,
+ struct sk_buff **beacon)
{
const struct rtw_chip_info *chip = rtwdev->chip;
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = rtwdev->hw;
@@ -1702,13 +1703,15 @@ static u8 *rtw_build_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 *size)
list_for_each_entry(rsvd_pkt, &rtwdev->rsvd_page_list, build_list) {
rtw_rsvd_page_list_to_buf(rtwdev, page_size, page_margin,
page, buf, rsvd_pkt);
- if (page == 0)
+ if (page == 0) {
page += rtw_len_to_page(rsvd_pkt->skb->len +
tx_desc_sz, page_size);
- else
+ /* the caller downloads it once more on its own */
+ *beacon = rsvd_pkt->skb;
+ } else {
page += rtw_len_to_page(rsvd_pkt->skb->len, page_size);
-
- kfree_skb(rsvd_pkt->skb);
+ kfree_skb(rsvd_pkt->skb);
+ }
rsvd_pkt->skb = NULL;
}
@@ -1723,11 +1726,12 @@ static u8 *rtw_build_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 *size)
return NULL;
}
-static int rtw_download_beacon(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
+/* the beacon the page was built with, or a fresh one for the hw scan */
+static int rtw_download_beacon(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct sk_buff *beacon)
{
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = rtwdev->hw;
struct rtw_rsvd_page *rsvd_pkt;
- struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct sk_buff *skb = beacon;
int ret = 0;
rsvd_pkt = list_first_entry_or_null(&rtwdev->rsvd_page_list,
@@ -1744,7 +1748,8 @@ static int rtw_download_beacon(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
return -EINVAL;
}
- skb = rtw_get_rsvd_page_skb(hw, rsvd_pkt);
+ if (!skb)
+ skb = rtw_get_rsvd_page_skb(hw, rsvd_pkt);
if (!skb) {
rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to get beacon skb\n");
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1754,18 +1759,20 @@ static int rtw_download_beacon(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
if (ret)
rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to download drv rsvd page\n");
- dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+ if (!beacon)
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb);
return ret;
}
int rtw_fw_download_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
{
- u8 *buf;
+ struct sk_buff *beacon;
u32 size;
+ u8 *buf;
int ret;
- buf = rtw_build_rsvd_page(rtwdev, &size);
+ buf = rtw_build_rsvd_page(rtwdev, &size, &beacon);
if (!buf) {
rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to build rsvd page pkt\n");
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1782,13 +1789,14 @@ int rtw_fw_download_rsvd_page(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
* the beacon again to replace the TX desc header, and we will get
* a correct tx_desc for the beacon in the rsvd page.
*/
- ret = rtw_download_beacon(rtwdev);
+ ret = rtw_download_beacon(rtwdev, beacon);
if (ret) {
rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to download beacon\n");
goto free;
}
free:
+ dev_kfree_skb(beacon);
kfree(buf);
return ret;
@@ -2345,7 +2353,7 @@ int rtw_hw_scan_offload(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
rtw_fw_set_scan_offload(rtwdev, &cs_option, rtwvif, &chan_list);
out:
if (rtwdev->ap_active) {
- ret = rtw_download_beacon(rtwdev);
+ ret = rtw_download_beacon(rtwdev, NULL);
if (ret)
rtw_err(rtwdev, "HW scan download beacon failed\n");
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 7:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 7:44 [PATCH rtw-next v2 0/2] wifi: rtw88: channel switch in AP mode Mehmet Fide
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