From: Ho Jie Feng <hjf3108@gmail.com>
To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Ho Jie Feng <hjf3108@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: rtw88: allow driver-owned TX buffers to bypass mac80211 TX status
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:08:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029060859.90002-2-hjf3108@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029060859.90002-1-hjf3108@gmail.com>
Add a flag so that the driver can flag certain frames that
skip reporting back to mac80211. This is used for driver
generated frames that aren't a TX from mac80211.
Signed-off-by: Ho Jie Feng <hjf3108@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.h | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h | 1 +
7 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h
index d59f6e323adf0..7bd2e224e845b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.h
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ struct rtw_tx_pkt_info {
u8 hw_ssn_sel;
bool nav_use_hdr;
bool bt_null;
+ bool drv_frame;
};
struct rtw_rx_pkt_stat {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
index 66d2e5f514447..5f6df521e9c16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ static int rtw_pci_tx_write_data(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
tx_data = rtw_pci_get_tx_data(skb);
tx_data->dma = dma;
tx_data->sn = pkt_info->sn;
+ tx_data->drv_frame = pkt_info->drv_frame;
spin_lock_bh(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
@@ -992,6 +993,11 @@ static void rtw_pci_tx_isr(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_pci *rtwpci,
skb_pull(skb, rtwdev->chip->tx_pkt_desc_sz);
+ if (tx_data->drv_frame) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+ continue;
+ }
+
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
/* enqueue to wait for tx report */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h
index 8ffdea11378f0..37d90caf8269c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ struct rtw_pci_tx_buffer_desc {
struct rtw_pci_tx_data {
dma_addr_t dma;
u8 sn;
+ bool drv_frame;
};
struct rtw_pci_ring {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.c
index dc2fd0f8f9fff..6666aa5245d70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.c
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ static int rtw_sdio_tx_write(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
tx_data = rtw_sdio_get_tx_data(skb);
tx_data->sn = pkt_info->sn;
+ tx_data->drv_frame = pkt_info->drv_frame;
/* The TX worker may already have freed the skb, so do not touch it. */
skb_queue_tail(&rtwsdio->tx_queue[queue], skb);
@@ -1604,6 +1605,11 @@ static void rtw_sdio_indicate_tx_status(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
skb_pull(skb, rtwdev->chip->tx_pkt_desc_sz);
+ if (tx_data->drv_frame) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+ return;
+ }
+
/* enqueue to wait for tx report */
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS) {
rtw_tx_report_enqueue(rtwdev, skb, tx_data->sn);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.h
index 6e7e6009744b0..19852077326a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/sdio.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct sdio_device_id;
struct rtw_sdio_tx_data {
u8 sn;
+ bool drv_frame;
};
struct rtw_sdio_work_data {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
index 715a2ce342d92..f03b00e517576 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ static void rtw_usb_write_port_tx_complete(struct urb *urb)
skb_pull(skb, rtwdev->chip->tx_pkt_desc_sz);
+ if (tx_data->drv_frame) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* enqueue to wait for tx report */
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS) {
rtw_tx_report_enqueue(rtwdev, skb, tx_data->sn);
@@ -655,6 +660,7 @@ static int rtw_usb_tx_write(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
rtw_tx_fill_txdesc_checksum(rtwdev, pkt_info, skb->data);
tx_data = rtw_usb_get_tx_data(skb);
tx_data->sn = pkt_info->sn;
+ tx_data->drv_frame = pkt_info->drv_frame;
skb_queue_tail(&rtwusb->tx_queue[ep], skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h
index 94ff21dd08463..e861e9a66ab22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct rx_usb_ctrl_block {
struct rtw_usb_tx_data {
u8 sn;
+ bool drv_frame;
};
struct rtw_usb {
--
2.55.0
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2026-10-29 6:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] wifi: rtw88: usb: don't report the aggregation buffer as a frame Ho Jie Feng
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