RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: remove rtw_txq_dequeue

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 04:45:44 EST


Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remove the rtw_txq_dequeue helper. It's a wrapper around
> ieee80211_tx_dequeue with just one caller.
>
> Call ieee80211_tx_dequeue directly in rtw_txq_push. There's no need to
> fetch txq for every frame, we can do this once outside of the rcu lock.
>
> Make the loop variable i unsigned long, it should have the same type as
> frames.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c | 18 +++---------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c
> index 3106edb84fb4..ea2dc9bda1b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/tx.c
> @@ -619,31 +619,19 @@ static int rtw_txq_push_skb(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static struct sk_buff *rtw_txq_dequeue(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> - struct rtw_txq *rtwtxq)
> -{
> - struct ieee80211_txq *txq = rtwtxq_to_txq(rtwtxq);
> - struct sk_buff *skb;
> -
> - skb = ieee80211_tx_dequeue(rtwdev->hw, txq);
> - if (!skb)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - return skb;
> -}
> -
> static void rtw_txq_push(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> struct rtw_txq *rtwtxq,
> unsigned long frames)
> {
> + struct ieee80211_txq *txq = rtwtxq_to_txq(rtwtxq);
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> int ret;
> - int i;
> + unsigned long i;

In reverse X'mas order.

>
> rcu_read_lock();
>
> for (i = 0; i < frames; i++) {
> - skb = rtw_txq_dequeue(rtwdev, rtwtxq);
> + skb = ieee80211_tx_dequeue(rtwdev->hw, txq);
> if (!skb)
> break;
>
> --
> 2.43.7
>