[PATCH rtw-next 1/3] wifi: rtlwifi: fix disabling of ASPM for RTL8723BE with AER flooding

From: William Hansen-Baird

Date: Sun Jun 14 2026 - 09:55:59 EST


Commit 77a6407c6ab2 ("wifi: rtlwifi: disable ASPM for RTL8723BE with subsystem ID 11ad:1723")
adds code which sets ppsc->support_aspm to false in
_rtl_pci_update_default_setting() in order to disable ASPM.
This does not, however, disable ASPM. Rather, it disables driver
control of ASPM, and blocks calls to rtl_pci_enable_aspm()
and rtl_pci_disable_aspm().

In some cases, the pci device supplied to the probe function has
ASPM enabled. The code would therefore not disable ASPM, as it means to,
but rather just leave it enabled.
This was discovered through testing on a Razer Blade 14 2017, where ASPM
was enabled by default for the pci device.

Move the code added in the previous commit to rtl_pci_init_aspm() to
allow the adding of a call to rtl_pci_disable_aspm(hw) prior to disabling
ppsc->pci_support. This makes sure ASPM is disabled before disabling
driver control of ASPM to block it from being enabled later.

Fixes: 77a6407c6ab2 ("wifi: rtlwifi: disable ASPM for RTL8723BE with subsystem ID 11ad:1723")
Signed-off-by: William Hansen-Baird <william.hansen.baird@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c | 23 +++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c
index 73018a0498b4..4ef1faf649e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -156,15 +156,6 @@ static void _rtl_pci_update_default_setting(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_ASPM_L1 | PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_CCC))
ppsc->support_aspm = false;

- /* RTL8723BE found on some ASUSTek laptops, such as F441U and
- * X555UQ with subsystem ID 11ad:1723 are known to output large
- * amounts of PCIe AER errors during and after boot up, causing
- * heavy lags, poor network throughput, and occasional lock-ups.
- */
- if (rtlpriv->rtlhal.hw_type == HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8723BE &&
- (rtlpci->pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0x11ad &&
- rtlpci->pdev->subsystem_device == 0x1723))
- ppsc->support_aspm = false;
}

static bool _rtl_pci_platform_switch_device_pci_aspm(
@@ -330,10 +321,24 @@ static void rtl_pci_parse_configuration(struct pci_dev *pdev,

static void rtl_pci_init_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
{
+ struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
struct rtl_ps_ctl *ppsc = rtl_psc(rtl_priv(hw));
+ struct rtl_pci *rtlpci = rtl_pcidev(rtl_pcipriv(hw));

_rtl_pci_update_default_setting(hw);

+ /* RTL8723BE found on some ASUSTek laptops, such as F441U and
+ * X555UQ with subsystem ID 11ad:1723 are known to output large
+ * amounts of PCIe AER errors during and after boot up, causing
+ * heavy lags, poor network throughput, and occasional lock-ups.
+ */
+ if (rtlpriv->rtlhal.hw_type == HARDWARE_TYPE_RTL8723BE &&
+ (rtlpci->pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0x11ad &&
+ rtlpci->pdev->subsystem_device == 0x1723)) {
+ rtl_pci_disable_aspm(hw);
+ ppsc->support_aspm = false;
+ }
+
if (ppsc->reg_rfps_level & RT_RF_PS_LEVEL_ALWAYS_ASPM) {
/*Always enable ASPM & Clock Req. */
rtl_pci_enable_aspm(hw);
--
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