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

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Sun Jun 14 2026 - 21:27:33 EST


William Hansen-Baird <william.hansen.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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);

The rtl_pci_disable_aspm() check condition of ppsc->support_aspm, so we
should consider the order seriously. I'd introduce a __rtl_pci_disable_aspm()
without checking, like:

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void _rtl_pci_switch_clk_req(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 value)
}

/*Disable RTL8192SE ASPM & Disable Pci Bridge ASPM*/
-static void rtl_pci_disable_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
+static void __rtl_pci_disable_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
{
struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
struct rtl_pci_priv *pcipriv = rtl_pcipriv(hw);
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@ static void rtl_pci_disable_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
u16 aspmlevel = 0;
u16 tmp_u1b = 0;

- if (!ppsc->support_aspm)
- return;
-
if (pcibridge_vendor == PCI_BRIDGE_VENDOR_UNKNOWN) {
rtl_dbg(rtlpriv, COMP_POWER, DBG_TRACE,
"PCI(Bridge) UNKNOWN\n");
@@ -240,6 +237,14 @@ static void rtl_pci_disable_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
_rtl_pci_platform_switch_device_pci_aspm(hw, linkctrl_reg);
}

+static void rtl_pci_disable_aspm(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
+{
+ if (!ppsc->support_aspm)
+ return;
+
+ __rtl_pci_disable_aspm(hw);
+}
+

Here, rtl_pci_init_aspm() can call

__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);
> --
> 2.54.0