RE: [PATCH v11 4/7] wifi: rtw88: sdio: zero the padding added to a TX transfer

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 20:47:49 EST


Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mac80211 reserves IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM, 18 bytes, and offers
> no way for a driver to ask for more on TX; extra_tx_headroom is headroom
> and extra_beacon_tailroom is beacons only.

You can modify mac80211 to reserve larger ndev->needed_tailroom to
see if it can really resolve the symptom. If so, you can propose
to add fields for tailroom like headroom:

struct ieee80211_hw:: extra_tx_tailroom
struct ieee80211_local:: tx_headroom

Ping-Ke