[PATCH rtw-next v5] wifi: rtw88: pci: wake the TX queues after restart_hw and interface up

From: Abdurrahman Karadag

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 06:42:15 EST


When a TX ring fills, rtw_pci_tx_write() stops the mac80211 queue and
records it in ring->queue_stopped. The completion loop in
rtw_pci_tx_isr() is what clears them, and it needs a descriptor to
complete. If the device goes down first, rtw_pci_dma_release() rewinds
the indices and frees what was in flight, so nothing is left that
could. ieee80211_reconfig() does not help either: it wakes only
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND, and an interface down/up does not
reach it at all. TX then stays dead although the device came back.

Reset that state where the device starts, which both
ieee80211_restart_hw() and an interface down/up reach through
rtw_core_start(). Gate the wake on ring->queue_stopped so that a
start which stopped nothing leaves the queues alone. The wake cannot be
narrowed to the queue the ring-full path stopped: the flag sits on the
ring, and rtw_tx_queue_mapping() puts management frames and multicast on
rings of their own whatever queue they came from, so a flag there does
not name a queue. mac80211 also keeps a single non-refcounted DRIVER
stop per queue, shared with the scan paths in fw.c, so
ieee80211_wake_queues() releases whatever holds that slot.

Signed-off-by: Abdurrahman Karadag <abdurrahmankaradag19@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v5:
- reset the flags before rtw_pci_enable_interrupt(), move it into
rtw_pci_reset_tx_queue_state(), and add the blank line before
running = true (Ping-Ke Shih)
- justify the gate by what it does on a start that stopped nothing,
and give the cannot-be-narrowed note its actual reason (Luka Gejak)

v4: reset the flags and wake from rtw_pci_start() instead of
rtw_reconfig_complete(), so an interface down/up is covered as well,
and name restart_hw in the subject (Ping-Ke Shih)
v3: wake from rtw_reconfig_complete() on RECONFIG_TYPE_RESTART
v2: wake from rtw_pci_reset_trx_ring(), gated on ring->queue_stopped
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20261002231013.11792-1-abdurrahmankaradag19@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
index 66d2e5f..c7ccde8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
@@ -568,6 +568,23 @@ static void rtw_pci_napi_stop(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
napi_disable(&rtwpci->napi);
}

+static void rtw_pci_reset_tx_queue_state(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
+{
+ struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
+ enum rtw_tx_queue_type queue;
+ bool wake = false;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
+
+ for (queue = 0; queue < RTK_MAX_TX_QUEUE_NUM; queue++) {
+ wake |= rtwpci->tx_rings[queue].queue_stopped;
+ rtwpci->tx_rings[queue].queue_stopped = false;
+ }
+
+ if (wake)
+ ieee80211_wake_queues(rtwdev->hw);
+}
+
static int rtw_pci_start(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
{
struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
@@ -575,6 +592,8 @@ static int rtw_pci_start(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
rtw_pci_napi_start(rtwdev);

spin_lock_bh(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
+ rtw_pci_reset_tx_queue_state(rtwdev);
+
rtwpci->running = true;
rtw_pci_enable_interrupt(rtwdev, rtwpci, false);
spin_unlock_bh(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
base-commit: 9b0be45d4d52fd223994e151f169743a97abd290
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2.56.0