[PATCH 1/3] wifi: mt76: mt7921: drop TXRX_NOTIFY on non-mmio buses

From: Devin Wittmayer

Date: Sat Jun 27 2026 - 15:14:06 EST


PKT_TYPE_TXRX_NOTIFY is an mmio-only event, but mt7921_rx_check() and
mt7921_queue_rx_skb() dispatch it to mt7921_mac_tx_free() on every bus.
mt7921_mac_tx_free() cleans the DMA tx queues with
mt76_queue_tx_cleanup(), which calls queue_ops->tx_cleanup(). Only the
mmio queue ops implement that callback; on USB and SDIO it is NULL, so
a TXRX_NOTIFY there calls a NULL pointer in the RX worker:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:0x0
Call Trace:
mt7921_mac_tx_free+0x64/0x310 [mt7921_common]
mt7921_rx_check+0x5f/0xf0 [mt7921_common]
mt76u_rx_worker+0x1b9/0x620 [mt76_usb]

Drop the event on non-mmio buses via mt76_is_mmio(), as in
commit 5683e1488aa9 ("wifi: mt76: connac: do not check WED status for
non-mmio devices").

Fixes: 48fab5bbef40 ("mt76: mt7921: introduce mt7921s support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Devin Wittmayer <lucid_duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mac.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mac.c
index 1c2377d0a53d..f7d54472da1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mac.c
@@ -570,8 +570,9 @@ bool mt7921_rx_check(struct mt76_dev *mdev, void *data, int len)

switch (type) {
case PKT_TYPE_TXRX_NOTIFY:
- /* PKT_TYPE_TXRX_NOTIFY can be received only by mmio devices */
- mt7921_mac_tx_free(dev, data, len); /* mmio */
+ if (!mt76_is_mmio(mdev))
+ return false;
+ mt7921_mac_tx_free(dev, data, len);
return false;
case PKT_TYPE_TXS:
for (rxd += 2; rxd + 8 <= end; rxd += 8)
@@ -600,7 +601,10 @@ void mt7921_queue_rx_skb(struct mt76_dev *mdev, enum mt76_rxq_id q,

switch (type) {
case PKT_TYPE_TXRX_NOTIFY:
- /* PKT_TYPE_TXRX_NOTIFY can be received only by mmio devices */
+ if (!mt76_is_mmio(mdev)) {
+ napi_consume_skb(skb, 1);
+ break;
+ }
mt7921_mac_tx_free(dev, skb->data, skb->len);
napi_consume_skb(skb, 1);
break;
--
2.54.0