RE: [PATCH v2 02/11] wifi: rtw88: rx: mark zero length packets on RTL8723BS

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 03:15:17 EST


luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Like the RTL8703B, the RTL8723BS reports receive descriptors with a zero
> packet length, which the vendor driver drops outright. rtw88 already
> flags these as having no PSDU for the RTL8703B, so extend the same
> handling rather than passing an empty frame up.
>
> This is gated on the SDIO interface rather than the chip id, because it
> has only been observed there; the USB variant is not known to do it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c
> index 01fd299abb7f..5303975d00a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rx.c
> @@ -253,10 +253,12 @@ static void rtw_rx_fill_rx_status(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
>
> rtw_rx_addr_match(rtwdev, pkt_stat, hdr);
>
> - /* Rtl8723cs driver checks for size < 14 or size > 8192 and
> - * simply drops the packet.
> + /* Rtl8723cs and rtl8723bs drivers check for size < 14 or size > 8192
> + * and simply drop the packet.
> */
> - if (rtwdev->chip->id == RTW_CHIP_TYPE_8703B && pkt_stat->pkt_len == 0) {
> + if ((rtwdev->chip->id == RTW_CHIP_TYPE_8703B ||
> + rtw_is_8723bs(rtwdev)) &&

Straighten it. Though it is over 80 characters, but still acceptable.

> + pkt_stat->pkt_len == 0) {
> rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_NO_PSDU;
> rtw_dbg(rtwdev, RTW_DBG_RX, "zero length packet");
> }
> --
> 2.55.0