RE: [PATCH v5 6/6] wifi: rtw88: sdio: add TX back-pressure and retry on page starvation
From: Ping-Ke Shih
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 21:21:42 EST
luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +
> +static void rtw_sdio_reschedule_tx_work(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> + struct rtw_sdio_work_data *work_data,
> + unsigned long delay)
> +{
> + struct rtw_sdio *rtwsdio = (struct rtw_sdio *)rtwdev->priv;
> +
> + queue_delayed_work(rtwsdio->txwq, &work_data->work, delay);
> }
Actually, I didn't request this wrapper by v4. (Also I don't prefer a
simple wrapper like this that hides kernel API).
(See below)
>
> static void rtw_sdio_tx_handler(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> struct rtw_sdio_work_data *work_data =
> - container_of(work, struct rtw_sdio_work_data, work);
> + container_of(to_delayed_work(work), struct rtw_sdio_work_data,
> + work);
> struct rtw_sdio *rtwsdio;
> struct rtw_dev *rtwdev;
> - int limit, queue;
> + int limit, queue, ret;
> + bool rtl8723bs;
>
> rtwdev = work_data->rtwdev;
> rtwsdio = (struct rtw_sdio *)rtwdev->priv;
> + rtl8723bs = rtw_is_8723bs(rtwdev);
>
> if (!rtw_fw_feature_check(&rtwdev->fw, FW_FEATURE_TX_WAKE))
> rtw_sdio_deep_ps_leave(rtwdev);
>
> for (queue = RTK_MAX_TX_QUEUE_NUM - 1; queue >= 0; queue--) {
> for (limit = 0; limit < 1000; limit++) {
> - rtw_sdio_process_tx_queue(rtwdev, queue);
> + ret = rtw_sdio_process_tx_queue(rtwdev, queue);
> + if (ret > 0)
> + break;
> +
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + /*
> + * A page or output queue shortage and a failed
> + * skb expansion are both transient, and the
> + * frame is still queued, so come back for it.
> + * That matters once the queue can be stopped:
> + * a stopped queue is handed no further frames,
> + * so nothing else would kick this work item and
> + * the queue would stay stopped for good. The
> + * remaining errors cannot succeed on a retry
> + * and each log where they happen.
> + */
> + if (rtl8723bs &&
> + (ret == -EBUSY || ret == -ENOMEM)) {
> + rtw_sdio_reschedule_tx_work(rtwdev, work_data,
> + RTW_SDIO_TX_RETRY_DELAY);
> + return;
> + }
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Restart from the highest priority queue after every
> + * management frame so the join sequence is not held up
> + * behind a data backlog.
> + */
> + if (rtl8723bs && queue == RTW_TX_QUEUE_MGMT) {
> + rtw_sdio_reschedule_tx_work(rtwdev, work_data, 0);
> + return;
> + }
I'd move this chunk you are adding to a function. I think it is just to
reschedule TX work for RTL8723BS for certain conditions, but explaining
a lot of things (conditions) in common flow makes people hard to read
the flow.
>
> if (skb_queue_empty(&rtwsdio->tx_queue[queue]))
> break;