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From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <kevin_yang@realtek.com>
Subject: [PATCH rtw-next 3/6] wifi: rtw89: fw: duplicate firmware suit data by vmalloc to reduce memory fragment
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:45:02 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923054505.43329-4-pkshih@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923054505.43329-1-pkshih@realtek.com>

The firmware suit data might be just over 512kB (e.g. 540kB) and actual
allocation size of devm_kmemdup() can be 1MB, which is a big internal
fragment. Use vmalooc() instead to reduce fragment.

Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h |  3 ++
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c   | 52 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
index 5ca0c401c43a..e61d7e89882f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
@@ -6986,6 +6986,7 @@ int rtw89_core_init(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtwdev->scan_info.chan_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtwdev->tx_waits);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtwdev->fw.dup_data_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&rtwdev->ba_work, rtw89_core_ba_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&rtwdev->txq_work, rtw89_core_txq_work);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtwdev->txq_reinvoke_work, rtw89_core_txq_reinvoke_work);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
index 4b4500a7a068..d8adf7425a3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
@@ -6059,6 +6059,7 @@ enum rtw89_fw_feature {
 struct rtw89_fw_suit {
 	enum rtw89_fw_type type;
 	const u8 *data;
+	struct list_head list;
 	u32 size;
 	u8 major_ver;
 	u8 minor_ver;
@@ -6150,6 +6151,8 @@ struct rtw89_fw_info {
 	struct rtw89_fw_elm_info elm_info;
 	struct rtw89_fw_secure sec;
 
+	struct list_head dup_data_list;
+
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(feature_map, NUM_OF_RTW89_FW_FEATURES);
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
index e4b59690622d..7c7c0a4f703e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include "cam.h"
 #include "chan.h"
 #include "coex.h"
@@ -138,15 +139,23 @@ int rtw89_fw_check_rdy(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, enum rtw89_fwdl_check_type type
 }
 
 static const void *__rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
-						 const void *src, size_t len)
+						 const void *src, size_t len,
+						 bool is_fw_suit)
 {
 	struct rtw89_fw_req_info *fw_req = &rtwdev->fw.req;
-	const void *dup;
+	void *dup;
 
 	if (!fw_req->free_after_probe)
 		return src;
 
-	dup = devm_kmemdup(rtwdev->dev, src, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (is_fw_suit) {
+		dup = vmalloc(len);
+		if (dup)
+			memcpy(dup, src, len);
+	} else {
+		dup = devm_kmemdup(rtwdev->dev, src, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	}
+
 	if (!dup) {
 		/* If failed to memdup, fallback to point to firmware->data. */
 		fw_req->free_after_probe = false;
@@ -161,7 +170,22 @@ static const void *rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 {
 	size_t len = sizeof(*elm) + le32_to_cpu(elm->size);
 
-	return __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, elm, len);
+	return __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, elm, len, false);
+}
+
+static const void *rtw89_fw_suit_data_dup_if_needed(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
+						    struct rtw89_fw_suit *fw_suit,
+						    const void *src)
+{
+	struct rtw89_fw_info *fw = &rtwdev->fw;
+	const void *dup;
+
+	dup = __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, src, fw_suit->size, true);
+
+	if (dup != src)
+		list_add_tail(&fw_suit->list, &fw->dup_data_list);
+
+	return dup;
 }
 
 static int rtw89_fw_hdr_parser_v0(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, const u8 *fw, u32 len,
@@ -680,8 +704,7 @@ int rtw89_mfw_recognize(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, enum rtw89_fw_type type,
 		if (type != RTW89_FW_NORMAL)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		fw_suit->size = mfw_len;
-		fw_suit->data = __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, mfw,
-							      fw_suit->size);
+		fw_suit->data = rtw89_fw_suit_data_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, fw_suit, mfw);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -725,8 +748,7 @@ int rtw89_mfw_recognize(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, enum rtw89_fw_type type,
 	}
 
 	fw_suit->size = mfw_info_size;
-	fw_suit->data = __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, mfw_info_ptr,
-						      fw_suit->size);
+	fw_suit->data = rtw89_fw_suit_data_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, fw_suit, mfw_info_ptr);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -866,8 +888,8 @@ int __rtw89_fw_recognize_from_elm(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 		return 1; /* ignore this element (a firmware is taken already) */
 
 	fw_suit->size = le32_to_cpu(elm->size);
-	fw_suit->data = __rtw89_fw_elem_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, elm->u.bbmcu.contents,
-						      fw_suit->size);
+	fw_suit->data =
+		rtw89_fw_suit_data_dup_if_needed(rtwdev, fw_suit, elm->u.bbmcu.contents);
 
 	return rtw89_fw_update_ver(rtwdev, type, fw_suit);
 }
@@ -2206,6 +2228,15 @@ static void rtw89_unload_firmware_elements(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
 	kfree(elm_info->rfk_log_fmt);
 }
 
+static void rtw89_unload_firmware_dup_data(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
+{
+	struct rtw89_fw_info *fw = &rtwdev->fw;
+	struct rtw89_fw_suit *fw_suit;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(fw_suit, &fw->dup_data_list, list)
+		vfree(fw_suit->data);
+}
+
 void __rtw89_unload_firmware(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
 {
 	struct rtw89_fw_info *fw = &rtwdev->fw;
@@ -2229,6 +2260,7 @@ void rtw89_unload_firmware(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
 
 	kfree(fw->log.fmts);
 	rtw89_unload_firmware_elements(rtwdev);
+	rtw89_unload_firmware_dup_data(rtwdev);
 }
 
 static u32 rtw89_fw_log_get_fmt_idx(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, u32 fmt_id)
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-23  5:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-23  5:44 [PATCH rtw-next 0/6] wifi: rtw89: fw: reduce memory use of firmware, and support board file Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-23  5:45 ` [PATCH rtw-next 1/6] wifi: rtw89: fw: duplicate recognized firmware elements Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-30  1:56   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-23  5:45 ` [PATCH rtw-next 2/6] wifi: rtw89: fw: release firmware after recognizing " Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-23  5:45 ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
2026-09-23  5:45 ` [PATCH rtw-next 4/6] wifi: rtw89: led: check if board variant assigns led desc Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-23  5:45 ` [PATCH rtw-next 5/6] wifi: rtw89: support variants of FW elements Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-23  5:45 ` [PATCH rtw-next 6/6] wifi: rtw89: 8852cu: take board ID 1 for FW elements 28de/2432 Ping-Ke Shih

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