From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58D29DDCD; Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775543072; cv=none; b=BOCxp6X27/ipMXmC3+m91FqyX3P5rjnWn+Z/d60Qq1IWjkr2AQ4VRe8poT5iHOj+NZy4xjGA3jupor/djTW6w3D2F5P/PZxGq3wkWFmYoyIZ8jJEUQuYZQ9P+fqoFyoHCKH8yiyEP4Ed5y5zlJdv4uPM0VHlc9Pj4/qGvwn8tlA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775543072; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gEmydQWU5H0gU/LawkroIsii6moWN5ZHx2VJ7BK0QnM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=AKIR9RH5aEC47fHtES6qo6Quw/QUEw0am2dBvNxK+etLYUm7Bfjitu06RcL95zI2HuqOx8neso/J5ia3ZR0V7zAqo5DH/dfMHu1R4rcJcASPPpGa70y5tgRQRksBrTzVsTk7xGbxZRdZ9gJfbUYzJtGLOTSEmRd8Wbom5a2wraA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=bUYzNHPQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="bUYzNHPQ" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=lpdAosinKyrrqUh3CA7cYZ19ZJs2FIASHNDL4+fYZcs=; b=bUYzNHPQR6OUtUZTZtIoqpN1BA /tCjamHLI+9iPG9hZYdkKzpmxnv5iLKYcCalZIxfmdnh82T+w6yWsXjp9WeDvKMabUHKqhh+kXs7R Qpc09HwaCWCgfY5hklKxXNqzHtaNV5cI6lNjWb+0tOmiqhyCrOYP+o4+gZLel7E2BzWD+kB/VFVM+ 70gHMYtS5/zYzSaD4qHkPlwBXKMbpR+TmV1BEW5vvRz9uxXlza+dMnUBnyS6RHV2ZPQeg1gDrCDGM CNIo7I+9l8POlVsNSJSGEm9Ob6FJ8jO4V8smfaRPxI/LQL2DDHFC6q0UPw3EzA5hVDRewhLWsCGlw zaRBcnJA==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1w9zrS-00000005z4m-2Vc0; Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:24:30 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 23:24:30 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Eric Biggers Cc: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless-next 0/6] Consolidate Michael MIC code into mac80211 Message-ID: References: <20260405052734.130368-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> <7f69d6e6c2057858eda5c65ec77be44d72c6ac78.camel@sipsolutions.net> <20260407061508.GA7934@sol> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260407061508.GA7934@sol> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 11:15:08PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > Just to clarify, mac80211 already contains the michael_mic() function. > And every driver that needs Michael MIC already depends on mac80211 > except for ipw2x00. So bloat-wise I assumed it's probably better to > make that one driver depend on mac80211, rather than make every driver > pull in the Michael MIC code (by moving it from mac80211 to cfg80211). > But if you prefer that the code be in cfg80211 we can do it that way. To me the most sensible thing would be to have a separate module for the code. If you don't want to expose it too widely for understandable reasons, keep the module in net/wireless/.