[PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: give the AP more time for EPPKE as well

[PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: give the AP more time for EPPKE as well

[Johannes Berg]

From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

EPPKE authentication can use SAE (via PASN), so give the
AP more time to respond to EPPKE case just like for SAE.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
---
 net/mac80211/mlme.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index df170556825f..4f4d6449555d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -8408,7 +8408,8 @@ static int ieee80211_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
-	if (auth_data->algorithm == WLAN_AUTH_SAE)
+	if (auth_data->algorithm == WLAN_AUTH_SAE ||
+	    auth_data->algorithm == WLAN_AUTH_EPPKE)
 		info.duration = jiffies_to_msecs(IEEE80211_AUTH_TIMEOUT_SAE);
 
 	info.link_id = auth_data->link_id;
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: give the AP more time for EPPKE as well

[Johannes Berg]

On Wed, 2026-01-28 at 14:24 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
> 
> EPPKE authentication can use SAE (via PASN), so give the
> AP more time to respond to EPPKE case just like for SAE.

Any comments on this from AP folks?

Are we expecting APs that supported EPPKE to be much faster? It seems
unlikely to me?

johannes

Re: [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: give the AP more time for EPPKE as well

[Kavita Kavita]

On 3/2/2026 12:48 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-01-28 at 14:24 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
>>
>> EPPKE authentication can use SAE (via PASN), so give the
>> AP more time to respond to EPPKE case just like for SAE.
> 
> Any comments on this from AP folks?
> 
> Are we expecting APs that supported EPPKE to be much faster? It seems
> unlikely to me?
> 


The AP team doesn't have any issues with this patch.
As per the specification, using the SAE timeout here is appropriate for EPPKE.
Thank you.


> johannes