[PATCH] P2P: Do not use AP PSK 4-way offload for GO

Chung-Hsien Hsu chung-hsien.hsu at infineon.com
Tue Jun 16 17:34:41 PDT 2026


On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 03:45:27PM +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> That sounds like a constraint for a very specific device whereas this
> implementation is supposed to work with all devices, i.e., included
> cases where no such constraint exists and where this change might
> actually break something.

Agreed. This limitation is driver/firmware specific, so disabling the
offload unconditionally for all P2P GOs is too broad.

> This does not feel like the correct way of addressing this issue.
> Instead, a new driver capability bit might be needed to indicate
> different capabilities for (non-P2P) AP vs. P2P GO as far as this
> offload mechanism is concerned.

I'll rework this to use a separate driver capability for P2P GO PSK
4-way handshake offload and send a v2.

Chung-Hsien



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