[RFC PATCH 2/2] wifi: ath10k: only wait for response to SET_KEY

Richard Acayan mailingradian at gmail.com
Mon Feb 9 18:12:49 PST 2026


When sending DELETE_KEY, the driver times out waiting for a response
that doesn't come. Only wait for a response when sending SET_KEY.

Sample dmesg:

	[  117.285854] wlan0: deauthenticating from XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
	[  120.302934] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: failed to install key for vdev 0 peer XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX: -110
	[  120.302996] wlan0: failed to remove key (0, XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX) from hardware (-110)

Signed-off-by: Richard Acayan <mailingradian at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index da6f7957a0ae..73aa93043f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -324,9 +324,11 @@ static int ath10k_install_key(struct ath10k_vif *arvif,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->install_key_done, 3 * HZ);
-	if (time_left == 0)
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	if (cmd != DISABLE_KEY) {
+		time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->install_key_done, 3 * HZ);
+		if (time_left == 0)
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.53.0




More information about the ath10k mailing list