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[PATCH 3/4] nl80211: support SAE authentication offload in AP mode

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From: Chung-Hsien Hsu <stanley.hsu@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Add support for SAE authentication offload in AP mode.

Signed-off-by: Chung-Hsien Hsu <stanley.hsu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 10 ++++++----
 net/wireless/nl80211.c       |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index f5bb69664b32..a340d88ee8a6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@
  * DOC: SAE authentication offload
  *
  * By setting @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD flag drivers can indicate they
- * support offloading SAE authentication for WPA3-Personal networks. In
- * %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT the password for SAE should be specified using
- * %NL80211_ATTR_SAE_PASSWORD.
+ * support offloading SAE authentication for WPA3-Personal networks. The
+ * password for SAE should be specified using %NL80211_ATTR_SAE_PASSWORD in
+ * %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT and %NL80211_CMD_START_AP for station and AP mode
+ * respectively.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -5736,7 +5737,8 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  *	to a station.
  *
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD: Device wants to do SAE authentication in
- *	station mode (SAE password is passed as part of the connect command).
+ *	station mode (SAE password is passed as part of the connect command)
+ *	or AP mode (SAE password is passed as part of the start AP command).
  *
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VLAN_OFFLOAD: The driver supports a single netdev
  *	with VLAN tagged frames and separate VLAN-specific netdevs added using
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 004c79338f31..bc4f066cf955 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4813,8 +4813,9 @@ static bool nl80211_valid_auth_type(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			return false;
 		return true;
 	case NL80211_CMD_START_AP:
-		/* SAE not supported yet */
-		if (auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE)
+		if (!wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
+					     NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SAE_OFFLOAD) &&
+		    auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE)
 			return false;
 		/* FILS not supported yet */
 		if (auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FILS_SK ||
-- 
2.25.0




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