[PATCH wireless-next v2 2/6] wifi: mac80211, cfg80211: Export michael_mic() and move it to cfg80211

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 23:10:51 EST


Export michael_mic() so that the ath11k and ath12k drivers can call it.
In addition, move it from mac80211 to cfg80211 so that the ipw2x00
drivers, which depend on cfg80211 but not mac80211, can also call it.

Currently these drivers have their own local implementations of
michael_mic() based on crypto_shash, which is redundant and inefficient.
By consolidating all the Michael MIC code into cfg80211, we'll be able
to remove the duplicate Michael MIC code in the crypto/ directory.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ieee80211.h | 5 +++++
net/mac80211/Makefile | 1 -
net/mac80211/michael.h | 22 -------------------
net/mac80211/wpa.c | 1 -
net/wireless/Makefile | 2 +-
.../michael.c => wireless/michael-mic.c} | 5 ++++-
6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 net/mac80211/michael.h
rename net/{mac80211/michael.c => wireless/michael-mic.c} (96%)

diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index ffa8f9f77efe4..23f9df9be8372 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -1919,10 +1919,15 @@ enum ieee80211_radio_measurement_actioncode {
#define FILS_ERP_MAX_RRK_LEN 64

#define PMK_MAX_LEN 64
#define SAE_PASSWORD_MAX_LEN 128

+#define MICHAEL_MIC_LEN 8
+
+void michael_mic(const u8 *key, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
+ const u8 *data, size_t data_len, u8 *mic);
+
/* Public action codes (IEEE Std 802.11-2016, 9.6.8.1, Table 9-307) */
enum ieee80211_pub_actioncode {
WLAN_PUB_ACTION_20_40_BSS_COEX = 0,
WLAN_PUB_ACTION_DSE_ENABLEMENT = 1,
WLAN_PUB_ACTION_DSE_DEENABLEMENT = 2,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/Makefile b/net/mac80211/Makefile
index abf46c9512993..20c3135b73ea6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Makefile
+++ b/net/mac80211/Makefile
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ mac80211-y := \
s1g.o \
ibss.o \
iface.o \
link.o \
rate.o \
- michael.o \
tkip.o \
aes_cmac.o \
aes_gmac.o \
fils_aead.o \
cfg.o \
diff --git a/net/mac80211/michael.h b/net/mac80211/michael.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a7fdb8e84615a..0000000000000
--- a/net/mac80211/michael.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Michael MIC implementation - optimized for TKIP MIC operations
- * Copyright 2002-2003, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
- */
-
-#ifndef MICHAEL_H
-#define MICHAEL_H
-
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/ieee80211.h>
-
-#define MICHAEL_MIC_LEN 8
-
-struct michael_mic_ctx {
- u32 l, r;
-};
-
-void michael_mic(const u8 *key, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
- const u8 *data, size_t data_len, u8 *mic);
-
-#endif /* MICHAEL_H */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wpa.c b/net/mac80211/wpa.c
index 64a57475ce506..724ec831a8857 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wpa.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wpa.c
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
#include <net/mac80211.h>
#include <crypto/aes.h>
#include <crypto/utils.h>

#include "ieee80211_i.h"
-#include "michael.h"
#include "tkip.h"
#include "aes_ccm.h"
#include "aes_cmac.h"
#include "aes_gmac.h"
#include "aes_gcm.h"
diff --git a/net/wireless/Makefile b/net/wireless/Makefile
index 62a83faf0e07d..a77fd5ba63686 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Makefile
+++ b/net/wireless/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_WEXT_CORE) += wext-core.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WEXT_PROC) += wext-proc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV) += wext-priv.o

cfg80211-y += core.o sysfs.o radiotap.o util.o reg.o scan.o nl80211.o
cfg80211-y += mlme.o ibss.o sme.o chan.o ethtool.o mesh.o ap.o trace.o ocb.o
-cfg80211-y += pmsr.o
+cfg80211-y += michael-mic.o pmsr.o
cfg80211-$(CONFIG_OF) += of.o
cfg80211-$(CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS) += debugfs.o
cfg80211-$(CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT) += wext-compat.o wext-sme.o

CFLAGS_trace.o := -I$(src)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/michael.c b/net/wireless/michael-mic.c
similarity index 96%
rename from net/mac80211/michael.c
rename to net/wireless/michael-mic.c
index 8a1afc93e7499..50cdb67f0503d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/michael.c
+++ b/net/wireless/michael-mic.c
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/ieee80211.h>
#include <linux/unaligned.h>

-#include "michael.h"
+struct michael_mic_ctx {
+ u32 l, r;
+};

static void michael_block(struct michael_mic_ctx *mctx, u32 val)
{
mctx->l ^= val;
mctx->r ^= rol32(mctx->l, 17);
@@ -79,5 +81,6 @@ void michael_mic(const u8 *key, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
michael_block(&mctx, 0);

put_unaligned_le32(mctx.l, mic);
put_unaligned_le32(mctx.r, mic + 4);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(michael_mic);
--
2.53.0