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On 20.09.22 11:05, Venkat Ch wrote:
> Hi Felix,
> Thanks for the comments. What part of  drv_sta_statistics could make it 
> sleep? I might be missing something. Please explain.
It's just a wrapper around the driver .sta_statistics op.
The documentation in include/net/mac80211.h states that this callback is 
allowed to sleep, and it does so in a few drivers.

- Felix