summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/drivers/Makefile
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorKrzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>2015-03-12 08:44:01 +0100
committerSebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>2015-03-13 22:52:52 +0100
commite44ea364394499d38a26ed4c9668fb378ae8797f (patch)
treefaa70daae9bf311bcf12a2104e5a533b20a5e41d /drivers/Makefile
parent1915a718b1872edffcb13e5436a9f7302d3d36f0 (diff)
downloadlinux-e44ea364394499d38a26ed4c9668fb378ae8797f.tar.gz
power_supply: Add driver private data
Allow drivers to store private data inside power_supply structure for
later usage in power supply operations.

Usage of driver private data is necessary to access driver's state
container object from power supply calls (like get_property()) if struct
'power_supply' is a stored there as a pointer, for example:

struct some_driver_info {
	struct i2c_client       *client;
	struct power_supply     *power_supply;
	...
}

In such case one cannot use container_of() and must store pointer to
state container as private data.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/Makefile')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions