Re: [PATCH 3/5] ACPI: battery: Allow battery hooks to be registered multiple times.

[Armin Wolf]

Am 12.09.22 um 18:42 schrieb Barnabás Pőcze:

> Hi
>
> 2022. szeptember 12., hétfő 14:53 keltezéssel, Armin Wolf írta:
>
> > Registering multiple instances of a battery hook is beneficial
> > for drivers which can be instantiated multiple times. Until now,
> > this would mean that such a driver would have to implement some
> > logic to manage battery hooks.
> >
> > Extend the battery hook handling instead.
> I think this is already possible by embedding the acpi_battery_hook
> object inside the driver's device specific data object, no?
>
> Regards,
> Barnabás Pőcze
Yes, it indeed is. However afaik it is not possible to pass instance-specific
data to such an embedded battery hook. It could be possible by passing the
battery hook as an argument to add_battery()/remove_battery() and using container_of(),
but in my opinion this would be too much of a quick hack.

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