linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.14] power_supply: don't export power_supply

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Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:07:53 +0530
From:	Jenny Tc <jenny.tc@...el.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
	luca@...lho.fi, Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.14] power_supply: don't export power_supply_notifier

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 02:19:28PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> Since there are registration/unregistration functions and the
> invocation is in the core code, there's no need to export the
> notifier chain head, make it static instead.

This is a generic notifier which can be used outside power_supply_core.c
to post psy events as in patch
power_supply-Introduce-generic-psy-charging-driver.patch. So the notifier chain
need to be exported.
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