[PATCH] sbs-battery: fix power status when battery is dry

YH Huang yh.huang at mediatek.com
Wed Mar 23 23:43:52 PDT 2016


Hi Daniel,

On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 12:01 +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> Hi YH,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:53 PM, YH Huang <yh.huang at mediatek.com> wrote:
> > When the battery is dry and BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED is set,
> > we should check BATTERY_DISCHARGING to decide the power status.
> > If BATTERY_DISCHARGING is set, the power status is not charging.
> > Or the power status should be charging.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: YH Huang <yh.huang at mediatek.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/power/sbs-battery.c |   22 ++++++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c b/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c
> > index d6226d6..d86db0e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c
> > +++ b/drivers/power/sbs-battery.c
> > @@ -382,11 +382,12 @@ static int sbs_get_battery_property(struct i2c_client *client,
> >
> >                 if (ret & BATTERY_FULL_CHARGED)
> >                         val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL;
> > -               else if (ret & BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED)
> > -                       val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING;
> > -               else if (ret & BATTERY_DISCHARGING)
> > -                       val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING;
> > -               else
> > +               else if (ret & BATTERY_DISCHARGING) {
> > +                       if (ret & BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED)
> > +                               val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING;
> > +                       else
> > +                               val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING;
> > +               } else
> 
> 
> I think (BATTERY_DISCHARGING && BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED) is still
> POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING.
> So, let's just report what the battery says and do:
> 
>                else if (ret & BATTERY_DISCHARGING)
>                                val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_DISCHARGING;
> 
So we just ignore the special situation (BATTERY_DISCHARGING &&
BATTERY_FULL_DISCHARGED).
Isn't POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING a useful information?

Regards,
YH Huang




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