On Thursday, December 23, 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote: > A notification event 0x81 from an ACPI battery device requires us to > re-read the battery information structure. Do so, and if the battery's > reporting units have changed (as is the case on some Thinkpads) destroy > and recreate the battery in order to populate the fields correctly. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Respun against Linus master As I've already said on IRC, I'd simply add a new function like: void acpi_battery_refresh(struct acpi_battery *battery) { if (!battery->bat.dev) return; acpi_battery_get_info(battery); /* The battery may have changed its reporting units */ sysfs_remove_battery(battery); sysfs_add_battery(battery); } and call it before acpi_battery_update() (a) in acpi_battery_resume() (b) in acpi_battery_notify() if event == ACPI_BATTERY_NOTIFY_INFO That would be more straightforward IMHO. Thanks, Rafael > drivers/acpi/battery.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- > 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c > index 9fb9d5a..8da9c88 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c > @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct acpi_battery { > unsigned long flags; > }; > > -static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery); > +static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery, bool get_info); > > #define to_acpi_battery(x) container_of(x, struct acpi_battery, bat); > > @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_property(struct power_supply *psy, > int ret = 0; > struct acpi_battery *battery = to_acpi_battery(psy); > > - if (acpi_battery_update(battery)) > + if (acpi_battery_update(battery, false)) > return -ENODEV; > > if (acpi_battery_present(battery)) { > @@ -610,9 +610,11 @@ static void acpi_battery_quirks2(struct acpi_battery *battery) > } > } > > -static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery) > +static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery, bool get_info) > { > int result, old_present = acpi_battery_present(battery); > + int old_power_unit = battery->power_unit; > + > result = acpi_battery_get_status(battery); > if (result) > return result; > @@ -631,6 +633,14 @@ static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery) > } > if (!battery->bat.dev) > sysfs_add_battery(battery); > + if (get_info) { > + acpi_battery_get_info(battery); > + if (old_power_unit != battery->power_unit) { > + /* The battery has changed its reporting units */ > + sysfs_remove_battery(battery); > + sysfs_add_battery(battery); > + } > + } > result = acpi_battery_get_state(battery); > acpi_battery_quirks2(battery); > return result; > @@ -808,7 +818,7 @@ static print_func acpi_print_funcs[ACPI_BATTERY_NUMFILES] = { > static int acpi_battery_read(int fid, struct seq_file *seq) > { > struct acpi_battery *battery = seq->private; > - int result = acpi_battery_update(battery); > + int result = acpi_battery_update(battery, false); > return acpi_print_funcs[fid](seq, result); > } > > @@ -919,7 +929,7 @@ static void acpi_battery_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event) > if (!battery) > return; > old = battery->bat.dev; > - acpi_battery_update(battery); > + acpi_battery_update(battery, (event == ACPI_BATTERY_NOTIFY_INFO)); > acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(device, event, > acpi_battery_present(battery)); > acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class, > @@ -948,7 +958,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device *device) > if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(battery->device->handle, > "_BIX", &handle))) > set_bit(ACPI_BATTERY_XINFO_PRESENT, &battery->flags); > - acpi_battery_update(battery); > + acpi_battery_update(battery, false); > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER > result = acpi_battery_add_fs(device); > #endif > @@ -989,7 +999,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_resume(struct acpi_device *device) > return -EINVAL; > battery = acpi_driver_data(device); > battery->update_time = 0; > - acpi_battery_update(battery); > + acpi_battery_update(battery, true); > return 0; > } > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html