linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: input: throttle battery uevents

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:56:48 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gerecke <killertofu@...il.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: input: throttle battery uevents

On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> The power_supply subsystem tends to emit uevent every time
> power_supply_changed() is called, so we should call this API only when
> battery strength reported by the device is actually different from the
> previous readings, otherwise we'll drown the system in uevents.
> 
> Fixes: 581c4484769e ("HID: input: map digitizer battery usage")
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Applied to for-4.14/battery. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs