linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] power: supply: sbs-battery: Handle unsupported PROP_TIME_TO_EMPTY

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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:25:26 +0200
From: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
To: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Cc: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>, 
	kernel@...labora.com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Pin-yen Lin <treapking@...omium.org>, Hsin-Te Yuan <yuanhsinte@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] power: supply: sbs-battery: Handle unsupported
 PROP_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 09:26:41AM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 18/04/24 19:34, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado ha scritto:
> > Despite the RunTimeToEmpty() (0x11) function being defined in the SBS
> > specification as required, it seems that not all batteries implement it.
> > On platforms with such batteries, reading the property will cause an
> > error to be printed:
> > 
> > power_supply sbs-8-000b: driver failed to report `time_to_empty_now' property: -5
> > 
> > This not only pollutes the log, distracting from real problems on the
> > device, but also prevents the uevent file from being read since it
> > contains all properties, including the faulty one.
> > 
> > The following table summarizes the findings for a handful of platforms:
> > 
> > Platform                                Status  Manufacturer    Model
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > mt8186-corsola-steelix-sku131072        OK      BYD             L22B3PG0
> > mt8195-cherry-tomato-r2                 NOT OK  PANASON         AP16L5J
> > mt8192-asurada-spherion-r0              NOT OK  PANASON         AP15O5L
> > mt8183-kukui-jacuzzi-juniper-sku16      NOT OK  LGC KT0         AP16L8J
> > mt8173-elm-hana                         OK      Sunwoda         L18D3PG1
> > sc7180-trogdor-lazor-limozeen-nots-r5   NOT OK  Murata          AP18C4K
> > sc7180-trogdor-kingoftown               NOT OK  333-AC-0D-A     GG02047XL
> > rk3399-gru-kevin                        OK      SDI             4352D51
> > 
> > Detect if this is one of the quirky batteries during presence update, so
> > that hot-plugging works as expected, and if so report -ENODATA for
> > POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW, which removes it from uevent and
> > prevents throwing errors.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
> 
> Nícolas, please, I think that sending this commit to stable for backporting
> makes a lot of sense since you're actually fixing laptops (that does not
> really require a Fixes tag) that are supported upstream since .. lots of time
> ago.
> 
> In any case, this LGTM.
> 
> Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>

Considering we have a single commit adding TTE, it should be fine to
just add a Fixes tag for that:

Fixes: 6ea0126631b0 ("power: supply: sbs-battery: add support for time_to_empty_now attribute")

-- Sebastian

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