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platform/x86: asus-wmi: Support laptops where the first battery is named BATT

Message ID 20200223175424.15613-1-kristian@klausen.dk (mailing list archive)
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Series platform/x86: asus-wmi: Support laptops where the first battery is named BATT | expand

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Kristian Klausen Feb. 23, 2020, 5:54 p.m. UTC
The WMI method to set the charge threshold does not provide a
way to specific a battery, so we assume it is the first/primary
battery (by checking if the name is BAT0).
On some newer ASUS laptops (Zenbook UM431DA) though, the
primary/first battery isn't named BAT0 but BATT, so we need
to support that case.

Signed-off-by: Kristian Klausen <kristian@klausen.dk>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
I'm not sure if this is candidate for -stable, it fix a real bug
(charge threshold doesn't work on newer ASUS laptops) which has been
reported by a user[1], but is that enough?
I had a quick look at[2], can this be considered a "something
critical"? It "bothers people"[1]. My point: I'm not sure..

I'm unsure if there is a bettery way to fix this. Maybe a counter
would be better (+1 for every new battery)? It would probably need
to be atomic to prevent race condition (I'm not sure how this code
is run), but this "fix" is way simpler.

Please do not accept this patch just yet, I'm waiting for the tester
to either confirm or deny credit[3].

[1] https://gist.github.com/klausenbusk/643f15320ae8997427155c38be13e445#gistcomment-3186025
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.5/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
[3] https://gist.github.com/klausenbusk/643f15320ae8997427155c38be13e445#gistcomment-3186429

 drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Kristian Klausen Feb. 23, 2020, 6:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On 23.02.2020 18.54, Kristian Klausen wrote:
> The WMI method to set the charge threshold does not provide a
> way to specific a battery, so we assume it is the first/primary
> battery (by checking if the name is BAT0).
> On some newer ASUS laptops (Zenbook UM431DA) though, the
> primary/first battery isn't named BAT0 but BATT, so we need
> to support that case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristian Klausen <kristian@klausen.dk>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> ---

The patch has been superseded by a new patch with a mirror style change.

> I'm not sure if this is candidate for -stable, it fix a real bug
> (charge threshold doesn't work on newer ASUS laptops) which has been
> reported by a user[1], but is that enough?
> I had a quick look at[2], can this be considered a "something
> critical"? It "bothers people"[1]. My point: I'm not sure..
>
> I'm unsure if there is a bettery way to fix this. Maybe a counter
> would be better (+1 for every new battery)? It would probably need
> to be atomic to prevent race condition (I'm not sure how this code
> is run), but this "fix" is way simpler.
>
> Please do not accept this patch just yet, I'm waiting for the tester
> to either confirm or deny credit[3].
>
> [1] https://gist.github.com/klausenbusk/643f15320ae8997427155c38be13e445#gistcomment-3186025
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.5/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> [3] https://gist.github.com/klausenbusk/643f15320ae8997427155c38be13e445#gistcomment-3186429
>
>   drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> index 612ef5526226..4c690cebdd55 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> @@ -426,8 +426,11 @@ static int asus_wmi_battery_add(struct power_supply *battery)
>   {
>   	/* The WMI method does not provide a way to specific a battery, so we
>   	 * just assume it is the first battery.
> +	 * Note: On some newer ASUS laptops (Zenbook UM431DA), the primary/first
> +	 * battery is named BATT.
>   	 */
> -	if (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BAT0") != 0)
> +	if (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BAT0") != 0
> +	&& (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BATT") != 0))
>   		return -ENODEV;
>   
>   	if (device_create_file(&battery->dev,
Sasha Levin Feb. 24, 2020, 1:10 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi,

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diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
index 612ef5526226..4c690cebdd55 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
@@ -426,8 +426,11 @@  static int asus_wmi_battery_add(struct power_supply *battery)
 {
 	/* The WMI method does not provide a way to specific a battery, so we
 	 * just assume it is the first battery.
+	 * Note: On some newer ASUS laptops (Zenbook UM431DA), the primary/first
+	 * battery is named BATT.
 	 */
-	if (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BAT0") != 0)
+	if (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BAT0") != 0
+	&& (strcmp(battery->desc->name, "BATT") != 0))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (device_create_file(&battery->dev,