Re: [PATCH 07/14] bq27x00: Cache battery registers

From: Lars-Peter Clausen
Date: Sun Feb 13 2011 - 13:56:46 EST


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On 02/13/2011 04:14 PM, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This patch adds a register cache to the bq27x00 battery driver.
>> Usually multiple, if not all, power_supply properties are queried at once,
>> for example when an uevent is generated. Since some registers are used by
>> multiple properties caching the registers should reduce the number of
>> reads.
>>
>> The cache is valid for 5 seconds this roughly matches the internal update
>> interval of the current register for the bq27000/bq27200.
>>
>> Fast changing properties(*_NOW) which can be obtained by reading a single
>> register are not cached.
>>
>> It will also be used in the follow up patch to check if the battery status
>> has been changed since the last update to emit power_supply_changed events.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c | 272 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>> 1 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c b/drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c
>> index 44bc76b..0c94693 100644
>> --- a/drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c
>> +++ b/drivers/power/bq27x00_battery.c
>> @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
>
> <snip>
>
>> +static void bq27x00_update(struct bq27x00_device_info *di)
>> +{
>> + struct bq27x00_reg_cache cache = {0, };
>> + bool is_bq27500 = di->chip == BQ27500;
>> +
>> + cache.flags = bq27x00_read(di, BQ27x00_REG_FLAGS, is_bq27500);
>> + if (cache.flags >= 0) {
>> + cache.capacity = bq27x00_battery_read_rsoc(di);
>> + cache.temperature = bq27x00_read(di, BQ27x00_REG_TEMP, false);
>> + cache.time_to_empty = bq27x00_battery_read_time(di, BQ27x00_REG_TTE);
>> + cache.time_to_empty_avg = bq27x00_battery_read_time(di, BQ27x00_REG_TTECP);
>> + cache.time_to_full = bq27x00_battery_read_time(di, BQ27x00_REG_TTF);
>> +
>> + if (!is_bq27500)
>> + cache.current_now = bq27x00_read(di, BQ27x00_REG_AI, false);
>> }
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>> -static int bq27x00_battery_current(struct bq27x00_device_info *di)
>> +static int bq27x00_battery_current(struct bq27x00_device_info *di,
>> + union power_supply_propval *val)
>> {
>> - int ret;
>> - int curr = 0;
>> - int flags = 0;
>> + int curr;
>>
>> - ret = bq27x00_read(di, BQ27x00_REG_AI, &curr, false);
>> - if (ret) {
>> - dev_err(di->dev, "error reading current\n");
>> - return 0;
>> - }
>> + if (di->chip == BQ27000)
>> + curr = bq27x00_read(di, BQ27x00_REG_AI, false);
>> + else
>> + curr = di->cache.current_now;
>
> You're updating current_now in cache if it's not bq27500, but
> bypassing cache for bq27000?

Right, that should of course be ' == BQ27500'

>
> Why do you still want to cache the current while you are no longer
> caching voltage, because it needs 2 register reads I guess?

Yes. I've given it some though and I would rather avoid the chance of returning
bogus values, because the AI register is already updated, but flags still
contains the old state.

- - Lars
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