Re: [PATCH] power: supply: qcom_battmgr: remove bogus do_div()

[Sebastian Reichel]

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 10:50:33AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:16 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Would you be able to take this patch directly? It seems obviously
> > correctTM, has an ack from Sebastian [1], and without it, 32-bit
> > allmodconfig builds are broken [2] (the other warning in that log has a
> > fix on the way to you soon).
> 
> Ok, I've taken it directly.
> 
> However, the whole "seems obviously correct" is true in the sense that
> it now doesn't complain (and doesn't overwrite an "int" with a 64-bit
> value.
> 
> The actual code still looks odd. Is that return value for
> BATT_CAPACITY truly in that odd "hundredths of percent" format,
> where dividing it by 100 gives you whole percent?
> 
> Because "hundredths of percent" strikes me as a very odd interface.
> Even for some firmware interface. I realize that anything is possible
> with strange firmware, but still...

I don't have the documentation for this Qualcomm interface, but I
remember somebody from Qualcomm asking for a power-supply property
exposing "hundredths of percent" to userspace some years ago (with
the rationale, that percent was not precise enough).

For reference: The upstream solution for that is exposing ENERGY_NOW
and ENERGY_FULL in µWh (or CHARGE_NOW + CHARGE_FULL in µAh depending
on the fuel-gauge's capabilities), which is even more precise.

-- Sebastian

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