Re: [PATCH v3] ACPI / battery: Use rounding to optimize the power calculation

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On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM shitao <shitao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the difference between capacity_now and full_capacity is
> within 0.5%, 100% is arguably a better number to expose than
> 99% and exposing the latter may confuse the user to think that
> there's something wrong with the battery.
>
> Use rounding to optimize the power calculation.
>
> Signed-off-by: shitao  <shitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> change for v3
> -Optimization problem description.
> -Use 100ULL.
>
> change for v2
> -battery->full_charge_capacity is changed to full_capacity.
> Thanks!
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/battery.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index 6760330a8af5..6905b56bf3e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
>                     full_capacity == ACPI_BATTERY_VALUE_UNKNOWN)
>                         ret = -ENODEV;
>                 else
> -                       val->intval = battery->capacity_now * 100/
> -                                       full_capacity;
> +                       val->intval = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(battery->capacity_now * 100ULL,
> +                                       full_capacity);
>                 break;
>         case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CAPACITY_LEVEL:
>                 if (battery->state & ACPI_BATTERY_STATE_CRITICAL)
> --

Since this is a change in behavior, albeit small, I'd prefer it to get
some coverage in linux-next before it goes into the mainline.

Please resend it after 6.16-rc1 is out unless the 6.15 release is
deferred (in which case I will pick it up).

Thanks!





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