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[v6,1/6] dt-bindings: power: Introduce one property to present the battery internal resistance

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Series [v6,1/6] dt-bindings: power: Introduce one property to present the battery internal resistance | expand

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(Exiting) Baolin Wang Oct. 22, 2018, 7:43 a.m. UTC
The internal resistance of a battery is not a constant in its life cycle,
this varies over the age of the battery or temperature and so on. But we
just want use one constant battery internal resistance to estimate the
battery capacity. Thus this patch introduces one property to present
the battery factory internal resistance for battery information.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

---
Changes from v5:
 - None.

Changes from v4:
 - None.

Changes from v3:
 - Split binding into one separate patch.
 - Add LinusW reviewed tag.

Changes from v2:
 - Rename the property.
 - Improve the commit message.

Changes from v1:
 - New patch in v2.
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt   |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

-- 
1.7.9.5

Comments

Rob Herring (Arm) Oct. 22, 2018, 10:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:43:59 +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Some battery driver will use the open circuit voltage (OCV) value to look

> up the corresponding battery capacity percent in one certain degree Celsius.

> Thus this patch provides some battery properties to present the OCV table

> temperatures and OCV capacity table values.

> 

> Suggested-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

> ---

> Changes from v5:

>  - None.

> 

> Changes from v4:

>  - Improve the description of ocv-capacity-table-n to make the order clear.

> 

> Changes from v3:

>  - Split binding into one separate patch.

>  - Rename ocv-capacity-table-temperatures to ocv-capacity-celsius.

>  - Add some words to specify the OCV's unit.

> 

> Changes from v2:

>  - Use type __be32 to calculate the table length.

>  - Update error messages.

>  - Add some helper functions.

> 

> Changes from v1:

>  - New patch in v2.

> ---

>  .../devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt   |   15 +++++++++++++++

>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

> 


Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Sebastian Reichel Oct. 25, 2018, 8:13 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Baolin,

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:01:55AM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,

> 

> On 22 October 2018 at 15:43, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:

> > The internal resistance of a battery is not a constant in its life cycle,

> > this varies over the age of the battery or temperature and so on. But we

> > just want use one constant battery internal resistance to estimate the

> > battery capacity. Thus this patch introduces one property to present

> > the battery factory internal resistance for battery information.

> >

> > Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

> > ---

> > Changes from v5:

> >  - None.

> >

> > Changes from v4:

> >  - None.

> >

> > Changes from v3:

> >  - Split binding into one separate patch.

> >  - Add LinusW reviewed tag.

> >

> > Changes from v2:

> >  - Rename the property.

> >  - Improve the commit message.

> >

> > Changes from v1:

> >  - New patch in v2.

> > ---

> 

> I think this v6 patch set have addressed your comments on v5, so could

> you apply this patch set if there are no other comments? I hope this

> driver can be merged into 4.20 finally. Thanks.


Everything looks fine to me. I will merge this directly after the
4.20 merge window has been closed and linux-next is open again.
I'm not merging non-trivial, non-bugfix patches this lates during the
release process.

-- Sebastian
(Exiting) Baolin Wang Oct. 26, 2018, 1:57 a.m. UTC | #3
On 26 October 2018 at 04:13, Sebastian Reichel
<sebastian.reichel@collabora.com> wrote:
> Hi Baolin,

>

> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:01:55AM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:

>> Hi Sebastian,

>>

>> On 22 October 2018 at 15:43, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:

>> > The internal resistance of a battery is not a constant in its life cycle,

>> > this varies over the age of the battery or temperature and so on. But we

>> > just want use one constant battery internal resistance to estimate the

>> > battery capacity. Thus this patch introduces one property to present

>> > the battery factory internal resistance for battery information.

>> >

>> > Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

>> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

>> > ---

>> > Changes from v5:

>> >  - None.

>> >

>> > Changes from v4:

>> >  - None.

>> >

>> > Changes from v3:

>> >  - Split binding into one separate patch.

>> >  - Add LinusW reviewed tag.

>> >

>> > Changes from v2:

>> >  - Rename the property.

>> >  - Improve the commit message.

>> >

>> > Changes from v1:

>> >  - New patch in v2.

>> > ---

>>

>> I think this v6 patch set have addressed your comments on v5, so could

>> you apply this patch set if there are no other comments? I hope this

>> driver can be merged into 4.20 finally. Thanks.

>

> Everything looks fine to me. I will merge this directly after the

> 4.20 merge window has been closed and linux-next is open again.

> I'm not merging non-trivial, non-bugfix patches this lates during the

> release process.


Understood. Thanks Sebastian.

-- 
Baolin Wang
Best Regards
Linus Walleij Oct. 31, 2018, 8:56 a.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 9:44 AM Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:

> This patch adds the Spreadtrum SC27XX serial PMICs fuel gauge support,

> which is used to calculate the battery capacity.

>

> Original-by: Yuanjiang Yu <yuanjiang.yu@unisoc.com>

> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

> ---

> Changes from v5:

>  - Save the OCV values in micro volts for OCV capacity table.

>  - Use devm_kmemdup() instead of devm_kzalloc() in sc27xx_fgu_hw_init()


Hi Baolin, you can keep my ACK, just adding some nitpicking:

> +struct sc27xx_fgu_data {

> +       struct regmap *regmap;

> +       struct device *dev;

> +       struct power_supply *battery;

> +       u32 base;

> +       struct mutex lock;

> +       struct gpio_desc *gpiod;

> +       struct iio_channel *channel;

> +       bool bat_present;

> +       int internal_resist;

> +       int total_cap;

> +       int init_cap;

> +       int init_clbcnt;

> +       int max_volt;

> +       int table_len;


Can  the above really be negative or should these int:s really
be unsigned int?

> +static int sc27xx_fgu_adc_to_current(int adc)

> +{

> +       return (adc * 1000) / SC27XX_FGU_1000MA_ADC;

> +}

> +

> +static int sc27xx_fgu_adc_to_voltage(int adc)

> +{

> +       return (adc * 1000) / SC27XX_FGU_1000MV_ADC;

> +}


Would you maybe use
DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(adc*1000, SC27XX_FGU_1000MV_ADC)
on these?

Overall this is a very fine driver and really pretty compared to some
other stuff we have in drivers/power.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
(Exiting) Baolin Wang Nov. 1, 2018, 6:42 a.m. UTC | #5
On 31 October 2018 at 16:56, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 9:44 AM Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:

>

>> This patch adds the Spreadtrum SC27XX serial PMICs fuel gauge support,

>> which is used to calculate the battery capacity.

>>

>> Original-by: Yuanjiang Yu <yuanjiang.yu@unisoc.com>

>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

>> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

>> ---

>> Changes from v5:

>>  - Save the OCV values in micro volts for OCV capacity table.

>>  - Use devm_kmemdup() instead of devm_kzalloc() in sc27xx_fgu_hw_init()

>

> Hi Baolin, you can keep my ACK, just adding some nitpicking:


Thanks.

>

>> +struct sc27xx_fgu_data {

>> +       struct regmap *regmap;

>> +       struct device *dev;

>> +       struct power_supply *battery;

>> +       u32 base;

>> +       struct mutex lock;

>> +       struct gpio_desc *gpiod;

>> +       struct iio_channel *channel;

>> +       bool bat_present;

>> +       int internal_resist;

>> +       int total_cap;

>> +       int init_cap;

>> +       int init_clbcnt;

>> +       int max_volt;

>> +       int table_len;

>

> Can  the above really be negative or should these int:s really

> be unsigned int?


 I think the table_len can be changed to u32, but for others, I'd like
to keep consistency with the power supply battery information。

>

>> +static int sc27xx_fgu_adc_to_current(int adc)

>> +{

>> +       return (adc * 1000) / SC27XX_FGU_1000MA_ADC;

>> +}

>> +

>> +static int sc27xx_fgu_adc_to_voltage(int adc)

>> +{

>> +       return (adc * 1000) / SC27XX_FGU_1000MV_ADC;

>> +}

>

> Would you maybe use

> DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(adc*1000, SC27XX_FGU_1000MV_ADC)

> on these?


Good point. Will change in next version. Thanks for your comments.

>

> Overall this is a very fine driver and really pretty compared to some

> other stuff we have in drivers/power.


Thanks.

-- 
Baolin Wang
Best Regards
(Exiting) Baolin Wang Nov. 1, 2018, 7:22 a.m. UTC | #6
Hi Quentin,

On 29 October 2018 at 22:48, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:
> Hi all,

>

> Just chiming in, hopefully I got the message header fine as I don't have

> the original of the mail.

>

>>

>> We have introduced some battery properties to present the OCV table

>> temperatures and OCV capacity table values. Thus this patch add OCV

>> temperature and OCV table for battery information, as well as providing

>> some helper functions to use the OCV capacity table for users.

>>

>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>

>> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

>> ---

>> Changes from v5:

>>  - None.

>>

>> Changes from v4:

>>  - None.

>>

>> Changes from v3:

>>  - Split core modification into one separate patch.

>>  - Rename ocv-capacity-table-temperatures to ocv-capacity-celsius.

>>

>> Changes from v2:

>>  - Use type __be32 to calculate the table length.

>>  - Update error messages.

>>  - Add some helper functions.

>>

>> Changes from v1:

>>  - New patch in v2.

>> ---

>>  drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c |  123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-

>>  include/linux/power_supply.h             |   19 +++++

>>  2 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

>>

>> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c

>> index 307e0995..58c4309 100644

>> --- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c

>> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c

>> @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ int power_supply_get_battery_info(struct power_supply *psy,

>>  {

>>       struct device_node *battery_np;

>>       const char *value;

>> -     int err;

>> +     int err, len, index;

>

> index can be an unsigned int or even a u8 given the size of

> POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX which is the maximum allowed.


Sure.

>

>>

>>       info->energy_full_design_uwh         = -EINVAL;

>>       info->charge_full_design_uah         = -EINVAL;

>> @@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ int power_supply_get_battery_info(struct power_supply *psy,

>>       info->constant_charge_voltage_max_uv = -EINVAL;

>>       info->factory_internal_resistance_uohm  = -EINVAL;

>>

>> +     for (index = 0; index < POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX; index++) {

>> +             info->ocv_table[index]       = NULL;

>> +             info->ocv_temp[index]        = -EINVAL;

>> +             info->ocv_table_size[index]  = -EINVAL;

>> +     }

>> +

>>       if (!psy->of_node) {

>>               dev_warn(&psy->dev, "%s currently only supports devicetree\n",

>>                        __func__);

>> @@ -620,10 +626,125 @@ int power_supply_get_battery_info(struct power_supply *psy,

>>       of_property_read_u32(battery_np, "factory-internal-resistance-micro-ohms",

>>                            &info->factory_internal_resistance_uohm);

>>

>> +     len = of_property_count_u32_elems(battery_np, "ocv-capacity-celsius");

>> +     if (len < 0 && len != -EINVAL) {

>

> You may want to separate the case for -EINVAL to display something at

> boot at least.


-EINVAL means we did not set the "ocv-capacity-celsius" property, then
we should not return errors, since the "ocv-capacity-celsius" property
is optional.

>

>> +             return len;

>> +     } else if (len > POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX) {

>> +             dev_err(&psy->dev, "Too many temperature values\n");

>> +             return -EINVAL;

>> +     } else if (len > 0) {

>> +             of_property_read_u32_array(battery_np, "ocv-capacity-celsius",

>> +                                        info->ocv_temp, len);

>> +     }

>> +

>> +     for (index = 0; index < len; index++) {

>

> This won't work as intended as we can reach this part of the code with

> len = -EINVAL;


No, the condition (index < len) is false if len = -EINVAL, maybe one
reason keep index as 'int' type.

> If you had a separate condition for len == -EINVAL, you could reset len

> to 0 and bypass this loop for example.

>

>> +             struct power_supply_battery_ocv_table *table;

>> +             char *propname;

>> +             const __be32 *list;

>> +             int i, tab_len, size;

>> +

>> +             propname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "ocv-capacity-table-%d", index);

>> +             list = of_get_property(battery_np, propname, &size);

>> +             if (!list || !size) {

>> +                     dev_err(&psy->dev, "failed to get %s\n", propname);

>> +                     kfree(propname);

>> +                     power_supply_put_battery_info(psy, info);

>> +                     return -EINVAL;

>> +             }

>> +

>> +             kfree(propname);

>> +             tab_len = size / (2 * sizeof(__be32));

>> +             info->ocv_table_size[index] = tab_len;

>> +

>> +             table = info->ocv_table[index] =

>> +                     devm_kzalloc(&psy->dev, tab_len * sizeof(*table),

>> +                                  GFP_KERNEL);

>

> If you name `index` `j` or anything short enough, you can remove the

> temp variable table and not worry about the 80char limit.

>

> If I'm not mistaken, you should use devm_kzalloc_array here.


Sure.

>

>> +             if (!info->ocv_table[index]) {

>> +                     power_supply_put_battery_info(psy, info);

>> +                     return -ENOMEM;

>> +             }

>> +

>> +             for (i = 0; i < tab_len; i++) {

>> +                     table[i].ocv = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

>> +                     table[i].capacity = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

>

> Please check these are valid values.


Um, It is hard to validate the values for OCV and capacity, because
now we do not know each battery's parameters. Any good suggestion?

>

>> +             }

>> +     }

>> +

>>       return 0;

>>  }

>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_battery_info);

>>

>> +void power_supply_put_battery_info(struct power_supply *psy,

>> +                                struct power_supply_battery_info *info)

>> +{

>> +     int i;

>> +

>> +     for (i = 0; i < POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX; i++)

>> +             kfree(info->ocv_table[i]);

>> +}

>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_put_battery_info);

>> +

>

> Do we really need this? Won't this mess with the reference used by the

> devm_ function?


Yes, I should change to use devm_kfree().

>

> What is the use case for letting a user call this function? I can

> understand you want to delete the arrays if they're invalid in the

> get_function, which could be done thanks to a goto statement or with

> this function if you really want (if it does not mess with refs) but I

> don't see why you want to export this function.


Cause some drivers will copy the OCV tables into their own structures,
one helper function to help to free memory of battery information. In
future, this can be expanded to clean up more resources of battery
information.

>> +int power_supply_ocv2cap_simple(struct power_supply_battery_ocv_table *table,

>> +                             int table_len, int ocv)

>> +{

>> +     int i, cap, tmp;

>> +

>> +     for (i = 0; i < table_len; i++)

>> +             if (ocv > table[i].ocv)

>> +                     break;

>> +

>

> It is NOT stated in the DT binding that you want the array to be ordered

> AND ordered descending. You should fix that either in the DT binding or

> here.


Sure. Will add some function description for this simple helper.

>

>> +     if (i > 0 && i < table_len) {

>> +             tmp = (table[i - 1].capacity - table[i].capacity) *

>> +                     (ocv - table[i].ocv);

>> +             tmp /= table[i - 1].ocv - table[i].ocv;

>> +             cap = tmp + table[i].capacity;

>> +     } else if (i == 0) {

>> +             cap = table[0].capacity;

>> +     } else {

>> +             cap = table[table_len - 1].capacity;

>> +     }

>> +

>> +     return cap;

>> +}

>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_ocv2cap_simple);

>> +

>> +struct power_supply_battery_ocv_table *

>> +power_supply_find_ocv2cap_table(struct power_supply_battery_info *info,

>> +                             int temp, int *table_len)

>> +{

>> +     int best_temp_diff = INT_MAX, best_index = 0, temp_diff, i;

>> +

>

> i and best index can be unsigned (and even a u8).


Sure.

>

>> +     if (!info->ocv_table[0])

>> +             return NULL;

>> +

>> +     for (i = 0; i < POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX; i++) {

>> +             temp_diff = abs(info->ocv_temp[i] - temp);

>> +

>> +             if (temp_diff < best_temp_diff) {

>> +                     best_temp_diff = temp_diff;

>> +                     best_index = i;

>> +             }

>> +     }

>> +

>> +     *table_len = info->ocv_table_size[best_index];

>> +     return info->ocv_table[best_index];

>> +}

>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_find_ocv2cap_table);

>> +

>> +int power_supply_batinfo_ocv2cap(struct power_supply_battery_info *info,

>> +                              int ocv, int temp)

>> +{

>> +     struct power_supply_battery_ocv_table *table;

>> +     int table_len;

>> +

>> +     table = power_supply_find_ocv2cap_table(info, temp, &table_len);

>> +     if (!table)

>> +             return -EINVAL;

>> +

>> +     return power_supply_ocv2cap_simple(table, table_len, ocv);

>> +}

>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_batinfo_ocv2cap);

>> +

>>  int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,

>>                           enum power_supply_property psp,

>>                           union power_supply_propval *val)

>> diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h

>> index d089566..84fe93f 100644

>> --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h

>> +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h

>> @@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ struct power_supply_info {

>>       int use_for_apm;

>>  };

>>

>> +struct power_supply_battery_ocv_table {

>> +     int ocv;        /* microVolts */

>> +     int capacity;   /* percent */

>> +};

>> +

>> +#define POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX 20

>> +

>

> Why limiting to 20? What if I want something more precise?


We have not so much temperature values until now, so I think 20 can be
covered most cases. If you need more precise temperature values, then
I think we can expand the number.
Hint, the number 20 is for temperature values, each temperature can
have one corresponding OCV table, please see the dt-bindings.
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1002350/

>

> That's it for my review of this patch.

>

> Thanks for the patch, I'm sure many people are interested by this

> feature!


Thanks for your comments.

>

> [...]

>

> I would like to give my specific use case of the OCV on X-Powers PMICs

> so that hopefully we can get things sorted out before it's too late to

> make modifications that might be needed.

>

> I'm adding a few people on Cc that work on the X-Power PMICs so that

> hopefully we can have all the correct pieces of information and go

> towards the right solution.

>

> In the AXP818/AXP288 datasheet[1] (p.57), we have access to OCV values

> and battery RDC register.

>

> The hardware learns from the battery or from the given OCV and RDC

> values and then updates the returned battery capacity accordingly (in

> another register).

> I've 32 values (see the issue with a max of 20 values?) to be written in


I think you misunderstood the 20, it is means we can have max 20 OCV tables now.

> different registers that represent the battery capacity at a given

> voltage. I do not have to do any computation on the kernel side, I just

> have to set the registers with the correct values and the battery

> capacity will be auto-updated by the PMIC. With this patch series,

> should I just call power_supply_get_battery_info, get the OCV tables and


I think so.

> do my thing in the driver? Could we have a more generic way to do it

> (does it make sense to have a generic one?)?


Sorry, maybe I did not follow you here. You said your hardware will
help to get the capacity automatically if you set the register, so
what generic way you want to introduce? Could you elaborate on?

>

> We also definitely need a sysfs entry so that the user can enter the new

> values of the RDC/OCV since it changes during the life cycle of the

> battery IIRC.


Why it changed? Due to different temperatures or other factors? If the
factor is temperature, I think we have supplied one generic way:
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1002350/

>

> I already know of the POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_VOLTAGE_OCV property but it

> doesn't seem to be very appropriate as of today.

>

> Other PMICs from X-Powers have more or less the same mechanism according

> to the BSP even though it's not documented anywhere.

>

> Is everything clear enough? What are your thoughts?

>

> Thanks,

> Quentin

>

> [1] http://linux-sunxi.org/images/7/73/AXP818_datasheet_Revision1.0.pdf




-- 
Baolin Wang
Best Regards
Quentin Schulz Nov. 1, 2018, 1:50 p.m. UTC | #7
Hi Baolin,

On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 03:22:18PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Hi Quentin,

> 

> On 29 October 2018 at 22:48, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

[...]
> >

> >> +             return len;

> >> +     } else if (len > POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX) {

> >> +             dev_err(&psy->dev, "Too many temperature values\n");

> >> +             return -EINVAL;

> >> +     } else if (len > 0) {

> >> +             of_property_read_u32_array(battery_np, "ocv-capacity-celsius",

> >> +                                        info->ocv_temp, len);

> >> +     }

> >> +

> >> +     for (index = 0; index < len; index++) {

> >

> > This won't work as intended as we can reach this part of the code with

> > len = -EINVAL;

> 

> No, the condition (index < len) is false if len = -EINVAL, maybe one

> reason keep index as 'int' type.

> 


Ugh. Next time I'll make sure my brain is wired before reviewing a
patch, sorry :)

[...]
> >> +             if (!info->ocv_table[index]) {

> >> +                     power_supply_put_battery_info(psy, info);

> >> +                     return -ENOMEM;

> >> +             }

> >> +

> >> +             for (i = 0; i < tab_len; i++) {

> >> +                     table[i].ocv = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

> >> +                     table[i].capacity = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

> >

> > Please check these are valid values.

> 

> Um, It is hard to validate the values for OCV and capacity, because

> now we do not know each battery's parameters. Any good suggestion?

> 


You know the capacity is between 0 and 100 (since it's an unsigned
value, checking against 100 is enough), that's a good start.

For the OCV, I'd say it's basically between the minimum and maximum
voltage a battery can hold. I don't know enough about batteries to
give the correct bounds unfortunately :(

[...]
> > What is the use case for letting a user call this function? I can

> > understand you want to delete the arrays if they're invalid in the

> > get_function, which could be done thanks to a goto statement or with

> > this function if you really want (if it does not mess with refs) but I

> > don't see why you want to export this function.

> 

> Cause some drivers will copy the OCV tables into their own structures,

> one helper function to help to free memory of battery information. In

> future, this can be expanded to clean up more resources of battery

> information.

> 


Couldn't they only use a pointer to the appropriate table? Or do you
plan on the drivers directly modifying the table but wanting to keep a
clean copy on the core side?

I find it weird to free the tables. I'd suppose that a driver wants to
keep all tables available to be able to chose the appropriate one
depending on the current temperature of the battery (which is what
power_supply_batinfo_ocv2cap is for if I understood correctly) and not
only at definite time (probe function for the driver you attached to the
patch series IIRC). If you need to keep all tables, why would you want
to copy them to the driver and not keep them in the core and use a
pointer to the table in current use?

I'm sure I'm missing something, let me know what it is. Thanks.

[...]
> > I would like to give my specific use case of the OCV on X-Powers PMICs

> > so that hopefully we can get things sorted out before it's too late to

> > make modifications that might be needed.

> >

> > I'm adding a few people on Cc that work on the X-Power PMICs so that

> > hopefully we can have all the correct pieces of information and go

> > towards the right solution.

> >

> > In the AXP818/AXP288 datasheet[1] (p.57), we have access to OCV values

> > and battery RDC register.

> >

> > The hardware learns from the battery or from the given OCV and RDC

> > values and then updates the returned battery capacity accordingly (in

> > another register).

> > I've 32 values (see the issue with a max of 20 values?) to be written in

> 

> I think you misunderstood the 20, it is means we can have max 20 OCV tables now.

> 


Indeed, misread the patch, thanks for clarifying.

> > different registers that represent the battery capacity at a given

> > voltage. I do not have to do any computation on the kernel side, I just

> > have to set the registers with the correct values and the battery

> > capacity will be auto-updated by the PMIC. With this patch series,

> > should I just call power_supply_get_battery_info, get the OCV tables and

> 

> I think so.

> 

> > do my thing in the driver? Could we have a more generic way to do it

> > (does it make sense to have a generic one?)?

> 

> Sorry, maybe I did not follow you here. You said your hardware will

> help to get the capacity automatically if you set the register, so

> what generic way you want to introduce? Could you elaborate on?

> 


I think I got my thoughts tangled-up, I can't honestly find a generic
way right now.

> >

> > We also definitely need a sysfs entry so that the user can enter the new

> > values of the RDC/OCV since it changes during the life cycle of the

> > battery IIRC.

> 

> Why it changed? Due to different temperatures or other factors? If the

> factor is temperature, I think we have supplied one generic way:

> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1002350/

> 


Apparently age is a factor in the OCV curve. I don't know if it's
substantial enough to care about though.

Anyway, I have a very strong bias towards not having to modify the
Device Tree or recompile the kernel when a piece of hardware can be
replaced easily by something different. I see the battery as such a
piece of hardware. I understand the need to define the battery that
comes with a product but I also like to let the users switch the battery
(for a bigger one for example) without getting their hands dirty with
getting the kernel sources, recompiling, etc.

What if the provided OCV curves are not the best ones and the user has
found better ones?

For that, I like to let the user configure parameters that impact the
battery after we've optionaly set the default one.

I'd be mad to have to recompile the Device Tree or kernel when switching
devices on a USB bus for example.

Does that make sense?

Thanks,
Quentin
(Exiting) Baolin Wang Nov. 1, 2018, 5:30 p.m. UTC | #8
Hi Quentin,

On 1 November 2018 at 21:50, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:
> Hi Baolin,

>

> On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 03:22:18PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:

>> Hi Quentin,

>>

>> On 29 October 2018 at 22:48, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

> [...]

>> >

>> >> +             return len;

>> >> +     } else if (len > POWER_SUPPLY_OCV_TEMP_MAX) {

>> >> +             dev_err(&psy->dev, "Too many temperature values\n");

>> >> +             return -EINVAL;

>> >> +     } else if (len > 0) {

>> >> +             of_property_read_u32_array(battery_np, "ocv-capacity-celsius",

>> >> +                                        info->ocv_temp, len);

>> >> +     }

>> >> +

>> >> +     for (index = 0; index < len; index++) {

>> >

>> > This won't work as intended as we can reach this part of the code with

>> > len = -EINVAL;

>>

>> No, the condition (index < len) is false if len = -EINVAL, maybe one

>> reason keep index as 'int' type.

>>

>

> Ugh. Next time I'll make sure my brain is wired before reviewing a

> patch, sorry :)


No worries, just make things clear :)

>

> [...]

>> >> +             if (!info->ocv_table[index]) {

>> >> +                     power_supply_put_battery_info(psy, info);

>> >> +                     return -ENOMEM;

>> >> +             }

>> >> +

>> >> +             for (i = 0; i < tab_len; i++) {

>> >> +                     table[i].ocv = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

>> >> +                     table[i].capacity = be32_to_cpu(*list++);

>> >

>> > Please check these are valid values.

>>

>> Um, It is hard to validate the values for OCV and capacity, because

>> now we do not know each battery's parameters. Any good suggestion?

>>

>

> You know the capacity is between 0 and 100 (since it's an unsigned

> value, checking against 100 is enough), that's a good start.


Yeah, we can validate the percent values.

>

> For the OCV, I'd say it's basically between the minimum and maximum

> voltage a battery can hold. I don't know enough about batteries to

> give the correct bounds unfortunately :(


But in this function, we may can not know the minimum and maximum
voltage of a battery. Some drivers will set the minimum and maximum
voltage in their drivers. So I would like to move the OCV values
validation to drivers.

>

> [...]

>> > What is the use case for letting a user call this function? I can

>> > understand you want to delete the arrays if they're invalid in the

>> > get_function, which could be done thanks to a goto statement or with

>> > this function if you really want (if it does not mess with refs) but I

>> > don't see why you want to export this function.

>>

>> Cause some drivers will copy the OCV tables into their own structures,

>> one helper function to help to free memory of battery information. In

>> future, this can be expanded to clean up more resources of battery

>> information.

>>

>

> Couldn't they only use a pointer to the appropriate table? Or do you

> plan on the drivers directly modifying the table but wanting to keep a

> clean copy on the core side?

>

> I find it weird to free the tables. I'd suppose that a driver wants to

> keep all tables available to be able to chose the appropriate one

> depending on the current temperature of the battery (which is what

> power_supply_batinfo_ocv2cap is for if I understood correctly) and not

> only at definite time (probe function for the driver you attached to the

> patch series IIRC). If you need to keep all tables, why would you want

> to copy them to the driver and not keep them in the core and use a

> pointer to the table in current use?

>

> I'm sure I'm missing something, let me know what it is. Thanks.


Some drivers won't use all of the battery information in struct
power_supply_battery_info, so they can copy the required fields into
their drivers' data structure instead of holding all fields in struct
power_supply_battery_info, which can save some memory (especially we
introduced temperature tables for struct power_supply_battery_info).
So for this case, we only use the OCV table in struct
power_supply_battery_info, I did not use one pointer to the struct
power_supply_battery_info, just copy the required OCV tables into my
data structure and ignore other fields. So I should free the OCV
tables of battery information. Hope I make things clear here.

[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/power/supply/axp20x_battery.c#L604
[2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/power/supply/bq24190_charger.c#L1673

>

> [...]

>> > I would like to give my specific use case of the OCV on X-Powers PMICs

>> > so that hopefully we can get things sorted out before it's too late to

>> > make modifications that might be needed.

>> >

>> > I'm adding a few people on Cc that work on the X-Power PMICs so that

>> > hopefully we can have all the correct pieces of information and go

>> > towards the right solution.

>> >

>> > In the AXP818/AXP288 datasheet[1] (p.57), we have access to OCV values

>> > and battery RDC register.

>> >

>> > The hardware learns from the battery or from the given OCV and RDC

>> > values and then updates the returned battery capacity accordingly (in

>> > another register).

>> > I've 32 values (see the issue with a max of 20 values?) to be written in

>>

>> I think you misunderstood the 20, it is means we can have max 20 OCV tables now.

>>

>

> Indeed, misread the patch, thanks for clarifying.

>

>> > different registers that represent the battery capacity at a given

>> > voltage. I do not have to do any computation on the kernel side, I just

>> > have to set the registers with the correct values and the battery

>> > capacity will be auto-updated by the PMIC. With this patch series,

>> > should I just call power_supply_get_battery_info, get the OCV tables and

>>

>> I think so.

>>

>> > do my thing in the driver? Could we have a more generic way to do it

>> > (does it make sense to have a generic one?)?

>>

>> Sorry, maybe I did not follow you here. You said your hardware will

>> help to get the capacity automatically if you set the register, so

>> what generic way you want to introduce? Could you elaborate on?

>>

>

> I think I got my thoughts tangled-up, I can't honestly find a generic

> way right now.


OK.

>

>> >

>> > We also definitely need a sysfs entry so that the user can enter the new

>> > values of the RDC/OCV since it changes during the life cycle of the

>> > battery IIRC.

>>

>> Why it changed? Due to different temperatures or other factors? If the

>> factor is temperature, I think we have supplied one generic way:

>> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1002350/

>>

>

> Apparently age is a factor in the OCV curve. I don't know if it's

> substantial enough to care about though.

>

> Anyway, I have a very strong bias towards not having to modify the

> Device Tree or recompile the kernel when a piece of hardware can be

> replaced easily by something different. I see the battery as such a

> piece of hardware. I understand the need to define the battery that

> comes with a product but I also like to let the users switch the battery

> (for a bigger one for example) without getting their hands dirty with

> getting the kernel sources, recompiling, etc.

>

> What if the provided OCV curves are not the best ones and the user has

> found better ones?

>

> For that, I like to let the user configure parameters that impact the

> battery after we've optionaly set the default one.

>

> I'd be mad to have to recompile the Device Tree or kernel when switching

> devices on a USB bus for example.

>

> Does that make sense?


Yes, understood. But I can not add this feature in my patch series,
since we have no this usage for SC27xx FGU. So I think it will be good
to submit one separate patch, which can let other guys focus on your
case and maybe give a better solution. Thanks for your comments.

-- 
Baolin Wang
Best Regards
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt
index f4d3b4a..938d027 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/supply/battery.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@  Optional Properties:
  - charge-term-current-microamp: current for charge termination phase
  - constant-charge-current-max-microamp: maximum constant input current
  - constant-charge-voltage-max-microvolt: maximum constant input voltage
+ - factory-internal-resistance-micro-ohms: battery factory internal resistance
 
 Battery properties are named, where possible, for the corresponding
 elements in enum power_supply_property, defined in
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@  Example:
 		charge-term-current-microamp = <128000>;
 		constant-charge-current-max-microamp = <900000>;
 		constant-charge-voltage-max-microvolt = <4200000>;
+		factory-internal-resistance-micro-ohms = <250000>;
 	};
 
 	charger: charger@11 {