ACPI battery: only refresh the sysfs files when pertinent information changes

We only need to regenerate the sysfs files when the capacity units
change, avoid the update otherwise.

The origin of this issue is dates way back to 2.6.38:
da8aeb92d4
(ACPI / Battery: Update information on info notification and resume)

cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Tested-by: Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Andy Whitcroft 2012-05-03 14:48:26 +01:00 committed by Len Brown
parent febb72a6e4
commit c597145696

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@ -643,11 +643,19 @@ static int acpi_battery_update(struct acpi_battery *battery)
static void acpi_battery_refresh(struct acpi_battery *battery)
{
int power_unit;
if (!battery->bat.dev)
return;
power_unit = battery->power_unit;
acpi_battery_get_info(battery);
/* The battery may have changed its reporting units. */
if (power_unit == battery->power_unit)
return;
/* The battery has changed its reporting units. */
sysfs_remove_battery(battery);
sysfs_add_battery(battery);
}