From: Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com>
To: Paul Parsons <lost.distance@yahoo.com>
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, philipp.zabel@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pda_power: ac_draw used before set
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:20:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120921002037.GA31075@lizard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <505BB1E6.3010502@yahoo.com>
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 01:16:38AM +0100, Paul Parsons wrote:
> >>When I reboot my iPAQ hx4700 in its cradle, the battery will not begin
> >>to charge even though the AC supply is connected. Charging will start
> >>only after the PDA power driver is tickled by some other power event,
> >>such as reseating the iPAQ in its cradle or connecting the USB cable.
> >>
> >>The problem lies in pda_power_probe(), where ac_draw is used by the call
> >>to update_charger() before being set by the call to regulator_get().
> >>
> >>Moving the regulator_get() call to before the update_charger() call
> >>fixes the problem.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Paul Parsons <lost.distance@yahoo.com>
> >>Cc: Philipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@gmail.com>
> >>---
> >
> >Great to see that someone is still using hx4700. :-)
> >
> >Thanks for the patch, it is merged now!
>
> I am having second thoughts about the goto ac_draw_failed I added.
> This will cause pda_power_probe() to fail if regulator_get() fails.
> However the way ac_draw is used - always after a check for NULL -
> suggests that a failed call to regulator_get() was not fatal.
>
> I am happy to submit another patch to remove the goto and label.
Sure thing, just send another patch on top.
Thanks!
Anton.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-21 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-19 17:36 [PATCH] pda_power: ac_draw used before set Paul Parsons
2012-09-20 21:32 ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-09-21 0:16 ` Paul Parsons
2012-09-21 0:20 ` Anton Vorontsov [this message]
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