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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: acpi_battery_init() boot speed
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:02:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101217080235.50838925@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012170341160.20940@x980>

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:46:12 -0500 (EST)
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> wrote:

> > wonder if the code could do just enough to register the device, and
> > do everything else in the background?
> 
> or do it later on demand...

that makes complete sense...

but you can even just do that async.. to cut down the time of first
use....

if you want I can propose a patch for that based on the patch below...
> 
> This patch reduces acpi_battery_init() time
> on the Lenovo S10-3 from 901,603 usec to 657 usec.
> 
> AFAICT, the battery monitor etc worked fine.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index 95649d3..79e8ba3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -943,7 +943,6 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device
> *device) if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(battery->device->handle,
>  			"_BIX", &handle)))
>  		set_bit(ACPI_BATTERY_XINFO_PRESENT, &battery->flags);
> -	acpi_battery_update(battery);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
>  	result = acpi_battery_add_fs(device);
>  #endif
> 
> 
> 


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      reply	other threads:[~2010-12-17 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-15  8:13 acpi_battery_init() boot speed Len Brown
2010-12-15  8:15 ` Len Brown
2010-12-15 11:00 ` Arjan van de Ven
2010-12-15 20:27   ` Len Brown
2010-12-16  4:58     ` Arjan van de Ven
2010-12-17  4:31       ` Len Brown
2010-12-17  8:46   ` Len Brown
2010-12-17 16:02     ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]

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