[PATCH 6.18 068/752] ACPI: battery: fix incorrect charging status when current is zero

Sasha Levin
2026-02-28T17:49:05Z

From: Ata İlhan Köktürk <atailhan2006@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit bb1256e0ddc7e9e406164319769b9f8d8389f056 ]

On some laptops, such as the Huawei Matebook series, the embedded
controller continues to report "Charging" status even when the
charge threshold is reached and no current is being drawn.

This incorrect reporting prevents the system from switching to battery
power profiles, leading to significantly higher power (e.g., 18W instead
of 7W during browsing) and missed remaining battery time estimation.

Validate the "Charging" state by checking if rate_now is zero. If the
hardware reports charging but the current is zero, report "Not Charging"
to user space.

Signed-off-by: Ata İlhan Köktürk <atailhan2006@gmail.com>
[ rjw: Whitespace fix, braces added to an inner if (), new comment rewrite ]
[ rjw: Changelog edits ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260129144856.43058-1-atailhan2006@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/acpi/battery.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
index 67b76492c839c..8196c17b5a970 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
@@ -212,7 +212,14 @@ static int acpi_battery_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
if (battery->state & ACPI_BATTERY_STATE_DISCHARGING)
val->intval = acpi_battery_handle_discharging(battery);
else if (battery->state & ACPI_BATTERY_STATE_CHARGING)
- val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING;
+ /* Validate the status by checking the current. */
+ if (battery->rate_now != ACPI_BATTERY_VALUE_UNKNOWN &&
+ battery->rate_now == 0) {
+ /* On charge but no current (0W/0mA). */
+ val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING;
+ } else {
+ val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_CHARGING;
+ }
else if (battery->state & ACPI_BATTERY_STATE_CHARGE_LIMITING)
val->intval = POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING;
else if (acpi_battery_is_charged(battery))
--
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