Hi,

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 07:07:35PM +0200, Steffen Dirkwinkel wrote:
> From: Steffen Dirkwinkel <s.dirkwinkel@beckhoff.com>
> 
> We intend to use this with a gpio-charger ups device that reports
> charging or not-charging based on a gpio to set a "power failure" led.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Dirkwinkel <s.dirkwinkel@beckhoff.com>
> ---
>  drivers/power/supply/power_supply_leds.c | 7 +++++++
>  include/linux/power_supply.h             | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING means, that a battery is neither
charged **nor discharged**. I think the NOT_CHARGING status has a
bad name, but it's ABI and cannot be changed easily. But I certainly
don't want it to spread further. Let's find a better name for this
trigger. Maybe idle?

Greetings,

-- Sebastian

> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_leds.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_leds.c
> index 538cc0440e53..c82a3628765c 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_leds.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_leds.c
> @@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ static void power_supply_update_status_leds(struct power_supply *psy)
>  			LED_OFF);
>  		break;
>  	}
> +
> +	led_trigger_event(psy->not_charging_trig,
> +			  status.intval == POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING ?
> +			  LED_FULL : LED_OFF);
>  }
>  
>  static int power_supply_create_status_triggers(struct power_supply *psy)
> @@ -150,6 +154,8 @@ static int power_supply_create_status_triggers(struct power_supply *psy)
>  					  &psy->charging_blink_full_solid_trig, &err);
>  	power_supply_register_led_trigger(psy, "%s-charging-orange-full-green",
>  					  &psy->charging_orange_full_green_trig, &err);
> +	power_supply_register_led_trigger(psy, "%s-not-charging",
> +					  &psy->not_charging_trig, &err);
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -209,6 +215,7 @@ void power_supply_remove_triggers(struct power_supply *psy)
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->online_trig);
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->charging_or_full_trig);
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->charging_trig);
> +	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->not_charging_trig);
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->full_trig);
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->charging_blink_full_solid_trig);
>  	power_supply_unregister_led_trigger(psy->charging_orange_full_green_trig);
> diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> index 68b65682b14d..9052610e3910 100644
> --- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
> +++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
> @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ struct power_supply {
>  	struct led_trigger *charging_or_full_trig;
>  	struct led_trigger *online_trig;
>  	struct led_trigger *charging_trig;
> +	struct led_trigger *not_charging_trig;
>  	struct led_trigger *full_trig;
>  	struct led_trigger *charging_blink_full_solid_trig;
>  	struct led_trigger *charging_orange_full_green_trig;
> 
> -- 
> 2.54.0
>