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acpi_battery: Convert driver to CTLFLAG_MPSAFE
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Authored by guest-seuros on Jan 9 2026, 3:22 PM.
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Replaced CTLFLAG_NEEDGIANT with CTLFLAG_MPSAFE for all battery status sysctls.

The driver uses ACPI_SERIAL locks for correct synchronization and does not require Giant lock.

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hw.acpi.battery.* were functional after the conversion.

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guest-seuros created this revision.

acpi_battery_get_battinfo() calls into the newbus layer and accesses some structures that are synchronized by the Giant lock. I think we need to at least acquire bus_topo_lock() in acpi_battery_get_battinfo().