[PATCH 1/2] HID: apple: avoid setting up battery timer for devices without battery

From: Aditya Garg
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 10:17:01 EST


Currently, the battery timer is set up for all devices using hid-apple,
irrespective of whether they actually have a battery or not.

APPLE_RDESC_BATTERY is a quirk that indicates the device has a battery
and needs the battery timer. This patch checks for this quirk before
setting up the timer, ensuring that only devices with a battery will
have the timer set up.

Fixes: 6e143293e17a ("HID: apple: Report Magic Keyboard battery over USB")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-apple.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c b/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
index b8b99eb01..b9f45c089 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-apple.c
@@ -959,10 +959,12 @@ static int apple_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
return ret;
}

- timer_setup(&asc->battery_timer, apple_battery_timer_tick, 0);
- mod_timer(&asc->battery_timer,
- jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(APPLE_BATTERY_TIMEOUT_MS));
- apple_fetch_battery(hdev);
+ if (quirks & APPLE_RDESC_BATTERY) {
+ timer_setup(&asc->battery_timer, apple_battery_timer_tick, 0);
+ mod_timer(&asc->battery_timer,
+ jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(APPLE_BATTERY_TIMEOUT_MS));
+ apple_fetch_battery(hdev);
+ }

if (quirks & APPLE_BACKLIGHT_CTL)
apple_backlight_init(hdev);
@@ -985,7 +987,8 @@ static void apple_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
{
struct apple_sc *asc = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);

- timer_delete_sync(&asc->battery_timer);
+ if (asc->quirks & APPLE_RDESC_BATTERY)
+ timer_delete_sync(&asc->battery_timer);

hid_hw_stop(hdev);
}
--
2.43.0