ab8500_charg...safety_timer(9)

okay so bestie, this is the ab8500_charg...safety_timer(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we’re about to make the charging safety timer make sense. No cap, all the facts are staying exactly where they belong. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ab8500_chargalg_start_safety_timer — Start charging safety timer. literally the function’s whole main-character move: it starts the charging safety timer. 💅

📎 SYNOPSIS 📎

void ab8500_chargalg_start_safety_timer (struct ab8500_chargalg *di );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• di — pointer to the ab8500_chargalg structure. That’s the VIP pass to the chargalg struct, iykyk. 🫶

🛡️ DESCRIPTION 🛡️

The safety timer is here to avoid overcharging of old or bad batteries. It’s giving protective bestie energy, fr fr. There are different timers for AC and USB. ⚡🔌

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_chargalg.c — yes, that’s the source-file cameo.

The whole squad of related (9) pages:

• struct ab8500_charge_curr_maximization(9)
• struct ab8500_chargalg(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_safety_timer_expired(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_maintenance_timer_expired(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_state_to(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_check_charger_connection(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_stop_safety_timer(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_start_maintenance_timer(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_stop_maintenance_timer(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_kick_watchdog(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_ac_en(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_usb_en(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_update_chg_curr(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_stop_charging(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_hold_charging(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_start_charging(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_check_temp(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_check_charger_voltage(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_end_of_charge(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_chg_curr_maxim(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_external_power_changed(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_time_to_restart(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_algorithm(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_periodic_work(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_wd_work(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_work(9)
• ab8500_chargalg_get_property(9)

xoxo, from the ./drivers/power/supply corner of the Kernel API Manual, October 2026 — ab8500_charg...safety_timer(9) out. 💅✨