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| author | Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> | 2020-12-15 00:38:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> | 2021-01-19 22:22:45 +0100 |
| commit | a7d6ba14efb778fc8c65c627a057d5dd29debd04 (patch) | |
| tree | 17d8de4f98499479bbeac934a4668f745087d9bc /include/linux/thermal.h | |
| parent | 04f111130e9afa41c10d7bcec14e00e3be8b6977 (diff) | |
thermal/core: Remove the 'forced_passive' option
The code was reorganized in 2012 with the commit 0c01ebbfd3caf1.
The main change is a loop on the trip points array and a unconditional
call to the throttle() ops of the governors for each of them even if
the trip temperature is not reached yet.
With this change, the 'forced_passive' is no longer checked in the
thermal_zone_device_update() function but in the step wise governor's
throttle() callback.
As the force_passive does no belong to the trip point array, the
thermal_zone_device_update() can not compare with the specified
passive temperature, thus does not detect the passive limit has been
crossed. Consequently, throttle() is never called and the
'forced_passive' branch is unreached.
In addition, the default processor cooling device is not automatically
bound to the thermal zone if there is not passive trip point, thus the
'forced_passive' can not operate.
If there is an active trip point, then the throttle function will be
called to mitigate at this temperature and the 'forced_passive' will
override the mitigation of the active trip point in this case but with
the default cooling device bound to the thermal zone, so usually a
fan, and that is not a passive cooling effect.
Given the regression exists since more than 8 years, nobody complained
and at the best of my knowledge there is no bug open in
https://bugzilla.kernel.org, it is reasonable to say it is unused.
Remove the 'forced_passive' related code.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201214233811.485669-1-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/thermal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/thermal.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h index c80032322158..a57232a9a6f9 100644 --- a/include/linux/thermal.h +++ b/include/linux/thermal.h @@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ struct thermal_cooling_device { trip point. * @prev_high_trip: the above current temperature if you've crossed a passive trip point. - * @forced_passive: If > 0, temperature at which to switch on all ACPI - * processor cooling devices. Currently only used by the - * step-wise governor. * @need_update: if equals 1, thermal_zone_device_update needs to be invoked. * @ops: operations this &thermal_zone_device supports * @tzp: thermal zone parameters @@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ struct thermal_zone_device { int passive; int prev_low_trip; int prev_high_trip; - unsigned int forced_passive; atomic_t need_update; struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops; struct thermal_zone_params *tzp; |