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| Generic Thermal Sysfs driver How To |
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| Written by Sujith Thomas <sujith.thomas@intel.com>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> |
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| Updated: 2 January 2008 |
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| Copyright (c) 2008 Intel Corporation |
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| 0. Introduction |
| =============== |
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| The generic thermal sysfs provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone |
| devices (sensors) and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...) to register |
| with the thermal management solution and to be a part of it. |
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| This how-to focuses on enabling new thermal zone and cooling devices to |
| participate in thermal management. |
| This solution is platform independent and any type of thermal zone devices |
| and cooling devices should be able to make use of the infrastructure. |
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| The main task of the thermal sysfs driver is to expose thermal zone attributes |
| as well as cooling device attributes to the user space. |
| An intelligent thermal management application can make decisions based on |
| inputs from thermal zone attributes (the current temperature and trip point |
| temperature) and throttle appropriate devices. |
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| - `[0-*]` denotes any positive number starting from 0 |
| - `[1-*]` denotes any positive number starting from 1 |
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| 1. thermal sysfs driver interface functions |
| =========================================== |
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| 1.1 thermal zone device interface |
| --------------------------------- |
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| :: |
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| struct thermal_zone_device |
| *thermal_zone_device_register(char *type, |
| int trips, int mask, void *devdata, |
| struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops, |
| const struct thermal_zone_params *tzp, |
| int passive_delay, int polling_delay)) |
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| This interface function adds a new thermal zone device (sensor) to |
| /sys/class/thermal folder as `thermal_zone[0-*]`. It tries to bind all the |
| thermal cooling devices registered at the same time. |
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| type: |
| the thermal zone type. |
| trips: |
| the total number of trip points this thermal zone supports. |
| mask: |
| Bit string: If 'n'th bit is set, then trip point 'n' is writable. |
| devdata: |
| device private data |
| ops: |
| thermal zone device call-backs. |
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| .bind: |
| bind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device. |
| .unbind: |
| unbind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device. |
| .get_temp: |
| get the current temperature of the thermal zone. |
| .set_trips: |
| set the trip points window. Whenever the current temperature |
| is updated, the trip points immediately below and above the |
| current temperature are found. |
| .get_mode: |
| get the current mode (enabled/disabled) of the thermal zone. |
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| - "enabled" means the kernel thermal management is |
| enabled. |
| - "disabled" will prevent kernel thermal driver action |
| upon trip points so that user applications can take |
| charge of thermal management. |
| .set_mode: |
| set the mode (enabled/disabled) of the thermal zone. |
| .get_trip_type: |
| get the type of certain trip point. |
| .get_trip_temp: |
| get the temperature above which the certain trip point |
| will be fired. |
| .set_emul_temp: |
| set the emulation temperature which helps in debugging |
| different threshold temperature points. |
| tzp: |
| thermal zone platform parameters. |
| passive_delay: |
| number of milliseconds to wait between polls when |
| performing passive cooling. |
| polling_delay: |
| number of milliseconds to wait between polls when checking |
| whether trip points have been crossed (0 for interrupt driven systems). |
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| :: |
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| void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz) |
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| This interface function removes the thermal zone device. |
| It deletes the corresponding entry from /sys/class/thermal folder and |
| unbinds all the thermal cooling devices it uses. |
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| :: |
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| struct thermal_zone_device |
| *thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(struct device *dev, int sensor_id, |
| void *data, |
| const struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *ops) |
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| This interface adds a new sensor to a DT thermal zone. |
| This function will search the list of thermal zones described in |
| device tree and look for the zone that refer to the sensor device |
| pointed by dev->of_node as temperature providers. For the zone |
| pointing to the sensor node, the sensor will be added to the DT |
| thermal zone device. |
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| The parameters for this interface are: |
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| dev: |
| Device node of sensor containing valid node pointer in |
| dev->of_node. |
| sensor_id: |
| a sensor identifier, in case the sensor IP has more |
| than one sensors |
| data: |
| a private pointer (owned by the caller) that will be |
| passed back, when a temperature reading is needed. |
| ops: |
| `struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *`. |
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| ============== ======================================= |
| get_temp a pointer to a function that reads the |
| sensor temperature. This is mandatory |
| callback provided by sensor driver. |
| set_trips a pointer to a function that sets a |
| temperature window. When this window is |
| left the driver must inform the thermal |
| core via thermal_zone_device_update. |
| get_trend a pointer to a function that reads the |
| sensor temperature trend. |
| set_emul_temp a pointer to a function that sets |
| sensor emulated temperature. |
| ============== ======================================= |
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| The thermal zone temperature is provided by the get_temp() function |
| pointer of thermal_zone_of_device_ops. When called, it will |
| have the private pointer @data back. |
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| It returns error pointer if fails otherwise valid thermal zone device |
| handle. Caller should check the return handle with IS_ERR() for finding |
| whether success or not. |
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| :: |
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| void thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister(struct device *dev, |
| struct thermal_zone_device *tzd) |
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| This interface unregisters a sensor from a DT thermal zone which was |
| successfully added by interface thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). |
| This function removes the sensor callbacks and private data from the |
| thermal zone device registered with thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() |
| interface. It will also silent the zone by remove the .get_temp() and |
| get_trend() thermal zone device callbacks. |
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| :: |
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| struct thermal_zone_device |
| *devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(struct device *dev, |
| int sensor_id, |
| void *data, |
| const struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *ops) |
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| This interface is resource managed version of |
| thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). |
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| All details of thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() described in |
| section 1.1.3 is applicable here. |
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| The benefit of using this interface to register sensor is that it |
| is not require to explicitly call thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister() |
| in error path or during driver unbinding as this is done by driver |
| resource manager. |
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| :: |
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| void devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister(struct device *dev, |
| struct thermal_zone_device *tzd) |
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| This interface is resource managed version of |
| thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister(). |
| All details of thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister() described in |
| section 1.1.4 is applicable here. |
| Normally this function will not need to be called and the resource |
| management code will ensure that the resource is freed. |
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| :: |
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| int thermal_zone_get_slope(struct thermal_zone_device *tz) |
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| This interface is used to read the slope attribute value |
| for the thermal zone device, which might be useful for platform |
| drivers for temperature calculations. |
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| :: |
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| int thermal_zone_get_offset(struct thermal_zone_device *tz) |
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| This interface is used to read the offset attribute value |
| for the thermal zone device, which might be useful for platform |
| drivers for temperature calculations. |
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| 1.2 thermal cooling device interface |
| ------------------------------------ |
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| :: |
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| struct thermal_cooling_device |
| *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *name, |
| void *devdata, struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *) |
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| This interface function adds a new thermal cooling device (fan/processor/...) |
| to /sys/class/thermal/ folder as `cooling_device[0-*]`. It tries to bind itself |
| to all the thermal zone devices registered at the same time. |
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| name: |
| the cooling device name. |
| devdata: |
| device private data. |
| ops: |
| thermal cooling devices call-backs. |
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| .get_max_state: |
| get the Maximum throttle state of the cooling device. |
| .get_cur_state: |
| get the Currently requested throttle state of the |
| cooling device. |
| .set_cur_state: |
| set the Current throttle state of the cooling device. |
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| :: |
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| void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev) |
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| This interface function removes the thermal cooling device. |
| It deletes the corresponding entry from /sys/class/thermal folder and |
| unbinds itself from all the thermal zone devices using it. |
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| 1.3 interface for binding a thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| :: |
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| int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, |
| int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, |
| unsigned long upper, unsigned long lower, unsigned int weight); |
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| This interface function binds a thermal cooling device to a particular trip |
| point of a thermal zone device. |
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| This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .bind callback. |
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| tz: |
| the thermal zone device |
| cdev: |
| thermal cooling device |
| trip: |
| indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device |
| is associated with. |
| upper: |
| the Maximum cooling state for this trip point. |
| THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no upper limit, |
| and the cooling device can be in max_state. |
| lower: |
| the Minimum cooling state can be used for this trip point. |
| THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no lower limit, |
| and the cooling device can be in cooling state 0. |
| weight: |
| the influence of this cooling device in this thermal |
| zone. See 1.4.1 below for more information. |
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| :: |
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| int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, |
| int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev); |
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| This interface function unbinds a thermal cooling device from a particular |
| trip point of a thermal zone device. This function is usually called in |
| the thermal zone device .unbind callback. |
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| tz: |
| the thermal zone device |
| cdev: |
| thermal cooling device |
| trip: |
| indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device |
| is associated with. |
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| 1.4 Thermal Zone Parameters |
| --------------------------- |
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| :: |
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| struct thermal_zone_params |
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| This structure defines the platform level parameters for a thermal zone. |
| This data, for each thermal zone should come from the platform layer. |
| This is an optional feature where some platforms can choose not to |
| provide this data. |
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| .governor_name: |
| Name of the thermal governor used for this zone |
| .no_hwmon: |
| a boolean to indicate if the thermal to hwmon sysfs interface |
| is required. when no_hwmon == false, a hwmon sysfs interface |
| will be created. when no_hwmon == true, nothing will be done. |
| In case the thermal_zone_params is NULL, the hwmon interface |
| will be created (for backward compatibility). |
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| 2. sysfs attributes structure |
| ============================= |
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| == ================ |
| RO read only value |
| WO write only value |
| RW read/write value |
| == ================ |
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| Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal. |
| Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon |
| if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module. |
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| Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered:: |
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| /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]: |
| |---type: Type of the thermal zone |
| |---temp: Current temperature |
| |---mode: Working mode of the thermal zone |
| |---policy: Thermal governor used for this zone |
| |---available_policies: Available thermal governors for this zone |
| |---trip_point_[0-*]_temp: Trip point temperature |
| |---trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type |
| |---trip_point_[0-*]_hyst: Hysteresis value for this trip point |
| |---emul_temp: Emulated temperature set node |
| |---sustainable_power: Sustainable dissipatable power |
| |---k_po: Proportional term during temperature overshoot |
| |---k_pu: Proportional term during temperature undershoot |
| |---k_i: PID's integral term in the power allocator gov |
| |---k_d: PID's derivative term in the power allocator |
| |---integral_cutoff: Offset above which errors are accumulated |
| |---slope: Slope constant applied as linear extrapolation |
| |---offset: Offset constant applied as linear extrapolation |
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| Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered:: |
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| /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]: |
| |---type: Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...) |
| |---max_state: Maximum cooling state of the cooling device |
| |---cur_state: Current cooling state of the cooling device |
| |---stats: Directory containing cooling device's statistics |
| |---stats/reset: Writing any value resets the statistics |
| |---stats/time_in_state_ms: Time (msec) spent in various cooling states |
| |---stats/total_trans: Total number of times cooling state is changed |
| |---stats/trans_table: Cooling state transition table |
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| Then next two dynamic attributes are created/removed in pairs. They represent |
| the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated cooling device. |
| They are created/removed for each successful execution of |
| thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device. |
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| :: |
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| /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]: |
| |---cdev[0-*]: [0-*]th cooling device in current thermal zone |
| |---cdev[0-*]_trip_point: Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with |
| |---cdev[0-*]_weight: Influence of the cooling device in |
| this thermal zone |
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| Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F, |
| the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_ |
| of thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon |
| class device and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered |
| ACPI thermal zones. |
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| Please read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-thermal for thermal |
| zone and cooling device attribute details. |
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| :: |
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| /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]: |
| |---name: The type of the thermal zone devices |
| |---temp[1-*]_input: The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*] |
| |---temp[1-*]_critical: The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*] |
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| Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst for additional information. |
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| 3. A simple implementation |
| ========================== |
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| ACPI thermal zone may support multiple trip points like critical, hot, |
| passive, active. If an ACPI thermal zone supports critical, passive, |
| active[0] and active[1] at the same time, it may register itself as a |
| thermal_zone_device (thermal_zone1) with 4 trip points in all. |
| It has one processor and one fan, which are both registered as |
| thermal_cooling_device. Both are considered to have the same |
| effectiveness in cooling the thermal zone. |
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| If the processor is listed in _PSL method, and the fan is listed in _AL0 |
| method, the sys I/F structure will be built like this:: |
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| /sys/class/thermal: |
| |thermal_zone1: |
| |---type: acpitz |
| |---temp: 37000 |
| |---mode: enabled |
| |---policy: step_wise |
| |---available_policies: step_wise fair_share |
| |---trip_point_0_temp: 100000 |
| |---trip_point_0_type: critical |
| |---trip_point_1_temp: 80000 |
| |---trip_point_1_type: passive |
| |---trip_point_2_temp: 70000 |
| |---trip_point_2_type: active0 |
| |---trip_point_3_temp: 60000 |
| |---trip_point_3_type: active1 |
| |---cdev0: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0 |
| |---cdev0_trip_point: 1 /* cdev0 can be used for passive */ |
| |---cdev0_weight: 1024 |
| |---cdev1: --->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3 |
| |---cdev1_trip_point: 2 /* cdev1 can be used for active[0]*/ |
| |---cdev1_weight: 1024 |
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| |cooling_device0: |
| |---type: Processor |
| |---max_state: 8 |
| |---cur_state: 0 |
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| |cooling_device3: |
| |---type: Fan |
| |---max_state: 2 |
| |---cur_state: 0 |
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| /sys/class/hwmon: |
| |hwmon0: |
| |---name: acpitz |
| |---temp1_input: 37000 |
| |---temp1_crit: 100000 |
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| 4. Export Symbol APIs |
| ===================== |
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| 4.1. get_tz_trend |
| ----------------- |
| |
| This function returns the trend of a thermal zone, i.e the rate of change |
| of temperature of the thermal zone. Ideally, the thermal sensor drivers |
| are supposed to implement the callback. If they don't, the thermal |
| framework calculated the trend by comparing the previous and the current |
| temperature values. |
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| 4.2. get_thermal_instance |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| This function returns the thermal_instance corresponding to a given |
| {thermal_zone, cooling_device, trip_point} combination. Returns NULL |
| if such an instance does not exist. |
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| 4.3. thermal_cdev_update |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| This function serves as an arbitrator to set the state of a cooling |
| device. It sets the cooling device to the deepest cooling state if |
| possible. |
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| 5. thermal_emergency_poweroff |
| ============================= |
| |
| On an event of critical trip temperature crossing the thermal framework |
| shuts down the system by calling hw_protection_shutdown(). The |
| hw_protection_shutdown() first attempts to perform an orderly shutdown |
| but accepts a delay after which it proceeds doing a forced power-off |
| or as last resort an emergency_restart. |
| |
| The delay should be carefully profiled so as to give adequate time for |
| orderly poweroff. |
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| If the delay is set to 0 emergency poweroff will not be supported. So a |
| carefully profiled non-zero positive value is a must for emergency |
| poweroff to be triggered. |