Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] acpi: platform_profile - Add Extreme profile option

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2025, Derek J. Clark wrote:

> Some devices, namely Lenovo Legion devices, have an "extreme" mode where
> power draw is at the maximum limit of the cooling hardware. Add a new
> "extreme" platform profile to properly reflect this operating mode.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Derek J. Clark <derekjohn.clark@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile | 2 ++
>  drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c                        | 1 +
>  include/linux/platform_profile.h                       | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
> index dc72adfb830a..9bee8deb4dc9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Description:	This file contains a space-separated list of profiles supported
>  					power consumption with a slight bias
>  					towards performance
>  		performance		High performance operation
> +		extreme			Higher performance operation that may exceed
> +					internal battery draw limits when on AC power
>  		custom			Driver defined custom profile
>  		====================	========================================
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> index b43f4459a4f6..78da17e16d9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static const char * const profile_names[] = {
>  	[PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED] = "balanced",
>  	[PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE] = "balanced-performance",
>  	[PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE] = "performance",
> +	[PLATFORM_PROFILE_EXTREME] = "extreme",
>  	[PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM] = "custom",
>  };
>  static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(profile_names) == PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST);
> diff --git a/include/linux/platform_profile.h b/include/linux/platform_profile.h
> index a299225ab92e..2bf178bde2b5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/platform_profile.h
> +++ b/include/linux/platform_profile.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum platform_profile_option {
>  	PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED,
>  	PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
>  	PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
> +	PLATFORM_PROFILE_EXTREME,
>  	PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM,
>  	PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST, /*must always be last */
>  };
> 

I wonder if "extreme" is the best name for this? Given the description you 
gave above, perhaps "max-power" would be more descriptive (and we already 
have "low-power" so it kind of feels fitting the theme too).

I don't have strong opinion on this so if you guys feel this suggestion 
would not make things better, feel free to voice it. :-)

-- 
 i.