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From: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
To: Rui Zhang <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCHv3 37/48] thermal: core: add a comment describing the main update loop
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 15:16:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1464646584-14322-38-git-send-email-edubezval@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1464646584-14322-1-git-send-email-edubezval@gmail.com>

Simply marking the main update loop section and adding a
comment describing it.

Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 6dbb86f..063fb15 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -286,6 +286,17 @@ static void thermal_unregister_governors(void)
 	thermal_gov_power_allocator_unregister();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Zone update section: main control loop applied to each zone while monitoring
+ *
+ * in polling mode. The monitoring is done using a workqueue.
+ * Same update may be done on a zone by calling thermal_zone_device_update().
+ *
+ * An update means:
+ * - Non-critical trips will invoke the governor responsible for that zone;
+ * - Hot trips will produce a notification to userspace;
+ * - Critical trip point will cause a system shutdown.
+ */
 static void thermal_zone_device_set_polling(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 					    int delay)
 {
-- 
2.1.4

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-30 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-30 22:15 [PATCHv3 00/48] thermal: reorganizing thermal core Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 01/48] thermal: core: prevent zones with no types to be registered Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 02/48] thermal: core: group thermal_zone DEVICE_ATTR's declarations Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 03/48] thermal: core: group device_create_file() calls that are always created Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 04/48] thermal: core: use dev.groups to manage always present tz attributes Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-31  5:13   ` Keerthy
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 05/48] thermal: core: move emul_temp creation to tz->device.groups Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 06/48] thermal: core: move mode attribute " Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 07/48] thermal: core: move passive attr " Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 08/48] thermal: core: improve power actor documentation Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 09/48] thermal: core: move power actor code out of sysfs I/F section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 10/48] thermal: core: remove useless empty line Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 11/48] thermal: core: fix style on remove_trip_attrs() Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 12/48] thermal: core: move the trip attrs to the tz sysfs I/F section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 13/48] thermal: core: create tz->device.groups dynamically Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 14/48] thermal: core: move trips attributes to tz->device.groups Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 15/48] thermal: core: remove unnecessary device_remove() calls Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 16/48] thermal: core: split passive_store Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 17/48] thermal: core: split policy_store Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 18/48] thermal: core: split available_policies_show() Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 19/48] thermal: core: move to_thermal_zone() macro to header file Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 20/48] thermal: core: treat correctly the return value of *scanf calls Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 21/48] thermal: core: match parenthesis on code alignment Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 22/48] thermal: core: move thermal_zone sysfs to thermal_sysfs.c Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:15 ` [PATCHv3 23/48] thermal: core: move to_cooling_device macro to header file Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 24/48] thermal: core: move cooling device sysfs to thermal_sysfs.c Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 25/48] thermal: core: remove a couple of style issues on helpers Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 26/48] thermal: core: introduce thermal_helpers.c Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 27/48] thermal: core: group functions related to governor handling Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 28/48] thermal: core: move idr handling to device management section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 29/48] thermal: core: small style fix on __unbind() helper Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 30/48] thermal: core: move __unbind() helper to where it is used Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 31/48] thermal: core: move bind_cdev() " Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 32/48] thermal: core: move bind_tz() " Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 33/48] thermal: core: fix couple of style issues on __bind() helper Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 34/48] thermal: core: move __bind() to where it is used Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 35/48] thermal: core: add inline to print_bind_err_msg() Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 36/48] thermal: core: move notify to the zone update section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` Eduardo Valentin [this message]
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 38/48] thermal: core: add a comment describing the power actor section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 39/48] thermal: core: add a comment describing the device management section Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 40/48] thermal: sysfs: remove symbols of emul_temp when config is disabled Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 41/48] thermal: core: remove FSF address in the GPL notice Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 42/48] thermal: core: small style fix when checking for __find_governor() Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 43/48] thermal: core: standardize line breaking alignment Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 44/48] thermal: core: remove void function return statements Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 45/48] thermal: core: remove style warnings and checks Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 46/48] thermal: core: improve kerneldoc entry of thermal_cooling_device_unregister Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 47/48] thermal: core: use kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr),...) Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-30 22:16 ` [PATCHv3 48/48] thermal: sysfs: use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc() Eduardo Valentin
2016-05-31  4:24 ` [PATCHv3 00/48] thermal: reorganizing thermal core Keerthy
2016-05-31  6:13   ` Eduardo Valentin

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