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From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@kernel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 03/10] thermal: core: Introduce thermal_cooling_device_create()
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:04:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7ef819c3-5155-48fb-828a-48d9bd72e54b@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8729484.T7Z3S40VBb@rafael.j.wysocki>

Am 11.09.26 um 15:02 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:

> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> Currently, thermal cooling devices have no parents, but it would be
> generally useful to be able to create them under specific parents in
> the device hierarchy (for instance, it may help to identify the device
> representing the actual cooling hardware).
>
> To make that possible, add thermal_cooling_device_create() that will
> work like thermal_cooling_device_register() except that it will take
> an additional parent argument (which may be NULL).
>
> Redefine thermal_cooling_device_register() as a static inline wrapper
> around thermal_cooling_device_create().

Hi,

i like your idea with the new registration function, this gives us more time
for migrating the other drivers. Should we mark the original function as
deprecated?

For the patch itself:

Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>

> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h |  3 ++-
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c   |  2 +-
>   include/linux/thermal.h        | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>   4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 82e2f0d8a26d..ac928c199829 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -1005,7 +1005,8 @@ thermal_cooling_device_alloc(const char *type, const struct thermal_cooling_devi
>   	return ERR_PTR(ret);
>   }
>   
> -int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, void *devdata)
> +int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
> +			       struct device *parent, void *devdata)
>   {
>   	unsigned long current_state;
>   	int ret;
> @@ -1013,6 +1014,7 @@ int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, void *devdat
>   	mutex_init(&cdev->lock);
>   	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances);
>   	cdev->updated = false;
> +	cdev->device.parent = parent;
>   	cdev->device.class = &thermal_class;
>   	cdev->device.release = thermal_cdev_release;
>   	device_initialize(&cdev->device);
> @@ -1062,21 +1064,23 @@ int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, void *devdat
>   }
>   
>   /**
> - * thermal_cooling_device_register() - register a new thermal cooling device
> + * thermal_cooling_device_create() - register a new thermal cooling device
> + * @parent:	parent device (optional).
>    * @type:	the thermal cooling device type.
>    * @devdata:	device private data.
>    * @ops:	standard thermal cooling devices callbacks.
>    *
> - * 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.
> + * Allocate and register a new thermal cooling device under the given parent (if
> + * not NULL) and with the given type, device data, and operations.  During the
> + * registration, it will be matched against all of the registered thermal zones
> + * and it will be bound to the matching ones.
>    *
> - * Return: a pointer to the created struct thermal_cooling_device or an
> - * ERR_PTR. Caller must check return value with IS_ERR*() helpers.
> + * Return: A pointer to the created struct thermal_cooling_device or an ERR_PTR.
> + * Callers must use IS_ERR*() helpers to check the return value.
>    */
> -struct thermal_cooling_device *
> -thermal_cooling_device_register(const char *type, void *devdata,
> -				const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops)
> +struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_create(
> +			struct device *parent, const char *type, void *devdata,
> +			const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops)
>   {
>   	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
>   	int ret;
> @@ -1085,13 +1089,13 @@ thermal_cooling_device_register(const char *type, void *devdata,
>   	if (IS_ERR(cdev))
>   		return cdev;
>   
> -	ret = thermal_cooling_device_add(cdev, devdata);
> +	ret = thermal_cooling_device_add(cdev, parent, devdata);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>   
>   	return cdev;
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_cooling_device_register);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_cooling_device_create);
>   
>   static void thermal_cooling_device_release(void *data)
>   {
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
> index e98b0aa5aacc..7ef7c6cab437 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
> @@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ void thermal_governor_update_tz(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
>   struct thermal_cooling_device *
>   thermal_cooling_device_alloc(const char *type, const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops);
>   
> -int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, void *devdata);
> +int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
> +			       struct device *parent, void *devdata);
>   
>   /* Helpers */
>   #define for_each_trip_desc(__tz, __td)	\
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
> index 0217a49b08ae..14dfac9359b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
> @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ thermal_of_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np, u32 cdev_id,
>   	cdev->np = np;
>   	cdev->cdev_id = cdev_id;
>   
> -	ret = thermal_cooling_device_add(cdev, devdata);
> +	ret = thermal_cooling_device_add(cdev, NULL, devdata);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>   
> diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
> index 083b4f533933..306ad17aed89 100644
> --- a/include/linux/thermal.h
> +++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
> @@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ struct device *thermal_zone_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tzd);
>   void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *,
>   				enum thermal_notify_event);
>   
> -struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(const char *,
> -		void *, const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *);
> +struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_create(
> +			struct device *parent, const char *type, void *devdata,
> +			const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops);
>   
>   struct thermal_cooling_device *
>   devm_thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *type, void *devdata,
> @@ -340,9 +341,9 @@ static inline void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
>   					      enum thermal_notify_event event)
>   { }
>   
> -static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *
> -thermal_cooling_device_register(const char *type, void *devdata,
> -	const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops)
> +static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_create(
> +			struct device *parent, const char *type, void *devdata,
> +			const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops)
>   { return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); }
>   
>   static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *
> @@ -391,4 +392,12 @@ static inline void thermal_pm_prepare(void) {}
>   static inline void thermal_pm_complete(void) {}
>   #endif /* CONFIG_THERMAL */
>   
> +static inline struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(
> +				const char *type, void *devdata,
> +				const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *ops)
> +{
> +	return thermal_cooling_device_create(NULL, type, devdata, ops);
> +}
> +
> +
>   #endif /* __THERMAL_H__ */

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-11 21:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-11 13:00 [PATCH v1 00/10] ACPI: thermal: Register thermal class cooling devices under parents Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 13:00 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] ACPI: fan: Fix memory leak due to leftover devm_kcalloc() argument Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:29   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-12 13:48     ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:01   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:01 ` [PATCH v1 02/10] ACPI: video: Fix backlight unregistration ordering Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:27   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:35     ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:02   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:02 ` [PATCH v1 03/10] thermal: core: Introduce thermal_cooling_device_create() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:04   ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2026-09-11 13:02 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use thermal_cooling_device_create() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:32   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:36     ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 16:46       ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 17:01         ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 18:06           ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 21:14             ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-13  8:15               ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-13 10:28                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:11   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:03 ` [PATCH v1 05/10] ACPI: video: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:16   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:04 ` [PATCH v1 06/10] ACPI: fan: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:17   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:05 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] ACPI: thermal: Use cooling device parent for thermal zone binding Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:36   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:41     ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:20   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:05 ` [PATCH v1 08/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use more suitable cooling device data Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:22   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:06 ` [PATCH v1 09/10] ACPI: fan: Store ACPI device pointer in struct acpi_fan Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:25   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:07 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] ACPI: fan: Use more suitable cooling device data Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:26   ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 21:35 ` [PATCH v1 00/10] ACPI: thermal: Register thermal class cooling devices under parents Armin Wolf
2026-09-12 13:34   ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)

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