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Wysocki (Intel)" , Linux ACPI , Daniel Lezcano , Hans de Goede , LKML , Linux PM , Lukasz Luba Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 04/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use thermal_cooling_device_create() Message-ID: References: <1965933.tdWV9SEqCh@rafael.j.wysocki> <2362345.iZASKD2KPV@rafael.j.wysocki> <5b54b08a-4dfd-4efe-b646-821adcd235b2@gmx.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <5b54b08a-4dfd-4efe-b646-821adcd235b2@gmx.de> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 11:14:09PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote: > Am 11.09.26 um 20:06 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 07:01:23PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM Andy Shevchenko > > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 06:36:28PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM Andy Shevchenko > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 03:02:53PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: ... > > > > > > Is any user space ABI breakage expected as an outcome of this change? > > > > > Not really. > > > > Maybe makes sense to state this clearly in the cover letter? > > > I guess you specifically mean the manually created symbolic links in > > > sysfs that get removed. > > > > > > If so, I'm not aware of anyone using them for anything, but the lack > > > of observation is not proof of nonexistence. > > Yes, I refer to the changes in the sysfs layout / presence / absence. > > AFAIK those custom sysfs attributes are not even documented under Documentation/ABI, and > thermald also does not seem to use them. I thus think we can safely remove them. There is Debian source code browser (that covers hundreds of OSS projects) [1], have you tried to seek any matches there? Otherwise the assumption that nobody uses them might be wrong even if they were never documented. [1]: https://codesearch.debian.net/ -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko