Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] thermal: Added Bang-bang thermal governor

Javi Merino
2014-04-29T15:53:29Z

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:17:56AM +0100, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> The bang-bang thermal governor uses a hysteresis to switch abruptly on
> or off a cooling device. It is intended to control fans, which can
> not be throttled but just switched on or off.
> Bang-bang cannot be set as default governor as it is intended for
> special devices only. For those special devices the driver needs to
> explicitely request it.

I don't really understand why step-wise doesn't work for you (AIUI,
this governor should be a subset of it. I'll let others comment on
that, just a minor comment below.

[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/gov_bang_bang.c b/drivers/thermal/gov_bang_bang.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..328dde0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/gov_bang_bang.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
> +/*
> + * gov_bang_bang.c - A simple thermal throttling governor using hysteresis
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2014 Peter Feuerer <peter@piie.net>
> + *
> + * Based on step_wise.c with following Copyrights:
> + * Copyright (C) 2012 Intel Corp
> + * Copyright (C) 2012 Durgadoss R <durgadoss.r@intel.com>
> + *
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
> + * the GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/thermal.h>
> +
> +#include "thermal_core.h"
> +
> +static void thermal_zone_trip_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
> +{
> + long trip_temp;
> + unsigned long trip_hyst;
> + struct thermal_instance *instance;
> +
> + tz->ops->get_trip_temp(tz, trip, &trip_temp);
> + tz->ops->get_trip_hyst(tz, trip, &trip_hyst);
> +
> + dev_dbg(&tz->device, "Trip%d[temp=%ld]:temp=%d:hyst=%ld\n",
> + trip, trip_temp, tz->temperature,
> + trip_hyst);
> +
> + mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(instance, &tz->thermal_instances, tz_node) {
> + if (instance->trip != trip)
> + continue;
> +
> + /* in case fan is neither on nor off set the fan to active */
> + if (instance->target != 0 && instance->target != 1)
> + instance->target = 1;

I think you should add a pr_warn() here to warn the user that the
governor is being used with a cooling device that seems to support
more than one cooling state.

Cheers,
Javi