Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 May 2014 11:27:30 -0400 | From | Eduardo Valentin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] thermal: document struct thermal_zone_device and thermal_governor |
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Hello Javi,
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:16:08PM +0100, Javi Merino wrote:
> Document struct struct thermal_zone_device and struct thermal_governor > fields and their use by the thermal framework code. > > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> > Cc: Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@ti.com> > Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com> > > --- > > Hi linux-pm, > > I have some patches that add new fields to these structures but I > don't have a good place to describe those fields as these structs are > mostly undocumented so I thought I'd document them. > > I'm unsure about some of the descriptions, specially for passive and > forced_passive so please review them. > > include/linux/thermal.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h > index f7e11c7ea7d9..af928c667dba 100644 > --- a/include/linux/thermal.h > +++ b/include/linux/thermal.h > @@ -158,6 +158,40 @@ struct thermal_attr { > char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH]; > }; > > +/** > + * struct thermal_zone_device - structure for a thermal zone > + * @id: unique id number for each thermal zone > + * @type: the thermal zone device type > + * @device: struct device for this thermal zone > + * @trip_temp_attrs: attributes for trip points for sysfs: trip temperature > + * @trip_type_attrs: attributes for trip points for sysfs: trip type > + * @trip_hyst_attrs: attributes for trip points for sysfs: trip hysteresis > + * @devdata: private pointer for device private data > + * @trips: number of trip points the thermal zone supports > + * @passive_delay: number of milliseconds to wait between polls when > + * performing passive cooling. Only used by the step-wise
I don't think this parameter is specific to step-wise.
> + * governor > + * @polling_delay: number of milliseconds to wait between polls when > + * checking whether trip points have been crossed (0 for > + * interrupt driven systems) > + * @temperature: current temperature. This is only for core code, > + * drivers should use thermal_zone_get_temp() to get the > + * current temperature > + * @last_temperature: previous temperature read > + * @emul_temperature: emulated temperature when using CONFIG_THERMAL_EMULATION > + * @passive: step-wise specific parameter. 1 if you've crossed a passive > + * trip point, 0 otherwise
ditto.
> + * @forced_passive: step-wise specific parameter. If > 0, temperature at > + * which to switch on all cpufreq cooling devices.
ditto.
Also, governors are not aware of specific cooling devices.
> + * @ops: operations this thermal_zone_device supports > + * @tzp: thermal zone parameters > + * @governor: pointer to the governor for this thermal zone > + * @thermal_instances: list of struct thermal_instance of this thermal zone > + * @idr: struct idr to generate unique id for this zone's cooling devices > + * @lock: lock to protect thermal_instances list > + * @node: node in thermal_tz_list (in thermal_core.c) > + * @poll_queue: delayed work for polling > + */ > struct thermal_zone_device { > int id; > char type[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH]; > @@ -179,12 +213,18 @@ struct thermal_zone_device { > struct thermal_governor *governor; > struct list_head thermal_instances; > struct idr idr; > - struct mutex lock; /* protect thermal_instances list */ > + struct mutex lock; > struct list_head node; > struct delayed_work poll_queue; > }; > > -/* Structure that holds thermal governor information */ > +/** > + * struct thermal_governor - structure that holds thermal governor information > + * @name: name of the governor > + * @throttle: callback called for every trip point even if temperature is > + * below the trip point temperature > + * @governor_list: node in thermal_governor_list (in thermal_core.c) > + */ > struct thermal_governor { > char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH]; > int (*throttle)(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip); > -- > 1.7.9.5 > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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