Re: [PATCH v5 00/33] New thermal OF code

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 09/08/2022 16:32, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 8/9/22 01:53, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> Hi Guenter,
>>
>> On 08/08/2022 12:26, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>>> But I guess even if that is fixed, the driver will not probe due to the
>>>> missing trip points? Are they now mandatory? Does it mean we'd need to
>>>> update our device trees? But that will then mean older devices trees
>>>> don't work anymore.
>>>
>>> It would also mean that all hwmon drivers registering a thermal zone 
>>> sensor
>>> would fail to register unless such a thermal zone actually exists. 
>>
>> Probably missing something but if the thermal zone is not described, 
>> the hwmon driver won't initialize. And except if I'm wrong, that was 
>> already the case before these changes, no?
>>
> 
> In the hwmon source (you point to it below):
> 
>          if (IS_ERR(tzd)) {
>                  if (PTR_ERR(tzd) != -ENODEV)
>                          return PTR_ERR(tzd);
>                  dev_info(dev, "temp%d_input not attached to any thermal 
> zone\n",
>                           index + 1);
>                  devm_kfree(dev, tdata);
>                  return 0;
>          }
> 
> That contradicts "if the thermal zone is not described, the hwmon driver 
> won't initialize".
> Now I must be missing something, since you mention that yourself below, 
> and your new patch
> series fixes the problem, at least AFAICS. Confused.

Sorry for not being clear. Let me try to explain it differently.

The function hwmon_thermal_add_sensor() is calling:


Without "[PATCH v5 00/33] New thermal OF code":
-----------------------------------------------

   devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(dev, index, ...);

If there is no thermal zone description or the 'dev' does not belong to 
any thermal zone then -ENODEV is returned -> OK and the hwmon thermal 
zone is _not_ created



With "[PATCH v5 00/33] New thermal OF code":
--------------------------------------------

  devm_thermal_of_zone_register(dev, index, ...);

If there is no thermal zone description or the 'dev' does not belong to 
any thermal zone then *-EINVAL* is returned -> NOK, error message, and 
hwmon thermal zone is _not_ created



With "[PATCH v5 00/33] New thermal OF code" + fixes:
----------------------------------------------------

  devm_thermal_of_zone_register(dev, index, ...);

If there is no thermal zone description or the 'dev' does not belong to 
any thermal zone then *-ENODEV* is returned -> OK and the hwmon thermal 
zone is _not_ created


Quoting your initial message:

"It would also mean that all hwmon drivers registering a thermal zone 
sensor would fail to register unless such a thermal zone actually 
exists. This would make the whole concept of having the hwmon core 
register thermal zone sensors impossible [...]"

The thermal zone must be described if the OF registering function 
variant is used. Except I'm wrong that was already the case before the 
changes.

Otherwise, nothing prevents a hwmon to register itself with the core 
code, that will create the thermal zone.



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