Re: [PATCH v2] thermal: core: Call monitor_thermal_zone() if zone temperature is invalid

[neil.armstrong@linaro.org]

On 04/07/2024 09:57, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 04/07/2024 09:39, neil.armstrong@linaro.org wrote:
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>> OK I just found out, it's the `qcom-battmgr-bat` thermal zone, and in CI we do not have the firmwares so the
>> temperature is never available, this is why it fails in a loop.
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>> Before this patch it would fail silently, but would be useless if we start the firmware too late.
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>> So since it's firmware based, valid data could arrive very late in the boot stage, and sending an
>> error message in a loop until the firmware isn't started doesn't seem right.
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> Yeah, there was a similar bug with iwlwifi. They fixed it by registering the thermal zone after the firmware was successfully loaded.
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> Is that possible to do the same ?

The thermal zone is indirect, it's registered via power_supply_core.

A tentative was done to delay registering the power supply , since it caused issues in suspend/resume,
but it was reverted because it would require much more work:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240123160053.18331-1-johan+linaro@kernel.org/

Seems we should instead return -EAGAIN instead of -ENODEV in qcom_battmgr_bat_get_property(),

But I think power_supply_read_temp() should return -EAGAIN on -ENODEV, since it's the return
code for when a power supply isn't initialized.

Neil

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>> I think Rafael's new patch is good, but perhaps it should send an error when it finally stops monitoring.
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