Re: [PATCH] thermal: intel: int340x: Fix temperature selection around 0 C

[srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, 2026-08-26 at 17:31 +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Since commit 7251b9e8a007 ("thermal/intel: Fix intel_tcc_get_temp()
> to
> support negative CPU temperature"), intel_tcc_get_temp() can report
> negative temperatures.
> 
> proc_thermal_get_zone_temp() still uses *temp as the current maximum
> and
> as an implicit "no reading yet" marker. However, this breaks when a
> CPU
> reports 0 C, because a subsequent negative reading can overwrite it.
> 
> Use bool temp_valid to track whether a valid temperature has been
> read.
> Initialize *temp with the first valid reading and only update it with
> warmer readings.
> 
> Fixes: 7251b9e8a007 ("thermal/intel: Fix intel_tcc_get_temp() to
> support negative CPU temperature")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.3+
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>

    Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>

> ---
>  .../intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device.c   | 10 +++++++-
> --
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git
> a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device.c
> b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device.c
> index f80dbe2ca7e4..b0284c2e2e74 100644
> ---
> a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device.c
> +++
> b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device.c
> @@ -179,17 +179,21 @@ static int proc_thermal_get_zone_temp(struct
> thermal_zone_device *zone,
>  {
>  	int cpu;
>  	int curr_temp, ret;
> -
> -	*temp = 0;
> +	bool temp_valid = false;
>  
>  	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>  		ret = intel_tcc_get_temp(cpu, &curr_temp, false);
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			return ret;
> -		if (!*temp || curr_temp > *temp)
> +		if (!temp_valid || curr_temp > *temp) {
>  			*temp = curr_temp;
> +			temp_valid = true;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!temp_valid)
> +		return -ENODATA;
> +
>  	*temp *= 1000;
>  
>  	return 0;