[PATCH ath-next 0/5] wifi: ath12k: thermal throttling and cooling device support

[Baochen Qiang]

On 3/31/2026 10:24 PM, Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote:
> Patch 1 handles the firmware stats event so we can track the current
> temperature and throttle level per pdev without spamming logs.
> 
> Patch 2 enables thermal throttling at bring-up and programs default level
> tables to firmware via WMI_THERM_THROT_SET_CONF_CMDID; the driver picks
> IPA/XFEM defaults based on the firmware WMI service bitmap, supports 4 or 5
> levels as advertised, and only fills optional fields (pout reduction,
> tx chain mask) when the corresponding WMI service bits are present.
> 
> Patch 3 refactors per-radio thermal hwmon cleanup to reduce code duplication and
> ensure consistent cleanup across thermal register and unregister paths.
> 
> Patch 4 reorders the group teardown logic symmetric for safe thermal sysfs cleanup.
> 
> Patch 5 exposes a thermal cooling device per radio so the kernel thermal
> framework or userspace can set the TX duty-cycle off percentage; writes
> are validated against the throttling state range and host state is kept in
> sync with successful firmware updates.
> 
> Examples:
> echo 40 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/0000:58:00.0/ieee80211/phyX/cooling_device/cur_stat
> cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/0000:58:00.0/ieee80211/phyX/cooling_device/cur_state
> cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/0000:58:00.0/ieee80211/phyX/cooling_device/max_state
> 
> Maharaja Kennadyrajan (5):
>   wifi: ath12k: handle thermal throttle stats WMI event
>   wifi: ath12k: configure firmware thermal throttling via WMI
>   wifi: ath12k: refactor per-radio thermal hwmon setup and cleanup
>   wifi: ath12k: reorder group start/stop for safe thermal sysfs cleanup
>   wifi: ath12k: add thermal cooling device support
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c    |  50 +++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c     |   9 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/thermal.c | 252 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/thermal.h |  35 +++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c     | 107 +++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.h     |  50 +++++
>  6 files changed, 446 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: dbd94b9831bc52a1efb7ff3de841ffc3457428ce

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>