[EXT] Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: ls1088a: add more thermal zone support

[Amit Kucheria]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 10:58 AM Andy Tang <andy.tang at nxp.com> wrote:
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria at linaro.org>
> > Sent: 2020年6月30日 13:12
> > To: Andy Tang <andy.tang at nxp.com>
> > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo at kernel.org>; Leo Li <leoyang.li at nxp.com>; Rob
> > Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>; lakml <linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org>;
> > open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS
> > <devicetree at vger.kernel.org>; LKML <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>
> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: ls1088a: add more thermal zone
> > support
> >
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> >
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 8:56 AM <andy.tang at nxp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Yuantian Tang <andy.tang at nxp.com>
> > >
> > > There are 2 thermal zones in ls1088a soc. Add the other thermal zone
> > > node to enable it.
> > > Also update the values in calibration table to make the temperatures
> > > monitored more precise.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yuantian Tang <andy.tang at nxp.com>
> > > ---
> > >  .../arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1088a.dtsi | 100
> > > +++++++++++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1088a.dtsi
> > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1088a.dtsi
> > > index 36a799554620..ccbbc23e6c85 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1088a.dtsi
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1088a.dtsi
> > > @@ -129,19 +129,19 @@
> > >         };
> > >
> > >         thermal-zones {
> > > -               cpu_thermal: cpu-thermal {
> > > +               core-cluster {
> > >                         polling-delay-passive = <1000>;
> > >                         polling-delay = <5000>;
> > >                         thermal-sensors = <&tmu 0>;
> > >
> > >                         trips {
> > > -                               cpu_alert: cpu-alert {
> > > +                               core_cluster_alert:
> > core-cluster-alert
> > > + {
> > >                                         temperature = <85000>;
> > >                                         hysteresis = <2000>;
> > >                                         type = "passive";
> > >                                 };
> > >
> > > -                               cpu_crit: cpu-crit {
> > > +                               core_cluster_crit: core-cluster-crit {
> > >                                         temperature = <95000>;
> > >                                         hysteresis = <2000>;
> > >                                         type = "critical"; @@
> > -150,7
> > > +150,7 @@
> > >
> > >                         cooling-maps {
> > >                                 map0 {
> > > -                                       trip = <&cpu_alert>;
> > > +                                       trip =
> > <&core_cluster_alert>;
> > >                                         cooling-device =
> > >                                                 <&cpu0
> > THERMAL_NO_LIMIT THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>,
> > >                                                 <&cpu1
> > > THERMAL_NO_LIMIT THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>, @@ -163,6 +163,26 @@
> > >                                 };
> > >                         };
> > >                 };
> > > +
> > > +               soc {
> > > +                       polling-delay-passive = <1000>;
> > > +                       polling-delay = <5000>;
> > > +                       thermal-sensors = <&tmu 1>;
> > > +
> > > +                       trips {
> > > +                               soc-alert {
> > > +                                       temperature = <85000>;
> > > +                                       hysteresis = <2000>;
> > > +                                       type = "passive";
> > > +                               };
> > > +
> > > +                               soc-crit {
> > > +                                       temperature = <95000>;
> > > +                                       hysteresis = <2000>;
> > > +                                       type = "critical";
> > > +                               };
> > > +                       };
> > > +               };
> >
> > You should also add a cooling-maps section for this thermal zone given that it
> > has a passive trip type. Otherwise there is no use for a passive trip type.
> It is better to have a cooling device. But there is only one cooling device on this platform
> which is used by core-cluster. So there is no extra cooling device for it.
> This zone can take action when critical temp is reached. So it is still useful.
> What do you suggest?

If the action taken by the core-cluster cooling-maps is the only one
that can be taken, I suggest getting rid of the the soc-alert passive
trip completely. It is not of any use.

If there is a chance that your soc thermal-zone can heat up before
your cpu-cluster zone (unlikely), you could use the same cooling
device (cpu0, cpu1) for soc thermal zone too.