[PATCH 05/15] thermal: Add comment explaining test for critical temperature

Mikko Perttunen mikko.perttunen at kapsi.fi
Wed May 20 00:18:30 PDT 2015


On 05/13/15 11:52, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The code testing if a temperature should be emulated or not is
> not obvious. Add a comment explaining why this test is done.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>   drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 3e0fe55..e204deb 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ int thermal_zone_get_temp(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int *temp)
>   			}
>   		}
>
> +		/*
> +		 * Only allow emulating a temperature when the real temperature
> +		 * is below the critical temperature so that the emulation code
> +		 * cannot hide critical conditions.
> +		 */
>   		if (!ret && *temp < crit_temp)
>   			*temp = tz->emul_temperature;
>   	}
>

Reviewed-by: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen at nvidia.com>




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