This patch adds a simple step-wise governor to the
generic thermal layer. This algorithm throttles the
cooling devices in a linear fashion. If the 'trend'
is heating, it throttles by one step. And if the
thermal trend is cooling it de-throttles by one step.
Signed-off-by: Durgadoss R <durgadoss.r@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/Kconfig | 7 +++
drivers/thermal/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/thermal/step_wise.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index f5132f3..74992cd 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@ config FAIR_SHARE
depends on THERMAL
help
Enable this to manage platform thermals using fair-share governor.
+
+config STEP_WISE
+ bool "step_wise thermal governor"
+ depends on THERMAL
+ help
+ Enable this to manage platform thermals using a simple linear
+ throttling algorithm
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Makefile b/drivers/thermal/Makefile
index 4ffe1a8..c2c0ce0 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Makefile
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_THERMAL) += thermal_sys.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SPEAR_THERMAL) += spear_thermal.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FAIR_SHARE) += fair_share.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_STEP_WISE) += step_wise.o
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce923a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * step_wise.c - A step-by-step Thermal throttling governor
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Intel Corp
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Durgadoss R <durgadoss.r@xxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/thermal.h>
+
+unsigned long get_new_state(unsigned long cur_state, enum thermal_trend trend)
+{
+ switch (trend) {
+ case THERMAL_TREND_HEATING:
+ return cur_state + 1;
+ case THERMAL_TREND_COOLING:
+ return cur_state - 1;
+ default:
+ return cur_state + 1;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * step_wise_throttle - throttles devices asscciated with the given zone
+ * @tz - thermal_zone_device
+ *
+ * Throttling Logic: This uses the trend of the thermal zone to throttle.
+ * If the thermal zone is 'heating up' this throttles all the cooling
+ * devices associated with the zone by one step. If the zone is
+ * 'cooling down' it brings back the performance of the devices by one step.
+ */
+int step_wise_throttle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
+ int trip, enum thermal_trip_type trip_type)
+{
+ struct thermal_zone_params *tzp = tz->tzp;
+ struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
+ unsigned long max_state, cur_state, new_state;
+ enum thermal_trend trend;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!tz->ops->get_trend || tz->ops->get_trend(tz, trip, &trend))
+ trend = THERMAL_TREND_DEFAULT;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < tzp->num_cdevs; i++) {
+ if (!tzp->cdevs[i])
+ continue;
+
+ cdev = tzp->cdevs[i];
+ cdev->ops->get_cur_state(cdev, &cur_state);
+ cdev->ops->get_max_state(cdev, &max_state);
+
+ new_state = get_new_state(cur_state, trend);
+ if (new_state >= max_state)
+ cdev->ops->set_cur_state(cdev, max_state);
+ else if (new_state <= 0)
+ cdev->ops->set_cur_state(cdev, 0);
+ else
+ cdev->ops->set_cur_state(cdev, new_state);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(step_wise_throttle);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Durgadoss R");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A step-by-step thermal throttling governor");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
1.7.0.4
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