Hi,
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 12:03 PM Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit 22337b91022d ("arm64: dts: qcom: sc7180: Changed polling mode
> in Thermal-zones node") sets both 'polling-delay' and
> 'polling-delay-passive' to zero with the rationale that TSENS interrupts
> are enabled. A TSENS interrupt fires when the temperature of a thermal
> zone reaches a trip point, which makes regular polling below the passive
> trip point temperature unnecessary. However the situation is different
> when passive cooling is active, regular polling is still needed to
> trigger a periodic evaluation of the thermal zone by the thermal governor.
>
> Change 'polling-delay-passive' back to the original value of 250 ms.
> Commit 2315ae70af95 ("arm64: dts: qcom: sc7180: Add gpu cooling
> support") recently changed the value for the GPU thermal zones from
> zero to 100 ms, also set it to 250 ms for uniformity. If some zones
> really need different values these can be changed in dedicated patches.
>
> Fixes: 22337b91022d ("arm64: dts: qcom: sc7180: Changed polling mode in Thermal-zones node")
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sc7180.dtsi | 50 ++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
For further context:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/a4be2cf9e51e4f40aae3f9a56989a42f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201015221920.GA1657396@xxxxxxxxxx
I didn't personally go dig through the code, but what's said in those
emails seems reasonable to me.
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
