Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] thermal: add interface to support tune governor in run-time

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On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 19:17 +0800, Wei Ni wrote:
> In the of-thermal driver, it register a thermal zone device
> without governor, since the governers are not static, we
> should be able to update to a new one in run-time, so I add
> a new fucntion thermal_update_governor() to do it.
> 
> In the future, the governor will be more complex, it may want
> to tune governor-specific parameters/configuration for
> different thermal zone at different run-time, so I add
> start/stop for the governor and add governor_data as governor's
> parameters, so that the thermal platform driver can change
> the governor with start/stop, and tune the governor parameters
> in run-time.

are you going to introduce a new governor with .start/.stop implemented
or are you going to introduce .start/.stop callbacks for the current
governors?

I'd like to see if there is any real request for this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt |    5 +++
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c      |   80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/thermal.h             |   12 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
> index 6a70b55c..7efd8e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
> @@ -405,3 +405,8 @@ platform data is provided, this uses the step_wise throttling policy.
>  This function serves as an arbitrator to set the state of a cooling
>  device. It sets the cooling device to the deepest cooling state if
>  possible.
> +
> +5.5:thermal_update_governor:
> +This function update the thermal zone's governor to a new one and update
> +the governor data of the new governor for that thermal zone. Returns 0 if
> +success, an erro code otherwise.
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index aab1df8..d922baf 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -93,10 +93,17 @@ int thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
>  			name = pos->tzp->governor_name;
>  		else
>  			name = DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR;
> -		if (!strnicmp(name, governor->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
> +		if (!strnicmp(name, governor->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)) {
> +			if (governor->start) {
> +				err = governor->start(pos);
> +				if (err < 0)
> +					goto exit;
> +			}
>  			pos->governor = governor;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
> +exit:
>  	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
>  	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
>  
> @@ -119,8 +126,11 @@ void thermal_unregister_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_tz_list, node) {
>  		if (!strnicmp(pos->governor->name, governor->name,
> -						THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
> +						THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)) {
> +			if (pos->governor->stop)
> +				pos->governor->stop(pos);
>  			pos->governor = NULL;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
> @@ -130,6 +140,51 @@ exit:
>  	return;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * thermal_update_governor() - update the thermal zone device's governor
> + * to a new one.
> + * @tzd: pointer of thermal zone device, which need to update governor.
> + * @name: new governor name.
> + * @gov_data: governor data for the new governor if needed.
> + *
> + * Return: On success returns 0, an error code otherwise
> + */
> +int thermal_update_governor(struct thermal_zone_device *tzd,
> +			    const char *name, void *gov_data)
> +{
> +	struct thermal_governor *old_gov, *new_gov;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&thermal_governor_lock);
> +
> +	new_gov = __find_governor(name);
> +	if (!new_gov) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto exit;
> +	}
> +
> +	old_gov = tzd->governor;
> +
> +	if (old_gov && old_gov->stop)
> +		old_gov->stop(tzd);
> +
> +	if (new_gov->start) {
> +		ret = new_gov->start(tzd);
> +		if (ret < 0) {
> +			if (old_gov && old_gov->start)
> +				old_gov->start(tzd);
> +			goto exit;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	tzd->governor = new_gov;
> +	tzd->governor_data = gov_data;
> +
> +exit:
> +	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static int get_idr(struct idr *idr, struct mutex *lock, int *id)
>  {
>  	int ret;
> @@ -734,22 +789,17 @@ policy_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  {
>  	int ret = -EINVAL;
>  	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
> -	struct thermal_governor *gov;
>  	char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
>  
>  	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", buf);
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&thermal_governor_lock);
> -
> -	gov = __find_governor(strim(name));
> -	if (!gov)
> +	ret = thermal_update_governor(tz, strim(name), NULL);
> +	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto exit;
>  
> -	tz->governor = gov;
>  	ret = count;
>  
>  exit:
> -	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1559,6 +1609,12 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type,
>  	else
>  		tz->governor = __find_governor(DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR);
>  
> +	if (tz->governor->start) {

Note that tz->governor may be NULL at this time.
although this seems like a bug to me.

> +		result = tz->governor->start(tz);
> +		if (result < 0)
> +			tz->governor = NULL;
> +	}
> +
why not invoke thermal_update_governor() directly here?

thanks,
rui
>  	mutex_unlock(&thermal_governor_lock);
>  
>  	if (!tz->tzp || !tz->tzp->no_hwmon) {
> @@ -1585,6 +1641,9 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type,
>  		return tz;
>  
>  unregister:
> +	if (tz->governor && tz->governor->stop)
> +		tz->governor->stop(tz);
> +	tz->governor = NULL;
>  	release_idr(&thermal_tz_idr, &thermal_idr_lock, tz->id);
>  	device_unregister(&tz->device);
>  	return ERR_PTR(result);
> @@ -1648,6 +1707,9 @@ void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
>  	device_remove_file(&tz->device, &dev_attr_policy);
>  	device_remove_file(&tz->device, &dev_attr_available_policies);
>  	remove_trip_attrs(tz);
> +
> +	if (tz->governor && tz->governor->stop)
> +		tz->governor->stop(tz);
>  	tz->governor = NULL;
>  

>  	thermal_remove_hwmon_sysfs(tz);
> diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
> index f7e11c7..a473736 100644
> --- a/include/linux/thermal.h
> +++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
> @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
>  	struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops;
>  	const struct thermal_zone_params *tzp;
>  	struct thermal_governor *governor;
> +	void *governor_data;
>  	struct list_head thermal_instances;
>  	struct idr idr;
>  	struct mutex lock; /* protect thermal_instances list */
> @@ -187,6 +188,15 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
>  /* Structure that holds thermal governor information */
>  struct thermal_governor {
>  	char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The start and stop operations will be called when thermal zone is
> +	 * registered and when change governor via sysfs or driver in running
> +	 * time.
> +	 */
> +	int (*start)(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
> +	void (*stop)(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
> +
>  	int (*throttle)(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip);
>  	struct list_head	governor_list;
>  };
> @@ -293,6 +303,8 @@ struct thermal_instance *get_thermal_instance(struct thermal_zone_device *,
>  		struct thermal_cooling_device *, int);
>  void thermal_cdev_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
>  void thermal_notify_framework(struct thermal_zone_device *, int);
> +int thermal_update_governor(struct thermal_zone_device *, const char *,
> +			    void *);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NET
>  extern int thermal_generate_netlink_event(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,


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