Re: [PATCH] Fix mt7622.dtsi thermal cpu

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 23/06/2021 20:43, Eric Woudstra wrote:
> 
> I choose "hot" before, because 87 degrees seems ok to start frequency
> throttling. But, yes, it should be passive.
> 
> 87 is still quite low if I compare this temperature with the
> wrt3200acm Marvell dual core arm soc. They even went above 100
> degrees so I feel for an arm processor inside a router box it is fine
> to use 87 degrees But maybe someone at Mediatek can give some more
> details about operating temperatures.

Sometimes, the SoC vendor puts a high temperature in the DT just to
export the thermal zone and deal with it from userspace. So putting the
high temp allow the userspace (usually a thermal engine - Android stuff)
to deal with the mitigation without a kernel interaction.

Having more than 100°C could be this kind of setup. Only the operating
temperature from the hardware documentation will tell the safe
temperature for the silicon.

IMO, 77°C is a good compromise until getting the documented temp. 87°C
sounds to me a bit too hot.

> It may be possible to leave the active map in the device tree as some
> users of the bananapi might choose to install a fan as it is one of
> the options.

The active trip only makes sense if the cooling device is a fan (or any
active device), so the mapping points to a fan node, like:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thermal/linux.git/tree/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-khadas-edge.dtsi#n192

If there is no such [pwm] fan output on the board, no active trip point
should be added.

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> On Jun 23, 2021, 5:58 PM, at 5:58 PM, Daniel Lezcano
> <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On 23/06/2021 17:35, Eric Woudstra wrote:
>>> It is only useful to set 1 map with the regulated temperature for
>>> cpu frequency throttling. Same as in the kernel document
>>> example.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It has no use to set frequency scaling on 2 different
>>> temperature trip points, as the lowest one makes sure the higher
>>> one(s) are never reached.
>> 
>> I looked more closely the DT and there is a misunderstanding of
>> the thermal framework in the definition.
>> 
>> There is one trip point with the passive type and the cpu cooling 
>> device, followed by a second trip point with the active type *but*
>> the same cpu cooling device. That is wrong.
>> 
>> And finally, there is the hot trip point as a third mapping and
>> the same cooling device.
>> 
>> The hot trip point is only there to notify userspace and let it
>> take an immediate action to prevent an emergency shutdown when
>> reaching the critical temperature.
>> 
>>> It can be applied only at 1 trip point. Multiple trip points is
>>> only usefully for fan control to make sure the fan is not too 
>>> noisy when it is not necessary to be noisy.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The CPU will almost come to a dead stop when it starts to pass
>>> the lowest thermal map with frequency throttling.
>>> 
>>> This is why it is a bug and needs a fix, not only adjustment.
>> 
>> Yes, you are right. It should be something like (verbatim copy):
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7622.dtsi 
>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7622.dtsi index
>> 890a942ec608..88c81d24f4ff 100644 ---
>> a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7622.dtsi +++
>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7622.dtsi @@ -136,24 +136,18 @@
>> secmon_reserved: secmon@43000000 {
>> 
>> thermal-zones { cpu_thermal: cpu-thermal { -
>> polling-delay-passive = <1000>; +			polling-delay-passive = <250>; 
>> polling-delay = <1000>;
>> 
>> thermal-sensors = <&thermal 0>;
>> 
>> trips { cpu_passive: cpu-passive { -					temperature = <47000>; +
>> temperature = <77000>; hysteresis = <2000>; type = "passive"; };
>> 
>> -				cpu_active: cpu-active { -					temperature = <67000>; -
>> hysteresis = <2000>; -					type = "active"; -				}; - cpu_hot:
>> cpu-hot { temperature = <87000>; hysteresis = <2000>; @@ -173,18
>> +167,6 @@ map0 { cooling-device = <&cpu0 THERMAL_NO_LIMIT
>> THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>, <&cpu1 THERMAL_NO_LIMIT THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>; }; - 
>> -				map1 { -					trip = <&cpu_active>; -					cooling-device =
>> <&cpu0 THERMAL_NO_LIMIT THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>, -							 <&cpu1
>> THERMAL_NO_LIMIT THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>; -				}; - -				map2 { -
>> trip = <&cpu_hot>; -					cooling-device = <&cpu0 THERMAL_NO_LIMIT
>> THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>, -							 <&cpu1 THERMAL_NO_LIMIT
>> THERMAL_NO_LIMIT>; -				}; }; }; };
>> 
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