Re: [PATCH 1/4] thermal: Add new thermal trend type to support quick cooling

[Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 09:56 +0530, Amit Daniel Kachhap wrote:
> This modification adds 2 new thermal trend type THERMAL_TREND_RAISE_FULL
> and THERMAL_TREND_DROP_FULL. This thermal trend can be used to quickly
> jump to the upper or lower cooling level instead of incremental increase
> or decrease. This is needed for temperature sensors which support rising/falling
> threshold interrupts and polling can be totally avoided.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.daniel@samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@linaro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/step_wise.c |   19 +++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/thermal.h     |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
> index 1242cff..0d2d8d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
>   *       state for this trip point
>   *    b. if the trend is THERMAL_TREND_DROPPING, use lower cooling
>   *       state for this trip point
> + *    c. if the trend is THERMAL_TREND_RAISE_FULL, use highest cooling
> + *       state for this trip point
> + *    d. if the trend is THERMAL_TREND_DROP_FULL, use lowest cooling
> + *       state for this trip point
>   */
>  static unsigned long get_target_state(struct thermal_instance *instance,
>  					enum thermal_trend trend)
> @@ -50,7 +54,10 @@ static unsigned long get_target_state(struct thermal_instance *instance,
>  	} else if (trend == THERMAL_TREND_DROPPING) {
>  		cur_state = cur_state > instance->lower ?
>  			    (cur_state - 1) : instance->lower;
> -	}
> +	} else if (trend == THERMAL_TREND_RAISE_FULL)
> +		cur_state = instance->upper;
> +	else if (trend == THERMAL_TREND_DROP_FULL)
> +		cur_state = instance->lower;
>  
>  	return cur_state;
>  }
> @@ -87,7 +94,8 @@ static void update_instance_for_throttle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
>  }
>  
>  static void update_instance_for_dethrottle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
> -				int trip, enum thermal_trip_type trip_type)
> +				int trip, enum thermal_trip_type trip_type,
> +				enum thermal_trend trend)
>  {
>  	struct thermal_instance *instance;
>  	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
> @@ -101,7 +109,10 @@ static void update_instance_for_dethrottle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
>  		cdev = instance->cdev;
>  		cdev->ops->get_cur_state(cdev, &cur_state);
>  
> -		instance->target = cur_state > instance->lower ?
> +		if (trend == THERMAL_TREND_DROP_FULL)
> +			instance->target = instance->lower;
> +		else
> +			instance->target = cur_state > instance->lower ?
>  			    (cur_state - 1) : THERMAL_NO_TARGET;
>  
what do you expect to happen if the trend is THERMAL_TREND_RAISE_FULL at
this time?

thanks,
rui