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2Generic Thermal Sysfs driver How To
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5Written by Sujith Thomas <sujith.thomas@intel.com>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
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7Updated: 2 January 2008
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9Copyright (c)  2008 Intel Corporation
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120. Introduction
13===============
14
15The generic thermal sysfs provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone
16devices (sensors) and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...) to register
17with the thermal management solution and to be a part of it.
18
19This how-to focuses on enabling new thermal zone and cooling devices to
20participate in thermal management.
21This solution is platform independent and any type of thermal zone devices
22and cooling devices should be able to make use of the infrastructure.
23
24The main task of the thermal sysfs driver is to expose thermal zone attributes
25as well as cooling device attributes to the user space.
26An intelligent thermal management application can make decisions based on
27inputs from thermal zone attributes (the current temperature and trip point
28temperature) and throttle appropriate devices.
29
30- `[0-*]`	denotes any positive number starting from 0
31- `[1-*]`	denotes any positive number starting from 1
32
331. thermal sysfs driver interface functions
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35
361.1 thermal zone device interface
37---------------------------------
38
39    ::
40
41	struct thermal_zone_device
42	*thermal_zone_device_register(char *type,
43				      int trips, int mask, void *devdata,
44				      struct thermal_zone_device_ops *ops,
45				      const struct thermal_zone_params *tzp,
46				      int passive_delay, int polling_delay))
47
48    This interface function adds a new thermal zone device (sensor) to
49    /sys/class/thermal folder as `thermal_zone[0-*]`. It tries to bind all the
50    thermal cooling devices registered at the same time.
51
52    type:
53	the thermal zone type.
54    trips:
55	the total number of trip points this thermal zone supports.
56    mask:
57	Bit string: If 'n'th bit is set, then trip point 'n' is writable.
58    devdata:
59	device private data
60    ops:
61	thermal zone device call-backs.
62
63	.bind:
64		bind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
65	.unbind:
66		unbind the thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device.
67	.get_temp:
68		get the current temperature of the thermal zone.
69	.set_trips:
70		    set the trip points window. Whenever the current temperature
71		    is updated, the trip points immediately below and above the
72		    current temperature are found.
73	.get_mode:
74		   get the current mode (enabled/disabled) of the thermal zone.
75
76			- "enabled" means the kernel thermal management is
77			  enabled.
78			- "disabled" will prevent kernel thermal driver action
79			  upon trip points so that user applications can take
80			  charge of thermal management.
81	.set_mode:
82		set the mode (enabled/disabled) of the thermal zone.
83	.get_trip_type:
84		get the type of certain trip point.
85	.get_trip_temp:
86			get the temperature above which the certain trip point
87			will be fired.
88	.set_emul_temp:
89			set the emulation temperature which helps in debugging
90			different threshold temperature points.
91    tzp:
92	thermal zone platform parameters.
93    passive_delay:
94	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when
95	performing passive cooling.
96    polling_delay:
97	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when checking
98	whether trip points have been crossed (0 for interrupt driven systems).
99
100    ::
101
102	void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
103
104    This interface function removes the thermal zone device.
105    It deletes the corresponding entry from /sys/class/thermal folder and
106    unbinds all the thermal cooling devices it uses.
107
108	::
109
110	   struct thermal_zone_device
111	   *thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(struct device *dev, int sensor_id,
112				void *data,
113				const struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *ops)
114
115	This interface adds a new sensor to a DT thermal zone.
116	This function will search the list of thermal zones described in
117	device tree and look for the zone that refer to the sensor device
118	pointed by dev->of_node as temperature providers. For the zone
119	pointing to the sensor node, the sensor will be added to the DT
120	thermal zone device.
121
122	The parameters for this interface are:
123
124	dev:
125			Device node of sensor containing valid node pointer in
126			dev->of_node.
127	sensor_id:
128			a sensor identifier, in case the sensor IP has more
129			than one sensors
130	data:
131			a private pointer (owned by the caller) that will be
132			passed back, when a temperature reading is needed.
133	ops:
134			`struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *`.
135
136			==============  =======================================
137			get_temp	a pointer to a function that reads the
138					sensor temperature. This is mandatory
139					callback provided by sensor driver.
140			set_trips	a pointer to a function that sets a
141					temperature window. When this window is
142					left the driver must inform the thermal
143					core via thermal_zone_device_update.
144			get_trend 	a pointer to a function that reads the
145					sensor temperature trend.
146			set_emul_temp	a pointer to a function that sets
147					sensor emulated temperature.
148			==============  =======================================
149
150	The thermal zone temperature is provided by the get_temp() function
151	pointer of thermal_zone_of_device_ops. When called, it will
152	have the private pointer @data back.
153
154	It returns error pointer if fails otherwise valid thermal zone device
155	handle. Caller should check the return handle with IS_ERR() for finding
156	whether success or not.
157
158	::
159
160	    void thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister(struct device *dev,
161						   struct thermal_zone_device *tzd)
162
163	This interface unregisters a sensor from a DT thermal zone which was
164	successfully added by interface thermal_zone_of_sensor_register().
165	This function removes the sensor callbacks and private data from the
166	thermal zone device registered with thermal_zone_of_sensor_register()
167	interface. It will also silent the zone by remove the .get_temp() and
168	get_trend() thermal zone device callbacks.
169
170	::
171
172	  struct thermal_zone_device
173	  *devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(struct device *dev,
174				int sensor_id,
175				void *data,
176				const struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops *ops)
177
178	This interface is resource managed version of
179	thermal_zone_of_sensor_register().
180
181	All details of thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() described in
182	section 1.1.3 is applicable here.
183
184	The benefit of using this interface to register sensor is that it
185	is not require to explicitly call thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister()
186	in error path or during driver unbinding as this is done by driver
187	resource manager.
188
189	::
190
191		void devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister(struct device *dev,
192						struct thermal_zone_device *tzd)
193
194	This interface is resource managed version of
195	thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister().
196	All details of thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister() described in
197	section 1.1.4 is applicable here.
198	Normally this function will not need to be called and the resource
199	management code will ensure that the resource is freed.
200
201	::
202
203		int thermal_zone_get_slope(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
204
205	This interface is used to read the slope attribute value
206	for the thermal zone device, which might be useful for platform
207	drivers for temperature calculations.
208
209	::
210
211		int thermal_zone_get_offset(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
212
213	This interface is used to read the offset attribute value
214	for the thermal zone device, which might be useful for platform
215	drivers for temperature calculations.
216
2171.2 thermal cooling device interface
218------------------------------------
219
220
221    ::
222
223	struct thermal_cooling_device
224	*thermal_cooling_device_register(char *name,
225			void *devdata, struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *)
226
227    This interface function adds a new thermal cooling device (fan/processor/...)
228    to /sys/class/thermal/ folder as `cooling_device[0-*]`. It tries to bind itself
229    to all the thermal zone devices registered at the same time.
230
231    name:
232	the cooling device name.
233    devdata:
234	device private data.
235    ops:
236	thermal cooling devices call-backs.
237
238	.get_max_state:
239		get the Maximum throttle state of the cooling device.
240	.get_cur_state:
241		get the Currently requested throttle state of the
242		cooling device.
243	.set_cur_state:
244		set the Current throttle state of the cooling device.
245
246    ::
247
248	void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
249
250    This interface function removes the thermal cooling device.
251    It deletes the corresponding entry from /sys/class/thermal folder and
252    unbinds itself from all the thermal zone devices using it.
253
2541.3 interface for binding a thermal zone device with a thermal cooling device
255-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
256
257    ::
258
259	int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
260		int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
261		unsigned long upper, unsigned long lower, unsigned int weight);
262
263    This interface function binds a thermal cooling device to a particular trip
264    point of a thermal zone device.
265
266    This function is usually called in the thermal zone device .bind callback.
267
268    tz:
269	  the thermal zone device
270    cdev:
271	  thermal cooling device
272    trip:
273	  indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device
274	  is associated with.
275    upper:
276	  the Maximum cooling state for this trip point.
277	  THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no upper limit,
278	  and the cooling device can be in max_state.
279    lower:
280	  the Minimum cooling state can be used for this trip point.
281	  THERMAL_NO_LIMIT means no lower limit,
282	  and the cooling device can be in cooling state 0.
283    weight:
284	  the influence of this cooling device in this thermal
285	  zone.  See 1.4.1 below for more information.
286
287    ::
288
289	int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
290				int trip, struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
291
292    This interface function unbinds a thermal cooling device from a particular
293    trip point of a thermal zone device. This function is usually called in
294    the thermal zone device .unbind callback.
295
296    tz:
297	the thermal zone device
298    cdev:
299	thermal cooling device
300    trip:
301	indicates which trip point in this thermal zone the cooling device
302	is associated with.
303
3041.4 Thermal Zone Parameters
305---------------------------
306
307    ::
308
309	struct thermal_zone_params
310
311    This structure defines the platform level parameters for a thermal zone.
312    This data, for each thermal zone should come from the platform layer.
313    This is an optional feature where some platforms can choose not to
314    provide this data.
315
316    .governor_name:
317	       Name of the thermal governor used for this zone
318    .no_hwmon:
319	       a boolean to indicate if the thermal to hwmon sysfs interface
320	       is required. when no_hwmon == false, a hwmon sysfs interface
321	       will be created. when no_hwmon == true, nothing will be done.
322	       In case the thermal_zone_params is NULL, the hwmon interface
323	       will be created (for backward compatibility).
324
3252. sysfs attributes structure
326=============================
327
328==	================
329RO	read only value
330WO	write only value
331RW	read/write value
332==	================
333
334Thermal sysfs attributes will be represented under /sys/class/thermal.
335Hwmon sysfs I/F extension is also available under /sys/class/hwmon
336if hwmon is compiled in or built as a module.
337
338Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered::
339
340  /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
341    |---type:			Type of the thermal zone
342    |---temp:			Current temperature
343    |---mode:			Working mode of the thermal zone
344    |---policy:			Thermal governor used for this zone
345    |---available_policies:	Available thermal governors for this zone
346    |---trip_point_[0-*]_temp:	Trip point temperature
347    |---trip_point_[0-*]_type:	Trip point type
348    |---trip_point_[0-*]_hyst:	Hysteresis value for this trip point
349    |---emul_temp:		Emulated temperature set node
350    |---sustainable_power:      Sustainable dissipatable power
351    |---k_po:                   Proportional term during temperature overshoot
352    |---k_pu:                   Proportional term during temperature undershoot
353    |---k_i:                    PID's integral term in the power allocator gov
354    |---k_d:                    PID's derivative term in the power allocator
355    |---integral_cutoff:        Offset above which errors are accumulated
356    |---slope:                  Slope constant applied as linear extrapolation
357    |---offset:                 Offset constant applied as linear extrapolation
358
359Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered::
360
361  /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]:
362    |---type:			Type of the cooling device(processor/fan/...)
363    |---max_state:		Maximum cooling state of the cooling device
364    |---cur_state:		Current cooling state of the cooling device
365    |---stats:			Directory containing cooling device's statistics
366    |---stats/reset:		Writing any value resets the statistics
367    |---stats/time_in_state_ms:	Time (msec) spent in various cooling states
368    |---stats/total_trans:	Total number of times cooling state is changed
369    |---stats/trans_table:	Cooling state transition table
370
371
372Then next two dynamic attributes are created/removed in pairs. They represent
373the relationship between a thermal zone and its associated cooling device.
374They are created/removed for each successful execution of
375thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device/thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device.
376
377::
378
379  /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone[0-*]:
380    |---cdev[0-*]:		[0-*]th cooling device in current thermal zone
381    |---cdev[0-*]_trip_point:	Trip point that cdev[0-*] is associated with
382    |---cdev[0-*]_weight:       Influence of the cooling device in
383				this thermal zone
384
385Besides the thermal zone device sysfs I/F and cooling device sysfs I/F,
386the generic thermal driver also creates a hwmon sysfs I/F for each _type_
387of thermal zone device. E.g. the generic thermal driver registers one hwmon
388class device and build the associated hwmon sysfs I/F for all the registered
389ACPI thermal zones.
390
391Please read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-thermal for thermal
392zone and cooling device attribute details.
393
394::
395
396  /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon[0-*]:
397    |---name:			The type of the thermal zone devices
398    |---temp[1-*]_input:	The current temperature of thermal zone [1-*]
399    |---temp[1-*]_critical:	The critical trip point of thermal zone [1-*]
400
401Please read Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst for additional information.
402
4033. A simple implementation
404==========================
405
406ACPI thermal zone may support multiple trip points like critical, hot,
407passive, active. If an ACPI thermal zone supports critical, passive,
408active[0] and active[1] at the same time, it may register itself as a
409thermal_zone_device (thermal_zone1) with 4 trip points in all.
410It has one processor and one fan, which are both registered as
411thermal_cooling_device. Both are considered to have the same
412effectiveness in cooling the thermal zone.
413
414If the processor is listed in _PSL method, and the fan is listed in _AL0
415method, the sys I/F structure will be built like this::
416
417 /sys/class/thermal:
418  |thermal_zone1:
419    |---type:			acpitz
420    |---temp:			37000
421    |---mode:			enabled
422    |---policy:			step_wise
423    |---available_policies:	step_wise fair_share
424    |---trip_point_0_temp:	100000
425    |---trip_point_0_type:	critical
426    |---trip_point_1_temp:	80000
427    |---trip_point_1_type:	passive
428    |---trip_point_2_temp:	70000
429    |---trip_point_2_type:	active0
430    |---trip_point_3_temp:	60000
431    |---trip_point_3_type:	active1
432    |---cdev0:			--->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0
433    |---cdev0_trip_point:	1	/* cdev0 can be used for passive */
434    |---cdev0_weight:           1024
435    |---cdev1:			--->/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device3
436    |---cdev1_trip_point:	2	/* cdev1 can be used for active[0]*/
437    |---cdev1_weight:           1024
438
439  |cooling_device0:
440    |---type:			Processor
441    |---max_state:		8
442    |---cur_state:		0
443
444  |cooling_device3:
445    |---type:			Fan
446    |---max_state:		2
447    |---cur_state:		0
448
449 /sys/class/hwmon:
450  |hwmon0:
451    |---name:			acpitz
452    |---temp1_input:		37000
453    |---temp1_crit:		100000
454
4554. Export Symbol APIs
456=====================
457
4584.1. get_tz_trend
459-----------------
460
461This function returns the trend of a thermal zone, i.e the rate of change
462of temperature of the thermal zone. Ideally, the thermal sensor drivers
463are supposed to implement the callback. If they don't, the thermal
464framework calculated the trend by comparing the previous and the current
465temperature values.
466
4674.2. get_thermal_instance
468-------------------------
469
470This function returns the thermal_instance corresponding to a given
471{thermal_zone, cooling_device, trip_point} combination. Returns NULL
472if such an instance does not exist.
473
4744.3. thermal_cdev_update
475------------------------
476
477This function serves as an arbitrator to set the state of a cooling
478device. It sets the cooling device to the deepest cooling state if
479possible.
480
4815. thermal_emergency_poweroff
482=============================
483
484On an event of critical trip temperature crossing the thermal framework
485shuts down the system by calling hw_protection_shutdown(). The
486hw_protection_shutdown() first attempts to perform an orderly shutdown
487but accepts a delay after which it proceeds doing a forced power-off
488or as last resort an emergency_restart.
489
490The delay should be carefully profiled so as to give adequate time for
491orderly poweroff.
492
493If the delay is set to 0 emergency poweroff will not be supported. So a
494carefully profiled non-zero positive value is a must for emergency
495poweroff to be triggered.
496