linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/13] thermal: Fix not emulating critical temperatures

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:23:18 +0100
From:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
To:	amit daniel kachhap <amit.daniel@...sung.com>
Cc:	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Mikko Perttunen <mikko.perttunen@...si.fi>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	LAK <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] thermal: Fix not emulating critical temperatures

Hi Amit,

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 08:35:50AM +0530, amit daniel kachhap wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_EMULATION
> > -       if (!tz->emul_temperature)
> > -               goto skip_emul;
> > -
> > -       for (count = 0; count < tz->trips; count++) {
> > -               ret = tz->ops->get_trip_type(tz, count, &type);
> > -               if (!ret && type == THERMAL_TRIP_CRITICAL) {
> > -                       ret = tz->ops->get_trip_temp(tz, count, &crit_temp);
> > -                       break;
> > -               }
> > -       }
> > -
> > -       if (ret)
> > -               goto skip_emul;
> >
> > -       if (*temp < crit_temp)
> I guess this check is confusing. Actually instead of returning
> emulating temperature it is returning actual temperature. But the
> important thing to look here is that actual temperature is higher than
> critical temperature. So this check prevents the user from suppressing
> the critical temperature and hence prevents from burning up the chip.

Indeed the check is confusing, but now it makes perfectly sense. I'll
look at the patch again and maybe turn into a patch just adding a
comment to clarify this.

Sascha

-- 
Pengutronix e.K.                           |                             |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |
Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0    |
Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686           | Fax:   +49-5121-206917-5555 |
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/