linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] thermal: add sanity check for the passive attribute

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Message-ID: <20090826162342.GA15868@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:23:42 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] thermal: add sanity check for the passive attribute

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:17:23PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Values below 40000 milli-celsius (limit is somewhat arbitrary)
> don't make sense and can cause the system to go into a thermal
> heart attack: the actual temperature will always be lower and
> thus the system will be throttled down to its lowest setting.

Not keen on this - it's a pretty arbitrary cutoff, and there are some 
cases where someone might want this value. Policy belongs in userspace, 
and all that.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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