linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers: acpi: add CPU id to cooling device type of processor driver

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 23:49:18 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Rui Zhang <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers: acpi: add CPU id to cooling device type of
 processor driver

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com> wrote:
> Currently, in an ACPI based system, the processor driver registers
> one cooling device per processor. However, the cooling device type
> is the same for each processor. For example, on a system with four
> processors, the sysfs reading of each cooling device would look like:
> ebv@...ouro ~ $ cat /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device*/type
> Processor
> Processor
> Processor
> Processor
>
> which turns out to fine. But, some parts of the thermal code may use
> type to identify participating devices in a thermal zone. Besides,
> adding notifications to user space may cause the production of messages
> that may confuse the listener.
>
> For this reason, this patch adds the processor ID cooling device type.
> After this change, the cooling device listing in the same previous example
> would look like this:
> ebv@...ouro ~ $ cat /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device*/type
> Processor.0
> Processor.1
> Processor.2
> Processor.3
>
> allowing an easier identification of cooling device target.

Is it not going to confuse any user space scripts or similar?