linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] qcom: dts: thermal cleanups

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Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:06:59 +0200
From:   Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
To:     Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        MSM <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Sibi Sankar <sibis@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] qcom: dts: thermal cleanups

On 25/04/2019 08:31, Amit Kucheria wrote:

> [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: msm8998: thermal: Restrict thermal zone name length to under 20
> 
> The thermal core restricts names of thermal zones to under 20
> characters. Fix the names for a couple of msm8998 thermal zones.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8998.dtsi | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8998.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8998.dtsi
> index 062a93a12198..01757829d5f3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8998.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8998.dtsi
> @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
>  			};
>  		};
>  
> -		cluster0-mhm-thermal {
> +		clust0-mhm-thermal {
>  			polling-delay-passive = <250>;
>  			polling-delay = <1000>;
>  
> @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
>  			};
>  		};
>  
> -		cluster1-mhm-thermal {
> +		clust1-mhm-thermal {
>  			polling-delay-passive = <250>;
>  			polling-delay = <1000>;
>  

Wouldn't it be better to drop the "-thermal" suffix than to chop characters
off from the actual description?

Or would it make sense to increase the 20-char limit to 24?
=> Probably impossible without breaking the user-space ABI, since
THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH is defined in include/uapi/linux/thermal.h

Anyway, for msm8998 patches, you have my

Tested-by: Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>

Regards.