linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] thermal/core: Build ascending ordered indexes for the trip points

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Message-ID: <1ec4d34d-6700-0f99-81e3-1c7129a80246@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:29:40 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Manaf Meethalavalappu Pallikunhi <quic_manafm@...cinc.com>,
        "Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] thermal/core: Build ascending ordered indexes for
 the trip points


Hi Rafael,

On 22/07/2022 19:40, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

[ ... ]

> They can be made in the opposite direction, starting at the core
> level.  Then, it would be clear where you were going.
> 
>> I would like to
>> keep the indexes trip array approach to fix the trip cross events which
>> is broken right now and then go forward with the struct thermal_trip
>> changes and the thermal-of cleanups I've sent last week.
>>
>> Does it sound reasonable ?
> 
> I'm not convinced about the need to make the code more complicated if
> the overall direction is to simplify it.
> 
> I understand that you want to avoid regressing things, but you want to
> make these changes eventually anyway, so why to you think that the
> risk of regressing things would be smaller in the future, after making
> the code more complicated than it is now?  Sounds counter-intuitive to
> me.

Ok, I'll rework the core code for that.

Having the series [1] and the new version of [2] will have the trip 
point partly reworked.

Thanks
   -- Daniel

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