linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts

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Message-ID: <43be865c-c870-f61a-9837-e189d6e4ae00@collabora.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 May 2023 17:12:13 +0200
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     Nícolas F. R. A. Prado 
        <nfraprado@...labora.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Alexandre Bailon <abailon@...libre.com>, kernel@...labora.com,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>,
        Balsam CHIHI <bchihi@...libre.com>,
        Alexandre Mergnat <amergnat@...libre.com>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Disable
 undesired interrupts

Il 28/04/23 21:53, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado ha scritto:
> Out of the many interrupts supported by the hardware, the only ones of
> interest to the driver currently are:
> * The temperature went over the hot threshold, for any of the sensors
> * The temperature went over the hot to normal threshold, for any of the
>    sensors
> * The temperature went over the stage3 threshold
> 
> These are the only thresholds configured by the driver through the
> HTHRE, H2NTHRE, and PROTTC registers, respectively.
> 
> The current interrupt mask in LVTS_MONINT_CONF, enables many more
> interrupts, including offset detection and data ready on sensors for
> both filtered and immediate mode. These are not only not handled by the
> driver, but they are also triggered too often, causing unneeded
> overhead. Disable these unnecessary interrupts.
> 
> The meaning of each bit can be seen in the comment describing
> LVTS_MONINTST in the IRQ handler.
> 
> Fixes: f5f633b18234 ("thermal/drivers/mediatek: Add the Low Voltage Thermal Sensor driver")
> Signed-off-by: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>


Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>