linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal: core: Print out thermal zone name on update

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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:05:46 +0100
From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
 Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: core: Print out thermal zone name on
 update_temperature error

Hi Konrad,

[Cc: Angelo]

On 19/12/2023 12:48, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 18.12.2023 20:40, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 3:40 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Currently, we can encounter an error like this:
>>>
>>>    thermal thermal_zone48: failed to read out thermal zone (-19)
>>>
>>> It's good to know that there's been an issue, but on some occasions
>>> (like the error happening in the middle of a platform crash), one may
>>> not be able to look up what kind of thermal zone that is.
>>>
>>> Add the TZ name to the error message in order to speed up debugging.
>>
>> s/name/type/ ?  It looks like that's what you mean.
>>
>> First, the tz type is not its name (because there may be multiple
>> zones of the same type) and it would be consistent with the first
>> paragraph above.
> That's possible, I'm no expert wrt thermal :)
> 
> Would you be okay with this change, together with an amended commit
> message?

Angelo is looking for how to sort out the name vs type confusion [1].

May be you should wait he comes with a proposal before updating the message?

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/3428b2af-5522-4090-995a-10eaee90c28e@linaro.org/

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