linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] thermal: Add PCIe cooling driver

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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:08:59 +0100
From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Wilczy??ski <kw@...ux.com>,
	Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@...il.com>,
	Krishna chaitanya chundru <quic_krichai@...cinc.com>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] thermal: Add PCIe cooling driver

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 02:57:22PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> @@ -253,8 +255,16 @@ static int pcie_bandwidth_notification_probe(struct pcie_device *srv)
>  	pcie_enable_link_bandwidth_notification(port);
>  	pci_info(port, "enabled with IRQ %d\n", srv->irq);
>  
> +	data->cdev = pcie_cooling_device_register(port, srv);
> +	if (IS_ERR(data->cdev)) {
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(data->cdev);
> +		goto disable_notifications;
> +	}
>  	return 0;

Now wait a minute, if you can't register the cooling device,
you still want to provide accurate link speeds to the user
in sysfs, right?  At least that's what you promise in Kconfig.


> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/pcie_cooling.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * PCIe cooling device
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2023 Intel Corporation.

Another trailing period I'd remove.

I take it this patch (only) allows manual bandwidth throttling
through sysfs, right?  And emergency throttling is introduced
separately on top of this?

Thanks,

Lukas