linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 14/16] thermal: gov_user_space: Use .trip

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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:34:34 +0200
From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 14/16] thermal: gov_user_space: Use .trip_crossed()
 instead of .throttle()

On 24/04/2024 13:32, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> 
> On 4/24/24 02:14, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 07:03:10PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>>>
>>> Notifying user space about trip points that have not been crossed is
>>> not particuarly useful, so modity the User Space governor to use the
>>> .trip_crossed() callback, which is only invoked for trips that have been
>>> crossed, instead of .throttle() that is invoked for all trips in a
>>> thermal zone every time the zone is updated.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>>> ---
>> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
>>
>> I would also consider removing this governor which is pointless now 
>> that we
>> have the netlink notification mechanism
> 
> That is a good goal, But, not there yet to deprecate.

What can be done to deprecate it ?


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