linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] dt-bindings: thermal: give OS some leeway in absence of critical-action

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Message-ID: <173583921303.72780.9548337351300599303.robh@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 11:33:34 -0600
From: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...x.de>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
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	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] dt-bindings: thermal: give OS some leeway in
 absence of critical-action


On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:31:30 +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> An operating system may allow its user to configure the action to be
> undertaken on critical overtemperature events.
> 
> However, the bindings currently mandate an absence of the critical-action
> property to be equal to critical-action = "shutdown", which would mean
> any differing user configuration would violate the bindings.
> 
> Resolve this by documenting the absence of the property to mean that the
> OS gets to decide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@...nel.org>