Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] platform/x86/drivers/acerhdf: Check the interval value when it is set

From: Daniel Lezcano
Date: Fri Dec 04 2020 - 06:43:57 EST


On 03/12/2020 22:22, Peter Kästle wrote:
> 3. Dezember 2020 08:17, "Daniel Lezcano" <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
>
>> Currently the code checks the interval value when the temperature is
>> read which is bad for two reasons:
>>
>> - checking and setting the interval in the get_temp callback is
>> inaccurate and awful, that can be done when changing the value.
>>
>> - Changing the thermal zone structure internals is an abuse of the
>> exported structure, moreover no lock is taken here.
>>
>> The goal of this patch is to solve the first item by using the 'set'
>> function called when changing the interval. The check is done there
>> and removed from the get_temp function. If the thermal zone was not
>> initialized yet, the interval is not updated in this case as that will
>> happen in the init function when registering the thermal zone device.
>
> Thanks for your effort. This improves the code, good finding.
>
>
>> I don't have any hardware to test the changes.
>
> Tests successfully executed on my good old AOA110.
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Peter Kaestle <peter@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks for testing the changes.

Shall pick the patches through the thermal tree ?


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