[PATCH v1 1/2] Revert "thermal/core: Use the thermal class pointer as init guard"

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 13:54:02 EST


From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

This reverts commit 499274d078d0 ("thermal/core: Use the thermal class
pointer as init guard") because it depends on another commit that needs
to be reverted.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 28a20d4b475c..2d9d8740491f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ static void thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
}

static struct class *thermal_class __ro_after_init;
+static bool thermal_class_unavailable __ro_after_init = true;

static inline
void print_bind_err_msg(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
@@ -973,7 +974,7 @@ thermal_cooling_device_alloc(const char *type, const struct thermal_cooling_devi
!ops->set_cur_state)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

- if (!thermal_class)
+ if (thermal_class_unavailable)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);

cdev = kzalloc_obj(*cdev);
@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
if (polling_delay && passive_delay > polling_delay)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

- if (!thermal_class)
+ if (thermal_class_unavailable)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);

tz = kzalloc_flex(*tz, trips, num_trips);
@@ -1745,7 +1746,7 @@ static void __thermal_pm_prepare(void)

void thermal_pm_prepare(void)
{
- if (!thermal_class)
+ if (thermal_class_unavailable)
return;

__thermal_pm_prepare();
@@ -1776,7 +1777,7 @@ void thermal_pm_complete(void)
{
struct thermal_zone_device *tz;

- if (!thermal_class)
+ if (thermal_class_unavailable)
return;

guard(mutex)(&thermal_list_lock);
@@ -1815,6 +1816,8 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)
}

thermal_class = tc;
+ thermal_class_unavailable = false;
+
return 0;

unregister_governors:
--
2.51.0