Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] thermal: create softlink by name for thermal_zone and cooling_device

[Amit Kucheria]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:50 PM Wei Wang <wvw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The paths thermal_zone%d and cooling_device%d are not intuitive and the
> numbers are subject to change due to device tree change. This usually
> leads to tree traversal in userspace code.
> The patch creates `tz-by-name' and `cdev-by-name' for thermal zone and
> cooling_device respectively.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wvw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 9db7f72e70f8..7872bd527f3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>  #include <net/netlink.h>
>  #include <net/genetlink.h>
>  #include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/kobject.h>
>
>  #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>  #include <trace/events/thermal.h>
> @@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(poweroff_lock);
>
>  static atomic_t in_suspend;
>  static bool power_off_triggered;
> +static struct kobject *cdev_link_kobj;
> +static struct kobject *tz_link_kobj;
>
>  static struct thermal_governor *def_governor;
>
> @@ -999,9 +1002,15 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
>                 return ERR_PTR(result);
>         }
>
> -       /* Add 'this' new cdev to the global cdev list */
> +       /* Add 'this' new cdev to the global cdev list and create link*/
>         mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
>         list_add(&cdev->node, &thermal_cdev_list);
> +       if (!cdev_link_kobj)
> +               cdev_link_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("cdev-by-name",
> +                                               cdev->device.kobj.parent);
> +       if (!cdev_link_kobj || sysfs_create_link(cdev_link_kobj,
> +                                               &cdev->device.kobj, cdev->type))
> +               dev_err(&cdev->device, "Failed to create cdev-by-name link\n");
>         mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
>
>         /* Update binding information for 'this' new cdev */
> @@ -1167,6 +1176,8 @@ void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
> +       if (cdev_link_kobj)
> +               sysfs_remove_link(cdev_link_kobj, cdev->type);
>
>         mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
>
> @@ -1354,6 +1365,12 @@ thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type, int trips, int mask,
>
>         mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
>         list_add_tail(&tz->node, &thermal_tz_list);
> +       if (!tz_link_kobj)
> +               tz_link_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("tz-by-name",
> +                                               tz->device.kobj.parent);
> +       if (!tz_link_kobj || sysfs_create_link(tz_link_kobj,
> +                                               &tz->device.kobj, tz->type))
> +               dev_err(&tz->device, "Failed to create tz-by-name link\n");
>         mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
>
>         /* Bind cooling devices for this zone */
> @@ -1425,6 +1442,8 @@ void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
> +       if (tz_link_kobj)
> +               sysfs_remove_link(tz_link_kobj, tz->type);
>
>         mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
>
> --
> 2.24.0.393.g34dc348eaf-goog
>