Re: [PATCH v3] thermal: core: Call monitor_thermal_zone() if zone temperature is invalid

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Jul 16 2024 - 08:30:33 EST


On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 1:36 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > On 2024-07-16, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> > > On 2024-07-16, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 1:48 AM Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On 2024-07-15, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 2:54 PM Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > On 2024-07-15, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 11:09 AM Daniel Lezcano
> > > > > > > > <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On 15/07/2024 06:45, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 01:46:26PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > Silencing the warnings is already a big improvement - and that patch
> > > > > > > works to this extent for me with an ax200, thanks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So attached is a patch that should avoid enabling the thermal zone
> > > > > > when it is not ready for use in the first place, so it should address
> > > > > > both the message and the useless polling.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would appreciate giving it a go (please note that it hasn't received
> > > > > > much testing so far, though).
> > > > >
> > > > > Sadly this patch doesn't seem to help:
> > > >
> > > > This is likely because it is missing checks for firmware image type.
> > > > I've added them to the attached new version. Please try it.
> > > >
> > > > I've also added two pr_info() messages to get a better idea of what's
> > > > going on, so please grep dmesg for "Thermal zone not ready" and
> > > > "Enabling thermal zone".
> > >
> > > This is the output with the patch applied:
> >
> > The ax200 wlan interface is currently not up/ configured (system
> > using its wired ethernet cards instead), the thermal_zone1 stops
> > if I manually enable the interface (ip link set dev wlp4s0 up)
> > after booting up:
>
> This explains it, thanks!
>
> The enabling of the thermal zone in iwl_mvm_load_ucode_wait_alive() is
> premature or it should get disabled in the other two places that clear
> the IWL_MVM_STATUS_FIRMWARE_RUNNING bit.
>
> I'm not sure why the thermal zone depends on whether or not this bit
> is set, though. Is it really a good idea to return errors from it if
> the interface is not up?
>
> > $ dmesg | grep -i -e iwlwifi -e thermal
> > [ 0.080899] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1)
> > [ 0.113768] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'fair_share'
> > [ 0.113770] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'bang_bang'
> > [ 0.113771] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
> > [ 0.113772] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'user_space'
> > [ 0.113773] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'power_allocator'
> > [ 3.759673] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
> > [ 3.764918] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Detected crf-id 0x3617, cnv-id 0x100530 wfpm id 0x80000000
> > [ 3.764974] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: PCI dev 2723/0084, rev=0x340, rfid=0x10a100
> > [ 3.769432] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37
> > [ 3.873466] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 77.a20fb07d.0 cc-a0-77.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
> > [ 3.907122] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340
> > [ 3.907886] iwl_mvm_thermal_zone_register: Thermal zone not ready
> > [ 4.032380] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Detected RF HR B3, rfid=0x10a100
> > [ 4.032392] thermal thermal_zone1: Enabling thermal zone
> > [ 4.098308] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: base HW address: 94:e6:f7:XX:XX:XX
> > [ 4.112535] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 4.128306] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0
> > [ 4.369396] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 4.625385] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 4.881416] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 5.137377] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 5.394377] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 5.649412] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 5.905379] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 6.161380] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 6.418381] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 6.673381] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 6.929377] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [...]
> > [ 21.009413] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 21.265496] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 21.521462] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 21.777481] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 22.033468] thermal thermal_zone1: failed to read out thermal zone (-61)
> > [ 22.213120] thermal thermal_zone1: Enabling thermal zone
> > [ 22.283954] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Registered PHC clock: iwlwifi-PTP, with index: 0
>
> Thanks for this data point!
>
> AFAICS the thermal zone in iwlwifi is always enabled, but only valid
> if the interface is up. It looks to me like the thermal core needs a
> special "don't poll me" error code to be returned in such cases.

Attached is a thermal core patch with an iwlwifi piece along the lines
above (tested lightly). It adds a way for a driver to indicate that
temperature cannot be provided at the moment, but that's OK and the
core need not worry about that.

Please give it a go.
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c | 7 +++
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 51 +++++++++++++---------------
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -300,8 +300,6 @@ static void monitor_thermal_zone(struct
thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->passive_delay_jiffies);
else if (tz->polling_delay_jiffies)
thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->polling_delay_jiffies);
- else if (tz->temperature == THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID)
- thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, msecs_to_jiffies(THERMAL_RECHECK_DELAY_MS));
}

static struct thermal_governor *thermal_get_tz_governor(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
@@ -382,7 +380,7 @@ static void handle_thermal_trip(struct t
td->threshold = trip->temperature;

if (tz->last_temperature >= old_threshold &&
- tz->last_temperature != THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID) {
+ tz->last_temperature != THERMAL_TEMP_INIT) {
/*
* Mitigation is under way, so it needs to stop if the zone
* temperature falls below the low temperature of the trip.
@@ -417,27 +415,6 @@ static void handle_thermal_trip(struct t
}
}

-static void update_temperature(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
-{
- int temp, ret;
-
- ret = __thermal_zone_get_temp(tz, &temp);
- if (ret) {
- if (ret != -EAGAIN)
- dev_warn(&tz->device,
- "failed to read out thermal zone (%d)\n",
- ret);
- return;
- }
-
- tz->last_temperature = tz->temperature;
- tz->temperature = temp;
-
- trace_thermal_temperature(tz);
-
- thermal_genl_sampling_temp(tz->id, temp);
-}
-
static void thermal_zone_device_check(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct thermal_zone_device *tz = container_of(work, struct
@@ -452,7 +429,7 @@ static void thermal_zone_device_init(str

INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tz->poll_queue, thermal_zone_device_check);

- tz->temperature = THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID;
+ tz->temperature = THERMAL_TEMP_INIT;
tz->passive = 0;
tz->prev_low_trip = -INT_MAX;
tz->prev_high_trip = INT_MAX;
@@ -504,6 +481,7 @@ void __thermal_zone_device_update(struct
struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
LIST_HEAD(way_down_list);
LIST_HEAD(way_up_list);
+ int temp, ret;

if (tz->suspended)
return;
@@ -511,10 +489,29 @@ void __thermal_zone_device_update(struct
if (!thermal_zone_device_is_enabled(tz))
return;

- update_temperature(tz);
+ ret = __thermal_zone_get_temp(tz, &temp);
+ if (ret) {
+ if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+ dev_info(&tz->device, "Temperature check failed (%d)\n", ret);

- if (tz->temperature == THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID)
+ thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, msecs_to_jiffies(THERMAL_RECHECK_DELAY_MS));
+ return;
+ } else if (temp <= THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID) {
+ /*
+ * Special case: No valid temperature value is available, but
+ * the zone owner does not want the core to do anything about
+ * it. Continue regular zone polling if needed, so that this
+ * function can be called again, but skip everything else.
+ */
goto monitor;
+ }
+
+ tz->last_temperature = tz->temperature;
+ tz->temperature = temp;
+
+ trace_thermal_temperature(tz);
+
+ thermal_genl_sampling_temp(tz->id, temp);

tz->notify_event = event;

Index: linux-pm/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
@@ -622,7 +622,12 @@ static int iwl_mvm_tzone_get_temp(struct

if (!iwl_mvm_firmware_running(mvm) ||
mvm->fwrt.cur_fw_img != IWL_UCODE_REGULAR) {
- ret = -ENODATA;
+ /*
+ * Tell the core that there is no valid temperature value to
+ * return, but it need not worry about this.
+ */
+ *temperature = THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID;
+ ret = 0;
goto out;
}