Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] acpi: platform_profile - Add max-power profile option
From: Armin Wolf
Date: Thu Nov 27 2025 - 17:10:49 EST
Am 27.11.25 um 16:16 schrieb Derek J. Clark:
Some devices, namely Lenovo Legion devices, have an "extreme" mode where
power draw is at the maximum limit of the cooling hardware. Add a new
"max-power" platform profile to properly reflect this operating mode.
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Derek J. Clark <derekjohn.clark@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile | 2 ++
drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c | 7 +++++--
include/linux/platform_profile.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
index dc72adfb830a..fcab26894ec3 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-platform-profile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Description: This file contains a space-separated list of profiles supported
power consumption with a slight bias
towards performance
performance High performance operation
+ max-power Higher performance operation that may exceed
+ internal battery draw limits when on AC power
custom Driver defined custom profile
==================== ========================================
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
index b43f4459a4f6..ea04a8c69215 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static const char * const profile_names[] = {
[PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED] = "balanced",
[PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE] = "balanced-performance",
[PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE] = "performance",
+ [PLATFORM_PROFILE_MAX_POWER] = "max-power",
[PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM] = "custom",
};
static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(profile_names) == PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST);
@@ -506,7 +507,8 @@ int platform_profile_cycle(void)
if (err)
return err;
- if (profile == PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM ||
+ if (profile == PLATFORM_PROFILE_MAX_POWER ||
+ profile == PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM ||
profile == PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -515,7 +517,8 @@ int platform_profile_cycle(void)
if (err)
return err;
- /* never iterate into a custom if all drivers supported it */
+ /* never iterate into a custom or max power if all drivers supported it */
+ clear_bit(PLATFORM_PROFILE_MAX_POWER, data.aggregate);
clear_bit(PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM, data.aggregate);
next = find_next_bit_wrap(data.aggregate,
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_profile.h b/include/linux/platform_profile.h
index a299225ab92e..855b28340e95 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_profile.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_profile.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum platform_profile_option {
PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED,
PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
+ PLATFORM_PROFILE_MAX_POWER,
PLATFORM_PROFILE_CUSTOM,
PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST, /*must always be last */
};