[PATCH v1 2/2] thermal: core: Simplify unregistration of governors

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Wed Apr 22 2026 - 11:40:58 EST


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

Thermal governors are only unregistered in the thermal_init() error
path and they actually are only deleted from thermal_governor_list.

Put the entire code needed to do that to thermal_unregister_governors()
and rearrange thermal_init() to call that function also when
thermal_register_governors() returns an error.

This allows thermal_unregister_governor() to be dropped
and thermal_register_governor() that is only called by
thermal_register_governors() can be made static __init, so the
headers of these two functions can be dropped from thermal_core.h.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 50 +++++++++++------------------------------
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h | 2 -
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -117,14 +117,12 @@ static int thermal_set_governor(struct t
return ret;
}

-int thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
+static int __init thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
{

if (!governor)
return -EINVAL;

- guard(mutex)(&thermal_governor_lock);
-
if (__find_governor(governor->name))
return -EBUSY;

@@ -139,19 +137,6 @@ int thermal_register_governor(struct the
return 0;
}

-void thermal_unregister_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
-{
- if (!governor)
- return;
-
- guard(mutex)(&thermal_governor_lock);
-
- if (!__find_governor(governor->name))
- return;
-
- list_del(&governor->governor_list);
-}
-
int thermal_zone_device_set_policy(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
char *policy)
{
@@ -187,40 +172,34 @@ int thermal_build_list_of_policies(char

static void __init thermal_unregister_governors(void)
{
- struct thermal_governor **governor;
+ struct thermal_governor *gov, *pos;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&thermal_governor_lock);

- for_each_governor_table(governor)
- thermal_unregister_governor(*governor);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(gov, pos, &thermal_governor_list, governor_list)
+ list_del(&gov->governor_list);
}

static int __init thermal_register_governors(void)
{
- int ret = 0;
struct thermal_governor **governor;

+ guard(mutex)(&thermal_governor_lock);
+
for_each_governor_table(governor) {
+ int ret;
+
ret = thermal_register_governor(*governor);
if (ret) {
pr_err("Failed to register governor: '%s'",
(*governor)->name);
- break;
+ return ret;
}

- pr_info("Registered thermal governor '%s'",
- (*governor)->name);
- }
-
- if (ret) {
- struct thermal_governor **gov;
-
- for_each_governor_table(gov) {
- if (gov == governor)
- break;
- thermal_unregister_governor(*gov);
- }
+ pr_info("Registered thermal governor '%s'", (*governor)->name);
}

- return ret;
+ return 0;
}

static int __thermal_zone_device_set_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
@@ -1872,7 +1851,7 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)

result = thermal_register_governors();
if (result)
- goto destroy_workqueue;
+ goto unregister_governors;

result = class_register(&thermal_class);
if (result)
@@ -1884,7 +1863,6 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)

unregister_governors:
thermal_unregister_governors();
-destroy_workqueue:
destroy_workqueue(thermal_wq);
unregister_netlink:
thermal_netlink_exit();
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ struct thermal_instance {
#define to_cooling_device(_dev) \
container_of(_dev, struct thermal_cooling_device, device)

-int thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *);
-void thermal_unregister_governor(struct thermal_governor *);
int thermal_zone_device_set_policy(struct thermal_zone_device *, char *);
int thermal_build_list_of_policies(char *buf);
void __thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,