[PATCH 2/4] thermal/core: Add dedicated release callback for thermal zones

From: Daniel Lezcano

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 14:06:06 EST


The thermal class release callback currently handles thermal zone
cleanup by checking the device name prefix.

Move the thermal zone cleanup to a dedicated struct device release
callback. This avoids relying on device names to select the release
path and keeps the thermal zone lifetime handling local to the thermal
zone object.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 28 ++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index cf5d4a9c11fe..a79fc4cdb078 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -949,24 +949,8 @@ static void thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
kfree(pos);
}

-static void thermal_release(struct device *dev)
-{
- struct thermal_zone_device *tz;
-
- if (!strncmp(dev_name(dev), "thermal_zone",
- sizeof("thermal_zone") - 1)) {
- tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
- thermal_zone_destroy_device_groups(tz);
- thermal_set_governor(tz, NULL);
- ida_destroy(&tz->ida);
- mutex_destroy(&tz->lock);
- complete(&tz->removal);
- }
-}
-
static const struct class thermal_class = {
.name = "thermal",
- .dev_release = thermal_release,
};
static bool thermal_class_unavailable __ro_after_init = true;

@@ -1473,6 +1457,17 @@ static void thermal_zone_init_complete(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
__thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
}

+static void thermal_zone_device_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
+
+ thermal_zone_destroy_device_groups(tz);
+ thermal_set_governor(tz, NULL);
+ ida_destroy(&tz->ida);
+ mutex_destroy(&tz->lock);
+ complete(&tz->removal);
+}
+
/**
* thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() - register a new thermal zone device
* @type: the thermal zone device type
@@ -1580,6 +1575,7 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
tz->ops.critical = thermal_zone_device_critical;

tz->device.class = &thermal_class;
+ tz->device.release = thermal_zone_device_release;
tz->devdata = devdata;
tz->num_trips = num_trips;
for_each_trip_desc(tz, td) {
--
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