[PATCH v1 2/2] Revert "thermal/core: Allocate the thermal class dynamically"

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 13:53:45 EST


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

This reverts commit 34f54003643e ("thermal/core: Allocate the thermal
class dynamically") that went against driver core changes aiming at the
elimination of class_create() [1].

No intentional functional impact.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/2026082411-flask-rewire-434f@gregkh/
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 16 +++++++---------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 2d9d8740491f..82e2f0d8a26d 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -889,7 +889,9 @@ static void thermal_unbind_cdev_from_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
kfree(pos);
}

-static struct class *thermal_class __ro_after_init;
+static const struct class thermal_class = {
+ .name = "thermal",
+};
static bool thermal_class_unavailable __ro_after_init = true;

static inline
@@ -1011,7 +1013,7 @@ int thermal_cooling_device_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, void *devdat
mutex_init(&cdev->lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances);
cdev->updated = false;
- cdev->device.class = thermal_class;
+ cdev->device.class = &thermal_class;
cdev->device.release = thermal_cdev_release;
device_initialize(&cdev->device);
cdev->devdata = devdata;
@@ -1484,7 +1486,7 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
if (!tz->ops.critical)
tz->ops.critical = thermal_zone_device_critical;

- tz->device.class = thermal_class;
+ tz->device.class = &thermal_class;
tz->device.release = thermal_zone_device_release;
tz->devdata = devdata;
tz->num_trips = num_trips;
@@ -1790,7 +1792,6 @@ void thermal_pm_complete(void)

static int __init thermal_init(void)
{
- struct class *tc;
int result;

thermal_debug_init();
@@ -1809,13 +1810,10 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)
if (result)
goto unregister_governors;

- tc = class_create("thermal");
- if (IS_ERR(tc)) {
- result = PTR_ERR(tc);
+ result = class_register(&thermal_class);
+ if (result)
goto unregister_governors;
- }

- thermal_class = tc;
thermal_class_unavailable = false;

return 0;
--
2.51.0