Re: [PATCH v1 04/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use thermal_cooling_device_create()

[Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 06:36:28PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 03:02:53PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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> ...
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> > > Is any user space ABI breakage expected as an outcome of this change?
> >
> > Not really.
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> Maybe makes sense to state this clearly in the cover letter?

I guess you specifically mean the manually created symbolic links in
sysfs that get removed.

If so, I'm not aware of anyone using them for anything, but the lack
of observation is not proof of nonexistence.