Re: [PATCH] thermal: Share THERMAL_NO_LIMIT between kernel and DT bindings

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 10/21/26 15:48, Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM Daniel Lezcano
> <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > THERMAL_NO_LIMIT is defined separately in the thermal core and the DT
> > bindings, using different expressions for the same no-limit sentinel.
> >
> > Define it as 0xffffffff in the DT bindings header and include that
> > header from linux/thermal.h. Remove the duplicate kernel definition so
> > both interfaces use the same unsigned 32-bit value while preserving
> > the existing DT encoding.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> But THERMAL_NO_LIMIT is also used by the core on systems without DT,
> so why is defining it in DT bindings not confusing?

Yes, you are right. I missed ACPI relies on the THERMAL_NO_LIMIT default 
for the cooling spec