thermal/core: Remove the 'forced_passive' option

The code was reorganized in 2012 with the commit 0c01ebbfd3caf1.

The main change is a loop on the trip points array and a unconditional
call to the throttle() ops of the governors for each of them even if
the trip temperature is not reached yet.

With this change, the 'forced_passive' is no longer checked in the
thermal_zone_device_update() function but in the step wise governor's
throttle() callback.

As the force_passive does no belong to the trip point array, the
thermal_zone_device_update() can not compare with the specified
passive temperature, thus does not detect the passive limit has been
crossed. Consequently, throttle() is never called and the
'forced_passive' branch is unreached.

In addition, the default processor cooling device is not automatically
bound to the thermal zone if there is not passive trip point, thus the
'forced_passive' can not operate.

If there is an active trip point, then the throttle function will be
called to mitigate at this temperature and the 'forced_passive' will
override the mitigation of the active trip point in this case but with
the default cooling device bound to the thermal zone, so usually a
fan, and that is not a passive cooling effect.

Given the regression exists since more than 8 years, nobody complained
and at the best of my knowledge there is no bug open in
https://bugzilla.kernel.org, it is reasonable to say it is unused.

Remove the 'forced_passive' related code.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201214233811.485669-1-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 80 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
index 0866e949339b..4e7f9e880d76 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
@@ -217,49 +217,6 @@ trip_point_hyst_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-passive_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	      const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
-	int state;
-
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%d\n", &state) != 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* sanity check: values below 1000 millicelcius don't make sense
-	 * and can cause the system to go into a thermal heart attack
-	 */
-	if (state && state < 1000)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (state && !tz->forced_passive) {
-		if (!tz->passive_delay)
-			tz->passive_delay = 1000;
-		thermal_zone_device_rebind_exception(tz, "Processor",
-						     sizeof("Processor"));
-	} else if (!state && tz->forced_passive) {
-		tz->passive_delay = 0;
-		thermal_zone_device_unbind_exception(tz, "Processor",
-						     sizeof("Processor"));
-	}
-
-	tz->forced_passive = state;
-
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-passive_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	     char *buf)
-{
-	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = to_thermal_zone(dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", tz->forced_passive);
-}
-
-static ssize_t
 policy_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -403,7 +360,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sustainable_power);
 
 /* These thermal zone device attributes are created based on conditions */
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(mode);
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(passive);
 
 /* These attributes are unconditionally added to a thermal zone */
 static struct attribute *thermal_zone_dev_attrs[] = {
@@ -438,45 +394,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group thermal_zone_mode_attribute_group = {
 	.attrs = thermal_zone_mode_attrs,
 };
 
-/* We expose passive only if passive trips are present */
-static struct attribute *thermal_zone_passive_attrs[] = {
-	&dev_attr_passive.attr,
-	NULL,
-};
-
-static umode_t thermal_zone_passive_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
-					       struct attribute *attr,
-					       int attrno)
-{
-	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
-	struct thermal_zone_device *tz;
-	enum thermal_trip_type trip_type;
-	int count, passive = 0;
-
-	tz = container_of(dev, struct thermal_zone_device, device);
-
-	for (count = 0; count < tz->trips && !passive; count++) {
-		tz->ops->get_trip_type(tz, count, &trip_type);
-
-		if (trip_type == THERMAL_TRIP_PASSIVE)
-			passive = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (!passive)
-		return attr->mode;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct attribute_group thermal_zone_passive_attribute_group = {
-	.attrs = thermal_zone_passive_attrs,
-	.is_visible = thermal_zone_passive_is_visible,
-};
-
 static const struct attribute_group *thermal_zone_attribute_groups[] = {
 	&thermal_zone_attribute_group,
 	&thermal_zone_mode_attribute_group,
-	&thermal_zone_passive_attribute_group,
 	/* This is not NULL terminated as we create the group dynamically */
 };