From 87f67d1747bc3ce8ace14be99b47d7731041ff03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabio Estevam Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:43:27 -0300 Subject: dt-bindings: thermal-zones: Document critical-action Document the critical-action property to describe the thermal action the OS should perform after the critical temperature is reached. The possible values are "shutdown" and "reboot". The motivation for introducing the critical-action property is that different systems may need different thermal actions when the critical temperature is reached. For example, in a desktop PC, it is desired that a shutdown happens after the critical temperature is reached. However, in some embedded cases, such behavior does not suit well, as the board may be unattended in the field and rebooting may be a better approach. The bootloader may also benefit from this new property as it can check the SoC temperature and in case the temperature is above the critical point, it can trigger a shutdown or reboot accordingly. Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231129124330.519423-1-festevam@gmail.com --- .../devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/devicetree') diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml index 4a8dabc48170..dbd52620d293 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml @@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ patternProperties: framework and assumes that the thermal sensors in this zone support interrupts. + critical-action: + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string + description: | + The action the OS should perform after the critical temperature is reached. + By default the system will shutdown as a safe action to prevent damage + to the hardware, if the property is not set. + The shutdown action should be always the default and preferred one. + Choose 'reboot' with care, as the hardware may be in thermal stress, + thus leading to infinite reboots that may cause damage to the hardware. + Make sure the firmware/bootloader will act as the last resort and take + over the thermal control. + + enum: + - shutdown + - reboot + thermal-sensors: $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array maxItems: 1 -- cgit v1.2.3