[PATCH 29/31] thermal: core: add a comment describing the main update loop

From: Eduardo Valentin
Date: Wed May 04 2016 - 02:04:21 EST


Simply marking the main update loop section and adding a
comment describing it.

Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 0317aea..d552183 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -286,6 +286,17 @@ static void thermal_unregister_governors(void)
thermal_gov_power_allocator_unregister();
}

+/*
+ * Zone update section: main control loop applied to each zone while monitoring
+ *
+ * in polling mode. The monitoring is done using a workqueue.
+ * Same update may be done on a zone by calling thermal_zone_device_update().
+ *
+ * An update means:
+ * - Non-critical trips will invoke the governor responsible for that zone;
+ * - Hot trips will produce a notification to userspace;
+ * - Critical trip point will cause a system shutdown.
+ */
static void thermal_zone_device_set_polling(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
int delay)
{
--
2.1.4