Re: [PATCH v5] nvme: Add hardware monitoring support

From: Keith Busch
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 20:02:46 EST


On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 06:35:18AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> nvme devices report temperature information in the controller information
> (for limits) and in the smart log. Currently, the only means to retrieve
> this information is the nvme command line interface, which requires
> super-user privileges.
>
> At the same time, it would be desirable to be able to use NVMe temperature
> information for thermal control.
>
> This patch adds support to read NVMe temperatures from the kernel using the
> hwmon API and adds temperature zones for NVMe drives. The thermal subsystem
> can use this information to set thermal policies, and userspace can access
> it using libsensors and/or the "sensors" command.
>
> Example output from the "sensors" command:
>
> nvme0-pci-0100
> Adapter: PCI adapter
> Composite: +39.0°C (high = +85.0°C, crit = +85.0°C)
> Sensor 1: +39.0°C
> Sensor 2: +41.0°C
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied for 5.5