Subject: Re: [net V2 5/9] net/mlx5: Register a unique thermal zone per device

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 20:20:26 -0700

On Wed,  5 Jul 2023 10:57:53 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> Prior to this patch only one "mlx5" thermal zone could have been
> registered regardless of the number of individual mlx5 devices in the
> system.
> 
> To fix this setup a unique name per device to register its own thermal
> zone.
> 
> In order to not register a thermal zone for a virtual device (VF/SF) add
> a check for PF device type.
> 
> The new name is a concatenation between "mlx5_" and "<PCI_DEV_BDF>", which
> will also help associating a thermal zone with its PCI device.
> 
> $ lspci | grep ConnectX
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2892 Family [ConnectX-6 Dx]
> 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2892 Family [ConnectX-6 Dx]
> 
> $ cat /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/type
> mlx5_0000:00:04.0
> $ cat /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone1/type
> mlx5_0000:00:05.0

Damn, that's strange. What's the reason you went with thermal zone
instead of a hwmon device?