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 <festevam@denx.de>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231129124330.519423-1-festevam@gmail.com

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal-zones.yaml
index 4a8dabc481700e5816b8cffc93a39d88840d42d4..dbd52620d293060f59432ac5e3df2b6d8d23a542 100644 (file)
--- 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