diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index f4ebe39539afb1cb2d986dd77c3371eeb3fcaf00..35e8fbca10ad5eb847b82f028600ebfb738203a5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ static void acpi_thermal_check(void *data)
 	if (!tz->tz_enabled)
 		return;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz->thermal_zone);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz->thermal_zone,
+				   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 }
 
 /* sys I/F for generic thermal sysfs support */
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
index 460fa6708bfccbc6774284fc859a877d750d02b3..2acdb0d6ea8983f82ed23a28e2408ab37a6f0ce7 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static inline void acerhdf_enable_kernelmode(void)
 	kernelmode = 1;
 
 	thz_dev->polling_delay = interval*1000;
-	thermal_zone_device_update(thz_dev);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(thz_dev, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	pr_notice("kernel mode fan control ON\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/max8973-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/max8973-regulator.c
index 3958f50c5975c4d7bb012016fc2871525efe07ec..e0c747aa9f851d5e394f59348d6b531bf1c7b664 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/max8973-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/max8973-regulator.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static irqreturn_t max8973_thermal_irq(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct max8973_chip *mchip = data;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(mchip->tz_device);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(mchip->tz_device,
+				   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/db8500_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/db8500_thermal.c
index 652acd8fbe48e2334ab887df96272859f12c11bf..e776cea80cfcb19bc61c12908b71969a55f3e64e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/db8500_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/db8500_thermal.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static void db8500_thermal_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (cur_mode == THERMAL_DEVICE_DISABLED)
 		return;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(pzone->therm_dev);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(pzone->therm_dev, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	dev_dbg(&pzone->therm_dev->device, "thermal work finished.\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c
index 97fad8f51e1c891ec26a296e25a6059419e529a0..f6429666a1cfe03d1f122266938a5343cf744054 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/hisi_thermal.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ static irqreturn_t hisi_thermal_alarm_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev)
 		if (!data->sensors[i].tzd)
 			continue;
 
-		thermal_zone_device_update(data->sensors[i].tzd);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(data->sensors[i].tzd,
+					   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	}
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
index e473548b5d289d7dda47bdd8c423209fc1ab245f..06912f0602b75ba1a7d801babc686f5305838b59 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int imx_set_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	}
 
 	data->mode = mode;
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static irqreturn_t imx_thermal_alarm_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev)
 	dev_dbg(&data->tz->device, "THERMAL ALARM: T > %d\n",
 		data->alarm_temp / 1000);
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(data->tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(data->tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int340x_thermal_zone.h b/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int340x_thermal_zone.h
index aaadf724ff2ef858807715ae395b2aef9c0b740e..65116b1f19f12fcda379dd18b04e48b5858e131e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int340x_thermal_zone.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int340x_thermal_zone.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline void *int340x_thermal_zone_get_priv_data(
 static inline void int340x_thermal_zone_device_update(
 			struct int34x_thermal_zone *tzone)
 {
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tzone->zone);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tzone->zone, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_bxt_pmic_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_bxt_pmic_thermal.c
index 4ae3e0c1576a641eccd58512abbe5ac570c93ca8..0f19a393ddd88fec064951291c4c2db007fea8ec 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel_bxt_pmic_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_bxt_pmic_thermal.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static irqreturn_t pmic_thermal_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 			trip = td->maps[i].trip_config[j].trip_num;
 			tzd = thermal_zone_get_zone_by_name(td->maps[i].handle);
 			if (!IS_ERR(tzd))
-				thermal_zone_device_update(tzd);
+				thermal_zone_device_update(tzd,
+						THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 			/* Clear the appropriate irq */
 			regmap_write(regmap, reg, reg_val & mask);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_soc_dts_iosf.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_soc_dts_iosf.c
index f72e1db3216f6f446458467964c9108986ea8c4f..e0813dfaa2783c17ea43012df3cedf2f70b11f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel_soc_dts_iosf.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_soc_dts_iosf.c
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ void intel_soc_dts_iosf_interrupt_handler(struct intel_soc_dts_sensors *sensors)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < SOC_MAX_DTS_SENSORS; ++i) {
 			pr_debug("TZD update for zone %d\n", i);
-			thermal_zone_device_update(sensors->soc_dts[i].tzone);
+			thermal_zone_device_update(sensors->soc_dts[i].tzone,
+						   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 		}
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sensors->intr_notify_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/max77620_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/max77620_thermal.c
index 8d6162676f6833ff0edba116f83f978b4bbfd78c..83905ff46e40e14904c1197521455b6d813f55e6 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/max77620_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/max77620_thermal.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ static irqreturn_t max77620_thermal_irq(int irq, void *data)
 	else if (irq == mtherm->irq_tjalarm2)
 		dev_crit(mtherm->dev, "Junction Temp Alarm2(140C) occurred\n");
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(mtherm->tz_device);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(mtherm->tz_device,
+				   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
index ab6e5260a901d99941eaf406646de239debd5c57..d04ec3b9e5ff21f68aa4a25d4a9d3e4caef0f4ec 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int of_thermal_set_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	mutex_unlock(&tz->lock);
 
 	data->mode = mode;
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm.c b/drivers/thermal/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm.c
index f8a3c60bef94bcf32ca388ab0c2de8de034dab7c..819c6d5d7aa714914b6611fb306fd74bea48344c 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static irqreturn_t qpnp_tm_isr(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct qpnp_tm_chip *chip = data;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(chip->tz_dev);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(chip->tz_dev, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
index b5c6442d82d62b09024eca874a8ffb6b4065b1aa..6c73d3ecf33bba3515afed258b6572fb7cc90865 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/rcar_thermal.c
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ static void rcar_thermal_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 
 	if (nctemp != cctemp)
-		thermal_zone_device_update(priv->zone);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(priv->zone,
+					   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 }
 
 static u32 rcar_thermal_had_changed(struct rcar_thermal_priv *priv, u32 status)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/rockchip_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/rockchip_thermal.c
index 1f165c990c85c332c44132dcb1d1a5ebec102d48..e227a9f0acf71c52917a91b8986c9fc4c4d17e31 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/rockchip_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/rockchip_thermal.c
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@ static irqreturn_t rockchip_thermal_alarm_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev)
 	thermal->chip->irq_ack(thermal->regs);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < thermal->chip->chn_num; i++)
-		thermal_zone_device_update(thermal->sensors[i].tzd);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(thermal->sensors[i].tzd,
+					   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
index f3ce94ec73b513595e1297a0a222cd8cb3efa5c3..ad1186dd6132c3ca74f7df209605a25745b16cac 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void exynos_report_trigger(struct exynos_tmu_data *p)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
 	/* Find the level for which trip happened */
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/st/st_thermal_memmap.c b/drivers/thermal/st/st_thermal_memmap.c
index fc0c9e198710327bbd10983b895eac4d740bb258..91d42319de27279c8e8367e09dac108d6cabc561 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/st/st_thermal_memmap.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/st/st_thermal_memmap.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ static irqreturn_t st_mmap_thermal_trip_handler(int irq, void *sdata)
 {
 	struct st_thermal_sensor *sensor = sdata;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(sensor->thermal_dev);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(sensor->thermal_dev,
+				   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index f2d55e478b2a70f367efd2d6f609e029feaf464b..226b0b4aced6a2e9fd348086259fc517e3f674ee 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ static void thermal_zone_device_reset(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 		pos->initialized = false;
 }
 
-void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
+void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
+				enum thermal_notify_event event)
 {
 	int count;
 
@@ -621,6 +622,8 @@ void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 
 	thermal_zone_set_trips(tz);
 
+	tz->notify_event = event;
+
 	for (count = 0; count < tz->trips; count++)
 		handle_thermal_trip(tz, count);
 }
@@ -631,7 +634,7 @@ static void thermal_zone_device_check(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz = container_of(work, struct
 						      thermal_zone_device,
 						      poll_queue.work);
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 }
 
 /* sys I/F for thermal zone */
@@ -755,7 +758,7 @@ trip_point_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -877,7 +880,7 @@ passive_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	tz->forced_passive = state;
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -968,7 +971,7 @@ emul_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	}
 
 	if (!ret)
-		thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
@@ -1564,7 +1567,8 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_tz_list, node)
 		if (atomic_cmpxchg(&pos->need_update, 1, 0))
-			thermal_zone_device_update(pos);
+			thermal_zone_device_update(pos,
+						   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
 	return cdev;
@@ -2007,7 +2011,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type,
 	thermal_zone_device_reset(tz);
 	/* Update the new thermal zone and mark it as already updated. */
 	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&tz->need_update, 1, 0))
-		thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(tz, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return tz;
 
@@ -2294,7 +2298,8 @@ static int thermal_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		atomic_set(&in_suspend, 0);
 		list_for_each_entry(tz, &thermal_tz_list, node) {
 			thermal_zone_device_reset(tz);
-			thermal_zone_device_update(tz);
+			thermal_zone_device_update(tz,
+						   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c b/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
index 4a6757ca78f056cc7858e861d0cd3fcd1fba83f2..0586bd0f2bab676f1c780bc1bc0499919ed5f88e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void ti_thermal_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct ti_thermal_data *data = container_of(work,
 					struct ti_thermal_data, thermal_wq);
 
-	thermal_zone_device_update(data->ti_thermal);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(data->ti_thermal, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	dev_dbg(&data->ti_thermal->device, "updated thermal zone %s\n",
 		data->ti_thermal->type);
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int ti_thermal_set_mode(struct thermal_zone_device *thermal,
 	data->mode = mode;
 	ti_bandgap_write_update_interval(bgp, data->sensor_id,
 					data->ti_thermal->polling_delay);
-	thermal_zone_device_update(data->ti_thermal);
+	thermal_zone_device_update(data->ti_thermal, THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	dev_dbg(&thermal->device, "thermal polling set for duration=%d msec\n",
 		data->ti_thermal->polling_delay);
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
index 97f0a2bd93edfb64bc326adf29724bf456548ad8..95f4c1bcdb4caf069df9f70dbe63ec3ae64b7908 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ static void pkg_temp_thermal_threshold_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	if (notify) {
 		pr_debug("thermal_zone_device_update\n");
-		thermal_zone_device_update(phdev->tzone);
+		thermal_zone_device_update(phdev->tzone,
+					   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index b3c16f06fdc40df5bebfdadc22c582fe504037aa..511182a88e76416ded9f506f1af2db76bddf2e32 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ enum thermal_trend {
 	THERMAL_TREND_DROP_FULL, /* apply lowest cooling action */
 };
 
+/* Thermal notification reason */
+enum thermal_notify_event {
+	THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED, /* Unspecified event */
+	THERMAL_EVENT_TEMP_SAMPLE, /* New Temperature sample */
+	THERMAL_TRIP_VIOLATED, /* TRIP Point violation */
+	THERMAL_TRIP_CHANGED, /* TRIP Point temperature changed */
+	THERMAL_DEVICE_DOWN, /* Thermal device is down */
+	THERMAL_DEVICE_UP, /* Thermal device is up after a down event */
+	THERMAL_DEVICE_POWER_CAPABILITY_CHANGED, /* power capability changed */
+};
+
 struct thermal_zone_device_ops {
 	int (*bind) (struct thermal_zone_device *,
 		     struct thermal_cooling_device *);
@@ -187,6 +198,7 @@ struct thermal_attr {
  * @lock:	lock to protect thermal_instances list
  * @node:	node in thermal_tz_list (in thermal_core.c)
  * @poll_queue:	delayed work for polling
+ * @notify_event: Last notification event
  */
 struct thermal_zone_device {
 	int id;
@@ -217,6 +229,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
 	struct mutex lock;
 	struct list_head node;
 	struct delayed_work poll_queue;
+	enum thermal_notify_event notify_event;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -436,7 +449,8 @@ int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *, int,
 				     unsigned int);
 int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *, int,
 				       struct thermal_cooling_device *);
-void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *);
+void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *,
+				enum thermal_notify_event);
 void thermal_zone_set_trips(struct thermal_zone_device *);
 
 struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *, void *,
@@ -487,7 +501,8 @@ static inline int thermal_zone_unbind_cooling_device(
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip,
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 { return -ENODEV; }
-static inline void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
+static inline void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
+					      enum thermal_notify_event event)
 { }
 static inline void thermal_zone_set_trips(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 { }