Attempt to query number of coolers before fan_speed. Inspiration: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/blob/main/samples/nv-control-targets.c

src/loaders/loader_nvctrl.cpp

@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ bool libnvctrl_loader::Load(const std::string& library_name) {
     return false;
   }
 
+  XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount =
+      reinterpret_cast<decltype(this->XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount)>(
+          dlsym(library_, "XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount"));
+  if (!XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount) {
+    CleanUp(true);
+    return false;
+  }
+
 #endif
 
 #if defined(LIBRARY_LOADER_NVCTRL_H_DT_NEEDED)

src/loaders/loader_nvctrl.h

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class libnvctrl_loader {
   decltype(&::XNVCTRLQueryAttribute) XNVCTRLQueryAttribute;
   decltype(&::XNVCTRLQueryTargetStringAttribute) XNVCTRLQueryTargetStringAttribute;
   decltype(&::XNVCTRLQueryTargetAttribute64) XNVCTRLQueryTargetAttribute64;
+  decltype(&::XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount) XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount;
 
  private:
   void CleanUp(bool unload);

src/nvctrl.cpp

@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ void getNvctrlInfo(){
 int64_t getNvctrlFanSpeed(){
     auto& nvctrl = get_libnvctrl_loader();
     int64_t fan_speed = 0;
+    /* Get the number of Cooler devices in the system */
+    int num_coolers;
+    bool ret = nvctrl.XNVCTRLQueryTargetCount(display.get(),
+                        NV_CTRL_TARGET_TYPE_COOLER,
+                        &num_coolers);
+    if (!ret) {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("XNVCtrl Failed to query number of Coolers");
+    } else {
+        SPDLOG_DEBUG("XNVCtrl number of Cooler Devices: {}", num_coolers);
+        if (num_coolers <= 0) {
+            return fan_speed;
+        }
+    }
     nvctrl.XNVCTRLQueryTargetAttribute64(display.get(),
                         NV_CTRL_TARGET_TYPE_COOLER,
                         0,