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([2001:a61:2ae4:301:12fa:de76:8d51:fc21]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-488fb6dfa33sm14975665e9.0.2026.04.16.23.56.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5028645d-e91c-4196-b118-81fd513f5d31@suse.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:56:13 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] advansys: fix host resource leak in EISA probe error path To: Guangshuo Li Cc: Matthew Wilcox , "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org References: <20260416165935.3958686-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Hannes Reinecke In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 4/17/26 08:29, Guangshuo Li wrote: > Hi Hannes, > > Thanks for the feedback. > > On Fri, 17 Apr 2026 at 13:56, Hannes Reinecke wrote: >> >> >> You must be kidding ... EISA is died over a decade ago. >> >> If you _really_ are concerned about this please remove EISA support >> completely from the driver. >> > > I agree that EISA is obsolete, and I understand that this path is > unlikely to matter on modern systems. My intent was simply to clean up > an inconsistency I noticed while reviewing the existing error handling > code. > > If maintaining the EISA path is not worthwhile, I’m fine with dropping > this patch. I can also take a look at what removing the EISA support > would involve. > Please, drop the patch, and rather invest time to check how to drop EISA support. Fixing issues for code paths which are never exercised is a bit pointless. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Kernel Storage Architect hare@suse.com +49 911 74053 688 SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: I. Totev, A. McDonald, W. Knoblich