linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] cpqphp_ctrl.c: remove dead code

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Message-Id: <20070809154702.caa67a61.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:47:02 -0700
From:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	pcihpd-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] cpqphp_ctrl.c: remove dead code

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:24:27 -0700
Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
pcihpd-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 02:51:40PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:51:05 +0200
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > If !mem_node we did already return -ENOMEM above in the function.
> > > 
> > > Spotted by the Coverity checker.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
> > 
> > Greg - you are listed as the maintainer for this driver.
> 
> Not anymore, look at 2.6.23-rc1 :)
> 
> > Can you either
> > point me to someone who can review this patch or review it yourself?  
> > Looking at the code, it looks like it's possible that the driver writer
> > wanted this code patch to be able to be taken if it got IO resources
> > and not MEM resources, and if they didn't there's other cleanups that
> > should be done for the no iomem case.
> 
> Hm, I agree that this looks like the way the code was intended to work,
> but as this code has been working just fine so far the way it is, I'm
> not inclined to change it much, if any.
> 
> Especially as I no longer even have the hardware to test it on :(
> 
> So, how about we just leave it alone?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

fine by me - let's NAK this patch (and all future ones for this driver) until 
someone with hardware steps up to maintain this driver.  Eventually it
will just die I guess.
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