linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:10:47 +0000
From:   Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "rajeshjalisatgi@...il.com" <rajeshjalisatgi@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Pv-drivers <Pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI



> On Jul 26, 2022, at 9:18 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2022-07-26 at 15:55 +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@...are.com wrote:
>>>>>> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
>>>>>> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
>>>>> Why?
>>>> Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.
>>> 
>>> But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
>>> with it. Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
>>> know this.
>>> 
>>> So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without
>>> Rajesh acking it.
>> 
>> I understand. After getting in touch with Rajesh, cc'ing him via his
>> personal email ID.
>> 
>> Rajesh, could you please provide your ack if you agree with this patch to
>> remove you as the maintainer for VMCI?
> 
> If being an employee of a company is a criteria for maintainership
> of this subsystem, likely the subsystem entry should be:
> 
> "S: Supported" not "S: Maintained"
> 
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMCI DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Rajesh Jalisatgi <rjalisatgi@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> 
> Likely that's true for every VMware entry.
> 
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS-VMware PVSCSI driver
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-input@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.h
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/net/vmxnet3/
> MAINTAINERS-

Thanks for pointing that out.  Will discuss this with others and send a separate
patch out.

Thanks,
Vishnu