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Message-ID: <20231117205543.GA3619211@dev-arch.thelio-3990X>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:55:43 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To:     ndesaulniers@...gle.com
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: refresh LLVM support

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:24:02AM -0800, ndesaulniers@...gle.com wrote:
> As discussed at the ClangBuiltLinux '23 meetup (co-located with Linux Plumbers
> Conf '23), I'll be taking a step back from kernel work to focus on my growing
> family and helping Google figure out its libc story. So I think it's time to
> formally hand over the reigns to my co-maintainer Nathan.
> 
> As such, remove myself from reviewer for:
> - CLANG CONTROL FLOW INTEGRITY SUPPORT
> - COMPILER ATTRIBUTES
> - KERNEL BUILD
> 
> For CLANG/LLVM BUILD SUPPORT I'm bumping myself down from maintainer to
> reviewer, adding Bill and Justin, and removing Tom (Tom and I confirmed this
> via private email; thanks for the work done Tom, ++beers_owed).
> 
> It has been my pleasure to work with everyone to improve the toolchain
> portability of the Linux kernel, and to help bring LLVM to the table as a
> competitor. The work here is not done.  I have a few last LLVM patches in the
> works to improve stack usage of clang which has been our longest standing open
> issue (getting "rm" inline asm constraints to DTRT is part of that). But
> looking back I'm incredibly proud of where we are to today relative to where we
> were when we started the ClangBuiltLinux journey, and am confident that the
> team and processes we have put in place will continue to be successful. I
> continue to believe that a rising tide will lift all boats.
> 
> I identify first and foremost as a Linux kernel developer, and an LLVM dev
> second. May it be a cold day in hell when that changes.
> 
> Wake me when you need me.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

Definitely bittersweet but I wish you nothing but the best on the other
side of the fence :)

Acked-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 482d428472e7..1e6692697167 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5076,7 +5076,6 @@ CLANG CONTROL FLOW INTEGRITY SUPPORT
>  M:	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
>  M:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>  R:	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> -R:	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>  L:	llvm@...ts.linux.dev
>  S:	Supported
>  B:	https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues
> @@ -5091,8 +5090,9 @@ F:	.clang-format
>  
>  CLANG/LLVM BUILD SUPPORT
>  M:	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> -M:	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> -R:	Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> +R:	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> +R:	Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>
> +R:	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
>  L:	llvm@...ts.linux.dev
>  S:	Supported
>  W:	https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io/
> @@ -5242,7 +5242,6 @@ F:	drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
>  
>  COMPILER ATTRIBUTES
>  M:	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> -R:	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
>  
> @@ -11516,7 +11515,6 @@ F:	fs/autofs/
>  KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)
>  M:	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
>  R:	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> -R:	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>  R:	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
>  L:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
>  S:	Maintained
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 6bc40e44f1ddef16a787f3501b97f1fff909177c
> change-id: 20231117-maintainers-88eac4c024a1
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> 
>