linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Move the BFQ io scheduler to Odd Fixes state

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Message-ID: <CAPDyKFrgzuuDBMWjBDVFAzwTP30JeD+zP2mVo+E=P0MZwUepHA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 18:56:04 +0200
From: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, 
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...more.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Move the BFQ io scheduler to Odd Fixes state

On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 18:49, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 9/5/24 10:43 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> > To not give up entirely on maintenance of BFQ, add myself and Linus Walleij
> > as maintainers for BFQ. Although, as both of us has limited bandwidth for
> > this, let's reflect that by changing the state to Odd Fixes. If there are
> > anybody else that would be interested to help with maintenance of BFQ,
> > please let us know.
>
> We don't add maintainers that haven't actually worked on the code. As it
> so happens, we already have a good candidate for this, who knows the
> block layer code and does many fixes there, Yu Kuai. And they recently
> sent in real fixes too. So that's likely the way the needle will swing.

I would certainly appreciate it if Yu Kuai could step in and help,
that's why I cced him too.

Although, me and Linus were thinking that helping with "Odd Fixes" is
better than nothing. Ohh, well, let's see what Yu Kuai thinks, then.

Kind regards
Uffe