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

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Message-ID: <2f2bd13d-933b-da9d-7ea0-5f875dec574b@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:15:49 +0800
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
 Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...more.it>,
 "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Move the BFQ io scheduler to Odd Fixes state

Hi,

在 2024/09/06 0:56, Ulf Hansson 写道:
> 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.

I appreciate the opportunity and am willing to help with maintaining
BFQ.

Thank you for considering me for this role.
Kuai

> 
> Kind regards
> Uffe
> .
>