linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@...nel.org a list and not a maintainer

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Message-ID: <e97983fd-b6ee-403a-87c7-53ff37468551@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:37:57 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, LKML
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@...nel.org a list and not a maintainer

On 8/20/25 12:20, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> In the MAINTAINERS file, x86@...nel.org is listed as both:
> 
>  M: x86@...nel.org
> 
> and
> 
>  L: x86@...nel.org
> 
> The MAINTAINERS document starts with:
> 
>         M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@...ain>
> 	[..]
>         L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area

Yeah, it's not a person, but it's also not a list that folks can
subscribe to. So there really isn't a good fit for it. I've never heard
of it causing any problems, so my inclination would be to just leave it
as-is.