linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: trees being removed

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Message-ID: <45a76e4e-12f2-413d-b9ab-3c453df23ff9@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:55:16 -0500
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dennis Zhou
 <dennis@...nel.org>, Dipen Patel <dipenp@...dia.com>,
        Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: trees being removed

On 12/15/25 2:41 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The following trees are going to be removed from linux-next because they
> have not been updated in more than a year.  If you want a tree kept,
> please just reply and let me know (and update its branch).  If you want
> a tree restored after it has been removed, just let me know (and update
> its branch).
> 
> Tree			Last commit date
>   URL
>   comits (if any)
> ----			----------------
> accel			2024-05-03 11:00:53 +1000
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ogabbay/linux.git#habanalabs-next
> clang-format		2024-08-02 13:20:31 +0200
>   https://github.com/ojeda/linux.git#clang-format
> compiler-attributes	2024-09-15 16:57:56 +0200
>   https://github.com/ojeda/linux.git#compiler-attributes
> dmi			2024-05-14 11:23:02 +0200
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging.git#dmi-for-next
> ecryptfs		2024-10-21 01:47:22 -0500
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tyhicks/ecryptfs.git#next
>   b06c72107980 ("ecryptfs: keystore: Fix typo 'the the' in comment")
>   da22e0dc323c ("fs: ecryptfs: comment typo fix")
>   68c119aecdcd ("ecryptfs: Fix packet format comment in parse_tag_67_packet()")
>   fba133a34118 ("ecryptfs: Remove unused declartion ecryptfs_fill_zeros()")
> exportfs		2024-11-17 14:15:08 -0800
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cel/linux.git#exportfs-next

re: the exportfs tree: yes, that's fine with me. I asked for that to be
added to linux-next before we knew that exportfs patches would be going
through the VFS trees instead.


> hte			2024-06-19 12:24:03 -0700
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pateldipen1984/linux.git#for-next
> percpu			2024-10-07 11:33:26 -0700
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dennis/percpu.git#for-next
> siox			2024-03-08 22:01:10 +0100
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ukleinek/linux.git#siox/for-next
> unicode			2024-10-11 15:02:41 -0400
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/krisman/unicode.git#for-next
> xarray			2024-09-23 15:16:41 -0400
>   git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/xarray.git#main
>   c88414f56c37 ("XArray: Prevent node leaks in xas_alloc()")
>   6684aba0780d ("XArray: Add extra debugging check to xas_lock and friends")
> 
> 
> These trees of fixes will be kept in any case (please let me know if
> they should go):
> 
> backlight-fixes		2024-05-26 15:20:12 -0700
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/backlight.git#for-backlight-fixes
> sparc-fixes		2024-01-21 14:11:32 -0800
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/alarsson/linux-sparc.git#for-linus
> tracefs-fixes		2024-11-01 08:57:55 -0400
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git#tracefs/fixes
> 


-- 
Chuck Lever