linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] nfc: MAINTAINERS: Orphan the NFC and look for new maintainers

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Message-ID: <f824d9a0-2f34-4c5d-acd6-e59a85111be2@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:14:58 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@....qualcomm.com>
To: Mark Greer <mgreer@...malcreek.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] nfc: MAINTAINERS: Orphan the NFC and look for
 new maintainers

On 15/01/2026 16:36, Mark Greer wrote:
> On 1/9/26 3:11 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> NFC stack in Linux is in poor shape, with several bugs being discovered
>> last years via fuzzing, not much new development happening and limited
>> review and testing.  It requires some more effort than drive-by reviews
>> I have been offering last one or two years.
>>
>> I don't have much time nor business interests to keep looking at NFC,
>> so let's drop me from maintainers to clearly indicate that more hands
>> are needed.
>>
>> Cc: Mark Greer <mgreer@...malcreek.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@....qualcomm.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Mark Greer <mgreer@...malcreek.com>
> 
>> ---
>>
>> One might argue that poor/non-responsive maintainer is better than no
>> maintainer, but I think better to admit that real state of affairs, so
>> people would see there is vacancy to take.
>> ---
> 
> Thank you so much for the work you've done on this Krzysztof. I was
> supposed to help you with some of this but I didn't. I'm pretty busy
> too so I'm not sure when this situation will improve for me or in
> general. Maybe someone will step up.

No worries. If you ever want to come back to taking care about NFC, the
position waits. :)

Best regards,
Krzysztof