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Message-ID: <05804bc2-60fb-b1f8-c0c4-ad7b1c45462a@suse.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 06:34:31 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>, x86@...nel.org,
        pv-drivers@...are.com
Cc:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Vivek Thampi <vithampi@...are.com>,
        Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>,
        Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>,
        linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>,
        sdeep@...are.com, amakhalov@...are.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, keerthanak@...are.com,
        srivatsab@...are.com, anishs@...are.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as
 private

On 08.11.21 21:30, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>
> 
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. So, in an earlier discussion [1][2], it was recommended to
> mark them as such. Update all the remaining VMware mailing list
> references to use that format -- "L: list@...ress (private)".
> 
> [1]. https://lore.kernel.org/r/YPfp0Ff6KuyPlyrc@kroah.com
> [2]. https://lore.kernel.org/r/1626861766-11115-1-git-send-email-jhansen@vmware.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@...il.mit.edu>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
> Cc: Vivek Thampi <vithampi@...are.com>
> Cc: Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>
> Cc: Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>
> Cc: pv-drivers@...are.com
> Cc: linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>
> ---
> 
>   MAINTAINERS |   16 ++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 118cf8170d02..3e92176e68fb 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -6134,8 +6134,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>   F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
>   
>   DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> -M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>
>   M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>
> +L:	linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com (private)
>   L:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
>   S:	Supported
>   T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> @@ -20032,7 +20032,7 @@ F:	tools/testing/vsock/
>   
>   VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
>   M:	Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
> -M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> +L:	pv-drivers@...are.com (private)
>   L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> @@ -20050,14 +20050,14 @@ F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
>   
>   VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER
>   M:	Adit Ranadive <aditr@...are.com>
> -M:	VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> +L:	pv-drivers@...are.com (private)
>   L:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   F:	drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
>   
>   VMware PVSCSI driver
>   M:	Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>
> -M:	VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> +L:	pv-drivers@...are.com (private)
>   L:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
> @@ -20065,7 +20065,7 @@ F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
>   
>   VMWARE VIRTUAL PTP CLOCK DRIVER
>   M:	Vivek Thampi <vithampi@...are.com>
> -M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> +L:	pv-drivers@...are.com (private)

Maybe replace "(private)" with "(mail alias)"?

This makes it rather clear that it is a valid address to send patches
to, but there isn't public read access like to a ML.


Juergen

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