[PATCH] x86: Make x86@xxxxxxxxxx a list and not a maintainer

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Aug 20 2025 - 15:27:06 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

In the MAINTAINERS file, x86@xxxxxxxxxx is listed as both:

M: x86@xxxxxxxxxx

and

L: x86@xxxxxxxxxx

The MAINTAINERS document starts with:

M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
[..]
L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area

As 'M' is for a maintainer with a "FullName", that would hopefully be a
person (but who knows? Maybe in the future it will be AI!), whereas 'L' is
for a mailing list. Assuming that x86@xxxxxxxxxx goes to a list of people
and is not someone named 'x86' (One of Elon's children?), make the
MAINTAINERS file consistent and have x86@xxxxxxxxxx all be labeled as 'L'.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index daf520a13bdf..04e94562c0aa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12206,7 +12206,7 @@ F: drivers/scsi/isci/

INTEL CPU family model numbers
M: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
-M: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
+L: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Supported
F: arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h
@@ -27223,8 +27223,8 @@ M: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
M: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
R: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
+L: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Maintained
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/core
@@ -27236,8 +27236,8 @@ F: tools/testing/selftests/x86
X86 CPUID DATABASE
M: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
R: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+L: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
L: x86-cpuid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Maintained
W: https://x86-cpuid.org
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