Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Move the BFQ io scheduler to Odd Fixes state

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Fri Sep 06 2024 - 05:06:28 EST


On Fri, 6 Sept 2024 at 03:15, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 在 2024/09/06 0:56, Ulf Hansson 写道:
> > On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 18:49, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 9/5/24 10:43 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> >>> To not give up entirely on maintenance of BFQ, add myself and Linus Walleij
> >>> as maintainers for BFQ. Although, as both of us has limited bandwidth for
> >>> this, let's reflect that by changing the state to Odd Fixes. If there are
> >>> anybody else that would be interested to help with maintenance of BFQ,
> >>> please let us know.
> >>
> >> We don't add maintainers that haven't actually worked on the code. As it
> >> so happens, we already have a good candidate for this, who knows the
> >> block layer code and does many fixes there, Yu Kuai. And they recently
> >> sent in real fixes too. So that's likely the way the needle will swing.
> >
> > I would certainly appreciate it if Yu Kuai could step in and help,
> > that's why I cced him too.
> >
> > Although, me and Linus were thinking that helping with "Odd Fixes" is
> > better than nothing. Ohh, well, let's see what Yu Kuai thinks, then.
>
> I appreciate the opportunity and am willing to help with maintaining
> BFQ.
>
> Thank you for considering me for this role.
> Kuai

That's really great news! Looking forward to seeing a patch from you
to MAINTAINERS and I will do my best as a community citizen to support
you!

Kind regards
Uffe