[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Replace Steve French as CIFS maintainer

From: Paulo Alcantara

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 10:14:28 EST


Unfortunately, due to health reasons, Steve French can no longer
continue as CIFS maintainer; therefore, I am taking over the role with
Namjae Jeon as secondary maintainer.

Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steve French <sfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bharath SM <bharathsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: samba-technical@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
CREDITS | 5 +++++
MAINTAINERS | 7 +++----
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 91c51c14e993..d3f60da01dad 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -1320,6 +1320,11 @@ D: Initial GPL'd Frame Relay driver
D: Dynamic PPP devices
D: Sundry modularizations (PPP, IPX, ...) and fixes

+N: Steve French
+E: sfrench@xxxxxxxxx
+E: smfrench@xxxxxxxxx
+D: Author and maintainer of the cifs filesystem for many years.
+
N: Bob Frey
E: bobf@xxxxxxxxxxxx
D: AdvanSys SCSI driver
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8014b9f8253e..55f27757dde5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6458,9 +6458,8 @@ F: rust/kernel/clk.rs
X: drivers/clk/clkdev.c

COMMON INTERNET FILE SYSTEM CLIENT (CIFS and SMB3)
-M: Steve French <sfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
-M: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx>
-R: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (DFS, global name space)
+M: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+M: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx> (directory leases, sparse files)
R: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (multichannel)
R: Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> (RDMA, smbdirect)
@@ -6469,7 +6468,7 @@ L: linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
L: samba-technical@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
S: Supported
W: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS
-T: git https://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git for-next
+T: git https://git.manguebit.org/linux.git cifs-next
F: Documentation/admin-guide/cifs/
F: fs/smb/client/
F: fs/smb/common/
--
2.55.0