[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update CXL, NVDIMM, DAX, and others for djbw
From: Dave Jiang
Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 15:20:22 EST
Dan is no longer with us. Removing entries in MAINTAINERS to prevent
people from keep emailing his address.
async_tx will be essentially orphaned. There has been discussion of
deprecation for the feature on the dmaengine mailing list.
fsdax will no longer have a maintainer. But there are reviewers still
and Alison Schofield will continue to wrangle patches for DAX overall.
Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
For FSDAX, Jan or Willy if you guys want to step up and be the
maintainer please let me know and I'll update the entry. Thanks.
---
MAINTAINERS | 12 ++----------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 14e4daf8ea8a..32b86033b5f1 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4285,8 +4285,7 @@ S: Maintained
F: crypto/rsa*
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFERS/TRANSFORMS (IOAT) API
-R: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
-S: Odd fixes
+S: Orphan
W: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xscaleiop
F: Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst
F: crypto/async_tx/
@@ -6715,7 +6714,6 @@ M: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Ira Weiny <iweiny@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Li Ming <ming.li@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
R: Richard Cheng <icheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
@@ -7610,7 +7608,6 @@ S: Maintained
F: scripts/dev-needs.sh
DEVICE DIRECT ACCESS (DAX)
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
@@ -10304,12 +10301,11 @@ F: include/linux/fcntl.h
F: include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
FILESYSTEM DIRECT ACCESS (DAX)
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
R: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
L: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
L: nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-S: Supported
+S: Odd Fixes
F: fs/dax.c
F: include/linux/dax.h
F: include/trace/events/fs_dax.h
@@ -13444,7 +13440,6 @@ F: drivers/platform/x86/intel/hid.c
INTEL I/OAT DMA DRIVER
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
-R: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
L: dmaengine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Supported
Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-dmaengine/list/
@@ -15267,7 +15262,6 @@ K: libie
LIBNVDIMM BTT: BLOCK TRANSLATION TABLE
M: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
L: nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@@ -15277,7 +15271,6 @@ P: Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
F: drivers/nvdimm/btt*
LIBNVDIMM PMEM: PERSISTENT MEMORY DRIVER
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
@@ -15296,7 +15289,6 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pmem/pmem-region.yaml
F: drivers/nvdimm/of_pmem.c
LIBNVDIMM: NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE SUBSYSTEM
-M: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
M: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
base-commit: abf8c33470f78e2226ee3dcdc69004660020ab47
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2.54.0