Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update CXL, NVDIMM, DAX, and others for djbw

[Dave Jiang]

On 11/4/26 8:22 AM, Frank Li wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2026 at 01:15:47PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>> 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
> 
> Can you put my name here now until it is full removed. I have some cleanup
> patch need be merged in case take more time to remove it totally.

Thanks for stepping up Frank. Will do.

DJ

> 
> Frank
> 
>>  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
>> --
>> 2.54.0
>>