Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Update CXL, NVDIMM, DAX, and others for djbw

[Alistair Popple]

On 2026-11-11 at 08:01 +1100, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote...
> Dan is no longer with us. Removing entries in MAINTAINERS to prevent
> people from keep emailing his address.
> 
> Frank will take over for async_tx until the feature is removed.
> 
> Alistair will take over on fsdax with Alison continue to wrangle patches
> for DAX overall patches.

Thanks! As mentioned I've previously reworked a bunch of the FS DAX code so
happy to help here.

Acked-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 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>
> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> v2:
> - Add Frank as reviewer for async_tx.
> - Alistair has been working on fsdax and agreed to be maintainer.
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 12 +++---------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 93abbb315065..58bdd5eff5c2 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -4294,7 +4294,7 @@ S:	Maintained
>  F:	crypto/rsa*
>  
>  ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFERS/TRANSFORMS (IOAT) API
> -R:	Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +R:	Frank Li <Frank.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  S:	Odd fixes
>  W:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/xscaleiop
>  F:	Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst
> @@ -6726,7 +6726,6 @@ 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>
> @@ -7621,7 +7620,6 @@ 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>
> @@ -10315,12 +10313,12 @@ F:	include/linux/fcntl.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
>  
>  FILESYSTEM DIRECT ACCESS (DAX)
> -M:	Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +M:	Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  R:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  R:	Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>  L:	linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  L:	nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -S:	Supported
> +S:	Maintained
>  F:	fs/dax.c
>  F:	include/linux/dax.h
>  F:	include/trace/events/fs_dax.h
> @@ -13455,7 +13453,6 @@ 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/
> @@ -15278,7 +15275,6 @@ 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
> @@ -15288,7 +15284,6 @@ 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>
> @@ -15307,7 +15302,6 @@ 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: 6628e7d4c6b25c8d18f1345e3a20d21829aae7e4
> -- 
> 2.54.0
>