From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>,
Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>,
Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>, Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>,
samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Replace Steve French as CIFS maintainer
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:07:38 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818140738.314254-1-pc@manguebit.org> (raw)
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@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Cc: Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
Cc: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>
Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Cc: samba-technical@lists.samba.org
Cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
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@samba.org
+E: smfrench@gmail.com
+D: Author and maintainer of the cifs filesystem for many years.
+
N: Bob Frey
E: bobf@advansys.com
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@samba.org>
-M: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
-R: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org> (DFS, global name space)
+M: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
+M: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
R: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com> (directory leases, sparse files)
R: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com> (multichannel)
R: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com> (RDMA, smbdirect)
@@ -6469,7 +6468,7 @@ L: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
L: samba-technical@lists.samba.org (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
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