From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.manguebit.org (mx1.manguebit.org [143.255.12.172]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5355E47986B; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:07:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=143.255.12.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787062067; cv=none; b=GZOGspYqLU07+1/EHRe6En1nw83jcfJ9ryyYIiSQAKEueNXBU/ZMUJ3HSZfd6vQD/IYoXlICxgerfJaE3tTyPrm609AQT/iSCoGCXwxPCdi+bU3f7lRKdCCSdwSc3qyYV53FGZcYmrnIiLGrDNiryDDx3sVQsQ/OYYGTcsAPRac= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787062067; c=relaxed/simple; bh=czuF+83ib+PA336GsMreYXGG0yJw47o24W5EUaH+qRE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=c+TDnLYoOQRcuEOjHkh7rwP9lloovz3dbWeTmqOoh/XGnh24crWkvqZlgFqWvPZrMnwU1o2+0dLfnFlDcLJVG7KUFiQIsEYXh8OzM+5IJh/nMXQXudt6lxMd7vfGiavIsgr15jZyjYLMDvDFeF8ZTrmCkXz3oPHhN46ywHdSY4g= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manguebit.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manguebit.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manguebit.org header.i=@manguebit.org header.b=hYgBbKre; arc=none smtp.client-ip=143.255.12.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manguebit.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manguebit.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manguebit.org header.i=@manguebit.org header.b="hYgBbKre" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=manguebit.org; s=dkim; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Message-ID: Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Content-Type:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=gxD/8AUz9s+QVRvJE3y342XiKtkXK9hCFV95Oe1Hbb8=; b=hYgBbKreWU+9hbiVQxnQMRDJD0 ECDNNszjlU1cdcI+IyGnJ3oMaCiIrE1aD+CbLrnj/U79Dxgxx97eD1orjtJXIQi1AjYnGcPpzm5fl pCLFB0oKNg9tu3fqOoNhLlSapcl3qWGwjqrWoAdoyO0LFQnz7Sw7xzeMmkc2RJiXT/V87UeJFhJQx 7qq6jqyiUbF9AxsKZu1EMPII5D2QE4lq1mrN936SIdCECeYxAgBirwfhTgU3/2gT7e8G83g1smfwh rYYc7AyW955+1ZCqYGEoIsrobfrlGh3B9wZRGfyrisn5Nb702VDuR0R+Th4E+k05/CCy9aBqVSnUZ 4kP8QscQ==; Received: from pc by mx1.manguebit.org with local (Exim 4.99.5) id 1wwKTa-00000000DXH-3YaQ; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:07:38 -0300 From: Paulo Alcantara To: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Namjae Jeon , David Howells , Steve French , Steve French , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Al Viro , Christian Brauner , Ronnie Sahlberg , Shyam Prasad N , Tom Talpey , Bharath SM , 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 Message-ID: <20260818140738.314254-1-pc@manguebit.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Reviewed-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara Cc: Steve French Cc: Steve French Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg Cc: Shyam Prasad N Cc: Tom Talpey Cc: Bharath SM 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 -M: Steve French -R: Paulo Alcantara (DFS, global name space) +M: Paulo Alcantara +M: Namjae Jeon R: Ronnie Sahlberg (directory leases, sparse files) R: Shyam Prasad N (multichannel) R: Tom Talpey (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