[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Andreas Hindborg]

Remove Joel Becker as maintainer of configfs and add Andreas Hindborg as
maintainer and Breno Leitao as reviewer. Also update the tree URL.

Add an entry for Joel Becker to CREDITS.

Acked-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
---
As recommended in plenary session at LSF/MM plenary session on March 25 2025.
Joel is no longer active in the community.
---
 CREDITS     | 4 ++++
 MAINTAINERS | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 53d11a46fd69..3ec620f7260b 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ S: Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center
 S: Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
 S: USA
 
+N: Joel Becker
+E: jlbec@evilplan.org
+D: configfs
+
 N: Adam Belay
 E: ambx1@neo.rr.com
 D: Linux Plug and Play Support
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 00e94bec401e..ff62b2bff99a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5860,9 +5860,10 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/security/snp-tdx-threat-model.rst
 
 CONFIGFS
-M:	Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
+M:	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
+R:	Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
 S:	Supported
-T:	git git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/configfs.git
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/a.hindborg/linux.git configfs-next
 F:	fs/configfs/
 F:	include/linux/configfs.h
 F:	samples/configfs/

---
base-commit: 38fec10eb60d687e30c8c6b5420d86e8149f7557
change-id: 20250326-configfs-maintainer-9e40c705a4f5

Best regards,
-- 
Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:45:30 +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Remove Joel Becker as maintainer of configfs and add Andreas Hindborg as
> maintainer and Breno Leitao as reviewer. Also update the tree URL.
> 
> Add an entry for Joel Becker to CREDITS.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

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Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 05:45:30PM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> As recommended in plenary session at LSF/MM plenary session on March 25 2025.
> Joel is no longer active in the community.

I'm not sure who decided that, but that's an exceptionally offensive move.

Joel has helped actually reviewing configfs patches even when I as running
the tree, and I explicitly confirmed with him that he is willing to
maintain it alone when I dropped the maintainership.  You've not even
Ced him to tell him about how you force him out of the subsystem he
created.

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Andreas Hindborg]

Hi Christoph,

"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@infradead.org> writes:

> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 05:45:30PM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> As recommended in plenary session at LSF/MM plenary session on March 25 2025.
>> Joel is no longer active in the community.
>
> I'm not sure who decided that, but that's an exceptionally offensive move.

It was a recommendation given by several people in the plenary session I
had 10 AM local time on March 25 at LSF. There was agreement in the
sense that several people recommended this course action and nobody
objected.

> Joel has helped actually reviewing configfs patches even when I as running
> the tree, and I explicitly confirmed with him that he is willing to
> maintain it alone when I dropped the maintainership.  You've not even
> Ced him to tell him about how you force him out of the subsystem he
> created.

I am deeply sorry for not Cc'ing Joel, that is a mistake. I did not do
it out of disrespect or ill intent, I simply did not think about it.
Thank you for correcting this, I appreciate that.

I have sent emails to Joel at least 4 times since the first rust
configfs series was sent, and I have offered my assistance in
maintaining configfs if that is the reason of no response.

Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 05:23:56PM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@infradead.org> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 05:45:30PM +0100, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> >> As recommended in plenary session at LSF/MM plenary session on March 25 2025.
> >> Joel is no longer active in the community.
> >
> > I'm not sure who decided that, but that's an exceptionally offensive move.
> 
> It was a recommendation given by several people in the plenary session I
> had 10 AM local time on March 25 at LSF. There was agreement in the
> sense that several people recommended this course action and nobody
> objected.
> 
> > Joel has helped actually reviewing configfs patches even when I as running
> > the tree, and I explicitly confirmed with him that he is willing to
> > maintain it alone when I dropped the maintainership.  You've not even
> > Ced him to tell him about how you force him out of the subsystem he
> > created.
> 
> I am deeply sorry for not Cc'ing Joel, that is a mistake. I did not do
> it out of disrespect or ill intent, I simply did not think about it.
> Thank you for correcting this, I appreciate that.
> 
> I have sent emails to Joel at least 4 times since the first rust
> configfs series was sent, and I have offered my assistance in
> maintaining configfs if that is the reason of no response.

There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
have Andreas step up to maintain it.

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
> Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
> thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
> have Andreas step up to maintain it.

Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
and he replied although it did indeed take a while.

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Christian Brauner]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
> > Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
> > thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
> > have Andreas step up to maintain it.
> 
> Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
> am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
> and he replied although it did indeed take a while.

I mean, we can surely put Joel back in. My take would be to remove
that person from the maintainer entry because people will get confused
when they don't receive a reply. But I'm totally fine if we should leave
Joel in.

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Joel Becker]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:42:29AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > > There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
> > > Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
> > > thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
> > > have Andreas step up to maintain it.
> > 
> > Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
> > am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
> > and he replied although it did indeed take a while.
> 
> I mean, we can surely put Joel back in. My take would be to remove
> that person from the maintainer entry because people will get confused
> when they don't receive a reply. But I'm totally fine if we should leave
> Joel in.

Howdy folks,

I do apologize for my delayed responses.  I try to review patches as I
find them, but I haven't yet set up a dedicated tree -- a bit out of
practice.

The Rust patches gave me pause.  I have no context to review them --
even the little Rust I am familiar with looks nothing like the complex
stuff the kernel bindings are doing.  For that part, all I can do is
hope someone other than I knows what the Rust should be doing.

Thanks,
Joel


-- 

"What no boss of a programmer can ever understand is that a programmer
 is working when he's staring out of the window"
	- With apologies to Burton Rascoe

			http://www.jlbec.org/
			jlbec@evilplan.org

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Andreas Hindborg]

Hi Joel,

"Joel Becker" <jlbec@evilplan.org> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:42:29AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>> > > There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
>> > > Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
>> > > thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
>> > > have Andreas step up to maintain it.
>> >
>> > Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
>> > am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
>> > and he replied although it did indeed take a while.
>>
>> I mean, we can surely put Joel back in. My take would be to remove
>> that person from the maintainer entry because people will get confused
>> when they don't receive a reply. But I'm totally fine if we should leave
>> Joel in.
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> I do apologize for my delayed responses.  I try to review patches as I
> find them, but I haven't yet set up a dedicated tree -- a bit out of
> practice.

How would you like the maintainer entry to look:

 - Are you OK with me taking up maintenance of configfs?
   - If yes,
     - would you like to be added as a reviewer?
     - would you prefer to be listed as co-maintainer?
   - If no,
     - would you have me as a co-maintainer?
     - or would you have me as a reviewer?

I set up a tree according to the patch I submitted. I did not switch out
linux-next yet, but I was about to send a request to do that. I will
stall that pending your response on the above.

> The Rust patches gave me pause.  I have no context to review them --
> even the little Rust I am familiar with looks nothing like the complex
> stuff the kernel bindings are doing.  For that part, all I can do is
> hope someone other than I knows what the Rust should be doing.

That job is part of what I just signed up for, so we have that covered.
If you do not want/need my help in maintaining the C part of configfs,
we can add a sub-entry for the rust parts.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: configfs: add Andreas Hindborg as maintainer

[Andreas Hindborg]

Hi All,

Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org> writes:

> Hi Joel,
>
> "Joel Becker" <jlbec@evilplan.org> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:42:29AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:27:27PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>> > > There's no need to get upset. Several people pointed out that Joel
>>> > > Becker retired and since he hasn't responded this felt like the right
>>> > > thing to do. Just send a patch to add him back. I see no reason to not
>>> > > have Andreas step up to maintain it.
>>> >
>>> > Removing someone just because they have retired feels odd, but hey who
>>> > am I to complain.  I did reach out to him when giving maintainership
>>> > and he replied although it did indeed take a while.
>>>
>>> I mean, we can surely put Joel back in. My take would be to remove
>>> that person from the maintainer entry because people will get confused
>>> when they don't receive a reply. But I'm totally fine if we should leave
>>> Joel in.
>>
>> Howdy folks,
>>
>> I do apologize for my delayed responses.  I try to review patches as I
>> find them, but I haven't yet set up a dedicated tree -- a bit out of
>> practice.
>
> How would you like the maintainer entry to look:
>
>  - Are you OK with me taking up maintenance of configfs?
>    - If yes,
>      - would you like to be added as a reviewer?
>      - would you prefer to be listed as co-maintainer?
>    - If no,
>      - would you have me as a co-maintainer?
>      - or would you have me as a reviewer?
>
> I set up a tree according to the patch I submitted. I did not switch out
> linux-next yet, but I was about to send a request to do that. I will
> stall that pending your response on the above.

Since I got no response on the above, I am going to continue setting up.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg