[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: hand over Kbuild maintenance

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: hand over Kbuild maintenance

[Masahiro Yamada]

I'm stepping down as the maintainer of Kbuild/Kconfig.
It was enjoyable to refactor and improve the kernel build system,
but due to personal reasons, I believe it's difficult for me to
continue in this role any further.

I discussed this off-list with Nathan and Nicolas, and they have
kindly agreed to take over the maintenance of Kbuild with Odd Fixes.
I'm grateful to them for stepping in.

As for Kconfig, there are currently no designated reviewers, so the
maintainer position will remain vacant for now. I hope someone will
step up to take on the role.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
---

More context.

I am having a health issue. I've been pushing myself, telling myself
'just a little more,' but feel that it's no longer sustainable for me
to carry this responsibility long-term. I decided to dump the maintenance
burden and have more restful time with my family.


 CREDITS     |  6 ++++++
 MAINTAINERS | 13 +++++--------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 45446ae322ec..d134a8a63fa4 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -4369,6 +4369,12 @@ S: 542 West 112th Street, 5N
 S: New York, New York 10025
 S: USA
 
+N: Masahiro Yamada
+E: masahiroy@kernel.org
+D: Kbuild Maintainer 2017-2025
+D: Kconfig Maintainer 2018-2025
+S: Japan
+
 N: Li Yang
 E: leoli@freescale.com
 D: Freescale Highspeed USB device driver
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0c1d245bf7b8..af3c328bf33a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12987,11 +12987,9 @@ F:	mm/kasan/
 F:	scripts/Makefile.kasan
 
 KCONFIG
-M:	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
 L:	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 Q:	https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/list/
-T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git kbuild
 F:	Documentation/kbuild/kconfig*
 F:	scripts/Kconfig.include
 F:	scripts/kconfig/
@@ -13056,13 +13054,12 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	fs/autofs/
 
 KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)
-M:	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
-R:	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
-R:	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
+M:	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
+M:	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
 L:	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Odd Fixes
 Q:	https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/list/
-T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git
 F:	Documentation/kbuild/
 F:	Makefile
 F:	scripts/*vmlinux*
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: hand over Kbuild maintenance

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> I am having a health issue. I've been pushing myself, telling myself
> 'just a little more,' but feel that it's no longer sustainable for me
> to carry this responsibility long-term. I decided to dump the maintenance
> burden and have more restful time with my family.

Thank you for all you have done (and, personally, for all the help
with the Rust integration).

Please take care.

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: hand over Kbuild maintenance

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

On 8/4/25 7:20 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> I'm stepping down as the maintainer of Kbuild/Kconfig.
> It was enjoyable to refactor and improve the kernel build system,
> but due to personal reasons, I believe it's difficult for me to
> continue in this role any further.

It's been great working with you. You have done a great job IMO.

> I discussed this off-list with Nathan and Nicolas, and they have
> kindly agreed to take over the maintenance of Kbuild with Odd Fixes.
> I'm grateful to them for stepping in.

Thank you, Nathan and Nicolas.

> As for Kconfig, there are currently no designated reviewers, so the
> maintainer position will remain vacant for now. I hope someone will
> step up to take on the role.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
> ---
> 
> More context.
> 
> I am having a health issue. I've been pushing myself, telling myself
> 'just a little more,' but feel that it's no longer sustainable for me
> to carry this responsibility long-term. I decided to dump the maintenance
> burden and have more restful time with my family.
> 

Sorry to hear about this, but I understand.

> 
>  CREDITS     |  6 ++++++
>  MAINTAINERS | 13 +++++--------
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-- 
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: hand over Kbuild maintenance

[Sam Ravnborg]

Hi Masahiro,

On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 11:20:07PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> I'm stepping down as the maintainer of Kbuild/Kconfig.
> It was enjoyable to refactor and improve the kernel build system,
> but due to personal reasons, I believe it's difficult for me to
> continue in this role any further.

You have done a fantastic job and you can be proud of the improvements
and the differences you have done.
But technical stuff aside, it has also been a pleasure to see how you
have dealt with the leadership side of your role, mentoring and assisting
countless people on your way. Impressive and an example for others!

When you took over from me 8 years ago the kernel ecosystem was very
lucky, they could not have wished for anyone better to do the job!

I wish you all the luck in whatever the future brings you!

	Sam