From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 14661363C51 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:35:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776407746; cv=none; b=rwOLwp1sloDAqYwKIaD6Z0fAVjzvWtp7WuBIGmvfgoeakSETerCpR8I9EIlWy/ItbyTrk1QBTNYRjuhKqewSd37eLYjAOzbSsqFYdIdSrHNGTNV6kfKvK5qdT9Lmr1NIMQViijnqde3pG9co4yGEpCHePasGZXiYe+PlfUV62dk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776407746; c=relaxed/simple; bh=+h2JPILIrzNLN8u1NARqjUeaXnNBvYVVk5Aknn7p9kQ=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:To:Subject:Cc:From: References:In-Reply-To; b=qkacSyGF9KYt/758FsF0oHvbIjL1VWND2yfvAiX4FZoMjXHS1Cxz69RdbYInPbIzbHTHD/wq5mfTHIdSnCETUNjAsj0o61xOrGuVBkLXWhAUbaeMUoC3vrybw4f/8OfZrkbv0H4JYqOne+W6Idj/CKb+1FTscCzXRXUDXCmvFkM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Wi/oaEJ2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Wi/oaEJ2" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 27DC2C2BCB4; Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:35:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1776407745; bh=+h2JPILIrzNLN8u1NARqjUeaXnNBvYVVk5Aknn7p9kQ=; h=Date:To:Subject:Cc:From:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Wi/oaEJ2CXivwdvy3Fw57s4o8992ng50ukMyHNfElH294COY3t06Xf1OtzXp8ihRJ zeaIlyg9gAAj+/5rH0z7860aQISdt0LrFrSaf3ItCQUTCq1QSMiZ0wvCx+7BZmv+kI z8XqN79QSuGLtjj1vSex7U6rGTYzY7OFGc1lcZtbiZsR/CJBEDm74YyS/ZcZw6f4US iT35xW7yR1u23B0ecbjHouw0sr6SkB7GoFWn3y1sU7NQL+OaTnxi2MMQZnxe0Mh2Iq P15A3qktiVgZtylmO5hZhHvndBfQ7uArZpXF0atCAvyuywWAvbF7GdZ7G2cq5l45qb axTlt+FfyNZ9w== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=560c4b5666bbe89eb39f2ef496bc820d022cbe73297389acd79dc6ec9b8d; micalg=pgp-sha384; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:35:41 +0200 Message-Id: To: "Jakub Kicinski" , "Michael Thalmeier" , "Raymond Hackley" , "Bongsu Jeon" , "Krzysztof Kozlowski" , "Mark Greer" Subject: Re: Path forward for NFC in the kernel Cc: From: "Michael Walle" X-Mailer: aerc 0.20.0 References: <20260416101041.4c533306@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260416101041.4c533306@kernel.org> --560c4b5666bbe89eb39f2ef496bc820d022cbe73297389acd79dc6ec9b8d Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, On Thu Apr 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM CEST, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > Hi folks! > > We are struggling to keep up with the number of security reports and AI > generated patches in the kernel. NFC is infamous for being a huge CVE > magnet. We need someone to step up as a maintainer, create an NFC tree > and handle all the incoming submissions. Send us (or Linus if you > prefer) periodic PRs, like WiFi, Bluetooth etc. do. If that does not > happen I'm afraid we'll have to move the NFC code out of the tree,=20 > put it up on GH or some such, and let it accumulate CVEs there.. > > I'm planning to send a PR to Linus to shed the unmaintained code early > next week. We need to have a maintainer established by then. Thanks for asking, but I'm busy renovating my house, sorry. I couldn't put much work into that. The former is already stressful enough :) -michael --560c4b5666bbe89eb39f2ef496bc820d022cbe73297389acd79dc6ec9b8d Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iKgEABMJADAWIQTIVZIcOo5wfU/AngkSJzzuPgIf+AUCaeHUvRIcbXdhbGxlQGtl cm5lbC5vcmcACgkQEic87j4CH/iVrgF/SxUZ2vB4XFUFCpYoMdQehshhCkbso9Ci HG4A2EFiru4hN893eLJDBPJ01cux0Nc0AX48mgaUGvBL4+nqtqtGDh1yrxKYZCIg Fw58i9qJcXhVyGNOgddGSY+5/kh2ej7OkRc= =XaVJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --560c4b5666bbe89eb39f2ef496bc820d022cbe73297389acd79dc6ec9b8d--