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[PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI

vdasa@vmware.com posted 1 patch 3 years, 8 months ago 
MAINTAINERS | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by vdasa@vmware.com 3 years, 8 months ago 
From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>

Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.

Acked-by: Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 25a9365e0cca..356fc4014c2a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21706,7 +21706,6 @@ F:	drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
 
 VMWARE VMCI DRIVER
 M:	Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
-M:	Rajesh Jalisatgi <rjalisatgi@vmware.com>
 M:	Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-- 
2.35.1
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Greg KH 3 years, 8 months ago 
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> 
> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.

Why?

> 
> Acked-by: Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>

I need an ack from the person that is being removed here, for obvious
reasons.  Any specific reason you didn't cc: them on this patch?

thanks,

greg k-h
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Vishnu Dasa 3 years, 8 months ago 
> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
>> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
>> 
>> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
> 
> Why?

Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.

> 
>> 
>> Acked-by: Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> 
> I need an ack from the person that is being removed here, for obvious
> reasons.  Any specific reason you didn't cc: them on this patch?

He is aware of this change, but we missed sending this patch before his
last day.  So, his email ID is inactive now.  Hence, it was omitted.

Please let me know if there's anything I can do.
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Greg KH 3 years, 8 months ago 
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
> 
> > On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
> >> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> >> 
> >> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
> > 
> > Why?
> 
> Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.

But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
with it.  Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
know this.

So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without Rajesh
acking it.

thanks,

greg k-h
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Vishnu Dasa 3 years, 8 months ago 
> On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
>>>> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
>>>> 
>>>> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
>>> 
>>> Why?
>> 
>> Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.
> 
> But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
> with it.  Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
> know this.
> 
> So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without Rajesh
> acking it.

I understand.  After getting in touch with Rajesh, cc'ing him via his personal
email ID.

Rajesh, could you please provide your ack if you agree with this patch to
remove you as the maintainer for VMCI?

Thanks,
Vishnu
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Joe Perches 3 years, 8 months ago 
On Tue, 2022-07-26 at 15:55 +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
> > On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
> > > > On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
> > > > > From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> > > > > Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
> > > > Why?
> > > Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.
> > 
> > But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
> > with it.  Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
> > know this.
> > 
> > So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without
> > Rajesh acking it.
> 
> I understand.  After getting in touch with Rajesh, cc'ing him via his
> personal email ID.
> 
> Rajesh, could you please provide your ack if you agree with this patch to
> remove you as the maintainer for VMCI?

If being an employee of a company is a criteria for maintainership
of this subsystem, likely the subsystem entry should be:

"S:	Supported" not "S:	Maintained"

MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMCI DRIVER
MAINTAINERS-M:  Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-M:  Rajesh Jalisatgi <rjalisatgi@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-M:  Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained

Likely that's true for every VMware entry.

MAINTAINERS:VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
MAINTAINERS-M:  Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
MAINTAINERS-
MAINTAINERS:VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER
MAINTAINERS-M:  Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-M:  Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
MAINTAINERS-
MAINTAINERS-VMware PVSCSI driver
MAINTAINERS-M:  Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
MAINTAINERS-
MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER
MAINTAINERS-M:  Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  linux-input@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.h
MAINTAINERS-
MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
MAINTAINERS-M:  Ronak Doshi <doshir@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-R:  VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
MAINTAINERS-L:  netdev@vger.kernel.org
MAINTAINERS-S:  Maintained
MAINTAINERS-F:  drivers/net/vmxnet3/
MAINTAINERS-
Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Posted by Vishnu Dasa 3 years, 8 months ago 

> On Jul 26, 2022, at 9:18 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2022-07-26 at 15:55 +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
>>>>>> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
>>>>>> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
>>>>> Why?
>>>> Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.
>>> 
>>> But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
>>> with it. Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
>>> know this.
>>> 
>>> So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without
>>> Rajesh acking it.
>> 
>> I understand. After getting in touch with Rajesh, cc'ing him via his
>> personal email ID.
>> 
>> Rajesh, could you please provide your ack if you agree with this patch to
>> remove you as the maintainer for VMCI?
> 
> If being an employee of a company is a criteria for maintainership
> of this subsystem, likely the subsystem entry should be:
> 
> "S: Supported" not "S: Maintained"
> 
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMCI DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Rajesh Jalisatgi <rjalisatgi@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> 
> Likely that's true for every VMware entry.
> 
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS-VMware PVSCSI driver
> MAINTAINERS-M: Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.h
> MAINTAINERS-
> MAINTAINERS:VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
> MAINTAINERS-M: Ronak Doshi <doshir@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-R: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> MAINTAINERS-L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained
> MAINTAINERS-F: drivers/net/vmxnet3/
> MAINTAINERS-

Thanks for pointing that out.  Will discuss this with others and send a separate
patch out.

Thanks,
Vishnu

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