From nobody Sat Feb 7 08:44:09 2026 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.8]) (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 3359D1A2630 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.8 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769217704; cv=none; b=BJvUVssyf3emeix0S+92Twl3bzAAgDZjzw8Ivi3oEkTtQY24tVfQNjFu5MYt0DEeVhgXR5jroGKidvMNCftQgH179VFBLlP3DiZxpA4BVsBGsf6WM9oBWM8BAy8JUZpmaWs+lMHWw7Ho430saFQuyUMMzXmMjBHeHJOFkoHj8vc= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769217704; c=relaxed/simple; bh=uJJVg+a/BYrXg+/kiUruYLx01YjvmEYSWxLiJISnL1Q=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=ubVQlWZjLnOpmQKzGB0GsctkfMHkDKRwsv8yhdAki7rrw5wxU0T9SYnhiIyf69/1f7cEVGJBiRrq4aS29lODCMGBMDQaNczim0PD1Y1Iie2wGnmYW1yn9gOiXUHNcaMSoJO3Ux+5PAW0sxg7SNSgtnMbQnYbdfnbDa56ZZQ2fPM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=ZqI5CJlU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.8 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="ZqI5CJlU" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1769217703; x=1800753703; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=uJJVg+a/BYrXg+/kiUruYLx01YjvmEYSWxLiJISnL1Q=; b=ZqI5CJlUP675tYnMkyYn1EvEM2GLCVSSWBMKMy7EzdMTgh8YPxVk87Jb eIC+KRgCYBFxOFtqdKJHO6FWOPypmOFtRHIgw95x81BkjMqfxbkejrrsb +gw94RqFJKRBTmJ4i8zE0tnGT8wC7YxJ+t1zsaKt+QYfgnwNL14dtvg+o fji1R+kkGl1AyvTqaYXAybdGyGkfZYJ19F0Eqs1Nr04UjsEilIKt/YHuq WM69xp7S/MBLAxppJTBsWGHvA9F5voavXt7p+6tXek7Vo7uh2gUbjtYAu HRbzrVujSeeF8A3mQ5SLBUh4UK3VcvU1zqabPY5eumd1Bs11O99stvnYf g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: mCE8xoOGSOSjpvkk47U4Kw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: p5NuTwbLTiSaHmBugwIs3Q== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11680"; a="88048349" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,249,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="88048349" Received: from orviesa009.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.149]) by fmvoesa102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Jan 2026 17:21:43 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: zFeBk/u0Si6dgKj47j2J+Q== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 1W+EXFDLTDmnsmHZ2bg0eA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,249,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="206975704" Received: from dwillia2-desk.jf.intel.com ([10.88.27.145]) by orviesa009.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Jan 2026 17:21:43 -0800 From: Dan Williams To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: ksummit@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@lists.linux.dev, Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Miguel Ojeda , Kees Cook Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Project continuity Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:22:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20260124012256.1856709-1-dan.j.williams@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Document project continuity procedures. This is a plan for a plan for navigating events that affect the forward progress of the canonical Linux repository, torvalds/linux.git. It is a follow-up from Maintainer Summit [1]. Cc: Linus Torvalds Co-developed-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1050179/ [1] Signed-off-by: Dan Williams Reviewed-by: Julia Lawall Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan --- Documentation/process/conclave.rst | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/process/conclave.rst diff --git a/Documentation/process/conclave.rst b/Documentation/process/con= clave.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6a1234f54612 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/process/conclave.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Linux kernel project continuity +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +The Linux kernel development project is widely distributed, with over +100 maintainers each working to keep changes moving through their own +repositories. The final step, though, is a centralized one where changes +are pulled into the mainline repository. That is normally done by Linus +Torvalds but, as was demonstrated by the 4.19 release in 2018, there are +others who can do that work when the need arises. + +Should the maintainers of that repository become unwilling or unable to +do that work going forward (including facilitating a transition), the +project will need to find one or more replacements without delay. The +process by which that will be done is listed below. $ORGANIZER is the +last Maintainer Summit organizer or the current Linux Foundation (LF) +Technical Advisory Board (TAB) Chair as a backup. + +- Within 72 hours, $ORGANIZER will open a discussion with the invitees + of the most recently concluded Maintainers Summit. A meeting of those + invitees and the TAB, either online or in-person, will be set as soon + as possible in a way that maximizes the number of people who can + participate. + +- If there has been no Maintainers Summit in the last 15 months, the set of + invitees for this meeting will be determined by the TAB. + +- The invitees to this meeting may bring in other maintainers as needed. + +- This meeting, chaired by $ORGANIZER, will consider options for the + ongoing management of the top-level kernel repository consistent with + the expectation that it maximizes the long term health of the project + and its community. + +- Within two weeks, a representative of this group will communicate to the + broader community, using the ksummit@lists.linux.dev mailing list, what + the next steps will be. + +The Linux Foundation, as guided by the TAB, will take the steps +necessary to support and implement this plan. diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.= rst index aa12f2660194..492b808a6977 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ beyond). stable-kernel-rules management-style researcher-guidelines + conclave =20 Dealing with bugs ----------------- base-commit: e9a6fb0bcdd7609be6969112f3fbfcce3b1d4a7c --=20 2.52.0