[PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

In the MAINTAINERS file, x86@kernel.org is listed as both:

 M: x86@kernel.org

and

 L: x86@kernel.org

The MAINTAINERS document starts with:

        M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
	[..]
        L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area

As 'M' is for a maintainer with a "FullName", that would hopefully be a
person (but who knows? Maybe in the future it will be AI!), whereas 'L' is
for a mailing list. Assuming that x86@kernel.org goes to a list of people
and is not someone named 'x86' (One of Elon's children?), make the
MAINTAINERS file consistent and have x86@kernel.org all be labeled as 'L'.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index daf520a13bdf..04e94562c0aa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12206,7 +12206,7 @@ F:	drivers/scsi/isci/
 
 INTEL CPU family model numbers
 M:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-M:	x86@kernel.org
+L:	x86@kernel.org
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h
@@ -27223,8 +27223,8 @@ M:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
 M:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
 M:	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
 M:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
-M:	x86@kernel.org
 R:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
+L:	x86@kernel.org
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/core
@@ -27236,8 +27236,8 @@ F:	tools/testing/selftests/x86
 X86 CPUID DATABASE
 M:	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
 M:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-M:	x86@kernel.org
 R:	Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
+L:	x86@kernel.org
 L:	x86-cpuid@lists.linux.dev
 S:	Maintained
 W:	https://x86-cpuid.org
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[Dave Hansen]

On 8/20/25 12:20, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> In the MAINTAINERS file, x86@kernel.org is listed as both:
> 
>  M: x86@kernel.org
> 
> and
> 
>  L: x86@kernel.org
> 
> The MAINTAINERS document starts with:
> 
>         M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
> 	[..]
>         L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area

Yeah, it's not a person, but it's also not a list that folks can
subscribe to. So there really isn't a good fit for it. I've never heard
of it causing any problems, so my inclination would be to just leave it
as-is.

Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:37:57 -0700
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> wrote:

> > The MAINTAINERS document starts with:
> > 
> >         M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
> > 	[..]
> >         L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area  
> 
> Yeah, it's not a person, but it's also not a list that folks can
> subscribe to. So there really isn't a good fit for it. I've never heard
> of it causing any problems, so my inclination would be to just leave it
> as-is.

My complaint is that it's listed as both 'L' and 'M'. It should at least be
consistent.

Should it become a list?

-- Steve

Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[Dave Hansen]

On 8/20/25 14:41, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:37:57 -0700
> Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> wrote:
>>> The MAINTAINERS document starts with:
>>>
>>>         M: *Mail* patches to: FullName <address@domain>
>>> 	[..]
>>>         L: *Mailing list* that is relevant to this area  
>> Yeah, it's not a person, but it's also not a list that folks can
>> subscribe to. So there really isn't a good fit for it. I've never heard
>> of it causing any problems, so my inclination would be to just leave it
>> as-is.
> My complaint is that it's listed as both 'L' and 'M'. It should at least be
> consistent.

Ahh, gotcha. I didn't realize how many entries we had pointing to it!

The main one is:

	X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)
	...
	M:      x86@kernel.org

so if we're going to be making it consistent, I'd move them all over to
M:, not L:.

But I'm still not seeing much of a problem here. :)

Re: [PATCH] x86: Make x86@kernel.org a list and not a maintainer

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:44:40 -0700
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> wrote:

> But I'm still not seeing much of a problem here. :)

My confusion is that I put the lists into the 'To' section and the
maintainers into the 'Cc' sections when I send out patches.

I just noticed this when I added the x86@kernel.org to the 'Cc' section and
decided it should have been in the 'To' section.

-- Steve