Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] PCI: liveupdate: Set up FLB handler for the PCI core

On Thu, Jun 18 2026, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 10:19:03PM +0000, David Matlack wrote:
>> On 2026-06-12 10:47 AM, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
>> > On 2026-06-12 09:54:44+03:00, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 05:15:02AM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > On Fri, 22 May 2026 20:23:59 +0000, David Matlack <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > 
>> > > > Please add Pratyush, Mike, and myself so we are notified directly of 
>> > > > incoming patches, the same as with other areas where the liveupdate/ 
>> > > > tree is specified.
>> > > 
>> > > Or we can add PCI liveupdate files to LIVEUPDATE entry.
>> > 
>> > That will not work, as we cannot serve as maintainers for 
>> > PCI/VFIO/IOMMU/KVM, etc. David Matlack will be the maintainer for the 
>> > PCI components, and we will accept patches once they have been approved 
>> > by him.
>> > 
>> > The simplification we could do is to create an email alias 
>> > for the live-update tree maintainers. This would allow us to use a 
>> > single entry instead of listing all three of us individually.
>> 
>> We could create a Live Update mailing list for all code that can be CCed
>> on all patches that must be merged through the Live Update tree. I would
>> also be interested in subscribing to that list.
>
> +1. I'd like if there's a specific Live Update mailing list for
> submissions & discussion about the Live Update tree.

We treat [email protected] as the "live update mailing list". We
considered getting a separate one, but I reckon the traffic is low
enough on kexec@ already that we can re-use it for live update.

So perhaps we just Cc kexec@? Is there anything to be gained by creating
an alias?

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav