Commit 7bb83375c7 for qemu.org

commit 7bb83375c7f7af01f3215840adbaf93e54bf89c2
Author: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 23 18:24:40 2026 +0200

    vhost-user: add dedicated mailing list

    During the "Virtio and Vhost-User Ecosystem for Production and
    Automotive Systems" BoF at LPC 2026 [1] we discussed and agreed on
    creating a new vhost-user mailing list, mainly for changes to the
    specification and discussions around the protocol.

    The main reason is that the vhost-user specification is also used
    by other VMMs and implemented by several back-ends outside the QEMU
    repository, whose developers often do not follow qemu-devel.

    Add a paragraph in the specification about the new mailing list and
    a dedicated MAINTAINERS entry for the vhost-user protocol, covering
    the specification, the QEMU front-end and libvhost-user (back-end
    library).

    [1] https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2365/

    Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
    Message-ID: <20261023162441.89450-1-sgarzare@redhat.com>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d7ec12ac39..04842adba6 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2544,19 +2544,27 @@ M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
 R: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: hw/*/*vhost*
-F: docs/interop/vhost-user*
 F: docs/system/devices/virtio/vhost-user*
 F: contrib/vhost-user-*/
 F: backends/*vhost*
 F: include/system/vhost-user-backend.h
 F: include/hw/virtio/vhost*
 F: include/*/vhost*
-F: subprojects/libvhost-user/
 F: block/export/vhost-user*
 F: util/vhost-user-server.c
 F: net/vhost*
 F: tests/functional/x86_64/test_vhost_user_bridge.py

+vhost-user protocol
+M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
+R: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
+L: vhost-user@lists.linux.dev
+S: Supported
+F: docs/interop/vhost-user*
+F: hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+F: include/hw/virtio/vhost-user.h
+F: subprojects/libvhost-user/
+
 vhost-shadow-virtqueue
 R: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@redhat.com>
 F: hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.*
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
index 488214a306..c31a75def3 100644
--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ conventions <backend_conventions>`.
 The *front-end* and *back-end* can be either a client (i.e. connecting) or
 server (listening) in the socket communication.

+The protocol is developed and discussed on the `vhost-user mailing list
+<mailto:vhost-user@lists.linux.dev>`_, archived at
+https://lore.kernel.org/vhost-user/. Until October 2026, when this list
+was created, discussions took place on the qemu-devel mailing list,
+archived at https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/.
+
 Support for platforms other than Linux
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