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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ehlo.thunderbird.net ([86.1.69.5]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-43fe4e59f97sm52509074f8f.37.2026.04.22.11.22.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:22:43 +0100 From: Josh Law To: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" , akpm@linux-foundation.org CC: linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] MM transition In-Reply-To: <92c3d650-be80-4a64-a962-3586ba753316@kernel.org> References: <16B7B5A8-EEA7-4580-A565-3A0B4DBB08AB@gmail.com> <92c3d650-be80-4a64-a962-3586ba753316@kernel.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 566151C0013 X-Stat-Signature: qojh9kwfabfynfigij949w6zupychuyx X-HE-Tag: 1776882169-562990 X-HE-Meta: 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 51yta0Z2 E3xuKnQPKOlCBDf7CkHnRR5QfA6Q6h363U7AG27505DBx+LKYBLYvqUuG73qednPOjauKw9FKBtQ83U3/dt1yy5sXOWE799wiCFGEzHpmrG6Q6iq7a6oCeSQNT5keW4MURko4QlDzIJ4CInAmIYfDDEZN/q6Nt6zIDp3BucYO8J1AKV2tFwARazFa/JbefQbYm3Q/xhQx735IGzd1YFQcyLLa8RtmqsGse0e5pHnNHHWot6z0TPqjWo7jHzfrFX3cFXD3BzX5H2I7x+j5Igvzwx1Ek/PkoUm+000XLTHZg0EIca+g8NddSzb4yOGT34IcNaeAngkQodAAlgpvoBeFFqtbrQHpwRVsBjzl04HhOkJGgFGBDe2176hrqNlcAuSxmbjpXtxog8isTnIBWvpeAxjtDLAA/3dttkx8VyveIDfqZ4mGWo8nFcgeSiHjjVLnniGbagwUkcsDl9U= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 22 April 2026 19:18:25 BST, "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" wrote: >On 4/21/26 21:25, Josh Law wrote: >> Hello, since I'm not coming to LSF/BPF because of my age (aw) >> >> (And I'm more than aware this post is more mm focused, but I'm >> representing lib :)) >> >> I'm "virtually" putting my hand up >> >> >> Whats going to happen to lib/? >> >> I'm aware there are submaintainers for some files >> >> E.G: Steven (and Petr) for vsprintf >> Masami for bootconfig >> Willy for idr >> Liam for maple tree >> Etc >> >> But let's say, lib/glob.c, or lib/bug.c, even lib/inflate.c! (And/or >> all files which only has you set as primary maintainer) > >I'd assume that (excluding MM bits, for example) falls in the foreseeable >future >under the "I plan to keep running the mm-nonmm branches.". > >What happens when Andrew fully retires is a probably a good question for >the >future :) > > Yeah David. True, but nobody lasts forever. Andrew is "stupidly busy" (his words ;D), so the (basically) orphaned files like glob, or smth like that, could go to someone who understands the code better and more likely than not, has time to review. We may have to have a think about this.