From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] MAINTAINERS: add missing files to MM component sections
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:26:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0c32d43-c948-44e5-8802-b64d6fbab8de@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <auWwWRcoNhuuDOY5@gremlin>
On 10/31/26 10:23, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:34:29PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> We want to make sure that MM components cover all relevant MM files. The
>> generic "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" sections will probably go away at some
>> point.
>
> You mean MISC or the MEMORY MANAGEMENT - prefixes?
MEMORY MANAGEMENT, the context of this change :)
>
> Latter are useful just for tracking what's mm in general I think but I guess
> debatable.
>
> 'MEMORY MAPPING' of course breaks this rule :P
>
>>
>> We have a bunch of files that are not explicitly tracked under MM
>> components. Let's add these missing files.
>>
>> Split up tools/mm to the appropriate components, but still add it also
>> under MISC, similar to what we did with selftests.
>>
>> Don't split up selftests for now. They are covered by MISC and some
>> sections name them separately.
>>
>> Some files like
>>
>> - include/linux/numa.h
>> - include/trace/events/kmem.h
>> - Documentation/admin-guide/numastat.rst
>>
>> are a bit fuzzy. Add them to the best fit for now.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
>
> Nice, finishing my work for me, I like it ;)
Thanks for getting the ball rolling :)
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-30 21:34 [PATCH 0/7] MAINTAINERS: MM updates David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 1/7] MAINTAINERS: mention for-next branch in MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MEMORY MAP David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 0:40 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-31 8:38 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 2/7] MAINTAINERS: TMPFS (SHMEM FILESYSTEM) updates David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 8:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 3/7] MAINTAINERS: add Zi Yan as co-maintainer for MEMORY MANAGEMENT - THP David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-30 22:00 ` Zi Yan
2026-10-30 23:33 ` Barry Song
2026-10-31 0:39 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-31 4:01 ` Lance Yang
2026-10-31 5:43 ` Dev Jain
2026-10-31 8:36 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 4/7] MAINTAINERS: sort entries in MM sections David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 9:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-31 9:25 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 5/7] MAINTAINERS: add missing files to MM component sections David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 0:42 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-31 9:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-31 9:26 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 6/7] MAINTAINERS: rename and move MEMORY HOT(UN)PLUG David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 0:43 ` Muchun Song
2026-10-31 9:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-30 21:34 ` [PATCH 7/7] MAINTAINERS: route more MM changes through mm/core.git David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-31 10:51 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-30 22:02 ` [PATCH 0/7] MAINTAINERS: MM updates Zi Yan
2026-10-30 23:48 ` SJ Park
2026-10-31 7:49 ` Qi Zheng
2026-10-31 8:30 ` Mike Rapoport
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