Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: group all VMA-related files into the VMA section

David Hildenbrand
2024-12-09T09:16:30Z

On 06.12.24 20:16, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> There are a number of means of interacting with VMA operations within mm,
> and we have on occasion not been made aware of impactful changes due to
> these sitting in different files, most recently in [0].
>
> Correct this by bringing all VMA operations under the same section in
> MAINTAINERS. Additionally take the opportunity to combine MEMORY MAPPING
> with VMA as there needn't be two entries as they amount to the same thing.
>
> [0]:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAG48ez0siYGB8GP5+Szgj2ovBZAkL6Zi4n6GUAjzzjFV9LTkRQ@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 19 +++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1e930c7a58b1..95db20c26f5f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15060,18 +15060,6 @@ F: tools/mm/
> F: tools/testing/selftests/mm/
> N: include/linux/page[-_]*
>
> -MEMORY MAPPING
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> -M: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
> -M: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> -R: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> -R: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> -L: linux-mm@kvack.org
> -S: Maintained
> -W: http://www.linux-mm.org
> -T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> -F: mm/mmap.c
> -
> MEMORY TECHNOLOGY DEVICES (MTD)
> M: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> M: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> @@ -25028,6 +25016,13 @@ L: linux-mm@kvack.org
> S: Maintained
> W: https://www.linux-mm.org
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F: mm/madvise.c
> +F: mm/mlock.c
> +F: mm/mmap.c
> +F: mm/mprotect.c
> +F: mm/mremap.c
> +F: mm/mseal.c
> +F: mm/msync.c

Not sure about mprotect.c, mlock.c and madvise.c, though. I'd claim that
the real "magic" they perform is in page table handling and not
primarily VMA handling (yes, both do VMA changes, but they are the
"easy" part ;) ).

They have much more in common with memory.c, which I wouldn't want to
see in here either. Hm.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb