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Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1uOgXx-00000008UEE-3Oy9; Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:44:33 +0000 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 18:44:33 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes , Vlastimil Babka , David Rientjes , linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , Harry Yoo Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] slab: Fix MAINTAINERS entry Message-ID: References: <20250606222214.1395799-1-willy@infradead.org> <20250606222214.1395799-11-willy@infradead.org> <5b81c709-7a89-6065-422d-3148aebc78e9@gentwo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5b81c709-7a89-6065-422d-3148aebc78e9@gentwo.org> X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6C5A91A0003 X-Rspamd-Server: rspam09 X-Stat-Signature: ph4szteqdjg34fb9aogaokzmodfd9fjw X-HE-Tag: 1749491080-693729 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX1/Su8MmczBOB0fW8E9EmrE6xcokM4MZUetcF8xxO9Tdda7exhoYdiwbaDNxj1X911wcTltZtMNwP55SjtoqDMtjgs9yAGOnDllnFeCOc7CNHxFqm6VVPVEbP9JElSq5j6xs/hgHIYUxG8eDdljpG5mYEFZ6u/idKhx5YibYQgdZvzUpnoUyD00QZHHck6zvqQa5OFlpCptg/SVKzMPKhmpQnQhUtVcgqgGCBUm/dEQnqXRWujC99H4BT0UNEIM9kt5/lEcK//mN8BzbLR4Vs9MqFP3ZYtb6k0HnFYu5l0iq359d1w0HBEFnGRRmRFZ+0IoWRila+UTDyRMwoqniTymMxTKWt/HiIzZUqWdHW142shKk+vHrtAfIWNAs7f6YcDGdCyln1+a60/HNeGkJ3PBHhGNVAWG6vdcGQ0/5qBHj1hN6eIGPilXf65hdf3h93omXfpzzeMbXlld02hpWzl06ub6gM0ZMMMaFvmhR0ADE/iDF4w7yGBA9vpWM5kcN/aIRG2bIAdsAomsYLwgKGwioB6tQ0xFvxPe2qiyZgu13NL4YLK49Q8Hvssci5IMHhGGFLmDUvxoXbuvf6f5a0Y9MZyD2Z4yd5uUuBUS3CKRjFqpn00YN1g7dCkNHeTN/yDC/f8IOnmHrP9MKMCYNiqUOwPHDTZvpLD0FwdQpkuDO2oX51+/EvQiJV9CNYZnZlAT7k/VQoVOIvI6OV5TNWZCcFJUUYwZHLdcSy2gAlaixUhsk7Ql83sVPFJZP9ZTOlApkcuST+4iIdjiXKbXMOdUefvKhxKSl4DMdZmSW1v0yHqHb827co/Xl6Euv3l2bYSr2888oVillMWp8Zy4d1dSfO+5RMyUIKOu+vaKZyNkS+ZjP58iggn2BhMn1XZS14GylquHOKdvQwnuoCbdSjHBt/eMae/ynWL9E1smPiyNbp4kRbIfZvZAlKecsneREYLGE5UtlnXa c29xenBk cMZah65z0BBdeRZG/Fsqcr+KPLZLIPalFQFg5f3rP5fpQxfkgwEq/5U5aYwiV0dQAmlTVS4fH8Xfu9emmrjpEQ/0zwVSuiEqBlZfoLjXqTSj76+P+LSe78qAz3mnw6mxzwiuwsC0pOKvXaf9OffMa0GblAEHDYh4sT2U1p3FGPBZPNptR6W76EXFcci/3tHiPEwHkrfFjStWQgIL+rzfGZTfMuLCToIKPifEt X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 09:42:37AM -0700, Christoph Lameter (Ampere) wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2025, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > Informally, as discussed at LSF/MM, the broad perception is that a > > maintainer MUST be actively involved, whereas a reviewer has expertise and > > MAY optionally get involved in the process. > > Both Andrew and I are actively involved in various ways but we have other > priorities as well. If there would be an issue with maintainership then we > would address the issue. I mean, you're not being fired. This is just an acknowledgement that your current role in slab is as a reviewer. People's roles change over time and maybe your role will shift back into being primary maintainer in the future. >From the point of view of someone who doesn't know the MM area at all, Vlastimil is the maintainer, Andrew is his backup and you, David & Harry have expertise in this area. That's the current state of affairs and we should document it as such.