From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
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Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] MAINTAINERS: route more MM changes through mm/core.git
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:51:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <auWz3J5Jrv3_grER@gremlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261030-maintainers-v1-7-97278f8a5f54@kernel.org>
On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:34:31PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> Let's start routing more components I (co)maintain through mm/core.git.
> Update the git trees by pointing them at the for-next branch:
>
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - GUP (GET USER PAGES)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - KSM (Kernel Samepage Merging)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MEMORY HOT(UN)PLUG
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MIGRATION
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - NUMA PLACEMENT
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RMAP (REVERSE MAPPING)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - THP (TRANSPARENT HUGE PAGE)
>
> Leave out MISC for now.
Aww :(
We do need to move as much as we can out of there over time, is really the
catch-all obviously.
>
> This change doesn't imply that all changes to these components will
> immediately be routed through that tree; in particular changes that cover
> other components, or severe conflicts will require coordination with
> Andrew's tree.
>
> So this marks merely the start of "mm/core.git will start picking
> relevant material for these components".
>
> Remove Andrew from these components to set the expectation that he won't be
> the primary person picking stuff for these components; he is listed as
> maintainer under the generic "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" and will get CCed on most
> changes, and can keep an eye on stuff that falls through the cracks
> (thanks!).
>
> While at it, drop the link to http://www.linux-mm.org: it's not
> particularly useful in 2026.
:))
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 31 +++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 0adc674304987..b68bc36267091 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17446,18 +17446,15 @@ F: mm/alloc_tag.c
> F: tools/testing/selftests/alloc_tag/
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> L: linux-mm@kvack.org
> L: virtualization@lists.linux.dev
> S: Maintained
> -W: http://www.linux-mm.org
> -T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: include/linux/balloon.h
> F: mm/balloon.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> R: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
> R: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
> @@ -17467,8 +17464,7 @@ R: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> R: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
> F: Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst
> F: fs/proc/meminfo.c
> @@ -17526,15 +17522,13 @@ F: include/linux/execmem.h
> F: mm/execmem.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - GUP (GET USER PAGES)
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> R: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
> R: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> R: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
> F: mm/gup.c
> F: mm/gup_test.c
> @@ -17544,14 +17538,12 @@ F: tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup.c
> F: tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - KSM (Kernel Samepage Merging)
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> R: Xu Xin <xu.xin@linux.dev>
> R: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>
> 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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-ksm
> F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ksm.rst
> F: Documentation/mm/ksm.rst
> @@ -17566,6 +17558,7 @@ M: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> L: linux-mm@kvack.org
> L: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org
> S: Maintained
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
> F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst
> F: Documentation/core-api/memory-hotplug.rst
> @@ -17614,7 +17607,6 @@ F: mm/vmscan.c
> F: mm/workingset.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MIGRATION
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> R: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
> R: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
> @@ -17625,8 +17617,7 @@ R: Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
> R: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: include/linux/migrate.h
> F: include/linux/migrate_mode.h
> F: include/trace/events/migrate.h
> @@ -17698,7 +17689,6 @@ F: mm/numa_emulation.c
> F: mm/numa_memblks.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - NUMA PLACEMENT
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> M: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
> R: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
> @@ -17707,8 +17697,7 @@ R: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
> R: Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-mempolicy
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-mempolicy-weighted-interleave
> @@ -17782,7 +17771,6 @@ F: mm/vmscan.c
> F: mm/workingset.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RMAP (REVERSE MAPPING)
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> M: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
> R: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
> @@ -17793,6 +17781,7 @@ R: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> R: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
> L: linux-mm@kvack.org
> S: Maintained
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: include/linux/rmap.h
> F: mm/interval_tree.c
> F: mm/page_vma_mapped.c
> @@ -17850,7 +17839,6 @@ F: mm/swap_table.h
> F: mm/swapfile.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - THP (TRANSPARENT HUGE PAGE)
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> M: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
> R: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
> @@ -17864,8 +17852,7 @@ R: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
> R: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
> 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
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mm/core.git for-next
> F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-transparent-hugepage
> F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
> F: include/linux/huge_mm.h
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Cheers, Lorenzo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 10:51 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)
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) [this message]
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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