From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out-186.mta0.migadu.com (out-186.mta0.migadu.com [91.218.175.186]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FB4D175A88 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=91.218.175.186 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774830717; cv=none; b=FrM8wxrFvEQAGHG0svx3Tn69yLaNVwQEdPUGCq1A73G2gQApF15vhpJE1Mi+tJbHNTP0sVKTIXFrKw581uWc5MxDLyaw3ridnjWst2FhFs0zNEUNGtBBNi/o2KnlQHdA9nkGZOll9mwvD0gGILuEx6bc9YrewbwJbkbtVFWU+3Q= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774830717; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IgXl6K4XqlrAkxuJU/gQhGrvB60+f9R48gqh520zw4Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Rlwi34UjDjziF7pbAe6OnKcSSpGazh+ZVpZ8ATuScPY82QAAatxtL3x+5h732v95m4TPc6JeCpvOJljezU+JVBqJs/mdk/9FjCNgSnxxJylZOZCObtyxR8VgRsLwZX1IW1Jubkf4AFtcRDCsStYmNJIdjHrvHwrbtIlTxXmbEPI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b=jY/zQjSN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=91.218.175.186 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b="jY/zQjSN" Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:31:41 -0700 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.dev; s=key1; t=1774830712; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=p2icZm2yEGwYk11apPC2NCV3wohko97JViEVKbyQOpg=; b=jY/zQjSNjUidoC62UBg0OA0sKrFsL+KCacqNbq6kXTm0lK+Lckqu0s9PXY9mQ1gOlTXtis imQH2I5cUEis8dalola12yuStuWPcxZ+rcmfes7WwtW4j5J30xo+UdDq4mi0V8F2rWXwf+ 0oXkj1u+gCadsTseo6DpYkh0DN9bIbg= X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Shakeel Butt To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" Cc: Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand , Kairui Song , Qi Zheng , Barry Song , Axel Rasmussen , Yuanchu Xie , Wei Xu , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update MGLRU entry to reflect current status Message-ID: <20260330002340.GA116015@shakeel.butt@linux.dev> References: <20260326185629.355476-1-ljs@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260326185629.355476-1-ljs@kernel.org> X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 06:56:29PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote: > We are moving to a far more proactive model of maintainership within mm and > thus put a great deal of emphasis on sub-maintainers being active within > the community both in terms of code contributions and review. > > The MGLRU has not had much activity since being added to the kernel and the > current maintainers who kindly stepped up have unfortunately not been able > to contribute a great deal to it for over a year, nor engage all that > heavily in review. > > As a result, and within no negative connotations implied whatsoever, it > seems appropriate to downgrade the current maintainers to reviewers. > > At this time nobody is quite exercising the maintainer role in this area of > the kernel, but there is encouraging activity from a number of people who > are trusted elsewhere in the kernel, and who have contributed relevant work > or review. > > Therefore add further reviewers, and at this stage - to reflect the reality > on the ground - we will not have any sub-maintainers listed at all. > > Each of the files listed are shared with other sections in MAINTAINERS, so > this doesn't reduce sub-maintainer coverage. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) Haha, I feel like I am shooting myself in the foot, but if I plan to make drastic changes, then I need to step up and take some responsibility for it. Acked-by: Shakeel Butt