linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update information for "MEMORY MANAGEMENT"

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Message-ID: <20191105132335.GH25005@rapoport-lnx>
Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 15:23:37 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, kernel-team@...com,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update information for "MEMORY MANAGEMENT"

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 06:21:04PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:22:17 -0700 Song Liu <songliubraving@...com> wrote:
> 
> > I was trying to find the mm tree in MAINTAINERS by searching "Morton".
> > Unfortunately, I didn't find one. And I didn't even locate the MEMORY
> > MANAGEMENT section quickly, because Andrew's name was not listed there.
> > 
> > Thanks to Johannes who helped me find the mm tree.
> 
> Oh all right ;)
> 
> If I listed everything I "maintain" in MAINTAINERS, I'd double the size
> of the dang thing.
> 
> q:/usr/src/25> grep "^#NEXT_PATCHES_START" series | wc -l
> 364
> 
> (Those are the identifiable "trees" which I do (or did) "maintain").
> 
> But mm/ is special.
> 
> > Let save other's time searching around by adding:
> > 
> > M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > T:	git git://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm.git
> 
> Also:
> 
> --- a/MAINTAINERS~maintainers-update-information-for-memory-management-fix
> +++ a/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10523,6 +10523,8 @@ M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.
>  L:	linux-mm@...ck.org
>  W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>  T:	git git://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm.git
> +T:	quilt https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
> +T:	quilt https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	include/linux/mm.h
>  F:	include/linux/gfp.h

The F: section here is also seems too sparse, at the very least we could
add include/linux/mm_types.h and include/linux/page*h:

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c6c34d04ce95..5e4ed4bc2372 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -10526,6 +10526,8 @@ F:      include/linux/mm.h
 F:     include/linux/gfp.h
 F:     include/linux/mmzone.h
 F:     include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+F:     include/linux/mm_types.h
+F:     include/linux/page*h
 F:     include/linux/vmalloc.h
 F:     mm/


> _
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.