linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add memory advice section

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Message-ID: <7c60fb0b-fc28-4a69-836a-5cc311890300@suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:15:57 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add memory advice section

On 4/8/25 19:00, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> * Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> [250408 12:11]:
>> The madvise code straddles both VMA and page table manipulation. As a
>> result, separate it out into its own section and add maintainers/reviewers
>> as appropriate.
>> 
>> We additionally include the mman-common.h file as this contains the shared
>> madvise flags and it is important we maintain this alongside madvise.c.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

> 
>> ---
>>  MAINTAINERS | 13 +++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index de97cd54ff24..325424a53acf 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -15552,6 +15552,19 @@ F:	mm/vma.h
>>  F:	mm/vma_internal.h
>>  F:	tools/testing/vma/
>>  
>> +MEMORY MAPPING - MEMORY ADVICE
> 
> Advice or advise?

For me "MADVISE" would be the most obvious but I don't really mind either way.

>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> +M:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
>> +M:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
>> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>> +R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> +R:	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
>> +S:	Maintained
>> +W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
>> +F:	include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
>> +F:	mm/madvise.c
>> +
>>  MEMORY TECHNOLOGY DEVICES (MTD)
>>  M:	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
>>  M:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>> -- 
>> 2.49.0
>>