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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4c085979-0f6c-463d-86c4-456634a1bb89@lucifer.local>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 06:17:21 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add memory advice section

On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 08:56:30PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> wrote:
> > 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: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>

Thanks!

>
> > +MEMORY MAPPING - MEMORY ADVICE
> > +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
>
> Is it intentional that this one, unlike "MEMORY MAPPING", has no
> explicit "L: linux-mm@...ck.org" and relies on the inheritance from
> the overall "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" entry for that?

No, was a mistake, have asked Andrew to fix in a fixpatch! Good
spot... whoops!