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

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Message-ID: <cf8f9cab-fc5e-4fea-8ce4-b4eefbfb7f17@lucifer.local>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 06:20:43 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add memory advice section

On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 01:00:41PM -0400, 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>

Thanks!

>
> > ---
> >  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?

I mean we give advice on memory right? ;)

I think Andrew's suggestion of madvise (memory advice) should cover
everything off. I adjust felt icky at the grammar of saying madvise here
but that idea fixes that.

>
> > +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
> >