linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add section for locking of mm's and VMAs

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Message-ID: <a58050f9-726e-48e8-88ca-8d0d96bafb61@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:07:50 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
 "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add section for locking of mm's and VMAs

On 16.04.25 09:33, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:25:09PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 15.04.25 15:10, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>>> We place this under memory mapping as related to memory mapping
>>> abstractions in the form of mm_struct and vm_area_struct (VMA). Now we have
>>> separated out mmap/vma locking logic into the mmap_lock.c and mmap_lock.h
>>> files, so this should encapsulate the majority of the mm locking logic in
>>> the kernel.
>>>
>>> Suren is best placed to maintain this logic as the core architect of VMA
>>> locking as a whole.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
>>> ---
>>>    MAINTAINERS | 15 +++++++++++++++
>>>    1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 8d834514a047..ce55676a16a4 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -15595,6 +15595,21 @@ F:	mm/vma_internal.h
>>>    F:	tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
>>>    F:	tools/testing/vma/
>>> +MEMORY MAPPING - LOCKING
>>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>> +M:	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
>>> +R:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
>>> +R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
>>> +R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>>> +L:	linux-mm@...ck.org
>>> +S:	Maintained
>>> +W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>>> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
>>> +F:	Documentation/mm/process_addrs.rst
>>> +F:	include/linux/mmap_lock.h
>>> +F:	include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h
>>> +F:	mm/mmap_lock.c
>>> +
>>>    MEMORY MAPPING - MADVISE (MEMORY ADVICE)
>>>    M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>>    M:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
>>
>> Sounds like a good idea to me
>>
>> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> 
> Thanks! Am going to change this to make me and Liam M's so we can provide
> back up to Suren when he's on leave, are you fine with propagating this tag
> to this also?

Yes! Thanks

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb