linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add kernel/fork.c to relevant sections

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Message-ID: <4dc17506-6291-4b55-a257-8238c3c857f1@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 17:38:07 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
 Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
 Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
 Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
 Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add kernel/fork.c to relevant sections

On 08.05.25 17:28, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Currently kernel/fork.c both contains absolutely key logic relating to a
> number of kernel subsystems and also has absolutely no assignment in
> MAINTAINERS.
> 
> Correct this by placing this file in relevant sections - mm core, exec,
> scheduler and pidfd so people know who to contact when making changes here.
> 
> scripts/get_maintainers.pl can perfectly well handle a file being in
> multiple sections, so this functions correctly.
> 
> Intent is that we keep putting changes to kernel/fork.c through Andrew's
> tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index ccc45b0ba843..55332d5bc499 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8830,6 +8830,7 @@ F:	include/linux/elf.h
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/elf.h
> +F:	kernel/fork.c
>   F:	mm/vma_exec.c
>   F:	tools/testing/selftests/exec/
>   N:	asm/elf.h
> @@ -15525,6 +15526,7 @@ F:	include/linux/mm.h
>   F:	include/linux/mm_*.h
>   F:	include/linux/mmdebug.h
>   F:	include/linux/pagewalk.h
> +F:	kernel/fork.c
>   F:	mm/Kconfig
>   F:	mm/debug.c
>   F:	mm/init-mm.c
> @@ -21742,6 +21744,7 @@ F:	include/linux/preempt.h
>   F:	include/linux/sched.h
>   F:	include/linux/wait.h
>   F:	include/uapi/linux/sched.h
> +F:	kernel/fork.c
>   F:	kernel/sched/

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb