linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add mm reclaim section

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Message-ID: <6135bd8b-7198-4186-b020-358cdd1fb9a0@bytedance.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 10:58:11 +0800
From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, David Hildenbrand
 <david@...hat.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
 Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>,
 Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add mm reclaim section

Hi Lorenzo,

On 5/9/25 1:37 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> In furtherance of ongoing efforts to ensure people are aware of who
> de-facto maintains/has an interest in specific parts of mm, as well trying
> to avoid get_maintainers.pl listing only Andrew and the mailing list for mm
> files - establish a reclaim memory management section and add relevant
> maintainers/reviewers.
> 
> This is a key part of memory management so sensibly deserves its own
> section.
> 
> This encompasses both 'classical' reclaim and MGLRU and thus reflects this
> in the reviewers from both, as well as those who have contributed
> specifically on the memcg side of things.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> ---
> REVIEWERS NOTE: If anybody feels they ought not to be here, or if I missed
> anyone, let me know!
> 
>   MAINTAINERS | 14 ++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index ccc45b0ba843..a755b9dbf6cf 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15577,6 +15577,20 @@ F:	mm/page_alloc.c
>   F:	include/linux/gfp.h
>   F:	include/linux/compaction.h
> 
> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RECLAIM
> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> +R:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> +R:	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> +R:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
> +R:	Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
> +R:	Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
> +R:	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
> +R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> +L:	linux-mm@...ck.org
> +S:	Maintained
> +F:	mm/pt_reclaim.c

Do we have plan to add mm PGTABLE section (at least should
contain mm/pgtable-generic.c, include/linux/pgtable.h, etc)?

I'm not sure which section, RECLAIM or PGTABLE, is more
appropriate for mm/pt_reclaim.c to be included in, but either of
them is fine for me.

Acked-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>

Thanks!

> +F:	mm/vmscan.c
> +
>   MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RMAP (REVERSE MAPPING)
>   M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>   M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> --
> 2.49.0