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

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Message-ID: <1e9fb6b2-234f-4163-8f81-839539d78aa4@lucifer.local>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 12:49:52 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.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

On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 10:58:11AM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> 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.

Sorry I thought I had already replied to this! :P

I think for now better to keep it in reclaim as we have a bunch of page
table code distributed over the place, which we probably need to address
separately!

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

Thanks! :)

>
> 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
>

Cheers, Lorenzo