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

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Message-ID: <m55uzgmytniwkxv6k22xyw6jrh4o4ya2mimsacnblvgi6d463b@r3vd54totw6s>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 11:55:15 -0400
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        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>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add kernel/fork.c to relevant sections

* Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> [250513 10:57]:
> 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 and
> the scheduler 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>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index ff5d3c40e749..d4092ebfbe03 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8838,6 +8838,7 @@ 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
> @@ -15539,6 +15540,7 @@ 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
> @@ -21769,6 +21771,7 @@ 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/
>  
>  SCHEDULER - SCHED_EXT
> -- 
> 2.49.0
>