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

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Message-ID: <783a848c-f9f0-4f2c-8d6f-46d2765d80f7@lucifer.local>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 19:17:27 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>,
        Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add mm ksm section

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 06:52:27PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 13.05.25 18:17, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > As part of the ongoing efforts to sub-divide memory management
> > maintainership and reviewership, establish a section for Kernel Samepage
> > Merging (KSM) and add appropriate maintainers and reviewers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> > ---
> >
> > REVIEWERS NOTES:
> >
> > I took a look through git blame, past commits, etc. and came up with what
> > seems to be a reasonable list of people here, if you don't feel you ought
> > to be here, or if you feel anybody is missing (including yourself!) let me
> > know :)
> >
> > David has kindly already agreed to be co-maintainer for this section.
> >
> >   MAINTAINERS | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 80aa09f2e735..5ea2020acf84 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -15567,6 +15567,21 @@ W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
> >   T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> >   F:	mm/gup.c
> >
> > +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - KSM (Kernel Samepage Merging)
> > +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> > +R:	xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
> > +R:	Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
>
> I don't see a single RB from Chengming Zhou, and a single one from xu xin
> ... :)

Yeah sorry this is fuzzy but git blame mm/ksm.c for 2025 gives you _very little_
activity in general, a series fro Xu and a series from yourself :) Xu's series
was... acked by you :P

Equally with Chengming based on other files listed here, I went and checked to
see if there were substantive series as a sort of 'fuzzy matcher' which might
imply a review interest here, and see there did seem to be some.

But obviously if anybody feels any entry here is inappropriate, or on the other
hand anybody was missed off, more than happy to rectify on the un-RFC!

>
> In any case, for my M :
>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Thanks!

>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>