linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add additional mmap-related files to mmap section

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Message-ID: <f76e4f7b-1cac-4ce3-bd68-80d6c2ab5146@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:17:09 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
 Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add additional mmap-related files to mmap
 section

On 16.06.25 22:35, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> msync and nommu are directly related to memory mapping, memfd and mincore
> are less so but are roughly speaking operating on virtual memory mappings
> from the point of view of the user so this seems the most appropriate place
> for them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 4523a6409186..a5d1ff923a62 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15735,7 +15735,6 @@ F:	Documentation/admin-guide/mm/
>   F:	Documentation/mm/
>   F:	include/linux/gfp.h
>   F:	include/linux/gfp_types.h
> -F:	include/linux/memfd.h
>   F:	include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>   F:	include/linux/memory-tiers.h
>   F:	include/linux/mempolicy.h
> @@ -15974,12 +15973,17 @@ L:	linux-mm@...ck.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>   T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	include/linux/memfd.h
>   F:	include/trace/events/mmap.h
> +F:	mm/memfd.c

This is much more shmem related than it is mapping related (I mean, 
there is almost nothing mapping related in there)?

> +F:	mm/mincore.c
>   F:	mm/mlock.c
>   F:	mm/mmap.c
>   F:	mm/mprotect.c
>   F:	mm/mremap.c
>   F:	mm/mseal.c
> +F:	mm/msync.c
> +F:	mm/nommu.c

There is a lot of mmap logic in there, correct. + a bunch of other weird 
things ... :(

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb