linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rename MM to MM MISC, add missing files

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Message-ID: <aIBwqmITl1VyZp7S@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:18:34 +0300
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rename MM to MM MISC, add missing files

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 08:27:04PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> To fit in with other sections within MAINTAINERS for memory management
> files, rename the MEMORY MANAGEMENT section to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC to
> contain files that are not described by other sections.
> 
> We also add missing files to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC and MEMORY MANAGEMENT
> - CORE sections.
> 
> Move over appropriate files to the core section, and in both sections add
> remaining missing files. At this point, with the other recent MAINTAINERS
> changes, this should now mean that every memory management-related file has
> a section and assigned maintainers/reviewers.
> 
> For the time being, we maintain catch-all mm/ and tools/mm/ entries for MM
> - MISC, though in future we may wish to remove these to make it obvious
> when files don't have assigned entries.
> 
> Finally, we copy across the maintainers/reviewers from MEMORY MANAGEMENT -
> CORE to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC, as it seems the two are sufficiently
> related for this to be sensible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@...nel.org>

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.