linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT

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Message-ID: <f2ce1126-0059-481c-b54f-0b09518666d3@lucifer.local>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:39:59 +0000
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure
 to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
> drivers.
>
> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@...nel.org>

Assuming below fixed + Michael's concern addressed, LGTM so:

Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>  F:	mm/
>  F:	tools/mm/
>
> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

david@...nel.org you mean? ;)

> +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/balloon.h
> +F:	mm/balloon.c
> +
>  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
>  M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>  M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>
> @@ -27536,9 +27546,7 @@ M:	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>
>  L:	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> -F:	include/linux/balloon.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> -F:	mm/balloon.c
>
>  VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
>  M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> --
> 2.52.0
>