Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add reverse mapping section

[Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 17.04.25 10:49, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Separate out the reverse mapping part of memory management and assign
> > appropriate maintainers and reviewers.
> > 
> > David has long been invovled in work with the reverse mapping and continues
> > to do so, so is well suited to maintain this area of the kernel.
> > 
> > I have a lot of experience working with the anonymous reverse mapping and
> > continue to work in this area, and also have good knowledge of the walking
> > code and code related to VMAs.
> > 
> > This helps people identify who to ask for help, and also additionally makes
> > life easier in review.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> > ---
> >   MAINTAINERS | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 8d834514a047..4f6d09c3fd9d 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -15499,7 +15499,6 @@ F:	include/linux/mm_*.h
> >   F: include/linux/mmzone.h
> >   F: include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
> >   F: include/linux/pagewalk.h
> > -F:	include/linux/rmap.h
> >   F: include/trace/events/ksm.h
> >   F: mm/
> >   F: tools/mm/
> > @@ -15539,6 +15538,18 @@ F:	mm/page_alloc.c
> >   F: include/linux/gfp.h
> >   F: include/linux/compaction.h
> > 
> > +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RMAP (REVERSE MAPPING)
> > +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> > +M:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> > +R:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
> > +R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> > +R:	Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
> > +L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
> > +S:	Maintained
> > +F:	include/linux/rmap.h
> > +F:	mm/rmap.c
> > +
> >   MEMORY MANAGEMENT - SECRETMEM
> >   M: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> >   M: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> > --
> > 2.49.0
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> 
> Let me CC Rik and Hugh, if they also have interest + capacity.

Thanks for the CC, gesture appreciated: interest yes
but capacity no, and I'm almost never an R: I'll just
keep on fixing bugs where I find them.

Hugh