From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from midway.site ([71.117.253.75]) by xenotime.net for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:08:44 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:11:28 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add maintainer for memory management Message-Id: <20060724001128.6d513d20.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1153713707.4002.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1153713707.4002.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, clameter@sgi.com, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:01:47 -0400 Steven Rostedt wrote: > I recently realized that there's no listing of a memory management > maintainer in the MAINTAINERS file. And didn't know about > linux-mm@kvack.org before Ingo enlightened me. So I've decided to add > one. Since Christoph is the first person to come in my mind as the > proper maintainer, (and I haven't asked him if he wants this title :) > I'll let him either add others to the list, or replace his name > altogether. > > (I also used the email that he had in slab.c) > > Note: If someone else is more likely the person than Christoph, don't be > offended that I didn't choose you. It's just that Christoph has > responded the most whenever I mention anything about memory. So I chose > that as my criteria, than looking at who submits the most memory > patches. > > -- Steve > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt > > Index: linux-2.6.18-rc2/MAINTAINERS > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.18-rc2.orig/MAINTAINERS 2006-07-23 23:32:13.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6.18-rc2/MAINTAINERS 2006-07-23 23:34:10.000000000 -0400 > @@ -1884,6 +1884,12 @@ S: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > W: http://megaraid.lsilogic.com > S: Maintained > > +MEMORY MANAGEMENT > +P: Christoph Lameter > +M: christoph@lameter.com > +L: linux-mm@kvack.org > +S: Maintained > + Christoph L. is very NUMA & big-iron focused. He also breaks things (at least builds if not working code) a bit too often IMO. Andrew, Nick, Peter Zijlstra, Pekka, Manfred, Hugh Dickins are all a better choice IMO. However, if Andrew & Linus want to merge that one... --- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org