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h=Resent-From:Resent-Date:Resent-To:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Ls1/FcCKMv+RSakopRH6iI3GNKWyfruGLp7WUcWoen9axIu3i2u1F8gHPsj6EnRYq Wzlx9e/x1cEeYn/6mCNDCvCN3yC85/aH3mVmiSHH71m3WG+EX581/QquAZsrlHS4yI W+afDydpsvhxJQu8OD2r9fQofRt8KoGrQ4XSgrloFWPrwBj4GTzBVwGLTreddF/UOZ NsaZikC8sD7BUfx1Jjl+41F/eVpZgwVvWMlJ/q6rdZkGtIexo7Qh9gQJDQ/NB8sTK9 ++gYQW7DHYP6THQ337AEcx2vL9t03939vCGqmUB0QSNVdkTCuQN86xHK+Abg44Lxhl 2bozBZpZCicSA== Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:41:26 +0000 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" To: Axel Rasmussen Cc: Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand , Kairui Song , Qi Zheng , Shakeel Butt , Barry Song , Yuanchu Xie , Wei Xu , Suren Baghdasaryan , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update MGLRU entry to reflect current status Message-ID: <44e24a7e-19eb-4497-912e-aa91b54cebbc@lucifer.local> References: <20260326185428.354430-1-ljs@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: DA47A1A0011 X-Stat-Signature: 6swhotjmw6tzqccj91p8cm5u65k5sis6 X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1774558705-12378 X-HE-Meta: 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: (final attempt at sending this mail correctly :)) +cc Suren who I should have cc'd in the first instance :>) On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 01:37:21PM -0700, Axel Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) > wrote: > > > > We are moving to a far more proactive model of maintainership within mm and > > thus put a great deal of emphasis on sub-maintainers being active within > > the community both in terms of code contributions and review. > > > > The MGLRU has not had much activity since being added to the kernel and the > > current maintainers who kindly stepped up have unfortunately not been able > > to contribute a great deal to it for over a year, nor engage all that > > heavily in review. > > > > As a result, and within no negative connotations implied whatsoever, it > > seems appropriate to downgrade the current maintainers to reviewers. > > > > At this time nobody is quite exercising the maintainer role in this area of > > the kernel, but there is encouraging activity from a number of people who > > are trusted elsewhere in the kernel, and who have contributed relevant work > > or review. > > > > Therefore add further reviewers, and at this stage - to reflect the reality > > on the ground - we will not have any sub-maintainers listed at all. > > > > Each of the files listed are shared with other sections in MAINTAINERS, so > > this doesn't reduce sub-maintainer coverage. > > No objections from me. For what it's worth, the intent behind adding > myself and Yuanchu there was primarily just to review patches. So, > moving to R: instead of M: doesn't change much for me in practice. Thanks :) We're already having a great discussion on Shakeel's LSF thread and with new people interested this can just naturally evolve based on people having resource to contribute on this. So this simply reflects the current situation, with hopes that in future things will evolve and we'll see some real movement on MGLRU! Cheers, Lorenzo > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > index 76431aa5efbe..16874c32e288 100644 > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > @@ -16757,8 +16757,12 @@ F: mm/migrate_device.c > > > > MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MGLRU (MULTI-GEN LRU) > > M: Andrew Morton > > -M: Axel Rasmussen > > -M: Yuanchu Xie > > +R: Kairui Song > > +R: Qi Zheng > > +R: Shakeel Butt > > +R: Barry Song > > +R: Axel Rasmussen > > +R: Yuanchu Xie > > R: Wei Xu > > L: linux-mm@kvack.org > > S: Maintained > > -- > > 2.53.0 > >