Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap

[Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
<lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:32:27PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> > <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > the maintainers for the subsystem generally take series (though of course,
> > > it is entirely maintained and managed by rust people).
> >
> > Just in case: I am not sure what "rust people" means here, but if you
> > meant the Rust subsystem, then it is not the case. Maintenance depends
> > on what the subsystem wants to do (including how to handle patches,
> > but also the actual maintenance), who steps up to maintain it, whether
> > the subsystem wants new co-maintainers or sub-maintainers, etc.
> >
> >     https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#how-is-rust-introduced-in-a-subsystem
> >     https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#who-maintains-rust-code-in-the-kernel
> >
> > That is why the cover letter asks about the `MAINTAINERS` file.
>
> Right, I don't mean the rust subsystem, I mean designated rust
> maintainers. The point being that this won't add workload to Andrew, nor
> require him nor other mm C people to understand rust.
>
> As stated, I agree we need to add an entry to MAINTAINERS for this, which
> is why I explicitly chased this up.

I am happy to be listed as a maintainer of this code.

Alice