Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add co-maintainer and reviewer for SLAB ALLOCATOR

From: Harry Yoo

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 06:05:00 EST


On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 07:41:50PM +0900, Harry Yoo wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 11:13:46AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:
> > Promote Harry Yoo from reviewer to maintainer. Harry's been involved in
> > slab development for multiple years now and doing a great job.
>
> It's been my pleasure to get involved with folks in the slab subsystem
> over the years, and I'm happy to continue to do so!

I'd also like to thank Vlastimil, who has given me kind and constructive
feedback ever since I first started contributing to the kernel, five
years ago.

Back in 2021, I was a curious computer science undergrad with little
experience in kernel development, who decided to do something fun in the
kernel and sent a few patches to the slab subsystem. The first few
interactions with Vlastimil, who was generous with his feedback,
motivated me to keep contributing to the kernel as a hobby.

Through the discussions and collaboration we've had, I feel I've grown
into a better engineer. I'm glad that this growth has allowed me to
give back to the community as a contributor and now as a maintainer.

And this is all thanks to you, Vlastimil ;)

--
Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon