Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update MGLRU entry to reflect current status

[Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)]

-cc linux-mmc, +cc linux-mm.

I really really really need to learn to use b4 send. :)

Sorry for noise.

See Axel's response below!

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 08:41:26PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> (+cc the mailing lists as this is the mail I sent without doing so, doh!))
>
> +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)
> > <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx> 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) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  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 <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > -M:     Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > -M:     Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:     Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  R:     Wei Xu <weixugc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  L:     linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> > >  S:     Maintained
> > > --
> > > 2.53.0
> > >