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

[Barry Song]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 2:56 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks so much for the trust!
I’m glad to work on MGLRU and help drive progress.

Acked-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>