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

[Shakeel Butt]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 06:56:29PM +0000, 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

Haha, I feel like I am shooting myself in the foot, but if I plan to
make drastic changes, then I need to step up and take some
responsibility for it.

Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>