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

[Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 05:31:41PM -0700, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> 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>

It's much appreciated :)

Cheers, Lorenzo