Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add drivers/char/mem.c to mm misc, memory mapping sections

[Anshuman Khandual]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 08:43:31AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> This file is a 'special' driver that implements /dev/zero and /dev/mem
> among other things.
> 
> As such it makes sense for mm to be cc'd on mails and to have some say in
> how things are changed there, so add it to the mm misc section.
> 
> Uniquely, it provides the 'old way' of obtaining an anonymous mapping -
> MAP_PRIVATE of /dev/zero - so is directly tied to memory mapping, therefore
> also add it to the memory mapping section.
> 
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl copes perfectly fine with files in multiple
> sections so everything should work correctly.
> 

LGTM

> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

FWIW

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual<anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8014b9f8253e..27160fbe21dc 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17109,6 +17109,7 @@ F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers
>  F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-numa
>  F:	Documentation/admin-guide/mm/
>  F:	Documentation/mm/
> +F:	drivers/char/mem.c
>  F:	include/linux/cma.h
>  F:	include/linux/dmapool.h
>  F:	include/linux/ioremap.h
> @@ -17311,6 +17312,7 @@ L:	linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
>  S:	Maintained
>  W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	drivers/char/mem.c
>  F:	include/trace/events/mmap.h
>  F:	fs/proc/task_mmu.c
>  F:	fs/proc/task_nommu.c
> 
> ---
> base-commit: f5bbbfec59b4e2fb7520a91de3df8a6174325d6a
> change-id: 20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-f3864dc8ca19
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>