Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: group all VMA-related files into the VMA section

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

Hi Andrew,

Please drop this, David objects on the basis that these files contain page table
manipulation logic.

Thanks.

On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 07:16:00PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> There are a number of means of interacting with VMA operations within mm,
> and we have on occasion not been made aware of impactful changes due to
> these sitting in different files, most recently in [0].
>
> Correct this by bringing all VMA operations under the same section in
> MAINTAINERS. Additionally take the opportunity to combine MEMORY MAPPING
> with VMA as there needn't be two entries as they amount to the same thing.
>
> [0]:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAG48ez0siYGB8GP5+Szgj2ovBZAkL6Zi4n6GUAjzzjFV9LTkRQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 19 +++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1e930c7a58b1..95db20c26f5f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15060,18 +15060,6 @@ F:	tools/mm/
>  F:	tools/testing/selftests/mm/
>  N:	include/linux/page[-_]*
>
> -MEMORY MAPPING
> -M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -M:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -M:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> -R:	Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -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:	mm/mmap.c
> -
>  MEMORY TECHNOLOGY DEVICES (MTD)
>  M:	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  M:	Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
> @@ -25028,6 +25016,13 @@ L:	linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
>  S:	Maintained
>  W:	https://www.linux-mm.org
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	mm/madvise.c
> +F:	mm/mlock.c
> +F:	mm/mmap.c
> +F:	mm/mprotect.c
> +F:	mm/mremap.c
> +F:	mm/mseal.c
> +F:	mm/msync.c
>  F:	mm/vma.c
>  F:	mm/vma.h
>  F:	mm/vma_internal.h
> --
> 2.47.1