Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add mmap trace events to MEMORY MAPPING

[SeongJae Park]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:17:21 -0400 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> * SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> [250411 13:47]:
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> > > @@ -15571,6 +15571,7 @@ 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:	include/trace/events/mmap.h
> > 
> > Should mmap_lock.h also be added here?
> 
> Oh, well..
> 
> mmap_lock.h (include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h) has to do with
> mm/mmap_lock.c, which also isn't listed here.  Both exist for tracing as
> well.
> 
> There is also include/linux/mmap_lock.h, which is the locking itself.
> The mmap lock is used more broadly than just these files: mm/pagewalk.c
> and mm/ksm.c, for instance.
> 
> So I guess that's a more difficult decision.

Makes perfect sense.  Thank you for kindly clarifying this.


Thanks,
SJ

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