Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add section for locking of mm's and VMAs

[David Hildenbrand]

On 16.04.25 09:33, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:25:09PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > On 15.04.25 15:10, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > > We place this under memory mapping as related to memory mapping
> > > abstractions in the form of mm_struct and vm_area_struct (VMA). Now we have
> > > separated out mmap/vma locking logic into the mmap_lock.c and mmap_lock.h
> > > files, so this should encapsulate the majority of the mm locking logic in
> > > the kernel.
> > >
> > > Suren is best placed to maintain this logic as the core architect of VMA
> > > locking as a whole.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    MAINTAINERS | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > >    1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 8d834514a047..ce55676a16a4 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -15595,6 +15595,21 @@ F:	mm/vma_internal.h
> > >    F:	tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
> > >    F:	tools/testing/vma/
> > > +MEMORY MAPPING - LOCKING
> > > +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +M:	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > > +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:	Documentation/mm/process_addrs.rst
> > > +F:	include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> > > +F:	include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h
> > > +F:	mm/mmap_lock.c
> > > +
> > >    MEMORY MAPPING - MADVISE (MEMORY ADVICE)
> > >    M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >    M:	Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea to me
> >
> > Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks! Am going to change this to make me and Liam M's so we can provide
> back up to Suren when he's on leave, are you fine with propagating this tag
> to this also?

Yes! Thanks

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb