Re: [PATCH 0/7] MAINTAINERS: MM updates
From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 05:38:11 EST
On 10/30/26 22:34, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> several MM updates:
>
> Make Zi Yan a THP maintainer (thanks for all your hard work over
> the years and thanks for taking on this responsibility), and perform some
> MM MAINTAINERS cleanups.
>
> Then, start the next step of the transition from Andrew's MM tree to
> separate component trees that all get integrated into the mm-next
> integration tree.
>
> Start routing shmem through mm/core.git, adding me as a maintainer
> primarily to pick patches.
>
> Then, target the following components for the mm/core.git tree that I
> (co)maintain:
>
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - GUP (GET USER PAGES)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - KSM (Kernel Samepage Merging)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MEMORY HOT(UN)PLUG
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MIGRATION
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - NUMA PLACEMENT
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RMAP (REVERSE MAPPING)
> - MEMORY MANAGEMENT - THP (TRANSPARENT HUGE PAGE)
>
> More details in the last patch.
>
> In the upcoming cycles we'll then route more of the other MM components
> through different trees.
>
> Let's see how this goes, in particular with the continuous stream of
> fixes. But getting these in in a controlled way has highest priority
> right now wither way.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> David Hildenbrand (Arm) (7):
> MAINTAINERS: mention for-next branch in MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MEMORY MAP
> MAINTAINERS: TMPFS (SHMEM FILESYSTEM) updates
> MAINTAINERS: add Zi Yan as co-maintainer for MEMORY MANAGEMENT - THP
> MAINTAINERS: sort entries in MM sections
> MAINTAINERS: add missing files to MM component sections
> MAINTAINERS: rename and move MEMORY HOT(UN)PLUG
> MAINTAINERS: route more MM changes through mm/core.git
>
> MAINTAINERS | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
Thanks, and congrats Zi!
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> base-commit: d89e1d186ec9271bf78e62771779e9fc03bf0fc3
>
> change-id: 20261029-maintainers-e2699bff7521
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>