Re: [PATCH 2/7] MAINTAINERS: TMPFS (SHMEM FILESYSTEM) updates

From: Harry Yoo

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 12:14:23 EST


On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:34:26PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> I am not really the best shmem/tmpfs/memfd expert around, but it should
> be good enough to judge when something is ready to be picked up, to then
> pick it up. I'll have to heavily rely on Hugh and Baolin on judgment
> for the more involved and more controversial bits.
>
> Rename "TMPFS (SHMEM FILESYSTEM)" to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - SHARED MEMORY
> (SHMEM/TMPFS/MEMFD)" and move it accordingly. Add myself as a MAINTAINER
> so people know whom to CC.
>
> Add mm/core.git as the target git tree. Once shmem becomes a high volume
> component we can dedicate it a separate tree and have dedicated people
> pick it up.
>
> While at it, add some more shmem/tmpfs/memfd related files+directories
> we missed so far.
>
> There is also "kernel/pid_sysctl.h", which includes some of the pid
> namespaced sysctl vm.memfd_noexec. But that's really more of a proc/
> namespace thingy, so it's not a good fit here.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Harry Yoo (Meta) <harry@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Harry / Hyeonggon