Re: [PATCH 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add Johannes as the page allocator co-maintainer

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 13:02:00 EST


On 11/1/26 17:34, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:
> Johannes is a long-time expert and reviewer for the page allocator and
> has agreed to step up to a co-maintainer role, so do that. Thanks!
>
> Additionally, page allocator is joining the MM transition, following the
> MM core updates from David [1].
>
> Patches will be collected in the mm/page_alloc git tree and integrated
> via the mm/linux integration tree. To signify the change from Andrew's
> mm tree, remove Andrew as M: - get_maintainers will continue CCing him
> on most patches via the catch-all MM entry. David prefers not being
> added for mail volume reasons.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261030-maintainers-v1-7-97278f8a5f54@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index b68bc3626709..d7cfb28a9029 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17720,15 +17720,15 @@ F: include/uapi/linux/oom.h
> F: mm/oom_kill.c
>
> MEMORY MANAGEMENT - PAGE ALLOCATOR
> -M: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> R: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> R: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> R: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@xxxxxxxxx>
> -R: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> R: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx

Want to remove that one as well like I did?

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Cheers,

David