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

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 14:00:40 EST


On 11/1/26 19:01, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> 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?

I think you meant the website and this is the mail list, so it stays.