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

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 01:41:05 EST


On 11/1/26 19:59, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:
> 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.
>

Ugh, don't review patches on Sunday evening I guess. :)

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David