Re: [PATCH 0/7] MAINTAINERS: MM updates

From: Kiryl Shutsemau

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 06:30:38 EST


On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:34:24PM +0100, 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>

Acked-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>

Congrats, Zi!

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