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

[Hugh Dickins]

On Tue, 3 Nov 2026, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 11/3/26 09:27, Hugh Dickins wrote:
...
> > "SHARED MEMORY": should ipc/shm.c be added to our list of files below,
> > as mm/memfd.c is? (Though both can also go off to hugetlbfs instead.)
> > Or do you prefer to regard ipc/shm.c more as a client of mm/shmem.c,
> > rather as drivers/gpu/drm is?
> 
> I would consider it more of a client indeed. memfd started out as a client as
> well, but things escalated a bit ... :)
> 
> I see that Andrew is assigning it its own section, is that good enough for you?

Sure, thanks.

Hugh