Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add section for locking of mm's and VMAs
From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Wed Apr 16 2025 - 09:09:25 EST
* Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> [250416 06:38]:
> We place this under memory mapping as related to memory mapping
> abstractions in the form of mm_struct and vm_area_struct (VMA). Now we have
> separated out mmap/vma locking logic into the mmap_lock.c and mmap_lock.h
> files, so this should encapsulate the majority of the mm locking logic in
> the kernel.
>
> Suren is best placed to maintain this logic as the core architect of VMA
> locking as a whole.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8d834514a047..03bbc41138c9 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15595,6 +15595,22 @@ F: mm/vma_internal.h
> F: tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
> F: tools/testing/vma/
>
> +MEMORY MAPPING - LOCKING
> +M: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +R: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> +R: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
> +L: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> +S: Maintained
> +W: http://www.linux-mm.org
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F: Documentation/mm/process_addrs.rst
> +F: include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> +F: include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h
> +F: mm/mmap_lock.c
> +
> MEMORY MAPPING - MADVISE (MEMORY ADVICE)
> M: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> --
> 2.49.0
>