Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add additional mmap-related files to mmap section

[Pedro Falcato]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 09:35:03PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> msync and nommu are directly related to memory mapping, memfd and mincore
> are less so but are roughly speaking operating on virtual memory mappings
> from the point of view of the user so this seems the most appropriate place
> for them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 4523a6409186..a5d1ff923a62 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -15735,7 +15735,6 @@ F:	Documentation/admin-guide/mm/
>  F:	Documentation/mm/
>  F:	include/linux/gfp.h
>  F:	include/linux/gfp_types.h
> -F:	include/linux/memfd.h
>  F:	include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>  F:	include/linux/memory-tiers.h
>  F:	include/linux/mempolicy.h
> @@ -15974,12 +15973,17 @@ 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:	include/linux/memfd.h
>  F:	include/trace/events/mmap.h
> +F:	mm/memfd.c

memfd is a big stretch, no? I think it would feel more at home with shmem, or even VFS people. 

> +F:	mm/mincore.c
>  F:	mm/mlock.c
>  F:	mm/mmap.c
>  F:	mm/mprotect.c
>  F:	mm/mremap.c
>  F:	mm/mseal.c
> +F:	mm/msync.c
> +F:	mm/nommu.c
>  F:	mm/vma.c
>  F:	mm/vma.h
>  F:	mm/vma_exec.c

the rest obviously LGTM.

-- 
Pedro