Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rename MM to MM MISC, add missing files

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 01:18:52 EST


On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 08:27:04PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> To fit in with other sections within MAINTAINERS for memory management
> files, rename the MEMORY MANAGEMENT section to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC to
> contain files that are not described by other sections.
>
> We also add missing files to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC and MEMORY MANAGEMENT
> - CORE sections.
>
> Move over appropriate files to the core section, and in both sections add
> remaining missing files. At this point, with the other recent MAINTAINERS
> changes, this should now mean that every memory management-related file has
> a section and assigned maintainers/reviewers.
>
> For the time being, we maintain catch-all mm/ and tools/mm/ entries for MM
> - MISC, though in future we may wish to remove these to make it obvious
> when files don't have assigned entries.
>
> Finally, we copy across the maintainers/reviewers from MEMORY MANAGEMENT -
> CORE to MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC, as it seems the two are sufficiently
> related for this to be sensible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.