[PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
review except in those areas I maintain.

I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
for convenience.

Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)

Also add a CREDITS entry for THP, as, since Zi's rightful and well-earned
appointment as co-maintainer there, I have no fear of needing to step in
there, and so would like to record my time in that role.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) (4):
      MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM core reviewership
      MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM misc, reclaim reviewership
      MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM rust reviewerships
      CREDITS: add entry for THP maintenance

 CREDITS     | 6 ++++++
 MAINTAINERS | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: b3dfbde62cf1981c4638939c159dfd087b7a72e9
change-id: 20261110-drop-reviewerships-264c745b11b5

Cheers,
-- 
Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>

[PATCH 1/4] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM core reviewership

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
review except in those areas I maintain.

Therefore, remove myself as a reviewer.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 222b7fc2c3aa..c2f7fed0d850 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17505,7 +17505,6 @@ F:	mm/balloon.c
 
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
 M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
-R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
 R:	Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
 R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
 R:	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>

-- 
2.56.0

[PATCH 2/4] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM misc, reclaim reviewership

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
review except in those areas I maintain.

Therefore, remove myself as a reviewer.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c2f7fed0d850..bb4f973b195f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17675,7 +17675,6 @@ F:	mm/migrate_device.c
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC
 M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
 M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
-R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
 R:	Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
 R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
 R:	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
@@ -17811,7 +17810,6 @@ R:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
 R:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
 R:	Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
 R:	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
-R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
 L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	include/trace/events/vmscan.h

-- 
2.56.0

[PATCH 3/4] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM rust reviewerships

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
review except in those areas I maintain.

Therefore, remove myself as a reviewer.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bb4f973b195f..83fc5cee8680 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17958,7 +17958,6 @@ F:	tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-*.[ch]
 
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT - RUST
 M:	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
-R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
 R:	Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
 L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
 L:	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
@@ -24655,7 +24654,6 @@ K:	\b(?i:rust)\b
 RUST [ALLOC]
 M:	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
 M:	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
-R:	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
 R:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
 R:	Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
 R:	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>

-- 
2.56.0

[PATCH 4/4] CREDITS: add entry for THP maintenance

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Given my workload and current areas of focus, I think it's unlikely I will
return to THP, so add a CREDITS entry to reflect my time as co-maintainer
there.

With Zi being appointed as an absolutely worthy successor as THP
co-maintainer I am confident in its success, and this additionally makes me
feel that it is unnecessary for me to return (for the best possible
reasons!)

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 CREDITS | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index c6c7b173b064..226a71e45edc 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -3939,6 +3939,12 @@ D: mandocs and mandocs_install build targets
 S: (Email me and ask)
 S: Australia
 
+N: Lorenzo Stoakes
+E: ljs@kernel.org
+W: https://ljs.io
+D: THP co-maintainer
+S: UK
+
 N: Henrik Storner
 E: storner@image.dk
 W: http://www.image.dk/~storner/

-- 
2.56.0

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 11/10/26 13:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.
> 
> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> for convenience.
> 
> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)

Yeah, it's crazy.

Thanks a lot man!

Andrew can just queue the whole series I guess.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

-- 
Cheers,

David

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Kiryl Shutsemau]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 12:03:06PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.

Oh. Sorry to hear this.

Thank you for you job.

Acked-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 12:14:18PM +0000, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 12:03:06PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> > series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> > review except in those areas I maintain.
>
> Oh. Sorry to hear this.

TBH I'm still likely to dive in here + there (just did in KSM :))

But want to do something about my inbox...

>
> Thank you for you job.
>
> Acked-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>

Thanks!


--
Cheers, Lorenzo

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 01:06:52PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 11/10/26 13:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> > series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> > review except in those areas I maintain.
> >
> > I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> > Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> > for convenience.
> >
> > Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> > something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)
>
> Yeah, it's crazy.
>
> Thanks a lot man!

Thanks, I'll still obviously help you out wherever needed! (I will still of
course send that fix series I'm working on now :P)

>
> Andrew can just queue the whole series I guess.

Ah no need to split then :P still perhaps reasonably logical to break out by
maintainer anyway!

>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

Thanks!

--
Cheers, Lorenzo

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Tue Nov 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM CET, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 11/10/26 13:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
>> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
>> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
>> review except in those areas I maintain.
>> 
>> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
>> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
>> for convenience.
>> 
>> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
>> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)
>
> Yeah, it's crazy.
>
> Thanks a lot man!

Thanks Lorenzo!

> Andrew can just queue the whole series I guess.

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lance Yang]

On 2026/11/10 20:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.

yep, with the AI flood these days, inbox zero just isn't happening :(

> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> for convenience.
> 
> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)
> 
> Also add a CREDITS entry for THP, as, since Zi's rightful and well-earned
> appointment as co-maintainer there, I have no fear of needing to step in
> there, and so would like to record my time in that role.

Thanks, for real, you've done a ton for THP, and it shows :D

Acked-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 10:15:27PM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
>
>
> On 2026/11/10 20:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> > series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> > review except in those areas I maintain.
>
> yep, with the AI flood these days, inbox zero just isn't happening :(

Yup, this is purely an administrative thing really for me. Some hopes of
taming things.

I'll likely get involved reviewing other stuff _anyway_ when needed. Just
need to reduce the firehose a _bit_.

I am also now very busy with KVM which demands my attention in any case, so
is practical to pare things down a bit!

>
> > I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> > Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> > for convenience.
> >
> > Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> > something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)
> >
> > Also add a CREDITS entry for THP, as, since Zi's rightful and well-earned
> > appointment as co-maintainer there, I have no fear of needing to step in
> > there, and so would like to record my time in that role.
>
> Thanks, for real, you've done a ton for THP, and it shows :D

Thanks again you are too kind! :)

>
> Acked-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>

--
Cheers, Lorenzo

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Zi Yan]

On 10 Nov 2026, at 7:03, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:

> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.
>
> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> for convenience.
>
> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)

Thank you for all your work. Yeah, your inbox size shrinks but is never
going to be empty. ;)

>
> Also add a CREDITS entry for THP, as, since Zi's rightful and well-earned
> appointment as co-maintainer there, I have no fear of needing to step in
> there, and so would like to record my time in that role.

Thank you for the kind words.

Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
> Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) (4):
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM core reviewership
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM misc, reclaim reviewership
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM rust reviewerships
>       CREDITS: add entry for THP maintenance
>
>  CREDITS     | 6 ++++++
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 -----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: b3dfbde62cf1981c4638939c159dfd087b7a72e9
> change-id: 20261110-drop-reviewerships-264c745b11b5
>


Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Mike Rapoport]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 12:03:06PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.
> 
> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> for convenience.
> 
> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)

Yeah, I hear your pain!

Thanks a lot for your work, mate :)

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:03:06 +0000 "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org> wrote:

> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.

Sigh.  Is

	Nacked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

allowed?

Thanks, hang in there.

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Barry Song]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> review except in those areas I maintain.
>
> I have separated the patches into areas maintained by David, Andrew, and
> Alice + Danilo, so each can take the patches relevant to the subsystems,
> for convenience.
>
> Apologies for doing this, but given the current trends I'd like to do
> something to make my inbox a little more manageable :)
>
> Also add a CREDITS entry for THP, as, since Zi's rightful and well-earned
> appointment as co-maintainer there, I have no fear of needing to step in
> there, and so would like to record my time in that role.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
> Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) (4):
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM core reviewership
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM misc, reclaim reviewership
>       MAINTAINERS: Remove myself from MM rust reviewerships
>       CREDITS: add entry for THP maintenance
>

Thanks so much for all your hard work across so many areas,
especially in THP/mTHP.

Acked-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>

>  CREDITS     | 6 ++++++
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 -----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: b3dfbde62cf1981c4638939c159dfd087b7a72e9
> change-id: 20261110-drop-reviewerships-264c745b11b5
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
>

Thanks,
Barry

Re: [PATCH 0/4] MAINTAINERS: remove my reviewerships, add CREDITS entry for THP

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 10:54:30AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:03:06 +0000 "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > Given the current throughput in the kernel resulting from AI-generated
> > series, I unfortunately lack the bandwidth to generally be able to offer
> > review except in those areas I maintain.
>
> Sigh.  Is
>
> 	Nacked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>
> allowed?

I appreciate it :) but sadly not!

>
> Thanks, hang in there.

Thanks :)

This is mostly about cutting down the noise in my inbox. And likely the premise
is false and I'll end up reviewing all sorts still, but I would like to be less
subject to being self-nerdsniped into reviewing things unrelated to my
maintainerships :)

Of course the AI wave has been horrible, and is getting significantly worse.

At first it was once in a while that I'd see slop.

Then it was at least once a week.

Then every few days.

Nowadays it's pretty much half of what I see, if not more.

There still plenty of great people in mm though, regardless :)

--
Cheers, Lorenzo