From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80AAA44CF52 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786541406; cv=none; b=EEOzDxcDSdCShGkqIwhiUD82IAFRnw1kHenV/xXyqAisMBNA4W99pC3SyGBg7g6/O0RsqfuAbzmjepZiFCDSbYJhzOjt1eyxuBcHR7wItfMjkDNZL+w2/iBjfBnoz+CNvqUQHDIHKD7AuDFh+2RK+Ls34a3uAGOdyHhqqa9VEqY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786541406; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1cjv+mLHydQcm12eu58qOCzWVPXUWIhm8w0rfYlbuvY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=YP6d65LuFC6ay3KB57xXNEDnZ2g68XbyLQ8ZmD/Cz8/3wyvHHu1+LEEwjVwyRi3d+ZbjWbsIWKYF8aK14IEtIUL3ym/ba3sGtW7vIa+YDRGRy7nf6TyQcDe+Sn0A3tDYSMHBdWK+dp29Rd8luCnRXf2iCuqeFEHFd3U3az89m2Y= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=SZuGYHiy; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="SZuGYHiy" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 363CF1F000E9; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:29:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1786541401; bh=dVTARtfo1PiugiWHu3G7qJctiG0TgL4bcA37kyCP5F8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=SZuGYHiyUz2rUEDyUByfGDK4x3iKNnliHEBB0eryUYY/AhTSjW/MuKZftSSi1JSBY hYSSo9qbiBusgDbRBW4CncJHlztYTDXWys3rkSN7bIKmKdjG2yuHah8B8TP/tcuM+B XuWoIj92+kF0StD6GsTFwapVWVBgro81zG4dzhpRYaPq/c6xprG9mBc3xuIV9xwHo5 HvHEU0SFCNEnL0XL7tpscCLYUBlcwBLsInWBbP03ivJ1mWjv8ysVDhywwdT/VzwUhU A4SlcZbA+y61NgdFhRG6KkQedHvanukyqk54IyFNI4u5EJ0jwS5s61y/xBg9TPuWwC Hm5fVE++VsQ2A== Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:29:53 +0300 From: Mike Rapoport To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand , "Liam R. Howlett" , Vlastimil Babka , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Jann Horn , Pedro Falcato , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add drivers/char/mem.c to mm misc, memory mapping sections Message-ID: References: <20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-v1-1-6218b861f4c8@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-v1-1-6218b861f4c8@kernel.org> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 08:43:31AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > This file is a 'special' driver that implements /dev/zero and /dev/mem > among other things. > > As such it makes sense for mm to be cc'd on mails and to have some say in > how things are changed there, so add it to the mm misc section. > > Uniquely, it provides the 'old way' of obtaining an anonymous mapping - > MAP_PRIVATE of /dev/zero - so is directly tied to memory mapping, therefore > also add it to the memory mapping section. > > scripts/get_maintainer.pl copes perfectly fine with files in multiple > sections so everything should work correctly. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) > --- > MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) -- Sincerely yours, Mike.