Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:11:28 -0700 | | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add maintainer for memory management |
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:01:47 -0400 Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I recently realized that there's no listing of a memory management > maintainer in the MAINTAINERS file. And didn't know about > linux-mm@kvack.org before Ingo enlightened me. So I've decided to add > one. Since Christoph is the first person to come in my mind as the > proper maintainer, (and I haven't asked him if he wants this title :) > I'll let him either add others to the list, or replace his name > altogether. > > (I also used the email that he had in slab.c) > > Note: If someone else is more likely the person than Christoph, don't be > offended that I didn't choose you. It's just that Christoph has > responded the most whenever I mention anything about memory. So I chose > that as my criteria, than looking at who submits the most memory > patches. > > -- Steve > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > Index: linux-2.6.18-rc2/MAINTAINERS > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.18-rc2.orig/MAINTAINERS 2006-07-23 23:32:13.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6.18-rc2/MAINTAINERS 2006-07-23 23:34:10.000000000 -0400 > @@ -1884,6 +1884,12 @@ S: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > W: http://megaraid.lsilogic.com > S: Maintained > > +MEMORY MANAGEMENT > +P: Christoph Lameter > +M: christoph@lameter.com > +L: linux-mm@kvack.org > +S: Maintained > +
Christoph L. is very NUMA & big-iron focused. He also breaks things (at least builds if not working code) a bit too often IMO.
Andrew, Nick, Peter Zijlstra, Pekka, Manfred, Hugh Dickins are all a better choice IMO. However, if Andrew & Linus want to merge that one...
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