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[PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"

David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) posted 23 patches 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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[PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
drivers.

For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
makes sense to route this through a separate tree.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
 F:	mm/
 F:	tools/mm/
 
+MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
+M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
+M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
+S:	Maintained
+W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
+T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
+F:	include/linux/balloon.h
+F:	mm/balloon.c
+
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
 M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
 M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
@@ -27536,9 +27546,7 @@ M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
 L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
-F:	include/linux/balloon.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
-F:	mm/balloon.c
 
 VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
 M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
-- 
2.52.0
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by Lorenzo Stoakes 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
> drivers.
>
> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>

Assuming below fixed + Michael's concern addressed, LGTM so:

Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>  F:	mm/
>  F:	tools/mm/
>
> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

david@kernel.org you mean? ;)

> +L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
> +S:	Maintained
> +W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	include/linux/balloon.h
> +F:	mm/balloon.c
> +
>  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
>  M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>  M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> @@ -27536,9 +27546,7 @@ M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
>  L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> -F:	include/linux/balloon.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> -F:	mm/balloon.c
>
>  VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
>  M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> --
> 2.52.0
>
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On 1/15/26 10:39, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
>> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
>> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
>> drivers.
>>
>> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
>> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> 
> Assuming below fixed + Michael's concern addressed, LGTM so:
> 
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> 
>> ---
>>   MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>>   F:	mm/
>>   F:	tools/mm/
>>
>> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> 
> david@kernel.org you mean? ;)

Maybe I just want all the patches to go to /dev/null soon? ;)

The following on top:


 From 3d344330b1ff6088582fe8e3bbff49d1557eba22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:23:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixup: MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to
  "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"

CC the virt list and use the proper mail address.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
---
  MAINTAINERS | 3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b974f8c1c2225..11720728d92f2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16456,8 +16456,9 @@ F:	tools/mm/
  
  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
  M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
-M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
  L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
+L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
  S:	Maintained
  W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
-- 
2.52.0


Thanks!

-- 
Cheers

David
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by Vlastimil Babka 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On 1/15/26 12:25, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> On 1/15/26 10:39, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
>>> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
>>> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
>>> drivers.
>>>
>>> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
>>> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
>> 
>> Assuming below fixed + Michael's concern addressed, LGTM so:
>> 
>> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
>> 
>>> ---
>>>   MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>>>   F:	mm/
>>>   F:	tools/mm/
>>>
>>> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
>>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>>> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> 
>> david@kernel.org you mean? ;)
> 
> Maybe I just want all the patches to go to /dev/null soon? ;)
> 
> The following on top:
> 
> 
>  From 3d344330b1ff6088582fe8e3bbff49d1557eba22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:23:57 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] fixup: MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to
>   "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
> 
> CC the virt list and use the proper mail address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
for both

> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index b974f8c1c2225..11720728d92f2 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16456,8 +16456,9 @@ F:	tools/mm/
>   
>   MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
>   M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> -M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
>   L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
> +L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
>   S:	Maintained
>   W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
>   T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by Lance Yang 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:20:13 +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
> drivers.
> 
> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>  F:	mm/
>  F:	tools/mm/
>  
> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Should it be david@kernel.org instead?

> +L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
> +S:	Maintained
> +W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	include/linux/balloon.h
> +F:	mm/balloon.c
> +
>  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
>  M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>  M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> @@ -27536,9 +27546,7 @@ M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
>  L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> -F:	include/linux/balloon.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> -F:	mm/balloon.c
>  
>  VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
>  M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On 1/15/26 10:38, Lance Yang wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:20:13 +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
>> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
>> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
>> drivers.
>>
>> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
>> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>   MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>>   F:	mm/
>>   F:	tools/mm/
>>   
>> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> 
> Should it be david@kernel.org instead?

Yes, the patch is apparently a bit older :)
-- 
Cheers

David
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by Michael S. Tsirkin 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
> drivers.
> 
> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>  F:	mm/
>  F:	tools/mm/
>  
> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> +L:	linux-mm@kvack.org

I'd still like virtualization@lists.linux.dev included, too.

> +S:	Maintained
> +W:	http://www.linux-mm.org
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> +F:	include/linux/balloon.h
> +F:	mm/balloon.c
> +
>  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE
>  M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>  M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
> @@ -27536,9 +27546,7 @@ M:	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
>  L:	virtualization@lists.linux.dev
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> -F:	include/linux/balloon.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
> -F:	mm/balloon.c
>  
>  VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
>  M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> -- 
> 2.52.0
Re: [PATCH v2 23/23] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON"
Posted by David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) 3 weeks, 4 days ago 
On 1/15/26 10:32, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:13AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
>> Nowadays, there is nothing virtio-balloon specific anymore about these
>> files, the basic infrastructure is used by multiple memory balloon
>> drivers.
>>
>> For now we'll route it through Andrew's tree, maybe in some future it
>> makes sense to route this through a separate tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>   MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index de8f89ca1149f..b974f8c1c2225 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -16454,6 +16454,16 @@ T:	quilt git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new
>>   F:	mm/
>>   F:	tools/mm/
>>   
>> +MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON
>> +M:	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> +M:	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>> +L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
> 
> I'd still like virtualization@lists.linux.dev included, too.

Makes sense.

-- 
Cheers

David

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