From nobody Tue Sep 29 05:35:25 2026 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 1722038CFE7 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:43:58 +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=1786520641; cv=none; b=tKUcEOtXiexCukGSeTtU7rk0gJwwdaNi3i4EL0UQq7OahoAH5V4ur6mFcUkZIvKnSPgmy2Del9WwosEMGzAISTebS6oemCisxyoZfewkGIwnJMPhG5FZ1jbjM+VzPcMjtMqx2axQ81CpoGG34o2AbsGobpqXp7rh6B4DFxM0Xh8= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786520641; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5FPUkWxhyFZqy4oqKvasLCDj58u8MXGFOyogOnBtw8A=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:To:Cc; b=ailWOH/e1MRsxE5F0SdkQ5ZrWt5Gayd4nvCq30cX285jKUxfoKYqmVlgXEybj4L/Lz7Lxyp2E5Mb9RC8ahrP0i200qbMZRBvpaeENWr5FKGaPACV+ihUJ75WWacwdRXXU311YXxp3o7ZfgxwMQPMlwQY/Tbux1hLsOHEfIOlx/Q= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=CjN5FK0r; 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="CjN5FK0r" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A28741F000E9; Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:43:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1786520638; bh=9pSY0tJf8U6OX+aOr46oomP4FiiZ4map81yDZBrjHxc=; h=From:Date:Subject:To:Cc; b=CjN5FK0rTOFIzo4ODUJxYEJUSjRH9MALXcDU38oxqNAX86B56bE5xN76I6K+wji4C RXir87/+MEnvn2tOJ9gIDsra/gBEZrrj78Gn9Ztl21s3fm6CeRQyUOaJyY/7eOGRk7 aC1s8aSq1wKt2be5o8JoVGMsULJ4tGJstV+fZGPohd1D+scU3BIIxKtAjCeN2TMypP b8YMYe3ZL7YqqSKrEIdzKxNXVbeHLjMpde37DlHqcASfy4TVtytfQMwOsOv/V8Gr3P Teh3IB5V0EOihnco4UiUdM3hUjGWqpTdbjjRprkpSmjUpEbvKws2QlCiU9jzS4bYJ5 SBHza6KssC/PQ== From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:43:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add drivers/char/mem.c to mm misc, memory mapping sections 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="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-v1-1-6218b861f4c8@kernel.org> X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIACIkfGoC/yWNQQrCMBBFr1Jm7UATpUSvIi5iZqojTCqZtAild zfVxV+8v3hvBeMibHDpVii8iMmUG7hDB+kZ84NRqDH43g99cB4jEVKRhYuhsmKdUBU1Sq5t+zs ew3CiFFJ0Z2ied+FRPr/G9fZnm+8vTnUXw7Z9AS9Z6CSFAAAA X-Change-ID: 20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-f3864dc8ca19 To: Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" , Vlastimil Babka , Mike Rapoport , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Jann Horn , Pedro Falcato , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org X-Mailer: b4 0.15.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=1537; i=ljs@kernel.org; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=5FPUkWxhyFZqy4oqKvasLCDj58u8MXGFOyogOnBtw8A=; b=owGbwMvMwCV2fu7ZrsZH9SKMp9WSGLJqVLQPP1/y9599DMv7ENbauOhKyenH5movMWYvsdnzm 3nZrennOkpZGMS4GGTFFFmefxHfHyQSNq/zgr8bzBxWJpAhDFycAjCRV9kMf2WVdSb90FY8n/Lz o/jOw7uUKw/2P8+QidaxvFh+v0Di2BFGhk9nZ99WWe5l+1VvjwBna+Aa1rgzW1xl+X/FnHn97s4 LTw4A X-Developer-Key: i=ljs@kernel.org; a=openpgp; fpr=E7F417BF5214569E89D04F46CF9DCD8A81E27F14 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: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Acked-by: SJ Park Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual --- MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 8014b9f8253e..27160fbe21dc 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -17109,6 +17109,7 @@ F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory= -tiers F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-numa F: Documentation/admin-guide/mm/ F: Documentation/mm/ +F: drivers/char/mem.c F: include/linux/cma.h F: include/linux/dmapool.h F: include/linux/ioremap.h @@ -17311,6 +17312,7 @@ 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: drivers/char/mem.c F: include/trace/events/mmap.h F: fs/proc/task_mmu.c F: fs/proc/task_nommu.c --- base-commit: f5bbbfec59b4e2fb7520a91de3df8a6174325d6a change-id: 20260812-add-drivers-mem-to-mm-maintainers-f3864dc8ca19 Cheers, --=20 Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)