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>

On 11/10/26 8:03 PM, 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 :)
> 
> 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

Thank you for your excellent work.

Acked-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>

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.
> 
> 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.

Thank you for your huge contributions, Lorenzo.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>

For the series,

Acked-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>


Thanks,
SJ

[...]

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.

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

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

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.

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

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>

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

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

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

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

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>

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