On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:32:27PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM Lorenzo Stoakes > <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > the maintainers for the subsystem generally take series (though of course, > > it is entirely maintained and managed by rust people). > > Just in case: I am not sure what "rust people" means here, but if you > meant the Rust subsystem, then it is not the case. Maintenance depends > on what the subsystem wants to do (including how to handle patches, > but also the actual maintenance), who steps up to maintain it, whether > the subsystem wants new co-maintainers or sub-maintainers, etc. > > https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#how-is-rust-introduced-in-a-subsystem > https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#who-maintains-rust-code-in-the-kernel > > That is why the cover letter asks about the `MAINTAINERS` file. Right, I don't mean the rust subsystem, I mean designated rust maintainers. The point being that this won't add workload to Andrew, nor require him nor other mm C people to understand rust. As stated, I agree we need to add an entry to MAINTAINERS for this, which is why I explicitly chased this up. > > I hope that clarifies. > > Cheers, > Miguel
