memory mapping · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
• M Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
• M Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• R Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
• R Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• R Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>

Paths

• F include/trace/events/mmap.h
• F fs/proc/task_mmu.c
• F fs/proc/task_nommu.c
• F mm/interval_tree.c
• F mm/mincore.c
• F mm/mlock.c
• F mm/mmap.c
• F mm/mprotect.c
• F mm/mremap.c
• F mm/mseal.c
• F mm/msync.c
• F mm/nommu.c
• F mm/vma.c
• F mm/vma.h
• F mm/vma_exec.c
• F mm/vma_init.c
• F mm/vma_internal.h
• F tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c
• F tools/testing/vma/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 00/13] convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 19:26 · 13 replies in 7d · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on intel-gfx (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH 13/13] mm/mremap: convert mremap code to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 12/13] mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 11/13] mm/mlock: convert mlock code to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 10/13] mm/vma: convert miscellaneous uses of VMA flags in core mm
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 09/13] mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 06/13] mm/vma: convert vm_pgprot_modify() to use vma_flags_t and rename
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 04/13] mm: update generic_get_unmapped_area[_topdown]() to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 05/13] mm: prefer mm->def_vma_flags in mm logic
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 07/13] mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 03/13] mm: convert __get_unmapped_area() to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 02/13] mm/vma: update do_mmap() to use vma_flags_t
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 01/13] mm: introduce vma_flags_can_grow() and vma_can_grow()
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE113d [PATCH v1 04/16] mm/memory: simplify calculation in unmap_mapping_range_tree()
  2026-02-27 · "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
• STALE118d [PATCH v2 3/4] folio_batch: Rename pagevec.h to folio_batch.h
  2026-02-25 · Tal Zussman <hidden>
• STALE142d Re: [PATCH v2 07/13] mm: update secretmem to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-28 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d Re: [PATCH v2 12/13] tools/testing/vma: separate out vma_internal.h into logical headers
  2026-01-27 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 10/13] mm: make vm_area_desc utilise vma_flags_t only
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 11/13] tools/testing/vma: separate VMA userland tests into separate files
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 07/13] mm: update secretmem to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 12/13] tools/testing/vma: separate out vma_internal.h into logical headers
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 13/13] tools/testing/vma: add VMA userland tests for VMA flag functions
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 06/13] mm: update hugetlbfs to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH v2 05/13] mm: add basic VMA flag operation helper functions
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 06/12] mm: update secretmem to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 10/12] tools/testing/vma: separate VMA userland tests into separate files
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 11/12] tools/testing/vma: separate out vma_internal.h into logical headers
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 12/12] tools/testing/vma: add VMA userland tests for VMA flag functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 09/12] mm: make vm_area_desc utilise vma_flags_t only
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 04/12] mm: add basic VMA flag operation helper functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE164d [PATCH 05/12] mm: update hugetlbfs to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 06/12] mm: update secretmem to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 09/12] mm: make vm_area_desc utilise vma_flags_t only
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 04/12] mm: add basic VMA flag operation helper functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 12/12] tools/testing/vma: add VMA userland tests for VMA flag functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 11/12] tools/testing/vma: separate out vma_internal.h into logical headers
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH 10/12] tools/testing/vma: separate VMA userland tests into separate files
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 05/12] mm: update hugetlbfs to use VMA flags on mmap_prepare
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 04/12] mm: add basic VMA flag operation helper functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND 12/12] tools/testing/vma: add VMA userland tests for VMA flag functions
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>