kernel selftest framework · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
• M Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest*
• F tools/testing/selftests/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM2d [PATCH v5 00/20] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO
  2026-07-14 15:15 · 8 replies in 7d · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH] liveupdate: Allow multiple openers for /dev/liveupdate
  2026-07-14 19:04 · 0 replies in 7d · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
  3 attestations (3 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-07-14
• Jordan Richards <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-26
• Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-26

Recent patches

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

• WARM2d [RFC PATCH] liveupdate: Allow multiple openers for /dev/liveupdate
  2026-07-14 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 19/20] vfio: selftests: Verify that opening VFIO device fails during Live Update
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 20/20] vfio: selftests: Add continuous DMA to vfio_pci_liveupdate_kexec_test
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 16/20] vfio: selftests: Add Makefile support for TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 18/20] vfio: selftests: Expose iommu_modes to tests
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 17/20] vfio: selftests: Add vfio_pci_liveupdate_kexec_test
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 14/20] vfio: selftests: Add vfio_pci_liveupdate_uapi_test
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 15/20] vfio: selftests: Initialize vfio_pci_device using a VFIO cdev FD
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 13/20] vfio: selftests: Build liveupdate library in VFIO selftests
  2026-07-14 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• COOLING9d [PATCH v4] selftests/liveupdate: add end to end test infrastructure and scripts
  2026-06-26 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v1 2/2] selftests: liveupdate: Add selftest for eventfd LUO
  2026-06-25 · Chenghao Duan <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH v3 9/9] selftests: kvm: Add guest_memfd_preservation_test
  2026-06-22 · Tarun Sahu <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH v3 8/9] selftests: kvm: Split ____vm_create() to expose init helpers
  2026-06-22 · Tarun Sahu <hidden>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/liveupdate: Move luo_test_utils.* into a reusable library
  2026-06-12 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/liveupdate: Use luo_test_utils.c for liveupdate ioctl APIs
  2026-06-12 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• COLD37d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/liveupdate: Move luo_test_utils.* into a reusable library
  2026-06-10 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• COLD37d [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/liveupdate: Add helpers to preserve/retrieve FDs
  2026-06-10 · Vipin Sharma <hidden>
• COLD26d [RFC PATCH v2 10/10] selftests: kvm: Add guest_memfd_preservation_test
  2026-06-05 · Tarun Sahu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [RFC PATCH v2 09/10] selftests: kvm: Split ____vm_create() to expose init helpers
  2026-06-05 · Tarun Sahu <hidden>
• COLD37d [RFC v1 9/9] liveupdate: add KUnit test to verify alphabetical order of compatibility strings
  2026-06-05 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v7 13/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files kexec test
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v7 12/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v7 11/13] selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v6 13/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files kexec test
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v6 12/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v6 11/13] selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal
  2026-06-03 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD47d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v5 13/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files kexec test
  2026-06-02 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD47d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v5 12/13] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test
  2026-06-02 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• COLD47d REVIEWED: 16 (16M) [PATCH v5 11/13] selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal
  2026-06-02 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/kho: add LoongArch vmtest support
  2026-06-01 · George Guo <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE92d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v5 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test case for LUO_SESSION_MAGIC
  2026-04-17 · <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v6 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test case for LUO_SESSION_MAGIC
  2026-04-18 · <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v7 2/4] selftests/liveupdate: add test case for LUO_SESSION_MAGIC
  2026-04-18 · <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE88d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v9 6/6] selftests/liveupdate: add test cases for LIVEUPDATE_SESSION_GET_NAME
  2026-04-20 · <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/liveupdate: Use luo_test_utils.c for liveupdate ioctl APIs
  2026-06-12 · Vipin Sharma <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by

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.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v5 2/2] kho: Remove finalize state and clients
  2026-01-13 · Jason Miu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v6 2/2] kho: Remove finalize state and clients
  2026-01-15 · Jason Miu <hidden>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 14/22] vfio: selftests: Build liveupdate library in VFIO selftests
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 15/22] vfio: selftests: Add Makefile support for TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 19/22] vfio: selftests: Expose iommu_modes to tests
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 20/22] vfio: selftests: Expose low-level helper routines for setting up struct vfio_pci_device
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 21/22] vfio: selftests: Verify that opening VFIO device fails during Live Update
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE121d [PATCH v2 22/22] vfio: selftests: Add continuous DMA to vfio_pci_liveupdate_kexec_test
  2026-01-29 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE89d [PATCH v3 16/24] vfio: selftests: Build liveupdate library in VFIO selftests
  2026-03-23 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
• STALE89d [PATCH v3 17/24] vfio: selftests: Add Makefile support for TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED
  2026-03-23 · David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>