Reviews by david@kernel.org · kvm

All review-attestation trailers (Reviewed-by / Acked-by / Tested-by / Reported-by / Suggested-by / Co-developed-by / Reported-and-tested-by) by this address on the kvm archive.

100 attestations · capped at 100 most-recent. (46 Acked-by, 46 Reviewed-by, 8 Suggested-by)

• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 17 (17M) [PATCH v4 37/38] fuse: dax: do not set VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 21 (21M) [PATCH v4 36/38] mm: eliminate VM_SPECIAL, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 21 (21M) [PATCH v4 35/38] mm: avoid use of VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS in migrate_vma_setup()
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 21 (21M) [PATCH v4 34/38] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around()
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 21 (21M) [PATCH v4 29/38] mm/madvise: update is_valid_guard_vma() to use vma_can_merge()
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 26 (26M) [PATCH v4 28/38] mm: drop some redundant checks around hugetlb VMAs
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 32 (32M) [PATCH v4 27/38] mm: rename is_vm_hugetlb_page() to vma_is_hugetlb()
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 21 (21M) [PATCH v4 26/38] mm: remove hugetlb_inline.h
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 30 (30M) [PATCH v4 06/38] mm/vma: tidy up map kernel pages enum values
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 30 (30M) [PATCH v4 05/38] mm: make map_kernel_pages_[prepare,complete] internal and unexported
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 30 (30M) [PATCH v4 04/38] mm/vma: ensure mmap_prepare doesn't set actions on a mergeable vma
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 30 (30M) [PATCH v4 02/38] mm/vma: introduce and use vma_[flags_]can_merge()
  2026-10-03 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v22 10/10] firmware: arm_rmm: hotplug: Skip memory added to ZONE_MOVABLE
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 38/40] fuse: dax: do not set VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 37/40] mm: eliminate VM_SPECIAL, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 36/40] mm: avoid use of VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS in migrate_vma_setup()
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 35/40] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around()
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 30/40] mm/madvise: update is_valid_guard_vma() to use vma_can_merge()
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 29/40] mm: drop some redundant checks around hugetlb VMAs
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 28/40] mm: rename is_vm_hugetlb_page() to vma_is_hugetlb()
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 27/40] mm: remove hugetlb_inline.h
  2026-10-02 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 07/40] mm/vma: tidy up map kernel pages enum values
  2026-10-01 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 06/40] mm: make map_kernel_pages_[prepare,complete] internal and unexported
  2026-10-01 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 05/40] mm/vma: ensure mmap_prepare doesn't set actions on a mergeable vma
  2026-10-01 · Acked-by
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 03/40] mm/vma: introduce and use vma_[flags_]can_merge()
  2026-10-01 · Acked-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Split bind() into prepare()+commit() phases
  2026-09-22 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] KVM: Only bind memslot to guest_memfd instance for CREATE operations
  2026-09-22 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v5 6/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
  2026-09-22 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v5 2/6] KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation
  2026-09-22 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v5 1/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot
  2026-09-22 · Reviewed-by
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v4 5/5] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v4 2/5] KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [PATCH v4 1/5] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 21 (21M) [PATCH 15/21] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot()
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 21 (21M) [PATCH 14/21] x86: mm: use pgtable_level enum in effective_prot_pXd()
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH 12/21] mm/pgtable: redefine PGTABLE_LEVEL enum with ascend order from PGD
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH 10/21] riscv: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset()
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH 09/21] loongarch: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset()
  2026-09-21 · Reviewed-by
• COLD20d IN LINUX-NEXT: 19 (18M) [PATCH v6 4/5] mm: memory_failure: Generalize extra_pins handling to all MF_DELAYED cases
  2026-09-17 · Acked-by
• COLD20d IN LINUX-NEXT: 19 (18M) [PATCH v6 2/5] mm: memory_failure: Allow truncate_error_folio to return MF_DELAYED
  2026-09-17 · Acked-by
• COLD20d IN LINUX-NEXT: 19 (18M) [PATCH v6 1/5] mm: memory_failure: Clarify the MF_DELAYED definition
  2026-09-17 · Acked-by
• COLD20d IN LINUX-NEXT: 19 (18M) [PATCH v6 3/5] mm: shmem: Update shmem handler to the MF_DELAYED definition
  2026-09-17 · Acked-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v13 21/44] KVM: Move KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES config definition to x86
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 20 (17M) [PATCH v13 22/44] KVM: Let userspace disable per-VM mem attributes, enable per-gmem attributes
  2026-09-10 · Acked-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v13 13/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Pass mapping type filter to invalidation helper
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 29 (26M) [PATCH v13 15/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Ensure pages are not in use before conversion
  2026-09-10 · Suggested-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 29 (26M) [PATCH v13 15/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Ensure pages are not in use before conversion
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v13 17/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Return early if range already has requested attributes
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v13 18/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Zero page while getting pfn
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v13 01/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Optimize away conversion overheads via dead-code elimination
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 20 (18M) [PATCH v13 02/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Use kvm_mem_is_private() when populating guest_memfd memory
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v13 09/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Stub in ability to enable in-place shared<=>private conversion
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v13 12/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Always fault from guest_memfd if in-place conversion is enabled
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v13 11/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Invalidate both SHARED and PRIVATE mappings for in-place conversions
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v13 10/44] KVM: Consolidate private memory and guest_memfd ifdeffery in kvm_host.h
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH RFC v3 14/21] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot()
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH RFC v3 12/21] mm/pgtable: redefine PGTABLE_LEVEL enum with ascend order from PGD
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH RFC v3 13/21] x86: mm: use pgtable_level enum in effective_prot_pXd()
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: guest_memfd: take the invalidate lock when unbinding a dying file
  2026-09-10 · Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 13/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Pass mapping type filter to invalidation helper
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 11/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Invalidate both SHARED and PRIVATE mappings for in-place conversions
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 09/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Stub in ability to enable in-place shared<=>private conversion
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 17/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Return early if range already has requested attributes
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 18/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle lru_add fbatch refcounts during conversion safety check
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 23/45] KVM: Let userspace disable per-VM mem attributes, enable per-gmem attributes
  2026-09-09 · Acked-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 19/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Zero page while getting pfn
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 12/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Always fault from guest_memfd if in-place conversion is enabled
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 02/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Use kvm_mem_is_private() when populating guest_memfd memory
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v12 01/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Optimize away conversion overheads via dead-code elimination
  2026-09-09 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
  2026-09-07 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: Use goto to handle errors during memslot preparation
  2026-09-07 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot
  2026-09-07 · Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH RFC v3 10/21] riscv: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset()
  2026-09-02 · Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 17 (17M) [PATCH RFC v3 09/21] loongarch: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset()
  2026-09-02 · Reviewed-by
• COLD35d [PATCH RFC 05/11] mm/migrate: add a dedicated movable_ops migration pass
  2026-09-02 · Suggested-by
• COLD35d IN LINUX-NEXT: 11 (10M) [PATCH] mm/folio: EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM(lru_cache_drain_for_folio)
  2026-09-02 · Suggested-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v12 15/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Ensure pages are not in use before conversion
  2026-08-31 · Suggested-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 11 (10M) [PATCH v12 18/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle lru_add fbatch refcounts during conversion safety check
  2026-08-31 · Suggested-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v12 22/45] KVM: Move KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES config definition to x86
  2026-08-31 · Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v12 10/45] KVM: Consolidate private memory and guest_memfd ifdeffery in kvm_host.h
  2026-08-31 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v11 22/46] KVM: Move KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES config definition to x86
  2026-08-26 · Reviewed-by
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 11 (10M) [PATCH v11 18/46] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle lru_add fbatch refcounts during conversion safety check
  2026-08-26 · Suggested-by
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v11 14/46] KVM: guest_memfd: Ensure pages are not in use before conversion
  2026-08-26 · Suggested-by
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 21 (17M) [PATCH v11 10/46] KVM: Consolidate private memory and guest_memfd ifdeffery in kvm_host.h
  2026-08-26 · Reviewed-by
• COLD39d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v5 4/5] mm: memory_failure: Generalize extra_pins handling to all MF_DELAYED cases
  2026-08-23 · Acked-by
• COLD39d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v5 3/5] mm: shmem: Update shmem handler to the MF_DELAYED definition
  2026-08-23 · Acked-by
• COLD39d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v5 2/5] mm: memory_failure: Allow truncate_error_folio to return MF_DELAYED
  2026-08-23 · Acked-by
• COLD39d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v5 1/5] mm: memory_failure: Clarify the MF_DELAYED definition
  2026-08-23 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 16/16] tools/testing/selftests/mm: test anonymous page offset merge behaviour
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 15/16] tools/testing/vma: expand VMA merge tests to assert anon pgoff
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 14/16] mm/rmap: use anon pgoff to track MAP_PRIVATE file-backed anon folios
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 13/16] mm/migrate: calculate large folio page index using PFN
  2026-08-13 · Suggested-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 13/16] mm/migrate: calculate large folio page index using PFN
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 12/16] mm/huge_memory: update remove_migration_pmd() to accept a folio
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 11/16] mm: clean up vma_address_end()
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 10/16] mm/rmap: track whether the page VMA mapped pgoff is anonymous
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 09/16] mm: propagate VMA anonymous page offset on map, remap, split + merge
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 08/16] tools/testing/vma: add tests for copy_vma() self-merge
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 17 (17M) [PATCH v5 07/16] mm/vma: fix self-merge check in copy_vma()
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by
• COLD48d IN MM: 18 (17M) [PATCH v5 06/16] mm: introduce and use vma_filebacked_address()
  2026-08-13 · Acked-by