generic string library · Supported

Maintainers

• M Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• R Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>

Paths

• F include/linux/string.h
• F include/linux/string_choices.h
• F include/linux/string_helpers.h
• F lib/string.c
• F lib/string_helpers.c
• F lib/tests/string_helpers_kunit.c
• F lib/tests/string_kunit.c
• F scripts/coccinelle/api/string_choices.cocci

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH v7 0/6] sched: Add support for long task name
  2026-09-12 01:24 · 1 reply in 7d · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• WARM3d [PATCH v6 0/6] sched: Add support for long task name
  2026-09-10 16:49 · 1 reply in 7d · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>

Recent patches

Most-recent 11 patches in this subsystem on linux-api, ordered by date desc.

• WARM1d [PATCH v7 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-09-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• WARM3d [PATCH v6 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-09-10 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v5 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-08-27 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD58d [PATCH v4 4/6] sched: Extend task command name with TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN
  2026-07-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD58d [PATCH v4 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-07-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE93d [PATCH v3 5/7] sched: Extend task command name with TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN
  2026-06-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE93d [PATCH v3 4/7] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-06-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE116d [PATCH 3/6] string: Introduce strtostr() for safe and performance string copies
  2026-05-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE2212d [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: add GFP mask param to strndup_user
  2020-08-22 · Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
• STALE2212d [PATCH 1/2] mm: add GFP mask param to strndup_user
  2020-08-15 · Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
• STALE2221d [PATCH v4 1/2] mm: add GFP mask param to strndup_user
  2020-08-14 · Pascal Bouchareine <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.

• STALE93d [PATCH v3 4/7] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-06-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE93d [PATCH v3 5/7] sched: Extend task command name with TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN
  2026-06-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD58d [PATCH v4 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm()
  2026-07-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD58d [PATCH v4 4/6] sched: Extend task command name with TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN
  2026-07-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>