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)

• WARM3d [PATCH v5 00/11] Kernel API Specification Framework
  2026-10-08 08:51 · 1 reply in 7d · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-17

Recent patches

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

• WARM3d [PATCH v5 09/11] kernel/api: add runtime verification selftest
  2026-10-08 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD16d [PATCH v7 09/10] selftests/futex: Expand for get_robust_list2()
  2026-09-25 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH v7 08/10] selftests/futex: Expand for set_robust_list2()
  2026-09-25 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH v7 01/10] futex: Skip test_futex_robust_unlock() if not supported
  2026-09-25 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-09-17 · Alex Ousherovitch <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v7 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-09-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v7 2/6] treewide: Replace memcpy(..., current->comm) with copy_task_comm()
  2026-09-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD31d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v6 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-09-10 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD31d [PATCH v6 2/6] treewide: Replace memcpy(..., current->comm) with copy_task_comm()
  2026-09-10 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD42d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-08-27 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD30d [PATCH v4 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-08-25 · Alex Ousherovitch <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/fuse: add test for FUSE_HAS_SYNCFS privilege gating
  2026-08-20 · Jimmy Zuber <hidden>
• STALE61d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-08-06 · Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden>
• STALE79d LANDED [PATCH v2 6/7] selftests/filesystems: add failfs selftests
  2026-07-24 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies LANDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 1/5] selftests: ntsync: fix wake_all CREATE_EVENT fd expectation
  2026-07-23 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
• DORMANTno replies LANDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 2/5] selftests: ntsync: add wait argument validation tests
  2026-07-23 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
• DORMANTno replies LANDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 5/5] selftests: ntsync: test absolute MONOTONIC waits under time namespaces
  2026-07-23 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
• STALE76d SUPERSEDED [PATCH RFC 6/7] selftests/filesystems: add failfs selftests
  2026-07-23 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE80d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 3/4] selftests: ntsync: add wait argument validation tests
  2026-07-20 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
• STALE80d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 2/4] selftests: ntsync: fix wake_all CREATE_EVENT fd expectation
  2026-07-20 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
• DORMANTno replies SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-07-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD35d [RFC PATCH 23/24] selftests/pidfd: cover pidfd spawn builders
  2026-07-16 · Li Chen <hidden>
• STALE90d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v2 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-07-09 · Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden>
• STALE105d SUPERSEDED: 2 (0M) [PATCH 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-06-25 · Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden>
• STALE83d LANDED [PATCH v2 1/2] power: supply: Add PbAc, NiZn, RAM, and ZnAr support
  2026-06-24 · Boris Shtrasman <hidden>
• STALE90d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/fuse: add test for FUSE_HAS_SYNCFS privilege gating
  2026-06-19 · Jimmy Zuber <hidden>
• STALE90d SUPERSEDED [PATCH 2/2] selftests/fuse: add test for FUSE_HAS_SYNCFS privilege gating
  2026-06-16 · Jimmy Zuber <hidden>
• STALE121d [PATCH v3 7/7] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-06-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE135d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 09/11] kernel/api: add runtime verification selftest
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE122d [RFC PATCH v1 13/13] selftests/exec: cover spawn template basics
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <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.

• STALE90d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v2 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-07-09 · Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE80d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 2/4] selftests: ntsync: fix wake_all CREATE_EVENT fd expectation
  2026-07-20 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE80d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 3/4] selftests: ntsync: add wait argument validation tests
  2026-07-20 · Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE61d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 18/19] selftests: crypto: cmh - add kselftest for management ioctl
  2026-08-06 · Saravanakrishnan Krishnamoorthy <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.

• STALE201d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 9/9] kernel/api: add runtime verification selftest
  2026-03-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE143d LANDED [PATCH v6 2/4] kselftest/openat2: test for OPENAT2_REGULAR flag
  2026-03-28 · Dorjoy Chowdhury <hidden>
• STALE185d [RFC PATCH 2/2] selftest: add tests for mkdirat_fd()
  2026-03-31 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• STALE149d [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] selftest: add tests for mkdirat2()
  2026-04-12 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• STALE172d SUPERSEDED [PATCH bpf-next v12 8/8] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify map create failure log
  2026-04-20 · Leon Hwang <hidden>
• STALE159d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v3 9/9] kernel/api: add runtime verification selftest
  2026-04-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE144d SUPERSEDED [PATCH 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-05-17 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE135d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
  2026-05-24 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• STALE122d [RFC PATCH v1 13/13] selftests/exec: cover spawn template basics
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• STALE135d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v4 09/11] kernel/api: add runtime verification selftest
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>