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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-api touching this subsystem.

• mm/mlock: make zero length requests a no-op and reject wrapping ranges resend · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH RESEND 1/3] mm/mlock: make a zero length request a no-op whatever the alignment 2026-11-02
  • [PATCH RESEND 2/3] mm/mlock: reject ranges that cannot be represented 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga <azpijr@gmail.com>
• mm/memfd: add F_SEAL_PUNCH_HOLE v1 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH 1/2] mm/memfd: add F_SEAL_PUNCH_HOLE 2026-10-26
  2026-10-26 · Samiullah Khawaja <hidden>
• UUID and GUID user and group ids (*_r system calls) v2 · 2 matching patches

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  • [RFC PATCH v2 09/41] uidgid: let kuid_t and kgid_t hold a UUID or a GUID 2026-10-21
  • [RFC PATCH v2 24/41] shmem, ramfs: allow UUID and GUID owners 2026-10-21
  2026-10-21 · Jan Koester <hidden>
• UUID and GUID user and group ids (*_r system calls) rfc · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH 09/41] uidgid: let kuid_t and kgid_t hold a UUID or a GUID 2026-10-18
  2026-10-18 · Jan Koester <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v5 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH v5 10/11] kernel/api: add API specification for sys_madvise 2026-10-08
  2026-10-08 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• mm/swap: reserve swap areas for deliberate offload v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] mm: restrict offload-only swap to proactive reclaim 2026-09-26
  2026-09-26 · Matthias Goergens <hidden>
• mm/swap: reserve swap areas for deliberate offload rfc · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm: restrict offload-only swap to proactive reclaim 2026-09-14
  2026-09-14 · Matthias Goergens <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v4 · 2 matching patches

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  • [RFC PATCH v4 5/7] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock 2025-08-25
  • [PATCH v4 10/11] kernel/api: add API specification for sys_madvise 2026-05-29
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• Live Update Orchestrator v8 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v8 10/18] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-11-25
  • [PATCH v8 11/18] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-11-25
  • [PATCH v8 12/18] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-11-25
  • [PATCH v8 14/18] mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-11-25
  2025-11-25 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v7 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v7 10/22] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-11-22
  • [PATCH v7 11/22] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-11-22
  • [PATCH v7 12/22] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-11-22
  • [PATCH v7 14/22] mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-11-22
  2025-11-22 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v6 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v6 11/20] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-11-15
  • [PATCH v6 12/20] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-11-15
  • [PATCH v6 13/20] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-11-15
  • [PATCH v6 15/20] mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-11-15
  2025-11-15 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v5 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v5 02/22] liveupdate: luo_core: integrate with KHO 2025-11-07
  • [PATCH v5 13/22] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-11-07
  • [PATCH v5 14/22] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-11-07
  • [PATCH v5 15/22] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-11-07
  • [PATCH v5 17/22] mm: memfd_luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-11-07
  2025-11-07 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v4 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v4 03/30] kho: drop notifiers 2025-09-29
  • [PATCH v4 21/30] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-09-29
  • [PATCH v4 22/30] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-09-29
  • [PATCH v4 23/30] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-09-29
  • [PATCH v4 24/30] luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-09-29
  2025-09-29 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v3 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v3 06/30] kho: drop notifiers 2025-08-07
  • [PATCH v3 26/30] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-08-07
  • [PATCH v3 27/30] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-08-07
  • [PATCH v3 28/30] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-08-07
  • [PATCH v3 29/30] luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-08-07
  2025-08-07 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Live Update Orchestrator v2 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v2 06/32] kho: drop notifiers 2025-07-23
  • [PATCH v2 25/32] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-07-23
  • [PATCH v2 26/32] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-07-23
  • [PATCH v2 27/32] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-07-23
  • [PATCH v2 28/32] luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-07-23
  2025-07-23 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• mm/mremap: permit mremap() move of multiple VMAs v4 · 9 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 9 of 10 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 01/10] mm/mremap: perform some simple cleanups 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 02/10] mm/mremap: refactor initial parameter sanity checks 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 03/10] mm/mremap: put VMA check and prep logic into helper function 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 04/10] mm/mremap: cleanup post-processing stage of mremap 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 05/10] mm/mremap: use an explicit uffd failure path for mremap 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 06/10] mm/mremap: check remap conditions earlier 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 07/10] mm/mremap: move remap_is_valid() into check_prep_vma() 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 08/10] mm/mremap: clean up mlock populate behaviour 2025-07-17
  • [PATCH v4 09/10] mm/mremap: permit mremap() move of multiple VMAs 2025-07-17
  2025-07-17 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework with kerneldoc integration v3 · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC v3 3/4] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock 2025-07-11
  2025-07-11 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• Live Update Orchestrator v1 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v1 06/32] kho: drop notifiers 2025-06-25
  • [PATCH v1 25/32] mm: shmem: use SHMEM_F_* flags instead of VM_* flags 2025-06-25
  • [PATCH v1 26/32] mm: shmem: allow freezing inode mapping 2025-06-25
  • [PATCH v1 27/32] mm: shmem: export some functions to internal.h 2025-06-25
  • [PATCH v1 28/32] luo: allow preserving memfd 2025-06-25
  2025-06-25 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v2 · 5 matching patches

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  • [RFC v2 10/22] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock 2025-06-24
  • [RFC v2 11/22] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock2 2025-06-24
  • [RFC v2 12/22] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlockall 2025-06-24
  • [RFC v2 13/22] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlock 2025-06-24
  • [RFC v2 14/22] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlockall 2025-06-24
  2025-06-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• Kernel API Specification Framework rfc · 5 matching patches

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  • [RFC 10/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock 2025-06-14
  • [RFC 11/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock2 2025-06-14
  • [RFC 12/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlockall 2025-06-14
  • [RFC 13/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlock 2025-06-14
  • [RFC 14/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlockall 2025-06-14
  2025-06-14 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• mm: MM owner tracking for large folios (!hugetlb) + CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT v3 · 13 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 20 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 03/20] mm: let _folio_nr_pages overlay memcg_data in first tail page 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 04/20] mm: move hugetlb specific things in folio to page[3] 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 05/20] mm: move _pincount in folio to page[2] on 32bit 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 06/20] mm: move _entire_mapcount in folio to page[2] on 32bit 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 07/20] mm/rmap: pass dst_vma to folio_dup_file_rmap_pte() and friends 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 08/20] mm/rmap: pass vma to __folio_add_rmap() 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 09/20] mm/rmap: abstract large mapcount operations for large folios (!hugetlb) 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 11/20] mm/rmap: use folio_large_nr_pages() in add/remove functions 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 12/20] mm/rmap: basic MM owner tracking for large folios (!hugetlb) 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 13/20] mm: Copy-on-Write (COW) reuse support for PTE-mapped THP 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 14/20] mm: convert folio_likely_mapped_shared() to folio_maybe_mapped_shared() 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 15/20] mm: CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT to prepare for not maintain per-page mapcounts in large folios 2025-03-03
  • [PATCH v3 20/20] mm: stop maintaining the per-page mapcount of large folios (CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT) 2025-03-03
  2025-03-03 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>
• mm: MM owner tracking for large folios (!hugetlb) + CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT v2 · 13 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v2 03/20] mm: let _folio_nr_pages overlay memcg_data in first tail page 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 04/20] mm: move hugetlb specific things in folio to page[3] 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 05/20] mm: move _pincount in folio to page[2] on 32bit 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 06/20] mm: move _entire_mapcount in folio to page[2] on 32bit 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 07/20] mm/rmap: pass dst_vma to folio_dup_file_rmap_pte() and friends 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 08/20] mm/rmap: pass vma to __folio_add_rmap() 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 09/20] mm/rmap: abstract large mapcount operations for large folios (!hugetlb) 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 11/20] mm/rmap: use folio_large_nr_pages() in add/remove functions 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 12/20] mm/rmap: basic MM owner tracking for large folios (!hugetlb) 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 13/20] mm: Copy-on-Write (COW) reuse support for PTE-mapped THP 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 14/20] mm: convert folio_likely_mapped_shared() to folio_maybe_mapped_shared() 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 15/20] mm: CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT to prepare for not maintain per-page mapcounts in large folios 2025-02-24
  • [PATCH v2 20/20] mm: stop maintaining the per-page mapcount of large folios (CONFIG_NO_PAGE_MAPCOUNT) 2025-02-24
  2025-02-24 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>
• mm: permit guard regions for file-backed/shmem mappings v1 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH 1/4] mm: allow guard regions in file-backed and read-only mappings 2025-02-13
  2025-02-13 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• Add fbind() and NUMA mempolicy support for KVM guest_memfd rfc · 3 matching patches

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  • [RFC PATCH 1/4] mm: Add mempolicy support to the filemap layer 2024-11-05
  • [RFC PATCH 2/4] Introduce fbind syscall 2024-11-05
  • [RFC PATCH 4/4] KVM: guest_memfd: Enforce NUMA mempolicy if available 2024-11-05
  2024-11-05 · Shivank Garg <hidden>
• implement lightweight guard pages v4 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 5 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 1/5] mm: pagewalk: add the ability to install PTEs 2024-10-28
  • [PATCH v4 2/5] mm: add PTE_MARKER_GUARD PTE marker 2024-10-28
  • [PATCH v4 3/5] mm: madvise: implement lightweight guard page mechanism 2024-10-28
  2024-10-28 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• futex: The remaining futex2 bits v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 6 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/6] mm: Add vmalloc_huge_node() 2024-10-25
  2024-10-25 · Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
• implement lightweight guard pages v3 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: pagewalk: add the ability to install PTEs 2024-10-23
  • [PATCH v3 2/5] mm: add PTE_MARKER_GUARD PTE marker 2024-10-23
  • [PATCH v3 3/5] mm: madvise: implement lightweight guard page mechanism 2024-10-23
  2024-10-23 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• implement lightweight guard pages v2 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: pagewalk: add the ability to install PTEs 2024-10-20
  • [PATCH v2 2/5] mm: add PTE_MARKER_GUARD PTE marker 2024-10-20
  • [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: madvise: implement lightweight guard page mechanism 2024-10-20
  2024-10-20 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• [PATCH v3] mm/madvise: unrestrict process_madvise() for current process 2024-09-26 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• unrestrict process_madvise() for current process v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/madvise: introduce PR_MADV_SELF flag to process_madvise() 2024-09-24
  2024-09-24 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>