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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 00/38] dyndbg: Fix classmaps API for subsystems, query extensions, selftests
  2026-09-23 22:36 · 3 replies in 7d · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 00/22] kbuild: significantly speed up kernel builds
  2026-09-23 17:23 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 0/4] kho: rename "scratch" to "bootmem"
  2026-09-22 04:14 · 2 replies in 7d · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 00/46] Orphaned Virtual Machines
  2026-09-20 19:39 · 4 replies in 7d · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 00/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe
  2026-09-22 15:41 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2] docs/mm: describe set_memory() and set_direct_map() APIs
  2026-09-22 09:43 · 1 reply in 7d · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [RFC/WIP PATCH 0/4] hazptr: add shared scan path and lockdep use case
  2026-09-22 07:10 · 1 reply in 7d · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 00/21] mm: change behavior of pXdp_get()/pXd_page() in compile-time folded pgtable
  2026-09-21 10:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-17 16:27 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 00/20] kbuild: significantly speed up kernel builds
  2026-09-17 16:11 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-23
• Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (1 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-23
• Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-09-22
• Manuel Ebner <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-23
• Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-31

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 29/38] dyndbg: control-parser: treat comma as a token separator
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v11 34/38] docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 31/38] dyndbg: split multi-query strings with @
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 15 (14M) [PATCH v4 22/22] kbuild: compress the kernel with pigz if available
  2026-09-23 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v4 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs
  2026-09-22 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: [PATCH v2] docs/mm: describe set_memory() and set_direct_map() APIs
  2026-09-22 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [RFC/WIP PATCH 4/4] Documentation/litmus-tests: add hazptr acquire-before-scan test
  2026-09-22 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 4/4] kho: rename kho_scratch= commandline parameter to kho_bootmem=
  2026-09-22 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 3/4] kho: rename KHO scratch to KHO bootmem
  2026-09-22 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH 21/21] Documentation: mm: clarify behaviour of compile-time folded page tables
  2026-09-21 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 30/46] KVM: caretaker: Integrate Caretaker vCPU detach, attach, and cancel with KVM
  2026-09-20 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 28/46] KVM: caretaker: Add Caretaker control block and architecture ops headers
  2026-09-20 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 27/46] oncore: Implement on-core session lifecycle and scheduling loop
  2026-09-20 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 23/46] Documentation: liveupdate: Add physical CPU preservation documentation
  2026-09-20 · Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2] docs/mm: describe set_memory() and set_direct_map() APIs
  2026-09-19 · "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH v3 09/40] docs: filesystems: update mmap_prepare docs for discontig kernel pgs
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 20/20] kbuild: compress the kernel with pigz if available
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v10 34/38] docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto
  2026-09-16 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• WARM3d [PATCH v10 29/38] dyndbg: control-parser: treat comma as a token separator
  2026-09-16 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• WARM3d [PATCH v10 31/38] dyndbg: split multi-query strings with @
  2026-09-16 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 2/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath scan-before-anchor test
  2026-09-16 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v4 1/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath anchor-before-scan test
  2026-09-16 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• WARM1d Re: [PATCH v2 21/21] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available
  2026-09-14 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 09/40] docs: filesystems: update mmap_prepare docs for discontig kernel pgs
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v3 2/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath scan-before-anchor test
  2026-09-14 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath anchor-before-scan test
  2026-09-14 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 21/21] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 18/21] kbuild: rust: optionally parallelise rustc front end
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath scan-before-anchor test
  2026-09-12 · Kunwu Chan <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/litmus-tests: Add SRCU fastpath anchor-before-scan test
  2026-09-12 · Kunwu Chan <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.

• STALE189d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v6 5/5] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-03-17 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE152d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v7 5/5] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-04-20 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE133d REVIEWED: 6 (2M) [PATCH v8 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-05-04 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 3 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE134d REVIEWED: 5 (2M) [PATCH v9 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-05-08 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE132d REVIEWED: 5 (2M) [PATCH v10 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-05-13 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE131d REVIEWED: 5 (2M) [PATCH v12 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-05-15 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE89d REVIEWED: 5 (2M) [PATCH v13 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API
  2026-05-15 · Albert Esteve <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE121d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 01/24] docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE121d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 02/24] docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE114d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v3 01/24] docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-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 v4 8/8] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE181d [PATCH v4 8/8] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE173d [PATCH v1 3/4] IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-15 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE189d [PATCH v2 3/4]IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-15 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE176d [PATCH RESEND v2 3/4]IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-20 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE181d [PATCH 07/17] raid6: improve the public interface
  2026-03-24 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v5 7/7] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE176d [PATCH v5 7/7] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH v5 6/8] uapi: Replace __ASSEMBLY__ with __ASSEMBLER__ in uapi headers
  2026-04-09 · Thomas Huth <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 2/5] mm: add pmd level THP COW parameter in sysfs
  2026-05-01 · Luka Bai <hidden>