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• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 0/4] kho: rename "scratch" to "bootmem"
  2026-09-08 15:57 · 2 replies in 7d · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 00/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe
  2026-09-08 12:36 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH v8 00/43] dyndbg: fix classmaps API for DRM, query extensions, and selftests
  2026-09-05 18:14 · 4 replies in 7d · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH v10 0/2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-09-03 18:56 · 1 reply in 7d · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH RFC v3 00/21] mm: change behavior of pXdp_get()/pXd_page() in compile-time folded pgtable
  2026-09-02 11:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-05
• 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 v2 4/4] kho: rename kho_scratch= commandline parameter to kho_bootmem=
  2026-09-08 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 3/4] kho: rename KHO scratch to KHO bootmem
  2026-09-08 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH v8 33/43] dyndbg: control-parser: treat comma as a token separator
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH v8 35/43] dyndbg: split multi-query strings with @
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 38/43] docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH v8 18/43] kbuild, dyndbg: clean up builtin module-name ambiguities
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH v10 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-09-03 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH RFC v3 21/21] Documentation: mm: clarify behaviour of compile-time folded page tables
  2026-09-02 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs
  2026-09-01 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v15 07/16] atomic: Add atomic_cond_read_*_timeout()
  2026-08-31 · Ankur Arora <hidden>
• COLD22d [PATCH v3 4/4] Test: Added self-testing and documentation
  2026-08-16 · mathura kumar <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 4/4] kho: rename kho_scratch= commandline parameter to kho_bootmem=
  2026-08-11 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH 3/4] kho: rename KHO scratch to KHO bootmem
  2026-08-11 · Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v8] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-08-08 · Xin Zhao <hidden>
• COLD32d [PATCH v7] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-08-07 · Xin Zhao <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v9 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-08-07 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD28d [PATCH v6] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-08-04 · Xin Zhao <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH v8 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-07-24 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD46d [PATCH v7 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-07-24 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD47d [PATCH v7 19/29] dyndbg: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names
  2026-07-21 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD46d [PATCH v6 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-07-18 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM2d [RFC PATCH 24/24] Documentation: describe pidfd spawn builders
  2026-07-16 · Li Chen <hidden>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v14 07/15] atomic: Add atomic_cond_read_*_timeout()
  2026-07-14 · Ankur Arora <hidden>
• COLD59d [PATCH v3 01/26] kernel: Introduce meminspect
  2026-07-08 · Mukesh Ojha <hidden>
• STALE61d [PATCH v6 14/24] dyndbg: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names
  2026-07-08 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v19 25/40] dept: add documents for dept
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE68d [PATCH v5 09/18] dyndbg: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names
  2026-07-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE64d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v13 07/15] atomic: Add atomic_cond_read_*_timeout()
  2026-07-02 · Ankur Arora <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH v5] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-06-30 · Xin Zhao <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.

• STALE174d 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
• STALE137d 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
• STALE118d 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
• STALE119d 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
• STALE117d 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
• STALE116d 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
• STALE74d 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
• STALE106d 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
• STALE106d 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
• STALE99d 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>
• STALE165d [PATCH v4 8/8] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE158d [PATCH v1 3/4] IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-15 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE174d [PATCH v2 3/4]IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-15 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE161d [PATCH RESEND v2 3/4]IPC: Prepared Documentation and test
  2026-03-20 · Mathura_Kumar <hidden>
• STALE166d [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>
• STALE160d [PATCH v5 7/7] documentation: remove references to *_gpl sections
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH v5 6/8] uapi: Replace __ASSEMBLY__ with __ASSEMBLER__ in uapi headers
  2026-04-09 · Thomas Huth <hidden>
• STALE108d [PATCH 2/5] mm: add pmd level THP COW parameter in sysfs
  2026-05-01 · Luka Bai <hidden>