module support · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• M Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• M Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
• M Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
• R Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/kmod.h
• F include/linux/module*.h
• F kernel/module/
• F lib/test_kmod.c
• F lib/tests/module/
• F rust/kernel/module_param.rs
• F rust/macros/module.rs
• F scripts/module*
• F tools/testing/selftests/kmod/
• F tools/testing/selftests/module/

Last 30 days

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-08
• Harry Yoo <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Gwan-gyeong Mun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yunseong Kim <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

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

• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6 24/24] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-07-08 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6 20/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-07-08 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v4] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-07-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-07-06 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 15/18] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-07-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-06-22 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD43d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 19/25] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD44d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD52d [PATCH v2 24/24] dyndbg: improve section names
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD52d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 12/14] module: Introduce hash-based integrity checking
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 06/14] module: Switch load_info::len to size_t
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 10/14] module: Prepare for additional module authentication mechanisms
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 14/14] kbuild: make CONFIG_MODULE_HASHES compatible with module stripping
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v5 05/14] module: Make mod_verify_sig() static
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 04/14] module: Drop pointless debugging message
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 09/14] module: Move signature type check out of mod_check_sig()
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 07/14] module: Make module authentication usable without MODULE_SIG
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 08/14] module: Move authentication logic into dedicated new file
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v14 19/92] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-04-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE106d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 5/7] module: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections in module loader
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE106d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 4/7] module: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE111d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 5/7] module: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections in module loader
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE111d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 4/7] module: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-26 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE114d [PATCH v11 22/65] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-03-13 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE114d [PATCH v11 16/65] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-03-13 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE111d [PATCH v4 6/8] module loader: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE111d [PATCH v4 4/8] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE132d [PATCH v4 6/8] module loader: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v14 19/92] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-04-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD52d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD44d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD43d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 19/25] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 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.

• STALE126d [PATCH v4 17/17] kbuild: make CONFIG_MODULE_HASHES compatible with module stripping
  2026-01-13 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE168d [PATCH v9 16/32] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-01-29 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE168d [PATCH v9 22/32] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-01-29 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE132d [PATCH v4 4/8] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE132d [PATCH v4 6/8] module loader: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE111d [PATCH v4 4/8] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• STALE111d [PATCH v4 6/8] module loader: deprecate usage of *_gpl sections
  2026-03-05 · Siddharth Nayyar <hidden>
• COLD50d [PATCH v5 04/14] module: Drop pointless debugging message
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD52d [PATCH v2 24/24] dyndbg: improve section names
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>