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

• mm: add basic PTE const type-safety v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 6/6] mm: constify the pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() return value 2026-08-03
  2026-08-03 · Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
• mm: add basic PTE const type-safety v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 5/5] mm: constify the pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() return value 2026-07-24
  2026-07-24 · Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
• mm: improve large folio readahead for exec memory v7 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v7 1/2] mm: bypass mmap_miss heuristic for VM_EXEC readahead 2026-06-01
  • [PATCH v7 2/2] mm: use mapping_max_folio_order() for force_thp_readahead order 2026-06-01
  2026-06-01 · Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
• mm: reduce mmap_lock contention and improve page fault performance v2 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 5 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/5] mm/filemap: Retry fault by VMA lock if the lock was released for I/O 2026-04-30
  • [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: Move folio_lock_or_retry() and drop __folio_lock_or_retry() 2026-04-30
  • [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/filemap: Avoid retrying page faults on uptodate folios in filemap faults 2026-04-30
  2026-04-30 · Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
• arm64/mm: contpte-sized exec folios for 16K and 64K pages v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 2/4] mm: bypass mmap_miss heuristic for VM_EXEC readahead 2026-03-10
  2026-03-10 · Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
• Direct Map Removal Support for guest_memfd v5 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 01/12] filemap: Pass address_space mapping to ->free_folio() 2025-08-28
  • [PATCH v5 03/12] mm: introduce AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP 2025-08-28
  2025-08-28 · Roy, Patrick <hidden>
• Readahead tweaks for larger folios v5 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 5 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 1/5] mm/readahead: Honour new_order in page_cache_ra_order() 2025-06-09
  • [PATCH v5 2/5] mm/readahead: Terminate async readahead on natural boundary 2025-06-09
  • [PATCH v5 3/5] mm/readahead: Make space in struct file_ra_state 2025-06-09
  • [PATCH v5 4/5] mm/readahead: Store folio order in struct file_ra_state 2025-06-09
  • [PATCH v5 5/5] mm/filemap: Allow arch to request folio size for exec memory 2025-06-09
  2025-06-09 · Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
• Readahead tweaks for larger folios v4 · 5 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH v4 1/5] mm/readahead: Honour new_order in page_cache_ra_order() 2025-04-30
  • [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] mm/readahead: Terminate async readahead on natural boundary 2025-04-30
  • [RFC PATCH v4 3/5] mm/readahead: Make space in struct file_ra_state 2025-04-30
  • [RFC PATCH v4 4/5] mm/readahead: Store folio order in struct file_ra_state 2025-04-30
  • [RFC PATCH v4 5/5] mm/filemap: Allow arch to request folio size for exec memory 2025-04-30
  2025-04-30 · Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
• [PATCH v3] mm/filemap: Allow arch to request folio size for exec memory 2025-03-27 · Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v9 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 17 of 20 reviewed · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v9 06/20] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2025-02-28
  2025-02-28 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v8 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v8 06/20] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2025-02-18
  2025-02-18 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v7 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 06/20] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2025-02-04
  2025-02-04 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• REVIEWED · 3 reviews, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v2] treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-10 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v6 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 06/26] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2025-01-10
  2025-01-10 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• [PATCH] treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-09 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v5 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v5 06/25] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2025-01-07
  2025-01-07 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 06/25] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2024-12-17
  2024-12-17 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• mm: Refactor KVM guest_memfd to introduce guestmem library v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 2 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 1/2] filemap: Pass address_space mapping to ->free_folio() 2024-11-22
  2024-11-22 · Elliot Berman <hidden>
• fs/dax: Fix ZONE_DEVICE page reference counts v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 06/25] fs/dax: Always remove DAX page-cache entries when breaking layouts 2024-11-22
  2024-11-22 · Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
• mm: Refactor KVM guest_memfd to introduce guestmem library v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 1/2] filemap: Pass address_space mapping to ->free_folio() 2024-11-20
  2024-11-20 · Elliot Berman <hidden>
• Boot-time page size selection for arm64 v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v1 06/57] mm: Remove PAGE_SIZE compile-time constant assumption 2024-10-14
  2024-10-14 · Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
• introduce pte_offset_map_{ro|rw}_nolock() v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 11 of 13 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 03/13] mm: filemap: filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() use pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() 2024-09-26
  2024-09-26 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• introduce pte_offset_map_{ro|rw}_nolock() v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 03/13] mm: filemap: filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() use pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() 2024-09-24
  2024-09-24 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• introduce pte_offset_map_{ro|rw}_nolock() v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 04/14] mm: filemap: filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() use pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() 2024-09-04
  2024-09-04 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• introduce pte_offset_map_{ro|rw}_nolock() v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 04/14] mm: filemap: filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() use pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() 2024-08-22
  2024-08-22 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• introduce pte_offset_map_{readonly|maywrite}_nolock() v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 04/14] mm: filemap: filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() use pte_offset_map_readonly_nolock() 2024-08-21
  2024-08-21 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• [RFC PATCH] mm: fix missing TLB flushing 2024-08-15 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• mm/gup: consistently call it GUP-fast v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v1 3/3] mm: use "GUP-fast" instead "fast GUP" in remaining comments 2024-04-02
  2024-04-02 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>
• sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from misc directories v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 7 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/7] memory: Remove the now superfluous sentinel element from ctl_table array 2024-03-28
  2024-03-28 · Joel Granados via B4 Relay <devnull+j.granados.samsung.com@kernel.org>
• mm/gup: consistently call it GUP-fast rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC 3/3] mm: use "GUP-fast" instead "fast GUP" in remaining comments 2024-03-27
  2024-03-27 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>