android drivers · Supported

Maintainers

• M Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• M Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
• M Todd Kjos <tkjos@android.com>
• M Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
• M Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
• M Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Paths

• F Documentation/netlink/specs/binder.yaml
• F drivers/android/

Last 30 days

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-11

Recent patches

Most-recent 25 patches in this subsystem on linux-block, ordered by date desc.

• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH v10 08/10] rust_binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-08-11 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH v9 08/10] rust_binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD37d REVIEWED: 19 (19M) [PATCH v8 08/10] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 19 (19M) [PATCH v7 08/10] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD47d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v19 4/8] rust: page: convert to `Ownable`
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD59d [PATCH v18 4/8] rust: page: convert to `Ownable`
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD57d REVIEWED: 19 (19M) [PATCH v6 08/10] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 8/9] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE61d [PATCH v4 8/9] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE116d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2 31/33] rust: declare cfi_encoding for lru_status
  2026-04-05 · Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
• STALE139d [PATCH 31/33] rust: declare cfi_encoding for lru_status
  2026-04-01 · Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
• STALE181d [PATCH v1 06/11] binder: zero page->private when freeing pages
  2026-02-23 · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 48 (48M) [RESEND PATCH v18 16/16] rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [RESEND PATCH v18 04/16] rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [RESEND PATCH v18 03/16] rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [RESEND PATCH v18 02/16] rust_binder: remove trailing comma
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 48 (48M) [PATCH v18 16/16] rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
  2025-10-18 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v18 04/16] rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v18 03/16] rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE306d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v18 02/16] rust_binder: remove trailing comma
  2025-10-18 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE307d REVIEWED: 48 (48M) [PATCH v17 11/11] rust: replace `CStr` with `core::ffi::CStr`
  2025-10-15 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE307d [PATCH v17 04/11] rust_binder: use `core::ffi::CStr` method names
  2025-10-15 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE307d [PATCH v17 03/11] rust_binder: use `kernel::fmt`
  2025-10-15 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE307d [PATCH v17 02/11] rust_binder: remove trailing comma
  2025-10-15 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE2112d [PATCH RFC PKS/PMEM 50/58] drivers/android: Utilize new kmap_thread()
  2020-10-09 · <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.

• COLD60d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 8/9] rust: binder: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 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.

• STALE181d [PATCH v1 06/11] binder: zero page->private when freeing pages
  2026-02-23 · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>