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

• ext4: Add dma-buf read/write support rfc · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC 2/6] mm/filemap: refuse dmabuf iterators in the generic read/write copy paths 2026-11-05
  2026-11-05 · Mengmeng Zhao <hidden>
• zsmalloc: redesign object alloc API v1 · 4 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 3/7] zsmalloc: switch handle type to struct zs_handle 2026-11-05
  • [PATCH 5/7] zsmalloc: embed struct zs_handle into zram and zswap entries 2026-11-05
  • [PATCH 6/7] zsmalloc: fold zs_obj_write() into zs_store() 2026-11-05
  • [PATCH 7/7] zsmalloc: constify struct zs_handle pointer in read-only functions 2026-11-05
  2026-11-05 · Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
• mm/zsmalloc: defer object free to per-cpu batches v4 · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH v4 1/2] mm/zsmalloc: defer object free to per-cpu batches and a drain worker 2026-10-16
  2026-10-16 · Hongfeng Chen <hidden>
• [PATCH v3] mm/filemap: annotate lockless reads of mapping->nrpages 2026-10-12 · Nguyen Ngoc Thang <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] mm/filemap: annotate lockless reads of mapping->nrpages 2026-10-12 · Nguyen Ngoc Thang <hidden>
• [PATCH] mm/filemap: mark lockless accesses to mapping->nrpages 2026-10-11 · Nguyen Ngoc Thang <hidden>
• mm/zswap: make shrinker writeback work with iocost rfc · 3 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH 2/4] mm/zswap: turn shrink_memcg_cb()'s argument into a flags word 2026-09-28
  • [RFC PATCH 3/4] mm/zswap: allow writeback to be throttled by the cgroup IO controllers 2026-09-28
  • [RFC PATCH 4/4] mm/zswap: move reclaim-driven writeback to a kworker 2026-09-28
  2026-09-28 · Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v9 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v9 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-25
  • [PATCH v9 3/3] writeback: add tracepoints for foreign bdev writeback 2026-09-25
  2026-09-25 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v8 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v8 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-22
  • [PATCH v8 3/3] writeback: record bdev targets in foreign writeback tracepoints 2026-09-22
  2026-09-22 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v7 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v7 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-21
  • [PATCH v7 3/3] writeback: record bdev targets in foreign writeback tracepoints 2026-09-21
  2026-09-21 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio before blkcg_mutex conversion v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 3 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 2/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg 2026-09-20
  2026-09-20 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
• blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio before blkcg_mutex conversion v3 · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg 2026-08-18
  2026-09-18 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
• PM: hibernate: encrypted snapshots under lockdown v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 2/4] PM: hibernate: confine encrypted snapshot writes 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v6 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v6 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-17
  • [PATCH v6 3/3] writeback: record bdev targets in foreign writeback tracepoints 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v5 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v5 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-15
  • [PATCH v5 3/3] writeback: record bdev targets in foreign writeback tracepoints 2026-09-15
  2026-09-15 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately v4 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v4 2/3] memcg,writeback: flush foreign bdev mappings separately from owner wbs 2026-09-14
  • [PATCH v4 3/3] writeback: record bdev targets in foreign writeback tracepoints 2026-09-14
  2026-09-14 · Julian Sun <hidden>
• blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio before blkcg_mutex conversion v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 2/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg 2026-09-13
  • [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg 2026-08-11
  2026-09-13 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
• mm/fbatch: drain lru_add_drain() and _all() v2 · 24 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 27 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 01/26] mm/fbatch: remove !CONFIG_SMP special case of folio_activate() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 02/26] mm/fbatch: allow folios_put_refs() to skip xa_is_value() entries 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 03/26] mm/fbatch: temporarily disable lazyfree and mlock+munlock batching 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 04/26] mm/fbatch: lru bit set, no extra ref, while folio on per-cpu fbatch 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 05/26] mm/fbatch: lru_add_del_folio()+folio_add_lru() after clear_lru() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 06/26] mm/fbatch: fbatch_drain_lazyfree(onstack fbatch) before ptl unlock 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 07/26] mm/fbatch: LRU_NEXT_ACTIVATE bit to optimize folio_activate() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 08/26] mm/fbatch: replace mlock_new_folio() by __folio_add_lru(,mlockit) 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 09/26] mm/fbatch: restore mlock+munlock batching, without extra ref 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 10/26] mm/fbatch: remove several uses of mlock_drain_local() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 11/26] mm/fbatch: remove migration's PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED lru_add_drain() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 12/26] mm/fbatch: remove percpu_pvec_drained and folios_put() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 13/26] mm/fbatch: no lru_add_drain to collect_longterm_unpinnable_folios() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 14/26] mm/fbatch: no lru_add_drain() nor _all() for memfd_wait_for_pins() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 15/26] mm/fbatch: remove shake_folio() shake_page() from memory-failure 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 16/26] mm/fbatch: remove lru_cache_disable() from NUMA folio migration 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 17/26] mm/fbatch: no lru_cache_disable() in __alloc_contig_migrate_range() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 18/26] mm/fbatch: remove lru_add_drain() and _all() calls from various 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 19/26] mm/fbatch: vm/stat_refresh include lru_add_drain() on each cpu 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 23/26] fs,mm/fbatch: use invalidate_bh_lrus() not invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu() 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 24/26] fs,mm/fbatch: lru_cache_disable() keep off buffer_head lrus only 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 25/26] mm/fbatch: move lru_add_drain_all() declaration to mm/internal.h 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 26/26] mm/fbatch: drop reference inside the loop when draining 2026-09-09
  • [PATCH v2 27/26] mm/fbatch: paranoid folio vmstats in folio_batch_move_lru() 2026-09-09
  2026-09-09 · Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
• mm/fbatch: drain lru_add_drain() and _all() v1 · 23 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 01/25] mm/fbatch: remove !CONFIG_SMP special case of folio_activate() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 02/25] mm/fbatch: allow folios_put_refs() to skip xa_is_value() entries 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 03/25] mm/fbatch: temporarily disable lazyfree and mlock+munlock batching 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 04/25] mm/fbatch: lru bit set, no extra ref, while folio on per-cpu fbatch 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 05/25] mm/fbatch: lru_add_del_folio()+folio_add_lru() after clear_lru() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 06/25] mm/fbatch: fbatch_drain_lazyfree(onstack fbatch) before ptl unlock 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 07/25] mm/fbatch: LRU_NEXT_ACTIVATE bit to optimize folio_activate() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 08/25] mm/fbatch: replace mlock_new_folio() by __folio_add_lru(,mlockit) 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 09/25] mm/fbatch: restore mlock+munlock batching, without extra ref 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 10/25] mm/fbatch: remove several uses of mlock_drain_local() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 11/25] mm/fbatch: remove migration's PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED lru_add_drain() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 12/25] mm/fbatch: remove percpu_pvec_drained and folios_put() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 13/25] mm/fbatch: no lru_add_drain() to collect_longterm_unpinnable_folios() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 14/25] mm/fbatch: no lru_add_drain() nor _all() for memfd_wait_for_pins() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 15/25] mm/fbatch: remove shake_folio() shake_page() from memory-failure 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 16/25] mm/fbatch: remove lru_cache_disable(() from NUMA folio migration 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 17/25] mm/fbatch: no lru_cache_disable() in __alloc_contig_migrate_range() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 18/25] mm/fbatch: remove lru_add_drain() and _all() calls from various 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 19/25] mm/fbatch: vm/stat_refresh include lru_add_drain() on each cpu 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 23/25] fs,mm/fbatch: use invalidate_bh_lrus() not invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu() 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 24/25] fs,mm/fbatch: lru_cache_disable() keep off buffer_head lrus only 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 25/25] mm/fbatch: move lru_add_drain_all() declaration to mm/internal.h 2026-08-24
  • [PATCH 26/25] mm/fbatch: drop reference inside the loop when draining 2026-09-02
  2026-09-02 · Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
• blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio before blkcg_mutex conversion v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v1 2/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg 2026-08-04
  2026-08-23 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
• Remove aops->launder_folio v1 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH 1/7] filemap: Export filemap_invalidate_pages() to modules 2026-08-20
  • [PATCH 7/7] Remove folio_launder() 2026-08-20
  2026-08-20 · Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
• Fix a deadlock in blk-crypto-fallback v1 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH 1/3] mm: make mempool_alloc_from_pool() return bool 2026-08-06
  • [PATCH 2/3] mm: support fallible mempool_alloc_bulk() 2026-08-06
  2026-08-06 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• LANDED · 2 reviews, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v2] block: split out a new blk_plug.h header 2026-08-04 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• PM: hibernate: encrypted snapshots under lockdown v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH v2 4/4] PM: hibernate: harden encrypted snapshot write path 2026-08-04
  2026-08-04 · Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
• DEPT(DEPendency Tracker) v19 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 40 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v19 22/40] dept: track PG_locked with dept 2026-07-06
  • [PATCH v19 27/40] dept: assign dept map to mmu notifier invalidation synchronization 2026-07-06
  • [PATCH v19 36/40] dept: track PG_writeback with dept 2026-07-06
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• [PATCH] block: split out a new blk_plug.h helper 2026-07-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• blk-cgroup: protect blkgs with blkcg_mutex v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v1 06/17] blk-cgroup: support non-blocking bio association 2026-07-04
  2026-07-04 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] mempool: optimize mempool resizing 2026-06-25 · Vitaly Wool <hidden>
• mm/zram: route block swap I/O through swap_ops v1 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 1/3] mm/page_io: let block drivers register custom swap I/O ops 2026-06-14
  • [PATCH 2/3] mm/zram: handle swap read/write via swap_ops 2026-06-14
  • [PATCH 3/3] mm/swap: route slot free notifications through swap_ops 2026-06-14
  2026-06-14 · Jianyue Wu <hidden>
• blk-cgroup: remove queue_lock nesting from blkcg paths v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 7/8] mm/page_io: don't nest queue_lock under rcu in bio_associate_blkg_from_page() 2026-06-08
  2026-06-08 · Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>