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

• Kernel API Specification Framework v5 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v5 01/15] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2025-12-18
  2026-10-08 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• fs: add failfs v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 3/7] fs: add fchroot() 2026-07-24
  2026-07-24 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• fs: add failfs rfc · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC 3/7] fs: add fchroot() 2026-07-23
  2026-07-23 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• pidfd: add a minimal process spawn builder rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH 22/24] pidfd: expose spawn builder system calls 2026-07-16
  2026-07-16 · Li Chen <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC PATCH v4 1/7] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2025-08-25
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• exec: add spawn templates for repeated executable startup v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH v1 05/13] exec: add spawn template file descriptors 2026-05-28
  • [RFC PATCH v1 06/13] exec: add spawn_template_spawn() 2026-05-28
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/9] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2026-04-24
  2026-04-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 1/9] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2026-03-22
  2026-03-22 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• Kernel API Specification Framework v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 1/9] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2026-03-13
  2026-03-13 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• initrd: remove classic initrd support resend · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH RESEND 43/62] setsid: inline ksys_setsid into the only caller 2025-09-14
  2025-09-14 · Askar Safin <hidden>
• Kernel API Specification Framework with kerneldoc integration v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC v3 1/4] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework 2025-07-11
  2025-07-11 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• integrity: Introduce the Integrity Digest Cache v6 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v6 02/15] module: Introduce ksys_finit_module() 2024-11-19
  2024-11-19 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave v6 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 12 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 08/12] mm/mempolicy: add userland mempolicy arg structure 2024-01-03
  • [PATCH v6 09/12] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2024-01-03
  • [PATCH v6 10/12] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2024-01-03
  • [PATCH v6 11/12] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2024-01-03
  2024-01-03 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave v5 · 4 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v5 07/11] mm/mempolicy: add userland mempolicy arg structure 2023-12-23
  • [PATCH v5 08/11] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-23
  • [PATCH v5 09/11] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-23
  • [PATCH v5 10/11] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2023-12-23
  2023-12-23 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave v4 · 4 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v4 07/11] mm/mempolicy: add userland mempolicy arg structure 2023-12-18
  • [PATCH v4 08/11] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-18
  • [PATCH v4 09/11] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-18
  • [PATCH v4 10/11] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2023-12-18
  2023-12-18 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave v3 · 4 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 07/11] mm/mempolicy: add userland mempolicy arg structure 2023-12-13
  • [PATCH v3 08/11] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-13
  • [PATCH v3 09/11] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-13
  • [PATCH v3 10/11] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2023-12-13
  2023-12-13 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave v2 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 08/11] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-09
  • [PATCH v2 09/11] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-09
  • [PATCH v2 10/11] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2023-12-09
  2023-12-09 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mempolicy2, mbind2, and weighted interleave rfc · 3 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH 08/11] mm/mempolicy: add set_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-07
  • [RFC PATCH 09/11] mm/mempolicy: add get_mempolicy2 syscall 2023-12-07
  • [RFC PATCH 10/11] mm/mempolicy: add the mbind2 syscall 2023-12-07
  2023-12-07 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• mm/mempolicy: Make task->mempolicy externally modifiable via syscall and procfs rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH 07/11] mm/mempolicy: add task mempolicy syscall variants 2023-11-22
  2023-11-22 · Gregory Price <hidden>
• arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace v5 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v5 22/37] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() 2023-08-22
  2023-08-22 · Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
• arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 21/36] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() 2023-08-07
  2023-08-07 · Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
• arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 21/36] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() 2023-07-31
  2023-07-31 · Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
• arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS in userspace v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 21/35] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() 2023-07-24
  2023-07-24 · Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
• arm64/gcs: Provide support for GCS at EL0 v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 22/35] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() 2023-07-16
  2023-07-16 · Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
• Shadow stacks for userspace v9 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 37 of 42 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v9 34/42] x86/shstk: Introduce map_shadow_stack syscall 2023-06-13
  2023-06-13 · Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
• Setting memory policy for restrictedmem file rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH 5/6] mm: restrictedmem: Add memfd_restricted_bind() syscall 2023-04-14
  2023-04-14 · Ackerley Tng <hidden>
• Providing mount in memfd_restricted() syscall v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v4 1/2] mm: restrictedmem: Allow userspace to specify mount for memfd_restricted 2023-04-11
  2023-04-11 · Ackerley Tng <hidden>
• Providing mount in memfd_restricted() syscall v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] mm: restrictedmem: Allow userspace to specify mount for memfd_restricted 2023-03-31
  2023-03-31 · Ackerley Tng <hidden>
• Providing mount in memfd_restricted() syscall v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] mm: restrictedmem: Allow userspace to specify mount for memfd_restricted 2023-03-21
  2023-03-21 · Ackerley Tng <hidden>
• Shadow stacks for userspace v8 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v8 33/40] x86/shstk: Introduce map_shadow_stack syscall 2023-03-19
  2023-03-19 · Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>