x86 entry code

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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.

• mseal sysmap: Choose system mapping sealing at boot v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 6/8] mm/mseal: Seal system mappings in __install_special_mapping() 2026-11-03
  2026-11-03 · Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
• x86/vdso: Improve vdso=/vdso32= boot parameter validation resend · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 3 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND 1/3] x86/vdso: Use kstrtouint() to validate vdso= boot parameter 2026-08-31
  • [PATCH RESEND 2/3] x86/vdso: Use kstrtouint() to validate vdso32= boot parameter 2026-08-31
  2026-11-03 · Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
• LANDED [PATCH V2] x86/entry: Fix ptrace regression 2026-11-01 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] x86/entry: Fix ptrace regression 2026-10-30 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v6 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v6 03/12] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-09-30
  2026-09-30 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 03/12] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-09-27
  2026-09-27 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 01/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-09-16
  2026-09-16 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 01/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-09-11
  2026-09-11 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 01/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 01/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: introduce CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZATION 2026-08-31
  2026-08-31 · Muchun Song <hidden>
• 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 5/7] arch: hookup fchroot() system call 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 5/7] arch: hookup fchroot() system call 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>
• x86/vdso: Improve vdso=/vdso32= boot parameter validation resend · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 3 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND 1/3] x86/vdso: Use kstrtouint() to validate vdso= boot parameter 2026-07-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 2/3] x86/vdso: Use kstrtouint() to validate vdso32= boot parameter 2026-07-13
  2026-07-13 · Thorsten Blum <hidden>
• entry: Consolidate and rework syscall entry handling v1 · 6 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 15 of 18 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [patch 08/18] x86/syscall: Use [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() 2026-07-07
  • [patch 11/18] seccomp, treewide: Rename and convert __secure_computing() to return boolean 2026-07-07
  • [patch 15/18] x86/entry: Make syscall functions static 2026-07-07
  • [patch 16/18] x86/entry: Get rid of the sys_ni_syscall() indirection 2026-07-07
  • [patch 17/18] x86/entry: Simplify the syscall number logic 2026-07-07
  • [patch 18/18] entry, treewide: Make syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() indicate syscall execution 2026-07-07
  2026-07-07 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v12 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 11 of 12 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v12 01/12] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-06-23
  • [PATCH v12 02/12] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-06-23
  • [PATCH v12 03/12] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-06-23
  2026-06-23 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• x86/vdso: improve vdso=/vdso32= boot parameter validation v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 1/3] x86/vdso: use kstrtouint() to validate vdso= boot parameter 2026-06-07
  • [PATCH 2/3] x86/vdso: use kstrtouint() to validate vdso32= boot parameter 2026-06-07
  2026-06-07 · Thorsten Blum <hidden>
• 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 12/13] syscalls: add generic spawn template entries 2026-05-28
  2026-05-28 · Li Chen <hidden>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v11 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v11 01/12] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-04-23
  • [PATCH v11 02/12] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-04-23
  • [PATCH v11 03/12] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-04-23
  2026-04-23 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v10 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v10 01/12] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-04-14
  • [PATCH v10 02/12] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-04-14
  • [PATCH v10 03/12] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-04-14
  2026-04-14 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v9 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v9 01/10] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-04-03
  • [PATCH v9 02/10] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-04-03
  • [PATCH v9 03/10] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-04-03
  2026-04-03 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v8 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v8 01/10] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-03-24
  • [PATCH v8 02/10] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-03-24
  • [PATCH v8 03/10] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-03-24
  2026-03-24 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant v7 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v7 01/10] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() 2026-03-19
  • [PATCH v7 02/10] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs 2026-03-19
  • [PATCH v7 03/10] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() 2026-03-19
  2026-03-19 · Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
• x86: Enable LASS support with vsyscall=xonly mode v3 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/vsyscall: Reorganize the page fault emulation code 2026-03-09
  • [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/vsyscall: Restore vsyscall=xonly mode under LASS 2026-03-09
  • [PATCH v3 4/5] x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE 2026-03-09
  2026-03-09 · Sohil Mehta <hidden>
• x86: Enable LASS support with vsyscall=xonly mode v2 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 1/5] x86/vsyscall: Reorganize the page fault emulation code 2026-03-05
  • [PATCH v2 3/5] x86/vsyscall: Restore vsyscall=xonly mode under LASS 2026-03-05
  • [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE 2026-03-05
  2026-03-05 · Sohil Mehta <hidden>
• mm: Eliminate fake head pages from vmemmap optimization v7 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 13 of 18 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCHv7 11/18] x86/vdso: Undefine CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP for vdso32 2026-02-27
  2026-02-27 · Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv7 11/18] x86/vdso: Undefine CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP for vdso32 2026-02-27 · Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
• x86: Enable LASS support with vsyscall emulation v1 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 5 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/5] x86/vsyscall: Reorganize the page fault emulation code 2026-02-19
  • [PATCH 3/5] x86/vsyscall: Add vsyscall emulation for #GP 2026-02-19
  • [PATCH 4/5] x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE 2026-02-19
  2026-02-19 · Sohil Mehta <hidden>
• mm: Eliminate fake head pages from vmemmap optimization v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCHv3 01/15] x86/vdso32: Prepare for <linux/pgtable.h> inclusion 2026-01-15
  2026-01-15 · Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
• x86: Enable Linear Address Space Separation support v10 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v10 08/15] x86/vsyscall: Reorganize the page fault emulation code 2025-10-07
  • [PATCH v10 10/15] x86/vsyscall: Add vsyscall emulation for #GP 2025-10-07
  • [PATCH v10 11/15] x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE 2025-10-07
  2025-10-07 · Sohil Mehta <hidden>