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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 00/17] arm64: Support FEAT_NMI and Rework Exception Masking
  2026-07-03 10:02 · 1 reply in 7d · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] mefi: add dynamic control interface for EFI runtime services
  2026-07-03 00:40 · 0 replies in 7d · Junxiao Chang <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] Documentation: Extend the real-time hardware bits with some firmware bits
  2026-07-01 09:12 · 0 replies in 7d · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-efi (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH 06/17] arm64/booting: Document boot requirements for FEAT_NMI
  2026-07-03 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] mefi: add dynamic control interface for EFI runtime services
  2026-07-03 · Junxiao Chang <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] Documentation: Extend the real-time hardware bits with some firmware bits
  2026-07-01 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• COLD19d [PATCH 19/19] docs: document discoverable root partitions
  2026-06-15 · Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
• COLD47d [PATCH v16 38/38] x86/boot: Legacy boot DRTM support for Secure Launch
  2026-05-15 · Ross Philipson <hidden>
• COLD47d [PATCH v16 15/38] Documentation/security: Secure Launch kernel documentation
  2026-05-15 · Ross Philipson <hidden>
• STALE67d Re: [PATCH v3 04/19] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-04-29 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE67d [PATCH v3 04/19] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE67d [PATCH v3 02/19] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE67d [PATCH v3 01/19] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE71d [PATCH v2 04/19] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE71d [PATCH v2 02/19] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE71d [PATCH v2 01/19] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl().
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE99d [PATCH v15 22/28] x86: Secure Launch kernel early boot stub
  2025-12-15 · Ross Philipson <hidden>
• STALE99d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v15 12/28] Documentation/x86: Secure Launch kernel documentation
  2025-12-15 · Ross Philipson <hidden>
• STALE216d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH RESEND v3] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation
  2025-12-01 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE156d [PATCH v4 51/54] get rid of kill_litter_super()
  2025-11-18 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE231d [PATCH v3 47/50] get rid of kill_litter_super()
  2025-11-11 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v3] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation
  2025-11-10 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE239d [PATCH v2] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation
  2025-11-07 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE224d [PATCH v2 47/50] get rid of kill_litter_super()
  2025-10-28 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE266d [PATCH v3] Documentation/x86: explain LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID
  2025-10-13 · Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>

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.

• STALE102d [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE102d [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl().
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE71d [PATCH v2 01/19] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE71d [PATCH v2 02/19] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>