aio · Supported

Maintainers

• M Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>

Paths

• F fs/aio.c
• F include/linux/*aio*.h

Last 30 days

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-02

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-ext4 (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• COOLING6d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v3 3/8] fs: aio: Use acquire/release for ring->tail publication
  2026-09-02 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 03/12] fs: aio: Use acquire/release for ring->tail publication
  2026-09-01 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• COLD15d [PATCH 03/11] fs: aio: Use acquire/release for ring->tail publication
  2026-08-25 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• STALE167d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 25/42] aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock
  2026-03-26 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• STALE174d [PATCH 23/41] aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock
  2026-03-20 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• STALE189d [PATCH 13/32] aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock
  2026-03-03 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• STALE217d [PATCH v2 09/13] mm: update all remaining mmap_prepare users to use vma_flags_t
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE236d [PATCH RESEND 08/12] mm: update all remaining mmap_prepare users to use vma_flags_t
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE239d [PATCH 08/12] mm: update all remaining mmap_prepare users to use vma_flags_t
  2026-01-19 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE410d LANDED [PATCH 10/10] fs: replace mmap hook with .mmap_prepare for simple mappings
  2025-06-16 · Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
• STALE1113d REVIEWED: 20 (20M) [PATCH v3] fs: clean up usage of noop_dirty_folio
  2023-08-29 · Xueshi Hu <hidden>
• STALE1114d [PATCH v2] fs: clean up usage of noop_dirty_folio
  2023-08-28 · Xueshi Hu <hidden>
• STALE1114d [PATCH] fs: clean up usage of noop_dirty_folio
  2023-08-19 · Xueshi Hu <hidden>
• STALE1321d [PATCH v2 3/6] mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls
  2023-01-25 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
• STALE1530d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2 15/19] aio: Convert to migrate_folio
  2022-06-08 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE1560d [PATCH 13/20] aio: Convert to migrate_folio
  2022-06-06 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE2135d [PATCH RFC PKS/PMEM 35/58] fs: Utilize new kmap_thread()
  2020-10-09 · <hidden>
• STALE3379d REVIEWED: 13 (13M) [PATCH 04/10] fs: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-06-06 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3379d REVIEWED: 13 (13M) [PATCH 03/10] fs: Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-06-06 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3389d REVIEWED: 13 (13M) [PATCH 03/10] fs: Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-06-05 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3389d REVIEWED: 13 (13M) [PATCH 04/10] fs: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-06-05 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3394d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 04/10] fs: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-05-24 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3394d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 03/10] fs: Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-05-24 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3410d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 03/10] fs: Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-05-11 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3410d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 04/10] fs: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-05-11 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3414d [PATCH 2/8] nowait aio: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-05-09 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3414d [PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-05-09 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3430d [PATCH 2/8] nowait aio: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT
  2017-04-14 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3430d [PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-04-14 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <hidden>
• STALE3443d [PATCH 1/9] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations
  2017-04-11 · Goldwyn Rodrigues <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.

• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 03/12] fs: aio: Use acquire/release for ring->tail publication
  2026-09-01 · Jinjie Ruan <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.

• STALE189d [PATCH 13/32] aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock
  2026-03-03 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>