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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-ext4 touching this subsystem.

• ext4: Add dma-buf read/write support v2 · 4 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH v2 1/8] block: factor out bdev_init_dma_buf_io_ctx() 2026-11-13
  • [RFC PATCH v2 4/8] blk-mq: factor out a dma-buf bio refusal helper 2026-11-13
  • [RFC PATCH v2 5/8] blk-crypto: refuse dma-buf bios in the fallback path 2026-11-13
  • [RFC PATCH v2 6/8] fs: add FMODE_CAN_DMABUF_IO and require it for dma-buf I/O contexts 2026-11-13
  2026-11-13 · Mengmeng Zhao <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] block: make bdev_freeze() mutex waits killable 2026-11-11 · <hidden>
• [RFC 1/6] block: refuse a dma-buf bio that carries a crypto context 2026-11-05 · Mengmeng Zhao <hidden>
• iomap: remaining patches for iomap_iter_next conversion v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 4/5] iomap: pass iomap_iter_next_fn directly instead of struct iomap_ops 2026-10-27
  2026-10-27 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• UUID and GUID user and group ids (*_r system calls) v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v2 13/41] ublk: refuse unprivileged devices to UUID and GUID users 2026-10-21
  2026-10-21 · Jan Koester <hidden>
• block, ext4: allow encryption with a block size larger than the page size v1 · 7 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 13 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 03/13] blk-crypto: reject fallback data unit sizes it can't handle 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 04/13] blk-crypto: decrypt one data unit per crypto request 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 05/13] blk-crypto: encrypt one data unit per crypto request 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 06/13] blk-crypto: support data units larger than a page 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 08/13] block: split encrypted bios at data unit boundaries 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 09/13] block: warn about bios that can't be split 2026-10-11
  • [PATCH 10/13] block: don't require data unit aligned bio_vecs for encrypted bios 2026-10-11
  2026-10-11 · Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
• fs-verity support for XFS with post EOF merkle tree v15 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v15 07/25] block: add task-context bio completion infrastructure 2026-08-14
  • [PATCH v15 08/25] block: don't delay bio task completions 2026-08-14
  2026-08-14 · Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@kernel.org>
• iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model v5 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: REVIEWED · 19 of 22 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 14/22] block: convert iomap ops to ->iomap_next() 2026-07-29
  • [PATCH v5 21/22] iomap: pass iomap_iter_next_fn directly instead of struct iomap_ops 2026-07-29
  2026-07-29 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model v4 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v4 13/21] block: convert iomap ops to ->iomap_next() 2026-07-27
  • [PATCH v4 20/21] iomap: pass iomap_iter_next_fn directly instead of struct iomap_ops 2026-07-27
  2026-07-27 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• More fscrypt and blk-crypto doc updates and code removals v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 5/6] blk-crypto: Remove unused function blk_crypto_config_supported() 2026-07-18
  • [PATCH 6/6] blk-crypto: Update docs for blk-crypto-fallback motivation 2026-07-18
  2026-07-18 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• fscrypt: Standardize on blk-crypto v3 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 01/17] blk-crypto: Simplify check for fallback support 2026-07-13
  • [PATCH v3 02/17] blk-crypto: Fold __blk_crypto_cfg_supported() into its caller 2026-07-13
  • [PATCH v3 03/17] blk-crypto: Allow control over whether hardware is used 2026-07-13
  2026-07-13 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• fscrypt: Standardize on blk-crypto v2 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 01/17] blk-crypto: Simplify check for fallback support 2026-07-05
  • [PATCH v2 02/17] blk-crypto: Fold __blk_crypto_cfg_supported() into its caller 2026-07-05
  • [PATCH v2 03/17] blk-crypto: Allow control over whether hardware is used 2026-07-05
  2026-07-05 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 17/18] iomap: pass iomap_next_fn directly instead of struct iomap_ops 2026-07-01
  2026-07-01 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• fscrypt: Standardize on blk-crypto v1 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 01/16] blk-crypto: Simplify check for fallback support 2026-06-24
  • [PATCH 02/16] blk-crypto: Fold __blk_crypto_cfg_supported() into its caller 2026-06-24
  • [PATCH 03/16] blk-crypto: Allow control over whether hardware is used 2026-06-24
  2026-06-24 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 09/12] swap: push down setting sis->bdev into ->swap_activate 2026-05-12 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• [PATCH 07/12] swap,block: limit swap file size to device size 2026-05-12 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• [PATCH 06/12] swap,block: move the block device swapon code into block/fops.c 2026-05-12 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• buffer_head: fail fast on repeated reads after I/O errors v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC v1 1/1] buffer_head: fail fast on repeated reads after I/O errors 2026-05-06
  2026-05-06 · Diangang Li <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 0 by maintainers [PATCH] loop: block loop reconfiguration of offset/sizelimit on mounted device 2026-03-30 · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden>
• fs: Move metadata bh tracking from address_space v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 05/42] bdev: Drop pointless invalidate_inode_buffers() call 2026-03-26
  2026-03-26 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• fs: Move metadata bh tracking from address_space v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 05/41] bdev: Drop pointless invalidate_inode_buffers() call 2026-03-20
  2026-03-20 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• treewide: Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check - refactor v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 61 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 54/61] aoe: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check 2026-03-10
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• mm: globalize rest_of_page() macro v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 7/8] drivers: ALSA: use rest_of_page() macro where appropriate 2026-03-04
  2026-03-04 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• fs: Move metadata bh tracking from address_space v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 21/32] bdev: Drop pointless invalidate_mapping_buffers() call 2026-03-03
  2026-03-03 · Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
• block: enable RWF_DONTCACHE for block devices v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] block: enable RWF_DONTCACHE for block devices 2026-02-25
  2026-02-25 · Tal Zussman <hidden>
• [PATCH RFC] block: enable RWF_DONTCACHE for block devices 2026-02-18 · Tal Zussman <hidden>
• block: enable per-cpu bio cache by default v3 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 1/2] block: use bio_alloc_bioset for passthru IO by default 2025-11-14
  • [PATCH v3 2/2] block: enable per-cpu bio cache by default 2025-11-14
  2025-11-14 · Fengnan Chang <hidden>
• xfs: single block atomic writes for buffered IO rfc · 2 matching patches

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

  • [RFC PATCH 1/8] fs: Rename STATX{_ATTR}_WRITE_ATOMIC -> STATX{_ATTR}_WRITE_ATOMIC_DIO 2025-11-12
  • [RFC PATCH 3/8] fs: Add initial buffered atomic write support info to statx 2025-11-12
  2025-11-12 · Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
• block: enable per-cpu bio cache by default v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 1/2] block: use bio_alloc_bioset for passthru IO by default 2025-11-07
  • [PATCH v2 2/2] block: enable per-cpu bio cache by default 2025-11-07
  2025-11-07 · Fengnan Chang <hidden>
• Backporting CVE-2025-38073 fix patch v1 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 7 of 8 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 6.1 6/8] block: open code __generic_file_write_iter for blkdev writes 2025-10-21
  • [PATCH 6.1 7/8] block: fix race between set_blocksize and read paths 2025-10-21
  2025-10-21 · Mahmoud Adam <hidden>