framebuffer core · Odd Fixes

Maintainers

• M Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>

Paths

• F drivers/video/fbdev/core/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/5] fbcon,vgacon,vt: Share helpers for text cursors
  2026-09-15 12:33 · 1 reply in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-14 15:08 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: Drop unused FB_IOMEM_HELPERS_DEFERRED Kconfig option
  2026-09-12 16:18 · 0 replies in 7d · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• WARM2d [PATCH 0/5] fbcon,vgacon,vt: Share helpers for text cursors
  2026-09-11 09:45 · 1 reply in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Eulgyu Kim <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-19
• Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-19
• Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-15
• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-14

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-15 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: Drop unused FB_IOMEM_HELPERS_DEFERRED Kconfig option
  2026-09-12 · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
• WARM2d [PATCH 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM2d [PATCH 18/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING11d [PATCH v6 4/4] tree-wide: purge verified remaining legacy ghost options
  2026-09-05 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH v2] Kconfig: purge twenty-eight legacy ghost options (v2)
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH] Kconfig: purge twenty-nine legacy ghost options
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD15d [Patch 7/9]: vt: Handle up to 2^21 glyphs, rather than 256/512
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD15d [Patch 6/9]: vt: Use u32 and typedef u1632 to handle whole glyphs
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD15d [Patch 4/9]: Amend internal manipulation of glyph structure
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD15d [Patch 3/9]: Replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD15d [Patch 2/9]: Glyph size: Use GLYPH_SZ/HW rather than hardcoded 2, 1
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD27d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in imageblit
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD27d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Write in fillrect
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD26d IN LINUX-NEXT [BUG] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in soft_cursor
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD39d [PATCH] fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_cursor()
  2026-08-08 · Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
• COLD37d [PATCH v2 3/6] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties
  2026-08-04 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COLD27d [RFC PATCH 3/6] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties
  2026-07-31 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COLD47d [PATCH V3] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-29 · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• COLD51d [PATCH V2] fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font resize
  2026-07-22 · Zizhi Wo <hidden>
• COLD53d [PATCH] fbdev: core: Fix pointer desynchronization in fb_io_read()
  2026-07-21 · Mingyu Wang <hidden>
• COLD53d [PATCH v2] fbdev: core: Clamp total_size to smem_len in read/write functions
  2026-07-21 · Mingyu Wang <hidden>
• COLD58d [PATCH] fbdev: core: Clamp total_size to smem_len in fb_io_read/write
  2026-07-20 · Mingyu Wang <hidden>
• COLD56d IN MM: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it
  2026-07-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v2 5/7] drm: Implement struct vga_switcheroo_client_ops.pre_switch
  2026-07-09 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE69d [PATCH 10/10] vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces
  2026-07-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD59d [PATCH v3 3/3] fbdev: serialize mode sysfs access with lock_fb_info()
  2026-07-01 · Melbin K Mathew <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.

• STALE83d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] fbdev: fbcon: fix out-of-bounds read in err_out of fbcon_do_set_font()
  2026-06-25 · Mingyu Wang <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.

• STALE203d [PATCH v2 3/4] fbdev: defio: Move variable state into struct fb_deferred_io_state
  2026-02-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE203d [PATCH v2 2/4] fbdev: defio: Keep module reference from VMAs
  2026-02-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE203d [PATCH v2 1/4] fbdev: defio: Disconnect deferred I/O from the lifetime of struct fb_info
  2026-02-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE203d [PATCH v2 4/4] fbdev: defio: Move pageref array to struct fb_deferred_io_state
  2026-02-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: check return value of con2fb_acquire_newinfo()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies FAILED: Patch "fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>