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)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v6 00/39] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-10-13 15:16 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/2] vt: Simplify console-blanking interface
  2026-10-12 09:41 · 2 replies in 7d · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] fbdev: core: Initialize modelist in framebuffer_alloc()
  2026-10-12 17:54 · 0 replies in 7d · Andrey Misiurov <hidden>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH v5 00/38] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-10-09 18:10 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
  5 attestations (5 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-13
• Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-05
• Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-13
• David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-10-13
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-23

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 31 (31M) [PATCH v6 19/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-10-13 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] fbdev: core: Initialize modelist in framebuffer_alloc()
  2026-10-12 · Andrey Misiurov <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 1/2] vt: Use boolean as parameter to do_blank_screen() and do_unblank_screen()
  2026-10-12 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH 2/2] vt: Distinguish between blanking and VESA blank mode in con_blank
  2026-10-12 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 14 (14M) [PATCH v5 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-10-09 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-10-05 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v4 18/38] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-10-03 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING11d [PATCH v3 4/7] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties
  2026-09-23 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH v3 1/7] fbdev: describe where the boot logo goes in one place
  2026-09-23 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: fbcon: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read in rotated font buffer
  2026-09-23 · Syed Tayyab Farooq <hidden>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COLD20d 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>
• COLD20d 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>
• COLD29d [PATCH 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD29d [PATCH 18/39] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COLD38d [PATCH v6 4/4] tree-wide: purge verified remaining legacy ghost options
  2026-09-05 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COLD38d [PATCH v2] Kconfig: purge twenty-eight legacy ghost options (v2)
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COLD38d [PATCH] Kconfig: purge twenty-nine legacy ghost options
  2026-09-04 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD25d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD42d [Patch 7/9]: vt: Handle up to 2^21 glyphs, rather than 256/512
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD42d [Patch 6/9]: vt: Use u32 and typedef u1632 to handle whole glyphs
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD42d [Patch 4/9]: Amend internal manipulation of glyph structure
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD42d [Patch 3/9]: Replace scr_readw/writew by scr_readg/writeg, etc
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD42d [Patch 2/9]: Glyph size: Use GLYPH_SZ/HW rather than hardcoded 2, 1
  2026-08-27 · Alan Mackenzie <hidden>
• COLD54d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in imageblit
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD54d [BUG] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Write in fillrect
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <hidden>
• COLD53d LANDED [BUG] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in soft_cursor
  2026-08-19 · Jaeyoung Chung <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.

• STALE110d 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
• COLD20d 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> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD20d 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> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 5/5] fbcon: Replace fbcon_fill_cursor_mask() with fbcon_cursor_glyph()
  2026-09-28 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> · 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 v2 01/10] fbcon: Avoid OOB font access if console rotation fails +9 more in this series
  2026-04-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE140d [PATCH v2 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-22 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE128d [PATCH v3 2/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_blank() in helper +2 more in this series
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• STALE128d [PATCH v3 1/4] fbdev: Wrap user-invoked calls to fb_set_var() in helper
  2026-05-27 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] fbcon: do suspend/resume only when vc is text mode and visible
  2026-06-01 · <hidden>
• STALE86d [PATCH v3 2/3] fbdev: clear fb_info->mode before deleting a videomode +2 more in this series
  2026-07-01 · Melbin K Mathew <hidden>
• STALE96d [PATCH 10/10] vga-switcheroo: Remove unused interfaces
  2026-07-07 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD54d [RFC PATCH 3/6] fbdev: honour the device tree boot logo placement properties +5 more in this series
  2026-07-31 · Max Pedraza <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] fbcon: don't suspend/resume when vc is graphics mode
  2026-08-31 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fbdev: Drop unused FB_IOMEM_HELPERS_DEFERRED Kconfig option
  2026-09-12 · Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>