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

• cells: a container as one kernel object v3 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH RFC v3 35/90] fork: let copy_process() place a task in a cell 2026-11-05
  • [PATCH RFC v3 58/90] cred: let no id count across cells 2026-11-05
  2026-11-05 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH v2 01/13] cred: gather the rules for acting on a task by uid 2026-11-04 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• userns: per-namespace capability bounding set and opt-in netns loopback v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 3/8] userns: allow restricting capability bounding set via clone3() 2026-10-28
  2026-10-28 · Hallgrimur H. Gunnarsson <hidden>
• cred: gather the "same uid" checks between tasks in one place v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 01/13] cred: gather the rules for acting on a task by uid 2026-10-18
  2026-10-18 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• capabilities: close the ways around the CAP_SETFCAP rule for uid 0 v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/5] cred: record how far up CAP_SETFCAP reaches 2026-10-06
  2026-10-06 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v21 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 6 of 9 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v21 4/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-09-10
  2026-09-10 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v20 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v20 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-08-24
  2026-08-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v7] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function 2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v6] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function 2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v5] rust: aref: make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function 2026-06-28 · Trevor Chan <hidden>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v19 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v19 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-06-26
  2026-06-26 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v18 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v18 5/8] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-06-25
  2026-06-25 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v17 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED · 2 of 10 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v17 06/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-06-04
  2026-06-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v16 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-02-24
  2026-02-24 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• pidfs: make the effective {g,u}id the owner of the inode v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC v3 1/2] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks 2026-02-23
  2026-02-23 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v15 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-02-20
  2026-02-20 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• [PATCH RFC v2] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks 2026-02-17 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• [PATCH RFC] pidfs: add inode ownership and permission checks 2026-02-16 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type v14 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v14 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted`. 2026-02-04
  2026-02-04 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v19] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach 2025-12-19 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• [RFC][PATCH] exec: Move cred computation under exec_update_lock 2025-11-20 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
• [PATCH v18] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach 2025-11-18 · Bernd Edlinger <hidden>
• New trait OwnableRefCounted for ARef<->Owned conversion. v13 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 4 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v13 2/4] rust: `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`. 2025-11-17
  2025-11-17 · Oliver Mangold <hidden>
• credential guards: credential preparation v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 01/12] cred: add prepare credential guard 2025-11-03
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• credentials guards: the easy cases v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 01/16] cred: add {scoped_}with_creds() guards 2025-11-03
  2025-11-03 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• creds: add {scoped_}with_kernel_creds() v1 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 2/8] cred: add kernel_cred() helper 2025-11-02
  • [PATCH 3/8] cred: make init_cred static 2025-11-02
  • [PATCH 4/8] cred: add {scoped_}with_kernel_creds 2025-11-02
  2025-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• nstree: listns() v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 11/72] ns: add active reference count 2025-10-29
  2025-10-29 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• nstree: listns() v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 11/70] ns: add active reference count 2025-10-24
  2025-10-24 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• nstree: listns() v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 10/63] ns: add active reference count 2025-10-22
  2025-10-22 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• nstree: listns() rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC DRAFT 09/50] ns: add active reference count 2025-10-21
  2025-10-21 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>