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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH] Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation
  2026-07-01 22:42 · 1 reply in 7d · NeilBrown <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC] coding-assistants: simplify attribution
  2026-07-01 15:54 · 0 replies in 7d · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 00/18] iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model
  2026-07-01 00:12 · 1 reply in 7d · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-06-30 07:57 · 0 replies in 7d · Xin Zhao <hidden>

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] fixup: Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation
  2026-07-01 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC] coding-assistants: simplify attribution
  2026-07-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operation
  2026-07-01 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 18/18] Documentation: iomap: update docs to reflect iomap_next model
  2026-07-01 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5] coredump: Add bit 9 of coredump_filter for pre-exit files before dumping
  2026-06-30 · Xin Zhao <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v4] coredump: Add /proc/<pid>/coredump_pre_exit for pre-exit before dumping
  2026-06-24 · Xin Zhao <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 04/16] fscrypt: Fully disallow IV_INO_LBLK_32 with s_blocksize != PAGE_SIZE
  2026-06-24 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 05/16] fscrypt: Always use blk-crypto for contents on block-based filesystems
  2026-06-24 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v2 11/11] hugetlb: make hugetlb_[un]reserve_pages() to take PAGE granularity index
  2026-06-17 · Jane Chu <hidden>
• COLD15d [PATCH v4 26/30] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer
  2026-06-16 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• COOLING14d [PATCH 19/19] docs: document discoverable root partitions
  2026-06-15 · Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH 07/10] docs: document idmapped overlay mounts
  2026-06-15 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD15d [PATCH v2 7/7] docs/fs/ntfs: add mount options to support Windows native symbolic links
  2026-06-14 · Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 30/31] fs/stlmfs: Document lazy mode and related mount option
  2026-06-12 · Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 26/31] fs/stlmfs: Document alternative topological view
  2026-06-12 · Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 24/31] fs/stlmfs: Document alternative ioctl based binary interface
  2026-06-12 · Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 22/31] fs/stlmfs: Document ARM SCMI Telemetry FS mount options
  2026-06-12 · Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 20/31] fs/stlmfs: Document ARM SCMI Telemetry filesystem
  2026-06-12 · Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
• COLD19d [PATCH 7/7] docs/fs/ntfs: add mount options to support Windows native symbolic links
  2026-06-12 · Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
• COLD19d [PATCH v2 4/4] docs/mm: update document for split i_mmap tree
  2026-06-11 · Huang Shijie <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH v3 19/22] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer
  2026-06-08 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH v2 01/22] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-06-05 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• COLD16d [PATCH v2 07/22] kill d_dispose_if_unused()
  2026-06-05 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 11/11] kernel/api: add syscall enter/exit tracepoints
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v4 04/11] tools/kapi: add kernel API specification extraction tool
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v4 03/11] kernel/api: add debugfs interface for kernel API specifications
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v4 02/11] kernel/api: enable kerneldoc-based API specifications
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v4 01/11] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v2 32/34] buffer: Remove b_end_io
  2026-05-28 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
• COLD32d [PATCH v2 31/34] buffer: Remove submit_bh()
  2026-05-28 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>

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.

• STALE170d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2025-12-23 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE174d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 9/9] blk-crypto: handle the fallback above the block layer
  2026-01-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE175d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: clarify that dirtytime_expire_seconds=0 disables writeback
  2026-01-06 · Laveesh Bansal <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-08 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE171d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 9/9] blk-crypto: handle the fallback above the block layer
  2026-01-09 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 3 (1M) [PATCH V4 19/19] famfs_fuse: Add documentation
  2026-01-14 · John Groves <John@Groves.net> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE141d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-16 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 3 (1M) [PATCH V5 19/19] famfs_fuse: Add documentation
  2026-01-16 · John Groves <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 02/31] exportfs: add new EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES flag
  2026-01-19 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> · 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.

• STALE204d [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: cgroup-v2: Document misc.mask interface
  2025-12-05 · Andrei Vagin <hidden>
• STALE191d [PATCH v2 20/25] io_uring/rsrc: rename io_buffer_register_bvec()/io_buffer_unregister_bvec()
  2025-12-18 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• STALE146d [PATCH v3 25/25] docs: fuse: add io-uring bufring and zero-copy documentation
  2025-12-23 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• STALE184d [PATCH v3 RESEND 02/14] ntfs: update in-memory, on-disk structures and headers
  2025-12-29 · Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
• STALE175d [PATCH v4 01/14] Revert "fs: Remove NTFS classic"
  2026-01-06 · Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
• STALE175d [PATCH v4 02/14] ntfs: update in-memory, on-disk structures and headers
  2026-01-06 · Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
• STALE168d [RFC PATCH 1/8] non-consuming variant of do_renameat2()
  2026-01-08 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE168d [RFC PATCH 3/8] non-consuming variant of do_symlinkat()
  2026-01-08 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE168d [RFC PATCH 2/8] non-consuming variant of do_linkat()
  2026-01-08 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE168d [RFC PATCH 5/8] non-consuming variant of do_mknodat()
  2026-01-08 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>