module support · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• M Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• M Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
• M Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
• R Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/kmod.h
• F include/linux/module*.h
• F kernel/module/
• F lib/test_kmod.c
• F lib/tests/module/
• F rust/kernel/module_param.rs
• F rust/macros/module.rs
• F scripts/module*
• F tools/testing/selftests/kmod/
• F tools/testing/selftests/module/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• COLD50d [PATCH v6 03/11] umh: add dirfd parameter
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE96d [PATCH v2 2/2] tree-wide: rename do_exit() to task_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE96d [PATCH v2 1/2] kthread: remove kthread_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE67d [PATCH 17/61] module: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE67d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• COLD30d [PATCH v18 34/42] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v18 01/42] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE204d [PATCH v17 39/47] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE204d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v17 02/47] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE182d REVIEWED: 32 (32M) [PATCH v2 10/19] rust: macros: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
  2025-09-25 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE311d REVIEWED: 32 (32M) [PATCH v2 10/19] rust: macros: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
  2025-08-13 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE346d [PATCH 1/2] module: Restrict module namespace access to in-tree modules
  2025-07-08 · Vlastimil Babka <hidden>
• STALE333d [PATCH v16 39/42] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-05-19 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE333d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v16 02/42] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-05-19 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE399d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) Re: [PATCH 01/12] module: Move modprobe_path and modules_disabled ctl_tables into the module subsys
  2025-05-15 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE399d Re: [PATCH 01/12] module: Move modprobe_path and modules_disabled ctl_tables into the module subsys
  2025-05-15 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• STALE403d [PATCH v15 40/43] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-05-13 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE403d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v15 02/43] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-05-13 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE399d [PATCH 01/12] module: Move modprobe_path and modules_disabled ctl_tables into the module subsys
  2025-05-09 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: [PATCH] proc: fix use-after-free in proc_get_inode()
  2025-03-03 · yebin <hidden>
• STALE497d [RFC PATCH 4/6] debugfs: Automated conversion from dentry to debugfs_node
  2025-02-10 · David Reaver <hidden>
• STALE588d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 02/28] regularize emptiness checks in fini_module(2) and vfs_dedupe_file_range()
  2024-11-02 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE588d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 15/28] fdget(), more trivial conversions
  2024-11-02 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE621d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 02/11] remove pointless includes of <linux/fdtable.h>
  2024-10-07 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE621d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH 03/12] remove pointless includes of <linux/fdtable.h>
  2024-08-22 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE678d [PATCH 02/11] remove pointless includes of <linux/fdtable.h>
  2024-08-12 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
• STALE588d [PATCH 24/39] fdget(), more trivial conversions
  2024-07-30 · viro@kernel.org
• STALE588d [PATCH 05/39] regularize emptiness checks in fini_module(2) and vfs_dedupe_file_range()
  2024-07-30 · viro@kernel.org
• STALE588d [PATCH 02/39] introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it.
  2024-07-30 · viro@kernel.org
• STALE739d [PATCH 14/19] finit_module(): convert to CLASS(fd, ...)
  2024-06-07 · Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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.

• STALE67d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• COLD50d [PATCH v6 03/11] umh: add dirfd parameter
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>