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Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• COOLING6d [PATCH v2] docs/mm/slab: document cache isolation with SLAB_NO_MERGE
  2026-06-07 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH] docs/mm: document slab cache isolation with SLAB_NO_MERGE
  2026-06-06 · Mohammed EL Kadiri <hidden>
• COOLING12d [PATCH] nios2: remove the architecture
  2026-05-18 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH v5 13/13] docs: iio: add documentation for ad9910 driver
  2026-05-17 · Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay <devnull+rodrigo.alencar.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COLD25d [PATCH RFC v4 10/10] docs: iio: add documentation for ad9910 driver
  2026-05-08 · Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay <devnull+rodrigo.alencar.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] crypto: af_alg - Remove zero-copy support from skcipher and aead
  2026-05-04 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2] crypto: af_alg - Remove zero-copy support from AF_ALG
  2026-05-04 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COLD30d [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - Remove zero-copy support from AF_ALG
  2026-05-04 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• COLD53d [PATCH v7 3/4] KVM: arm64: PMU: Introduce FIXED_COUNTERS_ONLY
  2026-04-18 · Akihiko Odaki <hidden>
• COLD38d [PATCH RFC v3 9/9] docs: iio: add documentation for ad9910 driver
  2026-04-17 · Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay <devnull+rodrigo.alencar.analog.com@kernel.org>
• STALE62d [PATCH v6 3/4] KVM: arm64: PMU: Introduce FIXED_COUNTERS_ONLY
  2026-04-13 · Akihiko Odaki <hidden>
• STALE64d [PATCH v5 3/4] KVM: arm64: PMU: Introduce FIXED_COUNTERS_ONLY
  2026-04-11 · Akihiko Odaki <hidden>
• STALE64d [PATCH 3/5] compiler_attributes: Add overflow_behavior macros __ob_trap and __ob_wrap
  2026-03-31 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE83d [PATCH v3 19/22] docs: kernel-doc.rst: document private: scope propagation
  2026-03-17 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE83d [PATCH v3 01/22] docs: python: add helpers to run unit tests
  2026-03-17 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE89d [PATCH v4 3/4] KVM: arm64: PMU: Introduce FIXED_COUNTERS_ONLY
  2026-03-17 · Akihiko Odaki <hidden>
• STALE88d [PATCH v2 26/28] docs: kernel-doc.rst: document private: scope propagation
  2026-03-12 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE88d [PATCH v2 01/28] docs: python: add helpers to run unit tests
  2026-03-12 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 01/20] docs: python: add helpers to run unit tests
  2026-03-12 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE102d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 12/18] docs: kdoc_parser: move transform lists to a separate file
  2026-03-02 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE107d [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: arm64: PMU: Introduce FIXED_COUNTERS_ONLY
  2026-02-25 · Akihiko Odaki <hidden>
• STALE93d [PATCH 38/38] docs: kdoc_output: pick a better default for modulename
  2026-02-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE93d [PATCH 34/38] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: better handle troff .TH markups
  2026-02-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE93d [PATCH 36/38] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: don't allow "/" on file names
  2026-02-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE93d [PATCH 35/38] docs: kdoc_output: use a more standard order for .TH on man pages
  2026-02-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE93d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 26/38] docs: kdoc_parser: move transform lists to a separate file
  2026-02-18 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 32/41] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: allow -v override -q
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 33/41] tools: sphinx-build-wrapper: improve its help message
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 36/41] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: better handle troff .TH markups
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 37/41] docs: kdoc_output: use a more standard order for .TH on man pages
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 26/41] docs: kdoc_parser: move transform lists to a separate file
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2] crypto: af_alg - Remove zero-copy support from AF_ALG
  2026-05-04 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] crypto: af_alg - Remove zero-copy support from skcipher and aead
  2026-05-04 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@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.

• STALE205d Re: [PATCH v8 05/11] PCI/P2PDMA: Document DMABUF model
  2025-11-19 · Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
• STALE162d LANDED [PATCH v9 05/11] PCI/P2PDMA: Document DMABUF model
  2025-11-20 · Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
• STALE143d Re: [PATCH 01/26] kernel: Introduce meminspect
  2025-11-24 · Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
• STALE135d [PATCH v3 21/30] docs: python: add helpers to run unit tests
  2026-01-29 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 32/41] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: allow -v override -q
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 33/41] tools: sphinx-build-wrapper: improve its help message
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 36/41] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: better handle troff .TH markups
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 37/41] docs: kdoc_output: use a more standard order for .TH on man pages
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 39/41] docs: kdoc_output: pick a better default for modulename
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 40/41] docs: python: add helpers to run unit tests
  2026-01-31 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>