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*.rs
• F rust/macros/module.rs
• F scripts/module*
• F tools/testing/selftests/kmod/
• F tools/testing/selftests/module/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/12] bpf: make the vmlinux BTF an on-demand loadable module (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=m) to save ~5.4 MB memory
  2026-10-01 22:54 · 2 replies in 7d · Jay Wang <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  6 attestations (6 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-23

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/12] bpf, trace, net: prepare CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF checks for a tristate
  2026-10-01 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/12] bpf: take the vmlinux BTF from the btf_vmlinux module
  2026-10-01 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v11 23/38] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v11 20/38] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v10 20/38] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-16 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v10 23/38] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-16 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD23d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v9 21/39] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-09 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD23d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v9 24/39] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-09 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 27/43] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 24/43] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• COLD27d [PATCH v3] tracing: Export live module tracepoint strings in printk_formats
  2026-08-11 · Cao Ruichuang <hidden>
• COLD52d REVIEWED: 39 (39M) [PATCH v10 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-08-11 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD52d REVIEWED: 39 (39M) [PATCH v10 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-08-11 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE62d REVIEWED: 38 (38M) [PATCH v9 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE62d REVIEWED: 38 (38M) [PATCH v9 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7 28/29] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-07-21 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7 25/29] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-07-21 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v8 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v8 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v7 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE99d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v7 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE99d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v6 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE99d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v6 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE102d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE102d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE103d [PATCH v4 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE103d [PATCH v4 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE104d [PATCH v3 1/6] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-22 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE124d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 19/25] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

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 (1M) [PATCH v14 19/92] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-04-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE145d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 12/17] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-05-04 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE132d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE124d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 19/25] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-06-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE102d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE102d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 24/43] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD29d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v8 27/43] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-05 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD23d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v9 21/39] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-09 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 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.

• STALE153d [PATCH v6 03/11] umh: add dirfd parameter
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE132d [PATCH v2 24/24] dyndbg: improve section names
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>