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

• mm: change behavior of pXdp_get()/pXd_page() in compile-time folded pgtable v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH RESEND v2 08/21] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud/pmd pass in walk_pud/pmd_range() 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v5 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v5 01/12] mm/khugepaged: deposit a newly allocated page table on collapse 2026-09-25
  • [PATCH v5 11/12] mm: userland pgtable freeing is RCU-safe now, remove leftover bits 2026-09-25
  • [PATCH v5 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-25
  2026-09-25 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v4 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 01/12] mm/khugepaged: deposit a newly allocated page table on collapse 2026-09-22
  • [PATCH v4 11/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe 2026-09-22
  • [PATCH v4 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-22
  2026-09-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: change behavior of pXdp_get()/pXd_page() in compile-time folded pgtable v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 08/21] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud/pmd pass in walk_pud/pmd_range() 2026-09-21
  2026-09-21 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• file: handle files on syscall exit rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC POC 25/50] file: reimplement FD_PREPARE() on the deferred fd_prepare() path 2026-09-15
  2026-09-15 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v3 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 01/12] mm/huge_memory: zap deposited page tables after an RCU grace period 2026-09-11
  • [PATCH v3 11/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe 2026-09-11
  • [PATCH v3 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-11
  2026-09-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v2 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 01/12] mm/huge_memory: zap deposited page tables after an RCU grace period 2026-09-08
  • [PATCH v2 11/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe 2026-09-08
  • [PATCH v2 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: change behavior of pXdp_get()/pXd_page() in compile-time folded pgtable v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 21 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RFC v3 08/21] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud/pmd pass in walk_pud/pmd_range() 2026-09-02
  2026-09-02 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v1 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 01/12] mm/huge_memory: zap deposited page tables after an RCU grace period 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 11/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-01
  2026-09-01 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 1/8] mm: Make ptval_to_str() generally available 2026-08-31
  • [PATCH 2/8] mm: Stop using pxd_ERROR() 2026-08-31
  2026-08-31 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() v3 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 8 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC V3 1/8] mm: Make ptrval_to_str() generally available 2026-08-18
  • [RFC V3 2/8] mm: Stop using pxd_ERROR() 2026-08-18
  2026-08-18 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC V2 6/6] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() 2026-08-11
  2026-08-11 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH RFC v2 08/20] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud pass in wallk_pud_range() 2026-07-22
  • [PATCH RFC v2 13/20] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot() 2026-07-22
  2026-07-22 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out rfc · 1 matching patch

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  • [RFC PATCH 11/34] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud pass in wallk_pud_range() 2026-07-13
  2026-07-13 · Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
• mm: convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t v2 · 12 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 02/13] mm/vma: update do_mmap() to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 03/13] mm: convert __get_unmapped_area() to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 04/13] mm: update generic_get_unmapped_area[_topdown]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 05/13] mm: prefer mm->def_vma_flags in mm logic 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 06/13] mm/vma: convert vm_pgprot_modify() to use vma_flags_t and rename 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 07/13] mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 09/13] mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 10/13] mm/vma: convert miscellaneous uses of VMA flags in core mm 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 11/13] mm/mlock: convert mlock code to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 12/13] mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  • [PATCH v2 13/13] mm/mremap: convert mremap code to use vma_flags_t 2026-07-11
  2026-07-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t v1 · 12 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 02/13] mm/vma: update do_mmap() to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 03/13] mm: convert __get_unmapped_area() to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 04/13] mm: update generic_get_unmapped_area[_topdown]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 05/13] mm: prefer mm->def_vma_flags in mm logic 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 06/13] mm/vma: convert vm_pgprot_modify() to use vma_flags_t and rename 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 07/13] mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 09/13] mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 10/13] mm/vma: convert miscellaneous uses of VMA flags in core mm 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 11/13] mm/mlock: convert mlock code to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 12/13] mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  • [PATCH 13/13] mm/mremap: convert mremap code to use vma_flags_t 2026-06-29
  2026-06-29 · Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
• uaccess: Convert small fixed size copy_{to/from}_user() to scoped user access v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH v1 5/9] uaccess: Switch to copy_{to/from}_user_partial() when relevant 2026-04-27
  2026-04-27 · Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org>
• mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code v4 · 9 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 13 of 25 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 03/25] mm/vma: add further vma_flags_t unions 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 05/25] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 09/25] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 17/25] mm: convert do_brk_flags() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 18/25] mm: update vma_supports_mlock() to use new VMA flags 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 21/25] mm/vma: convert as much as we can in mm/vma.c to vma_flags_t 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 23/25] mm/vma: convert vma_modify_flags[_uffd]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 24/25] mm/vma: convert __mmap_region() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v4 25/25] mm: simplify VMA flag tests of excluded flags 2026-03-20
  2026-03-20 · Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code v3 · 8 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v3 03/23] mm/vma: add further vma_flags_t unions 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 05/23] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 09/23] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 17/23] mm: convert do_brk_flags() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 18/23] mm: update vma_supports_mlock() to use new VMA flags 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 21/23] mm/vma: convert as much as we can in mm/vma.c to vma_flags_t 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 22/23] mm/vma: convert vma_modify_flags[_uffd]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v3 23/23] mm/vma: convert __mmap_region() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-18
  2026-03-18 · Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code v2 · 8 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 03/23] mm/vma: add further vma_flags_t unions 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 05/23] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 09/23] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 17/23] mm: convert do_brk_flags() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 18/23] mm: update vma_supports_mlock() to use new VMA flags 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 21/23] mm/vma: convert as much as we can in mm/vma.c to vma_flags_t 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 22/23] mm/vma: convert vma_modify_flags[_uffd]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-16
  • [PATCH v2 23/23] mm/vma: convert __mmap_region() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-16
  2026-03-16 · Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code v1 · 7 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 03/20] mm/vma: add further vma_flags_t unions 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 05/20] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 09/20] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 13/20] mm: convert do_brk_flags() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 18/20] mm/vma: convert as much as we can in mm/vma.c to vma_flags_t 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 19/20] mm/vma: convert vma_modify_flags[_uffd]() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 20/20] mm/vma: convert __mmap_region() to use vma_flags_t 2026-03-12
  2026-03-12 · Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
• treewide: Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check - refactor v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 4 of 61 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 33/61] mm: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check 2026-03-10
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• enable PT_RECLAIM on more 64-bit architectures v4 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 2 of 8 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 1/8] mm: change mm/pt_reclaim.c to use asm/tlb.h instead of asm-generic/tlb.h 2026-01-27
  • [PATCH v4 7/8] mm: convert __HAVE_ARCH_TLB_REMOVE_TABLE to CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TLB_REMOVE_TABLE config 2026-01-27
  • [PATCH v4 8/8] mm: make PT_RECLAIM depends on MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE 2026-01-27
  2026-01-27 · Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v3 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 8 of 29 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 23/29] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of nodes, zones and memory map 2026-01-11
  • [PATCH v3 24/29] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2026-01-11
  • [PATCH v3 27/29] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2026-01-11
  • [PATCH v3 28/29] mm/hugetlb: drop hugetlb_cma_check() 2026-01-11
  • [PATCH v3 29/29] Revert "mm/hugetlb: deal with multiple calls to hugetlb_bootmem_alloc" 2026-01-11
  2026-01-11 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] mm/pgtable: convert pgtable_t to ptdesc pointer 2026-01-07 · alexs@kernel.org
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v2 · 5 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v2 22/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of nodes, zones and memory map 2026-01-02
  • [PATCH v2 23/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2026-01-02
  • [PATCH v2 26/28] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2026-01-02
  • [PATCH v2 27/28] mm/hugetlb: drop hugetlb_cma_check() 2026-01-02
  • [PATCH v2 28/28] Revert "mm/hugetlb: deal with multiple calls to hugetlb_bootmem_alloc" 2026-01-02
  2026-01-02 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v1 · 5 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 22/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of nodes, zones and memory map 2025-12-28
  • [PATCH 23/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2025-12-28
  • [PATCH 26/28] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2025-12-28
  • [PATCH 27/28] mm/hugetlb: drop hugetlb_cma_check() 2025-12-28
  • [PATCH 28/28] Revert "mm/hugetlb: deal with multiple calls to hugetlb_bootmem_alloc" 2025-12-28
  2025-12-28 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• enable PT_RECLAIM on all 64-bit architectures v3 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 7 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/7] mm: change mm/pt_reclaim.c to use asm/tlb.h instead of asm-generic/tlb.h 2025-12-17
  • [PATCH v3 7/7] mm: make PT_RECLAIM depends on MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE 2025-12-17
  2025-12-17 · Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
• enable PT_RECLAIM on all 64-bit architectures v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 1/7] mm: change mm/pt_reclaim.c to use asm/tlb.h instead of asm-generic/tlb.h 2025-11-19
  • [PATCH v2 7/7] mm: enable PT_RECLAIM on all 64-bit architectures 2025-11-19
  2025-11-19 · Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>
• enable PT_RECLAIM on all 64-bit architectures v1 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH 7/7] mm: make PT_RECLAIM depend on MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE && 64BIT 2025-11-14
  2025-11-14 · Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>