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-mm (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• COLD50d [PATCH v6 03/11] umh: add dirfd parameter
  2026-05-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE83d [RFC PATCH] modules: extend {kstrdup,kfree}_const() to handle per-module .rodata
  2026-03-27 · Dmitry Antipov <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>
• STALE186d [PATCH v7 23/31] module: Add MOD_NOINSTR_TEXT mem_type
  2025-11-14 · Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
• STALE229d [PATCH v6 22/29] module: Add MOD_NOINSTR_TEXT mem_type
  2025-10-10 · Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.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>
• STALE305d REVIEWED: 19 (18M) [PATCH v3 2/8] execmem: introduce execmem_alloc_rw()
  2025-07-13 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE346d [PATCH v2 2/8] execmem: introduce execmem_alloc_rw()
  2025-07-09 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE350d [PATCH 2/8] execmem: introduce execmem_alloc_rw()
  2025-07-04 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE397d [PATCH 1/1] alloc_tag: handle module codetag load errors as module load failures
  2025-05-21 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
• 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>
• STALE504d LANDED [PATCH v3 6/9] module: switch to execmem API for remapping as RW and restoring ROX
  2025-01-26 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE514d Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE
  2025-01-24 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE514d [PATCH v2 07/10] module: switch to execmem API for remapping as RW and restoring ROX
  2025-01-21 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE514d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 06/10] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE
  2025-01-21 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE525d [PATCH 6/8] modules: switch to execmem API for remapping as RW and restoring ROX
  2024-12-27 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE525d [PATCH 5/8] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE
  2024-12-27 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE599d [PATCH 1/1] alloc_tag: fix empty codetag module section handling
  2024-11-01 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>

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>