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

• proc: let procfs own the data path (Part 2/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 03/23] proc: share the readdir cursor with sysctl 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: fix a few old bugs in /proc handlers (Part 1/7) v2 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 51 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 14/51] proc: sysctl: don't stop readdir at an entry that is being unregistered 2026-11-04
  • [PATCH RESEND v2 44/51] proc: sysctl: resume readdir after the last name it returned 2026-11-04
  • [PATCH RESEND v2 46/51] proc: sysctl: copy to and from userspace without holding the table 2026-11-04
  • [PATCH RESEND v2 47/51] proc: sysctl: look at the table under sysctl_lock when creating an inode 2026-11-04
  • [PATCH RESEND v2 48/51] proc: sysctl: don't hold the tables while readdir copies to userspace 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: fix a few old bugs in /proc handlers rfc · 4 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH RFC 31/38] proc: sysctl: resume readdir after the last name it returned 2026-11-02
  • [PATCH RFC 33/38] proc: sysctl: copy to and from userspace without holding the table 2026-11-02
  • [PATCH RFC 34/38] proc: sysctl: look at the table under sysctl_lock when creating an inode 2026-11-02
  • [PATCH RFC 35/38] proc: sysctl: don't hold the tables while readdir copies to userspace 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• multiple-filesystems: prepare for changes to VFS locking v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 6/7] procfs: drop parent lock for d_alloc_parallel() in iterate_shared() 2026-09-29
  2026-09-29 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• Treewide: enforce static storage for object initializers v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 17/17] sysctl: assert static storage for DEFINE_CTL_TABLE_POLL() 2026-09-15
  2026-09-15 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• lift lookup out of exclive lock for dir ops rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel() 2026-03-12
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• sysctl: Move sysctls to their respective subsystems (second batch) v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 05/12] parisc/power: Move soft-power into power.c 2025-05-09
  • [PATCH 06/12] fork: mv threads-max into kernel/fork.c 2025-05-09
  2025-05-09 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• REVIEWED · 3 reviews, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v2] treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-10 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-09 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• Accelerate page migration with batching and multi threads rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [RFC PATCH 5/5] test: add sysctl for folio copy tests and adjust NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION 2025-01-03
  2025-01-03 · Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
• mm/page_alloc: Introduce a new sysctl knob vm.pcp_batch_scale_max v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 3/3] mm/page_alloc: Introduce a new sysctl knob vm.pcp_batch_scale_max 2024-07-07
  2024-07-07 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• sysctl: Remove sentinel check from sysctl internals v1 · 6 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 3/8] sysctl: Remove check for sentinel element in ctl_table arrays 2024-06-04
  • [PATCH 4/8] sysctl: Replace nr_entries with ctl_table_size in new_links 2024-06-04
  • [PATCH 5/8] sysctl: Remove superfluous empty allocations from sysctl internals 2024-06-04
  • [PATCH 6/8] sysctl: Remove "child" sysctl code comments 2024-06-04
  • [PATCH 7/8] sysctl: Remove ctl_table sentinel code comments 2024-06-04
  • [PATCH 8/8] sysctl: Warn on an empty procname element 2024-06-04
  2024-06-04 · Joel Granados via B4 Relay <devnull+j.granados.samsung.com@kernel.org>
• sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table argument of sysctl handlers v3 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 11 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 10/11] sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function 2024-04-23
  • [PATCH v3 11/11] sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of handlers 2024-04-23
  2024-04-23 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• sysctl: treewide: constify ctl_table argument of sysctl handlers v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 10/11] sysctl: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function 2024-03-15
  • [PATCH 11/11] sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of handlers 2024-03-15
  2024-03-15 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from fs dir v2 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 4 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/4] fs: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2023-11-21
  • [PATCH v2 3/4] sysctl: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2023-11-21
  2023-11-21 · Joel Granados via B4 Relay <devnull+j.granados.samsung.com@kernel.org>
• sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from fs dir v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 2/4] aio: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2023-11-07
  • [PATCH 3/4] sysctl: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2023-11-07
  2023-11-07 · Joel Granados via B4 Relay <devnull+j.granados.samsung.com@kernel.org>
• fs: implement multigrain timestamps v7 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 12 of 13 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 02/13] fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr 2023-08-07
  2023-08-07 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• fs: implement multigrain timestamps v6 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v6 1/7] fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr 2023-07-25
  2023-07-25 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• fs: implement multigrain timestamps v5 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v5 1/8] fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr 2023-07-13
  2023-07-13 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• Remove the end element in sysctl table arrays. v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 08/11] sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl_init 2023-06-21
  2023-06-21 · Joel Granados <hidden>
• splice: Kill ITER_PIPE v22 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v22 12/31] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use copy_splice_read() 2023-05-22
  2023-05-22 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• splice: Kill ITER_PIPE v21 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v21 12/30] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use copy_splice_read() 2023-05-20
  2023-05-20 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• splice, block: Use page pinning and kill ITER_PIPE v20 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 13 of 32 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v20 09/32] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-05-19
  2023-05-19 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• fs: implement multigrain timestamps v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 1/9] fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr 2023-05-18
  2023-05-18 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• splice, block: Use page pinning and kill ITER_PIPE v19 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v19 06/15] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-03-15
  2023-03-15 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• splice, block: Use page pinning and kill ITER_PIPE v18 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v18 06/15] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-03-14
  2023-03-14 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• splice, block: Use page pinning and kill ITER_PIPE v17 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v17 06/14] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-03-08
  2023-03-08 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• splice, block: Use page pinning and kill ITER_PIPE v16 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v16 05/13] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-03-08
  2023-03-08 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• iov_iter: Improve page extraction (pin or just list) v14 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 10 of 17 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v14 07/17] tty, proc, kernfs, random: Use direct_splice_read() 2023-02-14
  2023-02-14 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• iov_iter: Adjust styling/location of new splice functions v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 5 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 5/5] shmem, overlayfs, coda, tty, proc, kernfs, random: Fix splice-read 2023-02-14
  2023-02-14 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>