kernel selftest framework · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
• M Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest*
• F tools/testing/selftests/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 00/24] dynamic-debug cleanups refactors maintenance + alignment fix
  2026-06-01 12:06 · 2 replies in 7d · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Łukasz Bartosik <ukaszb@chromium.org>
  3 attestations (3 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-01
• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-01

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 24/24] dynamic_debug: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 22/24] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
  2026-06-01 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 22/24] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
  2026-05-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 16/17] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
  2026-05-04 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE75d [PATCH v2 2/2] tree-wide: rename do_exit() to task_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE67d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE67d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 7/8] sign-file: use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE90d [PATCH 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-02 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE153d Re: [RFC PATCH v1] module: Fix kernel panic when a symbol st_shndx is out of bounds
  2025-12-30 · Ihor Solodrai <hidden>
• STALE392d REVIEWED: 14 (14M) [PATCH v5 04/25] rcutorture: Make TREE04 use CONFIG_RCU_DYNTICKS_TORTURE
  2025-04-29 · Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
• STALE409d [PATCH v2] lib/test_kmod: do not hardcode/depend on any filesystem
  2025-04-18 · Herton R. Krzesinski <hidden>
• STALE493d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 06/10] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE
  2025-01-21 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE503d [PATCH 5/8] module: introduce MODULE_STATE_GONE
  2024-12-27 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• STALE496d [PATCH v6 14/15] selftests/digest_cache: Add selftests for the Integrity Digest Cache
  2024-11-19 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• STALE550d [PATCH v3] selftests: add new kallsyms selftests
  2024-10-21 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE753d [PATCH v2 2/2] livepatch: Delete the associated module of disabled livepatch
  2024-04-07 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE798d [RFC][PATCH 4/4] selftests/bpf: Support testing the !MODULES case
  2024-03-06 · Calvin Owens <hidden>
• STALE587d [PATCH v2 1/4] selftests: add new kallsyms selftests
  2024-01-29 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE854d Re: [PATCH 2/4] modules: Ensure 64-bit alignment on __ksymtab_* sections
  2023-12-22 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE1102d Re: [PATCH] kallsyms: remove unused arch_get_kallsym() helper
  2023-05-26 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE1092d [PATCH] selftests: allow runners to override the timeout
  2023-04-14 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE1181d [PATCH 2/2] selftests/firmware: increase timeout from 165 to 230
  2023-02-06 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE1181d [PATCH 1/2] selftests/kmod: increase the kmod timeout from 45 to 165
  2023-02-06 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE1165d Re: [PATCH v2] module: Don't wait for GOING modules
  2023-01-19 · Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
• STALE1229d LANDED: 3 (3M) [PATCHv3 bpf-next 2/3] selftests/bpf: Add serial_test_kprobe_multi_bench_attach_kernel/module tests
  2023-01-16 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• STALE1233d [PATCHv2 bpf-next 2/3] selftests/bpf: Add serial_test_kprobe_multi_bench_attach_kernel/module tests
  2023-01-13 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• STALE1235d Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] selftests: kmod: Add tests for merging same-name module load requests
  2023-01-12 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE1235d [PATCH v3 4/4] selftests: kmod: Add tests for merging same-name module load requests
  2022-10-16 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• STALE1481d Re: request_module DoS
  2022-05-09 · Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@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 (1M) [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE67d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE67d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 7/8] sign-file: use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 16/17] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
  2026-05-04 · 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.

• STALE90d [PATCH 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers
  2026-03-02 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>