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

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH v8 00/10] Fix missing fops.owner in Rust DRM/misc abstractions
  2026-07-13 06:48 · 2 replies in 7d · Alvin Sun <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  8 attestations (8 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-13
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  8 attestations (8 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-13
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  6 attestations (6 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-13
• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-08
• Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
  2 attestations (2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-09
• Harry Yoo <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Gwan-gyeong Mun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yunseong Kim <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v8 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v8 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v7 3/4] kallsyms: delta-compress lineinfo tables for ~2.7x size reduction
  2026-07-09 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v7 2/4] kallsyms: extend lineinfo to loadable modules
  2026-07-09 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 2/2] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 1/2] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6 24/24] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-07-08 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v6 20/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-07-08 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-07-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH] module: validate string table section types
  2026-07-08 · Thiébaud Weksteen <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v6 3/4] kallsyms: delta-compress lineinfo tables for ~2.7x size reduction
  2026-07-06 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v6 2/4] kallsyms: extend lineinfo to loadable modules
  2026-07-06 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• WARM1d Re: [PATCH net v2] ppp: defer channel free to an RCU grace period to fix pppol2tp RX UAF
  2026-07-06 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• WARM3d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH v3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-07-06 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COOLING14d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 15/18] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-07-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH v5] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-30 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD22d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD22d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH v4 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH v4 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-06-22 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD15d [PATCH v3 5/7] kernel: Use mutable list iterators
  2026-06-22 · Kaitao Cheng <hidden>
• COLD24d [PATCH v3 1/6] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-22 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD22d [PATCH] module: annotate failed-module stats list traversal
  2026-06-21 · Runyu Xiao <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH v4] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-19 · Malte Wechter <hidden>

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.

• STALE185d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v2 02/11] rust: macros: use `quote!` from vendored crate
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE185d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 09/11] rust: macros: allow arbitrary types to be used in `module!` macro
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE185d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v2 10/11] rust: macros: rearrange `#[doc(hidden)]` in `module!` macro
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3 02/12] rust: macros: use `quote!` from vendored crate
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 04/12] rust: macros: use `syn` to parse `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v3 09/12] rust: macros: allow arbitrary types to be used in `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE169d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3 10/12] rust: macros: rearrange `#[doc(hidden)]` in `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE133d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 4/8] module: Give MODULE_SIG_STRING a more descriptive name
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE112d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 4/8] module: Give MODULE_SIG_STRING a more descriptive name
  2026-03-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3] module: print version for external modules in print_modules()
  2026-03-10 · Yafang Shao <hidden> · 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.

• STALE210d [PATCH 1/2] module: add -EEXIST documentation
  2025-12-18 · Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
• STALE196d [PATCH RFC 2/6] rust: WIP: Introduce ThisModule trait and THIS_MODULE impl
  2026-01-01 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE191d [PATCH RFC v2 02/11] rust: add new ThisModule trait and THIS_MODULE impl
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE191d [PATCH RFC v2 10/11] rust: remove kernel::ModuleMetadata
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE170d [PATCH RFC v3 14/15] rust: remove kernel::ModuleMetadata
  2026-01-10 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE126d [PATCH v4 17/17] kbuild: make CONFIG_MODULE_HASHES compatible with module stripping
  2026-01-13 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE168d [PATCH v9 16/32] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-01-29 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE168d [PATCH v9 22/32] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-01-29 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• STALE141d [PATCH 06/17] crypto: add pluggable interface for builtin crypto modules
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• STALE141d [PATCH 10/17] build: add CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES support for the standalone crypto kernel module
  2026-02-12 · Jay Wang <hidden>