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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*.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)

• HOTtoday [PATCH] module: Fix use-after-free in module_put() tracepoint
  2026-10-29 15:24 · 1 reply in 7d · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM1d PENDING · 17 of 39 reviewed [PATCH v13 00/39] dyndbg: Fix classmaps API for subsystems, query extensions, selftests
  2026-10-27 20:22 · 2 replies in 7d · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] rust: macros: document emit_base in ModInfoBuilder
  2026-10-28 15:50 · 0 replies in 7d · Ivan Tverdohleb <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH RFC 0/2] kcov: collect early boot coverage of init_task
  2026-10-27 16:35 · 1 reply in 7d · Yunseong Kim <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-27
• Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-14

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday Re: [PATCH] module: Fix use-after-free in module_put() tracepoint
  2026-10-29 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] rust: macros: document emit_base in ModInfoBuilder
  2026-10-28 · Ivan Tverdohleb <hidden>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v13 22/39] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-10-27 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v13 19/39] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-10-27 · Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH RFC 1/2] kcov: collect early boot coverage of init_task
  2026-10-27 · Yunseong Kim <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v2] module: Fix use-after-free in module_put() tracepoint
  2026-10-22 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 3/3] module: Move mod_unload_taint to tracking.c
  2026-10-20 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 2/3] module: Fix data race on mod_unload_taint::count
  2026-10-20 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 1/3] module: Fix missing taint flags for unloaded modules
  2026-10-20 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] module: Fix use-after-free in module_put() tracepoint
  2026-10-19 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3] module: Add stubs.c for CONFIG_MODULES=n module_put_and_kthread_exit()
  2026-10-14 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v12 19/40] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-10-13 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v12 22/40] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-10-13 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COOLING8d [PATCH RFC 01/11] rust: print: use CStr for __LOG_PREFIX
  2026-10-11 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• COLD15d [PATCH module v2] module: Fix uninitialized count read of unloaded taint tracking record
  2026-10-10 · Binbin Deng <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH module v1] module: Fix uninitialized count read of unloaded taint tracking record
  2026-10-09 · Binbin Deng <hidden>
• COLD18d LANDED [PATCH v4 bpf-next 3/7] kbuild, btf: Expose vmlinux inline BTF through sysfs
  2026-10-09 · Alan Maguire <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH] module: drain external refs before freeing a failed-init module
  2026-10-07 · Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@linux.ibm.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 1/2] module: Add module_kallsyms_on_each_addr()
  2026-10-04 · Lawrence Lin via B4 Relay <devnull+deduce.gmail.com@kernel.org>
• COLD23d SUPERSEDED [PATCH v3 bpf-next 3/7] kbuild, btf: Expose vmlinux inline BTF through sysfs
  2026-10-03 · Alan Maguire <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH v2] module: Add stubs.c for CONFIG_MODULES=n module_put_and_kthread_exit()
  2026-10-02 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COLD24d [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/12] bpf, trace, net: prepare CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF checks for a tristate
  2026-10-01 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• COLD24d [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/12] bpf: take the vmlinux BTF from the btf_vmlinux module
  2026-10-01 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v11 5/7] module: allocate codetag sections before the regular module layout
  2026-09-29 · Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
• COLD20d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v11 4/7] module: introduce SH_ENTSIZE_STANDALONE for separately allocated sections
  2026-09-29 · Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
• COLD28d SUPERSEDED [PATCH bpf-next v3 8/9] bpf, trace, net: prepare CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF checks for a tristate
  2026-09-25 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• COLD28d SUPERSEDED [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/9] bpf: take the vmlinux BTF from the btf_vmlinux module
  2026-09-25 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• COLD34d SUPERSEDED [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/9] bpf: take the vmlinux BTF from the btf_vmlinux module
  2026-09-25 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• COLD28d SUPERSEDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v11 23/38] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
• COLD28d SUPERSEDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v11 20/38] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  2026-09-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

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 v14 19/92] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info +18 more in this series
  2026-04-23 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 12/17] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info +16 more in this series
  2026-05-04 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE86d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 05/14] module: Make mod_verify_sig() static +13 more in this series
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> · 3 Reviewed-by
• STALE149d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 19/25] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info +24 more in this series
  2026-06-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE119d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v5 15/18] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info +17 more in this series
  2026-07-02 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker) +39 more in this series
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com> · 4 Tested-by
• STALE98d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v7 25/29] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info +28 more in this series
  2026-07-21 · Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE86d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 1/2] module: remove MODULE_VERSION() +1 more in this series
  2026-07-31 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE84d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3 2/6] module/dups: Fix use-after-free in kmod_dup_req lifetime handling +5 more in this series
  2026-08-06 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD50d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 1/3] module/kallsyms: Rename is_mapping_symbol() to is_ignored_kernel_symbol() +2 more in this series
  2026-08-20 · Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> · 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.

• STALE195d [PATCH v2 06/19] crypto: add pluggable interface for module symbols referenced by the main kernel +18 more in this series
  2026-04-18 · Jay Wang <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.15] module: Override -EEXIST module return
  2026-04-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE86d [PATCH v5 04/14] module: Drop pointless debugging message +13 more in this series
  2026-05-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] module: stats: use strscpy() to copy failed module name
  2026-06-03 · Naveen Kumar Chaudhary <hidden>
• STALE98d [PATCH v7 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist +1 more in this series
  2026-07-24 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE84d [PATCH v8 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist +1 more in this series
  2026-07-24 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE84d [PATCH v3 4/6] module/dups: Use scope-based cleanup helpers +5 more in this series
  2026-08-06 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COLD41d [PATCH v11 2/3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules +2 more in this series
  2026-09-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD42d [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Validate the __version_ext_names section type +1 more in this series
  2026-09-17 · Fang Xieyan <hidden>