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)

• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 0/3] Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-21 13:12 · 2 replies in 7d · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-21
• 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 27 patches in this subsystem on linux-nfs, ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 3/3] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COLD15d [PATCH 2/2] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COLD15d [PATCH 1/2] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE128d [PATCH v2 2/2] tree-wide: rename do_exit() to task_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE128d [PATCH v2 1/2] kthread: remove kthread_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE100d [PATCH 17/61] module: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE100d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE137d [PATCH] kthread: remove kthread_exit()
  2026-03-06 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COLD19d [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>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v18 01/42] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE236d [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>
• STALE236d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v17 02/47] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE2213d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 1/5] selftests: kmod: Use variable NAME in kmod_test_0001()
  2020-06-10 · "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE2213d [PATCH 5/5] selftests: simplify kmod failure value
  2020-06-10 · "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE2213d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 3/5] test_kmod: Avoid potential double free in trigger_config_run_type()
  2020-06-10 · "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• STALE3236d [PATCH 4/9] Allow processes to be forked and upcalled into a container
  2017-05-22 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
• STALE5232d [PATCH 6/6] kmod: optional: Convert the use of xchg to a kref
  2012-03-27 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• STALE5232d [PATCH 5/6] kmod: Add new call_usermodehelper_timeout() API
  2012-03-27 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• STALE5232d [PATCH 3/6] kmod: Move call_usermodehelper_fns() to .c file and unexport all it's helpers
  2012-03-27 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 1/6] kmod: Unexport call_usermodehelper_freeinfo()
  2012-03-27 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• STALE5232d [RFC 4/4] {RFC} kmod.c: Add new call_usermodehelper_timeout() API
  2012-03-20 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• STALE5232d [PATCH 3/4] kmod: Move call_usermodehelper_fns() to .c file and unexport it's helpers
  2012-03-20 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 1/4] kmod: Un-export call_usermodehelper_freeinfo()
  2012-03-20 · Boaz Harrosh <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH] KEYS/DNS: Fix ____call_usermodehelper() to not lose the session keyring [ver #2]
  2011-06-17 · David Howells <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH] KEYS/DNS: Fix ____call_usermodehelper() to not lose the session keyring
  2011-06-16 · David Howells <hidden>

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.

• STALE100d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>