vmalloc · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
• M Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/vmalloc.h
• F mm/vmalloc.c
• F mm/vmalloc.h
• F lib/test_vmalloc.c

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM3d [PATCH v2 0/8] mm: distinguish PTE table storage from PTE values
  2026-09-03 10:31 · 1 reply in 7d · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>

Recent patches

Most-recent 21 patches in this subsystem on linux-perf-users, ordered by date desc.

• WARM3d [PATCH v2 3/8] mm: use hw_pte_t for generic PTE table storage
  2026-09-03 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH 4/9] mm: use hw_pte_t for generic PTE table storage
  2026-08-06 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH 2/9] mm: make hw_pte_t visible to generic PTE interfaces
  2026-08-06 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• COLD37d [PATCH RFC 04/11] mm: use hw_pte_t for generic PTE table storage
  2026-07-27 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• COLD37d [PATCH RFC 02/11] mm: make hw_pte_t visible to generic PTE interfaces
  2026-07-27 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• STALE529d [PATCH v4 29/30] x86/mm, mm/vmalloc: Defer flush_tlb_kernel_range() targeting NOHZ_FULL CPUs
  2025-01-14 · Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
• STALE535d [PATCH RFC v2 17/29] mm: asi: Map vmalloc/vmap data as nonsensitive
  2025-01-10 · Brendan Jackman <hidden>
• STALE535d [PATCH RFC v2 11/29] mm: asi: Functions to map/unmap a memory range into ASI page tables
  2025-01-10 · Brendan Jackman <hidden>
• STALE711d [PATCH V2 7/7] mm: Use pgdp_get() for accessing PGD entries
  2024-09-17 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE711d [PATCH V2 6/7] mm: Use p4dp_get() for accessing P4D entries
  2024-09-17 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE711d [PATCH V2 5/7] mm: Use pudp_get() for accessing PUD entries
  2024-09-17 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE711d [PATCH V2 4/7] mm: Use pmdp_get() for accessing PMD entries
  2024-09-17 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE720d [PATCH 7/7] mm: Use pgdp_get() for accessing PGD entries
  2024-09-13 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE720d [PATCH 6/7] mm: Use p4dp_get() for accessing P4D entries
  2024-09-13 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE720d [PATCH 4/7] mm: Use pmdp_get() for accessing PMD entries
  2024-09-13 · Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
• STALE1079d [RFC PATCH 2/4] mm: Add vmalloc_user_node()
  2023-08-21 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE1106d [PATCH] mm: Add vmalloc_user_node()
  2023-08-20 · "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE1312d [PATCH v2 3/6] mm: replace vma->vm_flags direct modifications with modifier calls
  2023-01-25 · Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
• STALE1447d Re: [PATCH 3/3] usercopy: Add find_vmap_area_try() to avoid deadlocks
  2022-09-16 · Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE1447d Re: [PATCH 3/3] usercopy: Add find_vmap_area_try() to avoid deadlocks
  2022-09-16 · Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
• STALE1447d [PATCH 3/3] usercopy: Add find_vmap_area_try() to avoid deadlocks
  2022-09-16 · Kees Cook <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.

• COLD37d [PATCH RFC 02/11] mm: make hw_pte_t visible to generic PTE interfaces
  2026-07-27 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>
• COLD37d [PATCH RFC 04/11] mm: use hw_pte_t for generic PTE table storage
  2026-07-27 · Muhammad Usama Anjum <hidden>