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• hibernation: make safe_copy_page more robust and remove debug_pagealloc support v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH v2 4/5] hibernation, KFENCE: explicitly map/unmap KFENCE pages 2026-09-26
  2026-09-26 · Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
• mm/swap: reserve swap areas for deliberate offload v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] mm: restrict offload-only swap to proactive reclaim 2026-09-26
  2026-09-26 · Matthias Goergens <hidden>
• sched: introduce for_each_process_rculock and for_each_thread_rculock v4 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: REVIEWED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 02/15] mm/oom_kill: convert process/thread iterators to for_each_*_rculock 2026-09-21
  • [PATCH v4 03/15] mm/ksm: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-21
  • [PATCH v4 04/15] mm/memory-failure: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-21
  2026-09-21 · Ye Liu <hidden>
• PM: hibernate: encrypted snapshots under lockdown v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 2/4] PM: hibernate: confine encrypted snapshot writes 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
• hibernation: make safe_copy_page more robust and remove debug_pagealloc support v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 4/5] hibernation, KFENCE: explicitly map/unmap KFENCE pages 2026-09-17
  2026-09-17 · Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
• mm/swap, PM: hibernate: improve image slot allocation and I/O rfc · 6 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC PATCH 02/10] mm, swap: skip swap devices without a block device in hibernation lookups 2026-09-15
  • [RFC PATCH 03/10] mm, swap: move hibernation swap code to mm/swap_hibernate.c 2026-09-15
  • [RFC PATCH 04/10] mm, swap: skip swap cache reclaim while storage is suspended 2026-09-15
  • [RFC PATCH 05/10] mm, swap: hand the hibernation image whole free clusters 2026-09-15
  • [RFC PATCH 06/10] mm, swap: hand the image's free clusters out in disk order 2026-09-15
  • [RFC PATCH 10/10] mm, swap: hold swap space back for a hibernation image at swapon 2026-09-15
  2026-09-15 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
• mm/swap: reserve swap areas for deliberate offload rfc · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm: restrict offload-only swap to proactive reclaim 2026-09-14
  2026-09-14 · Matthias Goergens <hidden>
• sched: introduce for_each_process_rculock and for_each_thread_rculock v3 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 02/15] mm/oom_kill: convert process/thread iterators to for_each_*_rculock 2026-09-11
  • [PATCH v3 03/15] mm/ksm: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-11
  • [PATCH v3 04/15] mm/memory-failure: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-11
  2026-09-11 · Ye Liu <hidden>
• sched: introduce for_each_process_rculock and for_each_thread_rculock v2 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/8] mm/oom_kill: convert process/thread iterators to for_each_*_rculock 2026-09-07
  • [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/ksm: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-07
  • [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/memory-failure: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rculock 2026-09-07
  2026-09-07 · Ye Liu <hidden>
• arch, mm/execmem: resolve confusion about set_direct_map_valid_noflush() v3 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/6] set_memory: add number of pages parameter to set_direct_map APIs 2026-09-03
  • [PATCH v3 2/6] mm/vmalloc: set area's page_order after allocation succeeds 2026-09-03
  • [PATCH v3 3/6] mm/vmalloc: constify vm parameter of get_vm_area_page_order() 2026-09-03
  • [PATCH v3 4/6] mm/vmalloc: make set_area_direct_map HUGE_VMAP friendly 2026-09-03
  • [PATCH v3 5/6] mm/execmem: use VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for ROX cache allocations 2026-09-03
  2026-09-03 · Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
• arch, mm/execmem: resolve confusion about set_direct_map_valid_noflush() v2 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/6] set_memory: add number of pages parameter to set_direct_map APIs 2026-08-23
  • [PATCH v2 2/6] mm/vmalloc: set area's page_order after allocation succeeds 2026-08-23
  • [PATCH v2 3/6] mm/vmalloc: constify vm parameter of get_vm_area_page_order() 2026-08-23
  • [PATCH v2 4/6] mm/vmalloc: make set_area_direct_map HUGE_VMAP friendly 2026-08-23
  • [PATCH v2 5/6] mm/execmem: use VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for ROX cache allocations 2026-08-23
  2026-08-23 · Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
• arch, mm/execmem: resolve confusion about set_direct_map_valid_noflush() v1 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/6] set_memory: add number of pages parameter to set_direct_map APIs 2026-08-16
  • [PATCH 2/6] mm/vmalloc: set area's page_order after allocation succeeds 2026-08-16
  • [PATCH 3/6] mm/vmalloc: constify vm parameter of get_vm_area_page_order() 2026-08-16
  • [PATCH 4/6] mm/vmalloc: make set_area_direct_map HUGE_VMAP friendly 2026-08-16
  • [PATCH 5/6] mm/execmem: use VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for ROX cache allocations 2026-08-16
  2026-08-16 · Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
• PM: hibernate: encrypted snapshots under lockdown v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 4/4] PM: hibernate: harden encrypted snapshot write path 2026-08-04
  2026-08-04 · Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
• [PATCH] tools: Use fputc() calls in some functions 2026-07-23 · Markus Elfring <hidden>
• mm, swap: Virtual Swap Space (Swap Table Edition) rfc · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RFC PATCH 1/5] mm, swap: add virtual swap device infrastructure 2026-05-28
  • [RFC PATCH 2/5] mm, swap: support zswap and zeroswap as vswap backends 2026-05-28
  • [RFC PATCH 3/5] mm, swap: support physical swap as a vswap backend 2026-05-28
  • [RFC PATCH 4/5] mm, swap: only charge physical swap entries 2026-05-28
  • [RFC PATCH 5/5] mm, swap: add debugfs counters for vswap 2026-05-28
  2026-05-28 · Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
• mm: add huge pfnmap support for remap_pfn_range() v4 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH mm-unstable RFC v4 4/7] mm/huge_memory: refactor copy_huge_pmd() 2026-05-26
  • [PATCH mm-unstable RFC v4 5/7] mm/huge_memory: refactor __split_huge_pmd_locked() 2026-05-26
  • [PATCH mm-unstable RFC v4 6/7] mm/huge_memory: make move_huge_pmd() use has_deposited_pgtable() 2026-05-26
  • [PATCH mm-unstable RFC v4 7/7] mm: add PMD-level PFNMAP support for remap_pfn_range() 2026-05-26
  2026-05-26 · Yin Tirui <hidden>
• Convert moduleparams to seq_buf v1 · 3 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 11 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS 2026-05-21
  • [PATCH 08/11] params: Convert generic kernel_param_ops .get helpers to seq_buf 2026-05-21
  • [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci 2026-05-21
  2026-05-21 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v2] mm/page_alloc: tidy up pindex helpers 2026-05-17 · Brendan Jackman <hidden>
• mm: misc cleanups from __GFP_UNMAPPED series v1 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 1/4] mm: introduce for_each_free_list() 2026-05-13
  • [PATCH 2/4] mm/page_alloc: don't overload migratetype in find_suitable_fallback() 2026-05-13
  • [PATCH 3/4] mm: rejig pageblock mask definitions 2026-05-13
  • [PATCH 4/4] mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from pindex helpers 2026-05-13
  2026-05-13 · Brendan Jackman <hidden>
• Virtual Swap Space v6 · 21 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 01/22] mm/swap: decouple swap cache from physical swap infrastructure 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 03/22] mm: swap: add an abstract API for locking out swapoff 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 04/22] zswap: add new helpers for zswap entry operations 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 05/22] mm/swap: add a new function to check if a swap entry is in swap cached. 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 06/22] mm: swap: add a separate type for physical swap slots 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 07/22] mm: create scaffolds for the new virtual swap implementation 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 08/22] zswap: prepare zswap for swap virtualization 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 09/22] mm: swap: allocate a virtual swap slot for each swapped out page 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 10/22] swap: move swap cache to virtual swap descriptor 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 11/22] zswap: move zswap entry management to the virtual swap descriptor 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 12/22] swap: implement the swap_cgroup API using virtual swap 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 13/22] swap: manage swap entry lifecycle at the virtual swap layer 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 14/22] mm: swap: decouple virtual swap slot from backing store 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 15/22] zswap: do not start zswap shrinker if there is no physical swap slots 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 16/22] swap: do not unnecessarily pin readahead swap entries 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 17/22] swapfile: remove zeromap bitmap 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 18/22] memcg: swap: only charge physical swap slots 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 19/22] swap: simplify swapoff using virtual swap 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 20/22] swapfile: replace the swap map with bitmaps 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 21/22] vswap: batch contiguous vswap free calls 2026-05-05
  • [PATCH v6 22/22] vswap: cache cluster lookup 2026-05-05
  2026-05-05 · Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
• LANDED [PATCH] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: atomically replace hibernation pin 2026-04-30 · David Carlier <hidden>
• [PATCH] PM: hibernate: preserve uswsusp swap pin across SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA re-set failures 2026-04-14 · DaeMyung Kang <hidden>
• Direct Map Removal Support for guest_memfd v12 · 6 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 9 of 16 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v12 01/16] set_memory: set_direct_map_* to take address 2026-04-10
  • [PATCH v12 02/16] set_memory: add folio_{zap,restore}_direct_map helpers 2026-04-10
  • [PATCH v12 03/16] mm/secretmem: make use of folio_{zap,restore}_direct_map 2026-04-10
  • [PATCH v12 04/16] mm/gup: drop secretmem optimization from gup_fast_folio_allowed 2026-04-10
  • [PATCH v12 05/16] mm/gup: drop local variable in gup_fast_folio_allowed 2026-04-10
  • [PATCH v12 06/16] mm: introduce AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP 2026-04-10
  2026-04-10 · Kalyazin, Nikita <hidden>
• mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device v8 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v8 1/2] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device 2026-03-23
  • [PATCH v8 2/2] mm/swap: remove redundant swap device reference in alloc/free 2026-03-23
  2026-03-23 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
• mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race and optimize swap v7 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 1/2] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device 2026-03-21
  • [PATCH v7 2/2] mm/swap: remove redundant swap device reference in alloc/free 2026-03-21
  2026-03-21 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
• Virtual Swap Space v5 · 20 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 01/21] mm/swap: decouple swap cache from physical swap infrastructure 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 03/21] mm: swap: add an abstract API for locking out swapoff 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 04/21] zswap: add new helpers for zswap entry operations 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 05/21] mm/swap: add a new function to check if a swap entry is in swap cached. 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 06/21] mm: swap: add a separate type for physical swap slots 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 07/21] mm: create scaffolds for the new virtual swap implementation 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 08/21] zswap: prepare zswap for swap virtualization 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 09/21] mm: swap: allocate a virtual swap slot for each swapped out page 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 10/21] swap: move swap cache to virtual swap descriptor 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 11/21] zswap: move zswap entry management to the virtual swap descriptor 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 12/21] swap: implement the swap_cgroup API using virtual swap 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 13/21] swap: manage swap entry lifecycle at the virtual swap layer 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 14/21] mm: swap: decouple virtual swap slot from backing store 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 15/21] zswap: do not start zswap shrinker if there is no physical swap slots 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 16/21] swap: do not unnecesarily pin readahead swap entries 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 17/21] swapfile: remove zeromap bitmap 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 18/21] memcg: swap: only charge physical swap slots 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 19/21] swap: simplify swapoff using virtual swap 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 20/21] swapfile: replace the swap map with bitmaps 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v5 21/21] vswap: batch contiguous vswap free calls 2026-03-20
  2026-03-20 · Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
• mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race and optimize swap v6 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 1/3] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by pinning swap device 2026-03-20
  • [PATCH v6 2/3] mm/swap: remove redundant swap device reference in alloc/free 2026-03-20
  2026-03-20 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
• Fix swapoff race and cleanup in hibernation swap path v5 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 1/3] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by getting swap reference 2026-03-19
  • [PATCH v5 2/3] mm/swap: remove redundant swap device reference in alloc/free 2026-03-19
  2026-03-19 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>
• Virtual Swap Space v4 · 20 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 01/21] mm/swap: decouple swap cache from physical swap infrastructure 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 03/21] mm: swap: add an abstract API for locking out swapoff 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 04/21] zswap: add new helpers for zswap entry operations 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 05/21] mm/swap: add a new function to check if a swap entry is in swap cached. 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 06/21] mm: swap: add a separate type for physical swap slots 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 07/21] mm: create scaffolds for the new virtual swap implementation 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 08/21] zswap: prepare zswap for swap virtualization 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 09/21] mm: swap: allocate a virtual swap slot for each swapped out page 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 10/21] swap: move swap cache to virtual swap descriptor 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 11/21] zswap: move zswap entry management to the virtual swap descriptor 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 12/21] swap: implement the swap_cgroup API using virtual swap 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 13/21] swap: manage swap entry lifecycle at the virtual swap layer 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 14/21] mm: swap: decouple virtual swap slot from backing store 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 15/21] zswap: do not start zswap shrinker if there is no physical swap slots 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 16/21] swap: do not unnecesarily pin readahead swap entries 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 17/21] swapfile: remove zeromap bitmap 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 18/21] memcg: swap: only charge physical swap slots 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 19/21] swap: simplify swapoff using virtual swap 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 20/21] swapfile: replace the swap map with bitmaps 2026-03-18
  • [PATCH v4 21/21] vswap: batch contiguous vswap free calls 2026-03-18
  2026-03-18 · Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
• mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race and optimize swap v4 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 1/3] mm/swap, PM: hibernate: fix swapoff race in uswsusp by getting swap reference 2026-03-17
  • [PATCH v4 2/3] mm/swap: remove redundant swap device reference in alloc/free 2026-03-17
  2026-03-17 · Youngjun Park <youngjun.park@lge.com>