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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-14 15:03 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v16 0/9] blk: honor isolcpus configuration
  2026-09-10 16:43 · 1 reply in 7d · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 00/39] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-08 20:06 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Laurence Oberman <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Tested-by) · last on 2026-09-02
• Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-10
• Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-10
• Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-31

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 09/40] docs: filesystems: update mmap_prepare docs for discontig kernel pgs
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v16 9/9] docs: add managed_irq_strict flag to isolcpus
  2026-09-10 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 08/39] docs: filesystems: update mmap_prepare docs for discontig kernel pgs
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING11d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6/9] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-09-02 · David Jeffery <hidden>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v5] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-31 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
• COOLING5d IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH] dma-mapping: rename dma_opt_mapping_size()
  2026-08-31 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
• COLD17d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6/9] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-08-21 · David Jeffery <hidden>
• COLD27d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-17 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] scsi: leapraid: standardize NCQ priority sysfs attributes
  2026-08-14 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• COLD31d [PATCH] scsi: leapraid: standardize NCQ priority sysfs attributes
  2026-08-14 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• COLD28d [PATCH 13/13] docs: nvme-multipath: Add FC-NVMe marginal state
  2026-08-12 · Jesse Taube <hidden>
• COLD32d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-10 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
• COLD36d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v5 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-08-04 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• COLD54d [RFC PATCH 2/4] vhost: host kernel support for SQ/CQ polling
  2026-07-20 · rom.wang <hidden>
• COLD45d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v19 5/7] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-07-17 · Tarun Sahu <hidden>
• STALE63d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 3/5] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-07-01 · David Jeffery <hidden>
• STALE84d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v4 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-22 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• STALE88d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v3 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-18 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• STALE90d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 3/5] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-06-16 · David Jeffery <hidden>
• STALE103d [PATCH v2 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-02 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• STALE105d [PATCH 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-01 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• STALE105d REVIEWED: 8 (5M) [PATCH 3/5] driver core: async device shutdown infrastructure
  2026-05-18 · David Jeffery <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 2/2] scsi: mpt3sas: add hwmon support
  2026-05-12 · Louis Sautier <hidden>
• STALE115d [PATCH v2] scsi: st: fix typo in documentation
  2026-05-02 · Wang Zihan <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 4/4] scsi: st: fix typo in documentation
  2026-05-02 · Wang Zihan <hidden>
• STALE115d [PATCH 12/12] null_blk: Add support for REQ_OP_COPY_*
  2026-04-24 · Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
• STALE132d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v12 13/13] docs: add io_queue flag to isolcpus
  2026-04-22 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE144d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v11 13/13] docs: add io_queue flag to isolcpus
  2026-04-16 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE151d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v10 13/13] docs: add io_queue flag to isolcpus
  2026-04-01 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• STALE165d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v9 13/13] docs: add io_queue flag to isolcpus
  2026-03-30 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.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.

• COLD36d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH v5 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-08-04 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD32d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-10 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v2] scsi: leapraid: standardize NCQ priority sysfs attributes
  2026-08-14 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD27d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-17 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v5] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
  2026-08-31 · John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> · 2 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.

• STALE181d [PATCH 06/15] mm: add mmap_action_simple_ioremap()
  2026-03-12 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE181d [PATCH 11/15] staging: vme_user: replace deprecated mmap hook with mmap_prepare
  2026-03-12 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE179d [PATCH v2 02/16] mm: add documentation for the mmap_prepare file operation callback
  2026-03-16 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• STALE179d [PATCH v2 04/16] mm: add vm_ops->mapped hook
  2026-03-16 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 4/4] scsi: st: fix typo in documentation
  2026-05-02 · Wang Zihan <hidden>
• STALE105d [PATCH 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-01 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• STALE103d [PATCH v2 2/2] scsi: leapraid: Add driver documentation
  2026-06-02 · Dongdong Hao <doubled@leap-io-kernel.com>
• COLD54d [RFC PATCH 2/4] vhost: host kernel support for SQ/CQ polling
  2026-07-20 · rom.wang <hidden>