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• M Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
• R Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

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• F tools/lib/python/
• F tools/docs/
• F tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py
• X Documentation/ABI/
• X Documentation/admin-guide/media/
• X Documentation/devicetree/
• X Documentation/driver-api/media/
• X Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/
• X Documentation/i2c/
• X Documentation/netlink/
• X Documentation/power/
• X Documentation/spi/
• X Documentation/userspace-api/media/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• COOLING4d [PATCH 00/27] fs: port to const struct mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 12:16 · 14 replies in 7d · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3] Kconfig: fix typos in core makefiles/code and purge remaining ghosts (v3)
  2026-09-05 00:07 · 0 replies in 7d · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v3] ipe: fix invalid sgid value in audit event documentation
  2026-09-02 15:31 · 0 replies in 7d · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [Resend PATCH v2] ipe: fix typo
  2026-09-02 12:48 · 0 replies in 7d · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 00/10] Extend PKWM to support user-created wrapping keys
  2026-08-31 11:18 · 3 replies in 7d · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 00/15] BPF interface for applying Landlock rulesets
  2026-08-31 15:01 · 2 replies in 7d · Justin Suess <hidden>

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d [PATCH v3] Kconfig: fix typos in core makefiles/code and purge remaining ghosts (v3)
  2026-09-05 · Breno Rodrigues Alves <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v3] ipe: fix invalid sgid value in audit event documentation
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [Resend PATCH v2] ipe: fix typo
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 26/27] fs: port mnt_idmap() and file_mnt_idmap() to const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 24/27] fs: port ->setattr() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 23/27] fs: port ->getattr() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 22/27] fs: port ->create() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 21/27] fs: port ->symlink() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 20/27] fs: port ->mkdir() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 19/27] fs: port ->rename() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 18/27] fs: port ->mknod() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 17/27] fs: port ->tmpfile() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 16/27] fs: port ->get_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 15/27] fs: port ->set_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 14/27] fs: port ->fileattr_set() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 13/27] fs: port xattr to const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 12/27] fs: port ->permission() to pass const mnt_idmap
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 15/15] landlock: Document the BPF policy interface
  2026-08-31 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 08/15] lsm: Document the LSM policy object interface
  2026-08-31 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 09/10] keys/trusted_keys: enable PKWM wrapping key selection by label
  2026-08-31 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 08/10] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PKWM wrapping key life cycle management
  2026-08-31 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2 01/10] pseries/plpks: update PKS documentation and maintainer entry
  2026-08-31 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 6/6] landlock: Document MPTCP access rights
  2026-08-30 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 7/8] keys/trusted_keys: enable PKWM wrapping key selection by label
  2026-08-27 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 6/8] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PKWM wrapping key life cycle management
  2026-08-27 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 1/8] pseries/plpks: update PKS documentation and maintainer entry
  2026-08-27 · Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
• COOLING9d [PATCH v6 6/6] landlock: Link the erratum documentation for whiteout objects
  2026-08-13 · "Günther Noack" <gnoack@google.com>
• COLD19d [PATCH v2 05/13] security/keys: wipe key payloads before kdump
  2026-08-11 · Jan Sebastian Götte <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH v4 19/19] landlock: Document tracepoints
  2026-08-11 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
• COOLING9d [PATCH v4 4/5] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS
  2026-08-09 · Justin Suess <hidden>

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.

• STALE181d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v3 15/15] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename()
  2026-02-24 · NeilBrown <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-02-27 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE143d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4] KEYS: trusted: Debugging as a feature
  2026-04-15 · Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE61d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 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.

• STALE203d [PATCH v4 5/6] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-02-08 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE203d [PATCH v4 6/6] landlock: Document design rationale for scoped access rights
  2026-02-08 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] landlock: Expand restrict flags example for ABI version 8
  2026-02-21 · Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• STALE167d [PATCH v7 11/11] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-03-23 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• STALE158d [PATCH v4 10/13] ima: Add support for flushing the hash table when staging measurements
  2026-03-26 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• STALE158d [PATCH v4 13/13] doc: security: Add documentation of the IMA staging mechanism
  2026-03-26 · Roberto Sassu <hidden>
• STALE157d LANDED [PATCH v8 12/12] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
  2026-03-27 · Günther Noack <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH v2 17/17] landlock: Document tracepoints
  2026-04-06 · Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>