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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-sh touching this subsystem.

• Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 5 of 9 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 1/9] Compiler Attributes: Add __must_init macro 2026-11-08
  2026-11-08 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• proc: convert the driver entries (Part 4/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 26 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 24/26] ALSA: info: let procfs copy out reads of data entries 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: let procfs own the data path (Part 2/7) v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RESEND v2 23/23] Documentation: seq_file: describe how a /proc file uses seq_file 2026-11-04
  2026-11-04 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: convert the driver entries rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC 22/23] ALSA: info: let procfs copy out reads of data entries 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• proc: let procfs own the data path rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC 16/16] Documentation: seq_file: describe how a /proc file uses seq_file 2026-11-02
  2026-11-02 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/9] Compiler Attributes: Add __must_init macro 2026-10-27
  2026-10-27 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 01/11] Compiler Attributes: Add __require_explicit_initialization macro 2026-10-13
  2026-10-13 · Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v5 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v5 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-25
  2026-09-25 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-22
  2026-09-22 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-11
  2026-09-11 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-08
  2026-09-08 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs 2026-09-01
  2026-09-01 · Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
• entry: Consolidate and rework syscall entry handling v1 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 15 of 18 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [patch 09/18] entry: Remove syscall_enter_from_user_mode() 2026-07-07
  • [patch 18/18] entry, treewide: Make syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() indicate syscall execution 2026-07-07
  2026-07-07 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• driver core: generalize driver_override infrastructure v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 2/4] docs: driver-model: document driver_override 2026-03-03
  2026-03-03 · Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v3 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 8 of 29 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 24/29] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2026-01-11
  • [PATCH v3 27/29] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2026-01-11
  2026-01-11 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 23/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2026-01-02
  • [PATCH v2 26/28] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2026-01-02
  2026-01-02 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• arch, mm: consolidate hugetlb early reservation v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 23/28] arch, mm: consolidate initialization of SPARSE memory model 2025-12-28
  • [PATCH 26/28] mm, arch: consolidate hugetlb CMA reservation 2025-12-28
  2025-12-28 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• initrd: remove classic initrd support resend · 20 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH RESEND 01/62] init: remove deprecated "load_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 02/62] init: remove deprecated "prompt_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 04/62] init: x86, arm, sh, sparc: remove variable rd_image_start, which controls starting block number of initrd 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 05/62] init: remove "ramdisk_start" command line parameter, which controls starting block number of initrd 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 08/62] arm: init: remove FLAG_RDLOAD and FLAG_RDPROMPT 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 09/62] arm: init: document rd_start (in param_struct) as obsolete 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 10/62] initrd: remove initrd (initial RAM disk) support 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 11/62] init, efi: remove "noinitrd" command line parameter 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 12/62] init: remove /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 15/62] doc: modernize Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 16/62] brd: remove "ramdisk_size" command line parameter 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 17/62] doc: modernize Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 18/62] doc: modernize Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 20/62] doc: remove Documentation/power/swsusp-dmcrypt.rst 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 21/62] init: remove all mentions of root=/dev/ram* 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 22/62] doc: remove obsolete mentions of pivot_root 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 30/62] doc: remove documentation for block device 4 0 2025-09-13
  • [PATCH RESEND 44/62] doc: kernel-parameters: remove [RAM] from reserve_mem= 2025-09-14
  • [PATCH RESEND 45/62] doc: kernel-parameters: replace [RAM] with [INITRAMFS] 2025-09-14
  • [PATCH RESEND 55/62] init: rename CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD to CONFIG_INITRAMFS 2025-09-14
  2025-09-14 · Askar Safin <hidden>
• initrd: remove classic initrd support v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 01/62] init: remove deprecated "load_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing 2025-09-12
  • [PATCH 02/62] init: remove deprecated "prompt_ramdisk" command line parameter, which does nothing 2025-09-12
  2025-09-12 · Askar Safin <hidden>
• [PATCH] global: fix misapplications of "awhile" 2025-07-02 · Ahelenia Ziemiańska <hidden>
• Add support for suppressing warning backtraces v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 13 of 14 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 04/14] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API 2025-03-13
  2025-03-13 · Alessandro Carminati <hidden>
• move pagetable_*_dtor() to __tlb_remove_table() v5 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 16 of 17 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v5 07/17] mm: pgtable: introduce pagetable_dtor() 2025-01-08
  2025-01-08 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• move pagetable_*_dtor() to __tlb_remove_table() v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 07/15] mm: pgtable: introduce pagetable_dtor() 2024-12-30
  2024-12-30 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• move pagetable_*_dtor() to __tlb_remove_table() v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 07/17] mm: pgtable: introduce pagetable_dtor() 2024-12-23
  2024-12-23 · Qi Zheng <hidden>
• mm: introduce numa_memblks v4 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v4 26/26] docs: move numa=fake description to kernel-parameters.txt 2024-08-07
  2024-08-07 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• mm: introduce numa_memblks v3 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v3 26/26] docs: move numa=fake description to kernel-parameters.txt 2024-08-01
  2024-08-01 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• mm: introduce numa_memblks v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 25/25] docs: move numa=fake description to kernel-parameters.txt 2024-07-23
  2024-07-23 · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
• kconfig: remove unneeded 'optional' property support v2 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH v2 2/2] kconfig: remove 'optional' property support 2024-04-22
  2024-04-22 · Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
• kconfig: remove unneeded 'optional' property support v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 2/2] kconfig: remove 'optional' property support 2024-04-21
  2024-04-21 · Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
• mm: mapcount for large folios + page_mapcount() cleanups v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v1 04/18] mm: track mapcount of large folios in single value 2024-04-09
  • [PATCH v1 18/18] Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst: don't reference page_mapcount() 2024-04-09
  2024-04-09 · David Hildenbrand <hidden>