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

• ovl: only sync what was written through the overlay v6 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v6 1/9] ovl: expand fsync mount options 2026-11-10
  • [PATCH v6 9/9] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs 2026-11-10
  2026-11-10 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH v3] ovl: follow lower to lowerdata redirects from any lower layer 2026-11-09 · Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
• [PATCH v2] ovl: follow lower to lowerdata redirects from any lower layer 2026-11-07 · Giuseppe Scrivano <hidden>
• ovl: only sync what was written through the overlay v5 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v5 1/8] ovl: expand fsync mount options 2026-11-07
  • [PATCH v5 8/8] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs 2026-11-07
  2026-11-07 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH] overlay: add redirect_dir=followdata 2026-11-06 · Giuseppe Scrivano <hidden>
• ovl: only sync what was written through the overlay v4 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v4 8/8] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs 2026-11-06
  2026-11-06 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH v4 1/8] ovl: expand fsync mount options 2026-11-06 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH v2] ovl: expand fsync mount options 2026-11-05 · Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
• [PATCH] ovl: look up the index by the decoded origin 2026-11-04 · Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
• [PATCH v3 8/8] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs 2026-11-04 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• [PATCH v3 1/8] ovl: expand fsync mount options 2026-11-04 · Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
• landlock: Add READ_METADATA and WRITE_METADATA access rights v3 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 -next 11/18] LSM: rename the inode xattr hooks to path_xattr hooks 2026-10-27
  • [PATCH v3 -next 18/18] Documentation: Update landlock doc for metadata rights 2026-10-27
  2026-10-27 · Cai Xinchen <hidden>
• landlock: Add READ_METADATA and WRITE_METADATA access rights v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 -next 12/18] LSM: rename the inode xattr hooks to path_xattr hooks 2026-10-15
  • [PATCH v2 -next 18/18] Documentation: Update landlock doc for metadata rights 2026-10-15
  2026-10-15 · Cai Xinchen <hidden>
• multiple-filesystems: prepare for changes to VFS locking v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 1/7] VFS/xfs/ntfs: drop parent lock across d_alloc_parallel() in d_add_ci() 2026-09-29
  2026-09-29 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• landlock: Add READ_METADATA and WRITE_METADATA access rights rfc · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH RFC -next 12/12] Documentation: Update landlock doc for metadata rights 2026-09-24
  2026-09-24 · Cai Xinchen <hidden>
• [PATCH v2] overlayfs.rst: clarify the scope of file locks taken through the overlay 2026-09-03 · Tao Cui <hidden>
• [PATCH] overlayfs.rst: document cross-layer file lock and lease semantics 2026-09-03 · Tao Cui <hidden>
• fs: port to const struct mnt_idmap v1 · 14 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 12/27] fs: port ->permission() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 13/27] fs: port xattr to const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 14/27] fs: port ->fileattr_set() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 15/27] fs: port ->set_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 16/27] fs: port ->get_acl() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 17/27] fs: port ->tmpfile() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 18/27] fs: port ->mknod() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 19/27] fs: port ->rename() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 20/27] fs: port ->mkdir() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 21/27] fs: port ->symlink() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 22/27] fs: port ->create() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 23/27] fs: port ->getattr() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 24/27] fs: port ->setattr() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 26/27] fs: port mnt_idmap() and file_mnt_idmap() to const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• LANDED [PATCH v2] overlayfs.rst: remove mention of workdir needing to be empty 2026-07-16 · Jesse Van Gavere via B4 Relay <devnull+jesse.vangavere.teledyne.com@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] overlayfs.rst: remove mention of workdir needing to be empty 2026-07-15 · Jesse Van Gavere <hidden>
• [RFC PATCH] fs: allow opening overlayfs/erofs layers through O_ALT 2026-07-15 · Miklos Szeredi <hidden>
• ovl: support idmapped overlay mounts v1 · 1 matching patch

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

  • [PATCH 07/10] docs: document idmapped overlay mounts 2026-06-15
  2026-06-15 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• fuse: extend passthrough to inode operations v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 9 of 21 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 21/21] docs: fuse: document extended passthrough (FUSE_PASSTHROUGH_INO) 2026-05-16
  2026-05-16 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• Prepare to lift lookup out of exclusive lock for directory ops v3 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 01/19] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc 2026-04-27
  • [PATCH v3 02/19] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries 2026-04-27
  • [PATCH v3 04/19] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel() 2026-04-27
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• Prepare to lift lookup out of exclusive lock for directory ops v2 · 3 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 01/19] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc 2026-04-27
  • [PATCH v2 02/19] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries 2026-04-27
  • [PATCH v2 04/19] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel() 2026-04-27
  2026-04-27 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• [PATCH] ovl: make fsync after metadata copy-up opt-in mount option 2026-03-24 · Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
• lift lookup out of exclive lock for dir ops rfc · 8 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel() 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments. 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS. 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash() 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm() 2026-03-12
  • [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl(). 2026-03-12
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• Further centralising of directory locking for name ops. v3 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v3 08/15] VFS: make lookup_one_qstr_excl() static. 2026-02-24
  • [PATCH v3 15/15] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename() 2026-02-24
  2026-02-24 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• Further centralising of directory locking for name ops. v2 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH v2 08/15] VFS: make lookup_one_qstr_excl() static. 2026-02-23
  • [PATCH v2 15/15] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename() 2026-02-23
  2026-02-23 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• Further centralising of directory locking for name ops. v1 · 2 matching patches

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

  • [PATCH 07/13] VFS: make lookup_one_qstr_excl() static. 2026-02-04
  • [PATCH 13/13] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename() 2026-02-04
  2026-02-04 · NeilBrown <hidden>