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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 00/18] iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model
  2026-07-01 00:12 · 1 reply in 7d · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 18/18] Documentation: iomap: update docs to reflect iomap_next model
  2026-07-01 · Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
• COLD45d [PATCH 03/12] swap,fs: move swapfile operations to struct file_operations
  2026-05-12 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• COLD45d [PATCH 02/12] swap: move boilerplate code into the core swap code
  2026-05-12 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE69d [PATCH 2/2] xfs: expose the current zonegc required status in sysfs
  2026-04-20 · Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
• STALE69d [PATCH 1/2] xfs: expose the number of free zones in sysfs
  2026-04-20 · Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
• STALE85d [PATCH 8/9] xfs: expose the number of open zones in sysfs
  2026-03-31 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE92d [PATCH 3/4] xfs: expose the number of open zones in sysfs
  2026-03-30 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE97d [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl().
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE152d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH 06/11] xfs: allow setting errortags at mount time
  2026-01-30 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE154d [PATCH 06/10] xfs: allow setting errortags at mount time
  2026-01-27 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE162d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-21 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
• STALE153d [PATCH v2 1/2] fs: add FS_XFLAG_VERITY for fs-verity files
  2026-01-19 · Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@kernel.org>
• STALE163d [PATCH v2 1/2] fs: add FS_XFLAG_VERITY for fs-verity files
  2026-01-19 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 02/31] exportfs: add new EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES flag
  2026-01-19 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE161d [PATCH v2 01/31] Documentation: document EXPORT_OP_NOLOCKS
  2026-01-19 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE142d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-16 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
• STALE169d [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-13 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
• STALE118d [PATCH 23/24] filelock: default to returning -EINVAL when ->setlease operation is NULL
  2026-01-08 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-08 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE170d [PATCH 05/11] fs: refactor ->update_time handling
  2026-01-08 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE176d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE176d [PATCH 05/11] fs: refactor ->update_time handling
  2026-01-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
• STALE171d [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-06 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>

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.

• STALE170d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2025-12-23 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE176d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-06 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 07/11] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
  2026-01-08 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE142d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-16 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 9 (9M) [PATCH v2 02/31] exportfs: add new EXPORT_OP_STABLE_HANDLES flag
  2026-01-19 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE162d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
  2026-01-21 · "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE152d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH 06/11] xfs: allow setting errortags at mount time
  2026-01-30 · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 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.

• STALE163d [PATCH v2 1/2] fs: add FS_XFLAG_VERITY for fs-verity files
  2026-01-19 · Andrey Albershteyn <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS.
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm()
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl().
  2026-03-12 · NeilBrown <hidden>