generic vdso library · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
• M Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• M Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>

Paths

• F include/asm-generic/vdso/vsyscall.h
• F include/vdso/
• F kernel/time/namespace_vdso.c
• F kernel/time/vsyscall.c
• F lib/vdso/
• F tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• STALE92d [PATCH v6 03/14] vdso/datastore: Allocate data pages dynamically
  2026-03-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 01/14] vdso/datastore: Reduce scope of some variables in vvar_fault()
  2026-03-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 02/14] vdso/datastore: Drop inclusion of linux/mmap_lock.h
  2026-03-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d [PATCH v1 12/16] mm: rename zap_vma_pages() to zap_vma()
  2026-02-27 · "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
• COLD58d [PATCH 7/7] vdso/gettimeofday: Verify COMPAT_32BIT_TIME interactions
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d [PATCH v2 13/15] vdso/datapage: Trim down unnecessary includes
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d [PATCH v2 12/15] vdso/datapage: Remove inclusion of gettimeofday.h
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d [PATCH v2 11/15] vdso/helpers: Explicitly include vdso/processor.h
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v2 09/15] random: vDSO: add explicit includes
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE92d [PATCH v2 10/15] vdso/gettimeofday: Add explicit includes
  2026-02-27 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE140d LANDED Re: [PATCH] powerpc/vdso: Provide clock_getres_time64()
  2026-01-22 · "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
• STALE127d [PATCH 10/15] vdso/gettimeofday: Add explicit includes
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 13/15] vdso/datapage: Trim down unnecessary includes
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 09/15] random: vDSO: Add explicit includes
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 11/15] vdso/helpers: Explicitly include vdso/processor.h
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 12/15] vdso/datapage: Remove inclusion of gettimeofday.h
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 23/34] vdso/datastore: Allocate data pages dynamically
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 22/34] vdso/datastore: Drop inclusion of linux/mmap_lock.h
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 21/34] vdso/datastore: Reduce scope of some variables in vvar_fault()
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 15/34] vdso/datapage: Trim down unnecessary includes
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 14/34] vdso/datapage: Remove inclusion of gettimeofday.h
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 13/34] vdso/helpers: Explicitly include vdso/processor.h
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 11/34] random: vDSO: Add explicit includes
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 12/34] vdso/gettimeofday: Add explicit includes
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE146d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 01/34] selftests: vDSO: vdso_test_correctness: Handle different tv_usec types
  2025-11-06 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE217d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 24/35] vdso/datastore: Allocate data pages dynamically
  2025-10-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE217d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 23/35] vdso/datastore: Map pages through struct page
  2025-10-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE217d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 22/35] vdso/datastore: Drop inclusion of linux/mmap_lock.h
  2025-10-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE217d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 21/35] vdso/datastore: Reduce scope of some variables in vvar_fault()
  2025-10-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE217d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v4 15/35] vdso/datapage: Trim down unnecessary includes
  2025-10-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <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.

• STALE92d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 01/14] vdso/datastore: Reduce scope of some variables in vvar_fault()
  2026-03-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE92d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 02/14] vdso/datastore: Drop inclusion of linux/mmap_lock.h
  2026-03-04 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-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.

• STALE127d [PATCH 11/15] vdso/helpers: Explicitly include vdso/processor.h
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 12/15] vdso/datapage: Remove inclusion of gettimeofday.h
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 10/15] vdso/gettimeofday: Add explicit includes
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH 13/15] vdso/datapage: Trim down unnecessary includes
  2026-01-14 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>