generic entry code · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• M Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
• M Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

Paths

• F include/linux/entry-common.h
• F include/linux/entry-virt.h
• F include/linux/irq-entry-common.h
• F kernel/entry/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 0/2] syscall_user_dispatch: add build/runtime configs
  2026-07-04 01:59 · 2 replies in 7d · Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
  2026-07-03 13:34 · 1 reply in 7d · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• HOTtoday [RFC] entry: Untangle the return value of syscall_enter_from_user_mode from syscall NR
  2026-07-01 17:42 · 0 replies in 7d · Michal Suchánek <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v16 00/18] arm64: entry: Convert to Generic Entry
  2026-06-29 13:06 · 2 replies in 7d · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-29

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 2/2] syscall_user_dispatch: add kernel.syscall_user_dispatch sysctl
  2026-07-04 · Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 1/2] syscall_user_dispatch: Make it configurable in Kconfig
  2026-07-04 · Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH 4/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify irqentry_exit_cond_resched()
  2026-07-03 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• HOTtoday [RFC] entry: Untangle the return value of syscall_enter_from_user_mode from syscall NR
  2026-07-01 · Michal Suchánek <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v16 02/18] syscall_user_dispatch: Introduce a weak fallback for arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn()
  2026-06-29 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v16 01/18] seccomp: Convert __secure_computing() to return boolean
  2026-06-29 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 2/2] kernel/entry: add kernel.syscall_user_dispatch sysctl
  2026-06-27 · Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH 1/2] kernel/entry: add CONFIG_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH to compile SUD out
  2026-06-27 · Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 7.0.14
  2026-06-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [tip: locking/core] futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race
  2026-06-03 · tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v15 01/11] entry: Fix potential syscall truncation in syscall_trace_enter()
  2026-05-11 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [tip: sched/urgent] arm64/entry: Fix arm64-specific rseq brokenness
  2026-05-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCHv2] arm64/entry: Fix arm64-specific rseq brokenness
  2026-05-08 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• COLD54d [PATCH v1] entry: Fix KMSAN false positives in IRQ and NMI exit code
  2026-05-08 · Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
• STALE67d [PATCH] arm64/entry: Fix arm64-specific rseq brokenness (was: Re: [REGRESSION] rseq: refactoring in v6.19 broke everyone on arm64) and tcmalloc everywhere
  2026-04-24 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• STALE74d [RFC PATCH 2/2] seccomp: drop syscall exit events for rejected syscalls
  2026-04-19 · Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [tip: core/urgent] entry: Kill ARCH_SYSCALL_WORK_{ENTER,EXIT}
  2026-04-16 · tip-bot2 for Oleg Nesterov <hidden>
• STALE79d [PATCH] entry: kill ARCH_SYSCALL_WORK_{ENTER,EXIT}
  2026-04-12 · Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
• STALE75d [GIT pull] timers/core for v7.1-rc1
  2026-04-12 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• STALE75d [GIT pull] core/entry for v7.1-rc1
  2026-04-12 · Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Fix stale comment for irqentry_enter()
  2026-04-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Move irqentry_enter() prototype later
  2026-04-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Remove local_irq_{enable,disable}_exit_to_user()
  2026-04-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Split preemption from irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode()
  2026-04-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• STALE87d REVIEWED: 18 (17M) [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Split kernel mode logic from irqentry_{enter,exit}()
  2026-04-08 · tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland <hidden>
• STALE87d [PATCH 05/10] entry: Split preemption from irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode()
  2026-04-07 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• STALE87d [PATCH 04/10] entry: Split kernel mode logic from irqentry_{enter,exit}()
  2026-04-07 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• STALE87d [PATCH 03/10] entry: Move irqentry_enter() prototype later
  2026-04-07 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• STALE87d [PATCH 02/10] entry: Remove local_irq_{enable,disable}_exit_to_user()
  2026-04-07 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
• STALE87d [PATCH 01/10] entry: Fix stale comment for irqentry_enter()
  2026-04-07 · Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

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.

• STALE155d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [tip: core/entry] entry: Add arch_ptrace_report_syscall_entry/exit()
  2026-01-30 · tip-bot2 for Jinjie Ruan <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE155d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [tip: core/entry] entry: Rework syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work() for architecture reuse
  2026-01-30 · tip-bot2 for Jinjie Ruan <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [tip: core/urgent] entry: Kill ARCH_SYSCALL_WORK_{ENTER,EXIT}
  2026-04-16 · tip-bot2 for Oleg Nesterov <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD30d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [tip: locking/core] futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race
  2026-06-03 · tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner <hidden> · 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.

• DORMANTno replies [tip: core/urgent] entry: Always inline local_irq_{enable,disable}_exit_to_user()
  2025-12-18 · tip-bot2 for Eric Dumazet <hidden>
• STALE198d Re: Linux 6.18.2
  2025-12-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.17.13
  2025-12-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE157d [PATCH v10 15/16] entry: Inline syscall_exit_work() and syscall_trace_enter()
  2025-12-22 · Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• STALE158d [tip: sched/core] entry: Hook up rseq time slice extension
  2026-01-22 · tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner <hidden>
• STALE158d [tip: sched/core] rseq: Implement syscall entry work for time slice extensions
  2026-01-22 · tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner <hidden>
• STALE155d [tip: core/entry] entry: Inline syscall_exit_work() and syscall_trace_enter()
  2026-01-30 · tip-bot2 for Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• STALE155d [tip: core/entry] entry: Remove unused syscall argument from syscall_trace_enter()
  2026-01-30 · tip-bot2 for Jinjie Ruan <hidden>
• STALE78d Re: [RFC] in-kernel rseq
  2026-02-24 · Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
• STALE102d [tip: sched/hrtick] entry: Prepare for deferred hrtimer rearming
  2026-02-28 · tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra <hidden>