module support · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
• M Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• M Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
• M Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
• R Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/kmod.h
• F include/linux/module*.h
• F kernel/module/
• F lib/test_kmod.c
• F lib/tests/module/
• F rust/kernel/module_param.rs
• F rust/macros/module.rs
• F scripts/module*
• F tools/testing/selftests/kmod/
• F tools/testing/selftests/module/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v9 00/10] Fix missing fops.owner in Rust DRM/misc abstractions
  2026-07-23 02:11 · 2 replies in 7d · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/3] Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-21 13:12 · 2 replies in 7d · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  10 attestations (10 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  10 attestations (10 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  8 attestations (8 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-21
• Harry Yoo <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Gwan-gyeong Mun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yunseong Kim <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Yeoreum Yun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 37 (37M) [PATCH v9 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 37 (37M) [PATCH v9 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2 3/3] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-21 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v8 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING5d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v8 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING12d [PATCH 2/2] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING12d [PATCH 1/2] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-07-08 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING7d Re: [PATCH net v2] ppp: defer channel free to an RCU grace period to fix pppol2tp RX UAF
  2026-07-06 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD25d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD25d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD25d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD29d [PATCH v4 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD29d [PATCH v4 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH v3 5/7] kernel: Use mutable list iterators
  2026-06-22 · Kaitao Cheng <hidden>
• STALE126d [PATCH v2 2/2] tree-wide: rename do_exit() to task_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE126d [PATCH v2 1/2] kthread: remove kthread_exit()
  2026-03-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• STALE97d [PATCH 17/61] module: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE97d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH v18 34/42] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COLD17d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v18 01/42] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-12-05 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE247d REVIEWED: 32 (32M) [PATCH v3 6/6] rust: macros: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
  2025-11-13 · Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
• STALE234d [PATCH v17 39/47] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE234d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v17 02/47] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2025-10-02 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE212d REVIEWED: 32 (32M) [PATCH v2 10/19] rust: macros: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
  2025-09-25 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• STALE341d REVIEWED: 32 (32M) [PATCH v2 10/19] rust: macros: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
  2025-08-13 · Tamir Duberstein <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.

• COLD28d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 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.

• STALE97d [PATCH 21/61] lib/test: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>