block layer · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

Paths

• F Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
• F Documentation/block/
• F block/
• F drivers/block/
• F include/linux/bio.h
• F include/linux/blk*
• F include/uapi/linux/blk*
• F include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h
• F kernel/trace/blktrace.c
• F lib/sbitmap.c

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 · 1 reply in 7d · Alvin Sun <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (1 Acked-by, 3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 43 (43M) [PATCH v9 07/10] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 21 (21M) [PATCH v8 07/10] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH] block: rnull: use vertical import style
  2026-07-06 · Guru Das Srinagesh <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH v5] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-30 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• COLD20d [PATCH 4/7] block: rnull: use vertical import style
  2026-06-29 · Guru Das Srinagesh <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 21 (21M) [PATCH v7 07/10] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD28d REVIEWED: 21 (21M) [PATCH v6 07/10] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v5 7/9] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD32d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v4 7/9] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH v3 6/6] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-22 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD36d [PATCH v4] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-19 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• COLD38d [PATCH v3] rust: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-12 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 35/83] block: rnull: add volatile cache emulation
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 08/83] block: rust: add `Request` private data support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 71/83] block: rust: remove the `is_poll` parameter from `queue_rq`
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 50/83] block: rust: move gendisk vtable construction to separate function
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 81/83] block: rnull: add `virt_boundary` option
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 25/83] block: rnull: add no_sched module parameter and configfs attribute
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 26/83] block: rust: change sector type from usize to u64
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 53/83] block: rnull: add zoned storage support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 11/83] block: rnull: add timer completion mode
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 44/83] block: rnull: add bandwidth limiting
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 77/83] block: rnull: add fault injection support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 38/83] block: rust: introduce an idle type state for `Request`
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 64/83] block: rnull: add fua support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 58/83] block: rnull: add polled completion support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 59/83] block: rnull: add REQ_OP_FLUSH support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 47/83] block: rnull: add queue depth config option
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 34/83] block: rust: add `hctx` private data support
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 19/83] block: rust: allow specifying home node when constructing `TagSet`
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@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.

• COLD18d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v2 03/83] block: rnull: adopt new formatting guidelines
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD18d REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v2 15/83] block: rust: add `TagSet` flags
  2026-06-09 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD32d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v4 7/9] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v5 7/9] rust: configfs: use `LocalModule` for `THIS_MODULE`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <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.

• STALE205d [PATCH RFC 4/6] rust: WIP: use ThisModule trait to fix some missing owners
  2026-01-01 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE200d [PATCH RFC v2 02/11] rust: add new ThisModule trait and THIS_MODULE impl
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE200d [PATCH RFC v2 04/11] rust: block: fix missing owner field in block_device_operations
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE179d [PATCH RFC v3 04/15] rust: block: fix missing owner field in block_device_operations
  2026-01-10 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE179d [PATCH RFC v3 06/15] rust: configfs: use new THIS_MODULE
  2026-01-10 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• COLD52d [PATCH 54/79] block: rnull: add REQ_OP_FLUSH support
  2026-02-15 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD52d [PATCH 60/79] block: fix arg type in `blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues`
  2026-02-15 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD52d [PATCH 31/79] block: rnull: add volatile cache emulation
  2026-02-15 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD52d [PATCH 43/79] block: rnull: add queue depth config option
  2026-02-15 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD52d [PATCH 67/79] block: rust: remove the `is_poll` parameter from `queue_rq`
  2026-02-15 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>