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• M Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
• R Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH v3 00/20] kbuild: significantly speed up kernel builds
  2026-09-17 16:11 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-11
• Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-17
• David Gow <david@davidgow.net>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-02

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d [PATCH v3 20/20] kbuild: compress the kernel with pigz if available
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 14/14] Documentation: rust: explain SR-IOV PF data sharing with VFs
  2026-09-15 · Zhi Wang <zhiw@nvidia.com>
• HOTtoday Re: [PATCH v2 21/21] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available
  2026-09-14 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 21/21] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 18/21] kbuild: rust: optionally parallelise rustc front end
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v5 13/14] drm/panic: Move panic display code into helper library
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v5 12/14] drm/panic: Internalize panic locking in DRM core and helpers
  2026-09-11 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v4 13/14] drm/panic: Move panic display code into helper library
  2026-09-09 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH v4 12/14] drm/panic: Internalize panic locking in DRM core and helpers
  2026-09-09 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 23/23] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH v11 3/3] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-09-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COOLING13d [PATCH v10 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-09-03 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COLD19d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 1/3] rust: kunit: use `file!()` inside `kunit_assert!`
  2026-09-02 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COLD20d [PATCH RFC v3 2/8] Documentation: add kcov-dataflow.rst
  2026-09-02 · Yunseong Kim <hidden>
• COLD15d [PATCH v3 12/14] drm/panic: Internalize panic locking in DRM core and helpers
  2026-09-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD15d [PATCH v3 13/14] drm/panic: Move panic display code into helper library
  2026-09-02 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD16d [PATCH] v2 Docs: changes.rst: introduce optional column
  2026-08-31 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH 3/4] Docs: pt_BR, it_IT: changes.rst: copy table from english source
  2026-08-31 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH v3 07/10] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism
  2026-08-27 · Eliot Courtney <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH v3 13/13] Documentation/gpu: document the Vino driver
  2026-08-26 · Mike Lothian <hidden>
• COLD22d [PATCH] gpu: nova-core: fix incorrect naming/framing of GSP-FMC firmware
  2026-08-25 · Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
• COLD29d [PATCH v2 11/13] drm/panic: Internalize panic locking in DRM core and helpers
  2026-08-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD29d [PATCH v2 12/13] drm/panic: Move panic display code into helper library
  2026-08-24 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH RESEND v3] Fail the build on RUST=y and RUST_IS_AVAILABLE=n
  2026-08-19 · Sasha Finkelstein <k@chaosmail.tech>
• COLD35d [PATCH 2/2] rust: kunit: move test configuration gating into macro
  2026-08-18 · Yury Norov <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH 10/12] drm/panic: Internalize panic locking in DRM core and helpers
  2026-08-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD33d [PATCH 11/12] drm/panic: Move panic display code into helper library
  2026-08-18 · Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
• COLD40d [PATCH 5/5] Docs: software-requirements.rst replace optional tag with footnotes
  2026-08-12 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD40d [PATCH 4/5] Docs: pt_BR, it_IT: software-requirements.rst: copy tables from source
  2026-08-12 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD40d [PATCH 1/5] Docs: changes.rst: rename file and references and add links
  2026-08-12 · Manuel Ebner <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.

• STALE184d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 10/10] Documentation: nova: remove register abstraction task
  2026-03-20 · Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE183d REVIEWED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v3 10/10] Documentation: nova: remove register abstraction task
  2026-03-23 · Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE180d REVIEWED: 5 (4M) [PATCH v4 10/10] Documentation: nova: remove register abstraction task
  2026-03-25 · Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH] Documentation: gpu: nova-core: document the IFR header layout
  2026-04-08 · Timur Tabi <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE165d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v2 3/4] docs/zh_CN: update rust/quick-start.rst translation
  2026-04-10 · Ben Guo <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH v3] Fail the build on RUST=y and RUST_IS_AVAILABLE=n
  2026-06-29 · Sasha Finkelstein <k@chaosmail.tech> · 3 Reviewed-by
• STALE77d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 2/2] cred: delete task_euid()
  2026-07-03 · Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE71d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH v3 4/4] docs/zh_CN: Update rust/testing.rst translation
  2026-07-14 · Ben Guo <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH RESEND v3] Fail the build on RUST=y and RUST_IS_AVAILABLE=n
  2026-07-20 · Sasha Finkelstein <k@chaosmail.tech> · 3 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 12 (12M) [PATCH RESEND v3] Fail the build on RUST=y and RUST_IS_AVAILABLE=n
  2026-08-19 · Sasha Finkelstein <k@chaosmail.tech> · 3 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.

• STALE160d [PATCH v9 07/23] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism
  2026-03-11 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation: rust: add LSM abstraction guide; update MAINTAINERS
  2026-03-11 · Jamie Lindsey <hidden>
• STALE160d [PATCH v10 05/21] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism
  2026-03-31 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• STALE150d [PATCH v11 05/20] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism
  2026-04-15 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• STALE138d [PATCH v12 05/22] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism
  2026-04-25 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• STALE140d [PATCH v1 7/7] gpu: nova-core: document INTR_CTRL interrupt tree
  2026-05-01 · Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
• STALE140d [PATCH 1/9] docs: maintainers_include: keep hidden TOC sorted
  2026-05-04 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE140d [PATCH 5/9] docs: maintainers_include.py: clean most SPHINXDIRS=process warnings
  2026-05-04 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
• STALE140d [PATCH 4/9] docs: maintainers_include: cleanup the code
  2026-05-04 · Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>