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*.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)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 0/3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-09-08 20:32 · 3 replies in 7d · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v10 0/2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-09-03 18:56 · 2 replies in 7d · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/3] rust: const_eval: add a mechanism to do const trait calls
  2026-09-03 15:22 · 1 reply in 7d · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-11
• sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-08

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v11 3/3] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-09-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 2/3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-09-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v11 1/3] module: Treat dashes and underscores interchangeably in module_blacklist
  2026-09-08 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v10 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-09-03 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v10 1/2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-09-03 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: str: convert `as_char_ptr` to work with `const_call!`
  2026-09-03 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 39 (39M) [PATCH v10 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-08-11 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 39 (39M) [PATCH v10 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-08-11 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v9 2/2] module: Rename module_blacklist to module_denylist
  2026-08-07 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• COOLING8d [PATCH v9 1/2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
  2026-08-07 · Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] rust: block: set GenDisk block_device_operations.owner to THIS_MODULE
  2026-08-06 · Adarsh Das <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH] rust: macros: Allow omitting trailing commas in module!
  2026-08-06 · Ethan Plant <hidden>
• COLD34d [PATCH v2 4/5] rust: treewide: replace `__pinned_init` with `ptr_[try_]init`
  2026-07-29 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COLD42d [PATCH 2/5] rust: print: use `CStr` for __LOG_PREFIX
  2026-07-28 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COLD36d REVIEWED: 38 (38M) [PATCH v9 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD36d REVIEWED: 38 (38M) [PATCH v9 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD43d [PATCH 3/4] rust: treewide: replace `__pinned_init` with `__init`
  2026-07-22 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• COLD53d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v8 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD53d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v8 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-07-13 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE70d [PATCH v5] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-30 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v7 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v7 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v6 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 26 (26M) [PATCH v6 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE76d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE76d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE77d [PATCH v4 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE77d [PATCH v4 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• STALE78d [PATCH v3 1/6] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-22 · Alvin Sun <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.

• STALE76d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE76d REVIEWED: 11 (11M) [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.

• STALE184d [PATCH 8/8] rust: macros: add configurable initcall levels to module! macro
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• COLD42d [PATCH 2/5] rust: print: use `CStr` for __LOG_PREFIX
  2026-07-28 · Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] rust: block: set GenDisk block_device_operations.owner to THIS_MODULE
  2026-08-06 · Adarsh Das <hidden>