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)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v19 00/40] DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 06:19 · 1 reply in 7d · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
  6 attestations (6 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-27
• Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
  6 attestations (6 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-27
• Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (4 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-27
• 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 rust-for-linux (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 4 (0M) [PATCH v19 01/40] dept: implement DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
  2026-07-06 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COOLING10d [PATCH v5] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-30 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v7 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-27 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 09/10] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 25 (25M) [PATCH v6 02/10] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD16d REVIEWED: 10 (10M) [PATCH v5 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-24 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH v4 2/9] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH v4 9/9] rust: macros: remove `THIS_MODULE` static from `module!`
  2026-06-23 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH v3 1/6] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-06-22 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH v4] rust: configfs: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-19 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• COLD23d [PATCH v3] rust: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
  2026-06-12 · Malte Wechter <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH] rust: module_param: use pr_warn_once! for null pointer warning
  2026-06-06 · Maurice Hieronymus <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] rust: module_param: return value by copy from `value`
  2026-06-01 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD39d [PATCH] rust: module_param: return value by copy from `value`
  2026-05-29 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• COLD42d [PATCH] rust: module_param: add missing newline to pr_warn
  2026-05-21 · Kenny Glowner <hidden>
• COLD18d [PATCH v2 1/7] rust: module: add `THIS_MODULE` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-05-21 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD50d [PATCH 1/8] rust: module: add `MODULE_PTR` const to `ModuleMetadata` trait
  2026-05-19 · Alvin Sun <hidden>
• COLD52d [PATCH] rust: kernel: module_param: replace pr_warn with pr_warn_once
  2026-05-18 · Xiaobo Liu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] rust: kernel: module_param: replace pr_warn with pr_warn_once
  2026-05-18 · Xiaobo Liu <hidden>
• COLD53d [PATCH] rust: kernel: module_param: replace pr_warn with pr_warn_once
  2026-05-18 · Xiaobo Liu <hidden>
• COLD44d [PATCH] rust: module_param: use `pr_warn_once!` for null pointer warning
  2026-04-27 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 1/1] rust: module_param: support bool parameters
  2026-04-11 · Wenzhao Liao <hidden>
• STALE91d [PATCH 2/2] rust: macros: simplify `format!` arguments
  2026-03-31 · Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
• STALE109d [PATCH] rust: module_param: return copy from value() for Copy types
  2026-03-23 · Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
• STALE123d [PATCH 8/8] rust: macros: add configurable initcall levels to module! macro
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 6/8] rust: macros: add early_param support to module! macro
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 5/8] rust: module_param: add from_setup_arg() to ModuleParam trait
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 4/8] rust: module_param: add ObsKernelParam type
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <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.

• STALE179d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v2 02/11] rust: macros: use `quote!` from vendored crate
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE179d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 09/11] rust: macros: allow arbitrary types to be used in `module!` macro
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE179d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v2 10/11] rust: macros: rearrange `#[doc(hidden)]` in `module!` macro
  2026-01-07 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3 02/12] rust: macros: use `quote!` from vendored crate
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 04/12] rust: macros: use `syn` to parse `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v3 09/12] rust: macros: allow arbitrary types to be used in `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH v3 10/12] rust: macros: rearrange `#[doc(hidden)]` in `module!` macro
  2026-01-12 · Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• COLD16d 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
• COLD16d 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.

• STALE189d [PATCH RFC 2/6] rust: WIP: Introduce ThisModule trait and THIS_MODULE impl
  2026-01-01 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH RFC v2 02/11] rust: add new ThisModule trait and THIS_MODULE impl
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH RFC v2 10/11] rust: remove kernel::ModuleMetadata
  2026-01-06 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE164d [PATCH RFC v3 14/15] rust: remove kernel::ModuleMetadata
  2026-01-10 · Kari Argillander <hidden>
• STALE95d [PATCH 2/4] rust: module_params: use `pr_warn_once!` instead of `pr_warn!`
  2026-02-26 · Adarsh Das <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 4/8] rust: module_param: add ObsKernelParam type
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 5/8] rust: module_param: add from_setup_arg() to ModuleParam trait
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• STALE123d [PATCH 8/8] rust: macros: add configurable initcall levels to module! macro
  2026-02-26 · Matthew Wood <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] rust: kernel: module_param: replace pr_warn with pr_warn_once
  2026-05-18 · Xiaobo Liu <hidden>