displayName
Kernel Module Review
workflowKind
governance
triggerType
event-driven
typicalCadence
per-event
complexity
cross-team
description
Reviews and tests kernel module and device driver code changes before they
reach production — validating adherence to kernel coding style and API
conventions, running static analysis with sparse and smatch for common kernel
bug patterns (use-after-free, missing locks, uninitialized memory), executing
the kernel test suite (KUnit, kselftest) with coverage instrumentation,
stress-testing under memory pressure and CPU contention to expose race
conditions, verifying module load/unload cycles for resource leak freedom,
and checking backward compatibility of exported symbols against stable ABI
guarantees. Produces code review reports, static analysis findings, and test
execution summaries with regression status. Excludes userspace driver
development.