4 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/subsystem/entities.go b/pkg/subsystem/entities.go
index 457e57a3e..338447ad4 100644
--- a/pkg/subsystem/entities.go
+++ b/pkg/subsystem/entities.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ type Subsystem struct {
 	Lists       []string
 	Maintainers []string
 	Parents     []*Subsystem
+	// If NoReminders is set to true, there should be no monthly reports for the subsystem.
+	NoReminders bool
 }
 
 // ReachableParents returns the set of subsystems reachable from the current one.
diff --git a/pkg/subsystem/linux/rules.go b/pkg/subsystem/linux/rules.go
index 3f2149af2..d44451692 100644
--- a/pkg/subsystem/linux/rules.go
+++ b/pkg/subsystem/linux/rules.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ type customRules struct {
 	// These subsystems need to be extracted even without mailing lists.
 	// Key is the subsystem name, value is the list of raw names in MAINTAINERS.
 	extraSubsystems map[string][]string
+	// For these subsystems we do not generate monthly reminders.
+	noReminders map[string]struct{}
 }
 
 var (
@@ -88,5 +90,10 @@ var (
 			"kernfs": {"KERNFS"},
 			"udf":    {"UDF FILESYSTEM"},
 		},
+		noReminders: map[string]struct{}{
+			// Many misclassified bugs end up in `kernel`, so there's no sense
+			// in generating monthly reports for it.
+			"kernel": {},
+		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/subsystem/linux/subsystems.go b/pkg/subsystem/linux/subsystems.go
index 880b1fcaf..1d1d84ed2 100644
--- a/pkg/subsystem/linux/subsystems.go
+++ b/pkg/subsystem/linux/subsystems.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func (ctx *linuxCtx) applyExtraRules(list []*subsystem.Subsystem) {
 	}
 	for _, entry := range list {
 		entry.Syscalls = ctx.extraRules.subsystemCalls[entry.Name]
+		_, entry.NoReminders = ctx.extraRules.noReminders[entry.Name]
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/subsystem/lists/linux.go b/pkg/subsystem/lists/linux.go
index c097c16ca..7716b0c20 100644
--- a/pkg/subsystem/lists/linux.go
+++ b/pkg/subsystem/lists/linux.go
@@ -2149,6 +2149,7 @@ func subsystems_linux() []*Subsystem {
 			{IncludeRegexp: "^net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport[^/]*$"},
 			{IncludeRegexp: "axp[128]"},
 		},
+		NoReminders: true,
 	}
 
 	kernfs = Subsystem{