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[PATCH] btrfs: use ino_t for inode in tracer
 2017-06-12 13:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] time/alarmtimer: Add bounds checking for the timer interval and expiration
 2017-06-12 13:02 UTC 

[PATCH v3.18.y 1/2] arm64: hw_breakpoint: fix watchpoint matching for tagged pointers
 2017-06-12 13:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: ftrace: fix building without CONFIG_MODULES
 2017-06-12 13:01 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] arm, arm64: frequency- and cpu-invariant accounting support for task scheduler
 2017-06-12 13:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/7] qcow2: Reduce the number of I/O ops when doing COW
 2017-06-12 13:00 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/7] qcow2: Split do_perform_cow() into _read(), _encrypt() and _write()

[Buildroot] [Bug 9941] New: nodejs option disappears for arm
 2017-06-12 12:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [Bug 9941] "

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] fw_cfg: qdev-related tidy-ups
 2017-06-12 12:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/6] fw_cfg: use sysbus_init_mmio() in fw_cfg_io_realize()

Request for inclusion of b54554ac5afa ("Make __xfs_xattr_put_listen preperly report errors.")
 2017-06-12 12:59 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] cec.txt: document common cec bindings
 2017-06-12 12:59 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: add media/cec.txt
` [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: media/s5p-cec.txt, media/stih-cec.txt: refer to cec.txt

ceph-mds crash v12.0.3
 2017-06-12 12:58 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] PM / Domains: Bunch of small improvements and fixes
 2017-06-12 12:57 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/8] PM / domains: Protect reading loop over list of domains

Why is real time pinging not possible with RT kernels?
 2017-06-12 12:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] btrfs: add compression trace points
 2017-06-12 12:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] staging: vboxvideo: Add vboxvideo to drivers/staging
 2017-06-12 12:56 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 46/58] clocksource/drivers: Add a new driver for the Atmel ARM TC blocks
 2017-06-12 12:54 UTC  (14+ messages)

[linux-lvm] deadlock during backup from lvm snapshot
 2017-06-12 12:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC 0/6] IORT support and introduce fwspec
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [RFC 1/6] passthrough/arm: Modify SMMU driver to use generic device definition
` [RFC 2/6] arm64: Add definitions for fwnode_handle

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Modify T262 FW dump template to specify same start/end to debug customer issues" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "serial: sh-sci: Fix panic when serial console and DMA are enabled" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

[PATCH v2] ring: use aligned memzone allocation
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC  (12+ messages)

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Set bit 15 for DIAG_ECHO_TEST MBC" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

[PATCH V2 1/2] perf/x86/intel: enable CPU ref_cycles for GP counter
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/2] perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix mailbox pointer error in fwdump capture" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: don't disable a not previously enabled PCI device" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/sysdev/simple_gpio: Fix oops in gpio save_regs function" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/numa: Fix percpu allocations to be NUMA aware" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/kernel: Initialize load_tm on task creation" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/kernel: Fix FP and vector register restoration" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/hotplug-mem: Fix missing endian conversion of aa_index" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:51 UTC 

Patch "KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

[PATCH V2] mmc: core: Remove MMC_CAP2_HC_ERASE_SZ
 2017-06-12 12:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Handle vmalloc() failure in vmw_local_fifo_reserve()" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Make sure backup_handle is always valid" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "drm/nouveau/tmr: fully separate alarm execution/pending lists" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "drivers: char: mem: Fix wraparound check to allow mappings up to the end" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "cpu/hotplug: Drop the device lock on error" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "ASoC: Fix use-after-free at card unregistration" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix race between read and ioctl" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "tty: Drop krefs for interrupted tty lock" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "serial: sh-sci: Fix panic when serial console and DMA are enabled" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

[PATCH 0/9] cec improvements
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/9] stih-cec/vivid/pulse8/rainshadow: use cec_transmit_attempt_done
  ` [PATCH 8/9] s5p_cec: set the CEC_CAP_NEEDS_HPD flag if needed

Patch "powerpc/numa: Fix percpu allocations to be NUMA aware" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: don't disable a not previously enabled PCI device" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

[PATCH v2 1/2] mk: allow use of environment var for make config
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/3] mk: make config enhancements
  ` [PATCH v3 3/3] doc: update build-sdk-quick txt file

Patch "powerpc/hotplug-mem: Fix missing endian conversion of aa_index" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/eeh: Avoid use after free in eeh_handle_special_event()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:50 UTC 

Patch "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "NFS: Ensure we revalidate attributes before using execute_ok()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "NFSv4: Don't perform cached access checks before we've OPENed the file" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "mm: consider memblock reservations for deferred memory initialization sizing" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Make sure backup_handle is always valid" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/7] tty/serial: meson_uart: add support for core clock handling
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC  (22+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/7] tty/serial: meson_uart: update to stable bindings
` [PATCH v4 5/7] ARM: dts: meson6: switch to new bindings for UART nodes
` [PATCH v4 6/7] ARM: dts: meson8: "

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Handle vmalloc() failure in vmw_local_fifo_reserve()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "drivers: char: mem: Fix wraparound check to allow mappings up to the end" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "drm/nouveau/tmr: fully separate alarm execution/pending lists" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix race between read and ioctl" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "ASoC: Fix use-after-free at card unregistration" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "serial: sh-sci: Fix panic when serial console and DMA are enabled" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "x86/microcode/intel: Clear patch pointer before jettisoning the initrd" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:49 UTC 

Patch "srcu: Allow use of Classic SRCU from both process and interrupt context" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix recursive loop during target mode configuration for ISP25XX leaving system unresponsive" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Set bit 15 for DIAG_ECHO_TEST MBC" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Modify T262 FW dump template to specify same start/end to debug customer issues" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix NULL pointer access due to redundant fc_host_port_name call" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: don't disable a not previously enabled PCI device" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix mailbox pointer error in fwdump capture" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash due to mismatch mumber of Q-pair creation for Multi queue" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/10] mips: bmips: add SPI support
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [U-Boot] [PATCH 03/10] dm: spi: add BCM63xx SPI driver

Patch "powerpc/numa: Fix percpu allocations to be NUMA aware" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "Revert "ata: sata_mv: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource()"" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/sysdev/simple_gpio: Fix oops in gpio save_regs function" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/kernel: Initialize load_tm on task creation" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/kernel: Fix FP and vector register restoration" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/hotplug-mem: Fix missing endian conversion of aa_index" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "net: qcom/emac: do not use hardware mdio automatic polling" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "pinctrl: cherryview: Add terminate entry for dmi_system_id tables" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/nouveau/tmr: fully separate alarm execution/pending lists" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Handle vmalloc() failure in vmw_local_fifo_reserve()" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Make sure backup_handle is always valid" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/i915/skl: Add missing SKL ID" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC 

Patch "drm/i915: Serialize GTT/Aperture accesses on BXT" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] drm/i915: Pass atomic state to backlight
 2017-06-12 12:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915: Pass atomic state to backlight enable/disable/set callbacks

Patch "drm/i915: Fix runtime PM for LPE audio" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "drivers: char: mem: Fix wraparound check to allow mappings up to the end" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "cpu/hotplug: Drop the device lock on error" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "cgroup: mark cgroup_get() with __maybe_unused" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix race between read and ioctl" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "ASoC: Fix use-after-free at card unregistration" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT" has been added to the 4.11-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

btrfs native encryption
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

Patch "serial: sh-sci: Fix panic when serial console and DMA are enabled" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "scsi: qla2xxx: don't disable a not previously enabled PCI device" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/numa: Fix percpu allocations to be NUMA aware" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "powerpc/eeh: Avoid use after free in eeh_handle_special_event()" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "drm/vmwgfx: Handle vmalloc() failure in vmw_local_fifo_reserve()" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

Patch "drivers: char: mem: Fix wraparound check to allow mappings up to the end" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:47 UTC 

[Qemu-devel] why guest memory size not equal to my setting?
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

Cuota de correo web
 2017-06-12 11:40 UTC 

Patch "ASoC: Fix use-after-free at card unregistration" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC 

Patch "ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC 

[Xenomai] Xenomai-3 installation problems
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC 

[PATCH] Staging: ks7010: ks_hostif.c: Fixed alignment to match open parenthesis
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/i915: Fix GVT-g PVINFO version compatibility check
 2017-06-12 12:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915: Fix GVT-g PVINFO version compatibility check (rev3)

[PATCH V2] cxl: Fixes for Coherent Accelerator Interface Architecture 2.0
 2017-06-12 12:45 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/20] fs: enhanced writeback error reporting with errseq_t (pile #1)
 2017-06-12 12:45 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 12/20] fs: add a new fstype flag to indicate how writeback errors are tracked
` [PATCH v6 14/20] dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails
` [PATCH v6 15/20] fs: have call_fsync call filemap_report_wb_err if FS_WB_ERRSEQ is set

[PATCH 0/2 V3] Resubmit items failed during writeback
 2017-06-12 12:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2 V3] xfs: Properly retry failed inode items in case of error during buffer writeback

stable-rc/linux-4.4.y build: 199 builds: 13 failed, 186 passed, 13 errors, 4 warnings (v4.4.71-63-g409ebd600970)
 2017-06-12 12:44 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] ARM64: DT: add gpu for msm8916
 2017-06-12 12:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] ARM64: DT: add video codec devicetree node
` [PATCH 3/3] ARM64: DT: add iommu for msm8916

constantly test failure in cephtool-test-mon.sh on jenkins
 2017-06-12 12:42 UTC 

[xfstests PATCH v4 0/5] new tests for writeback error reporting behavior
 2017-06-12 12:42 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [xfstests PATCH v4 1/5] generic: add a writeback error handling test
` [xfstests PATCH v4 2/5] ext4: allow ext4 to use $SCRATCH_LOGDEV
` [xfstests PATCH v4 3/5] generic: test writeback error handling on dmerror devices
` [xfstests PATCH v4 4/5] ext3: allow it to put journal on a separate device when doing scratch_mkfs
` [xfstests PATCH v4 5/5] btrfs: make a btrfs version of writeback error reporting test

[U-Boot] [PATCH] rockchip: video: fix taking the VOP device out of standby
 2017-06-12 12:42 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] drivers/clocksource/fttmr010: Optimize sched_clock()
 2017-06-12 12:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drivers/clocksource/fttmr010: Implement delay timer

[PATCH i-g-t v2] tests: Increase value of I915_MAX_PIPES to 6
 2017-06-12 12:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[distros-debian-sid test] 71546: regressions - trouble: blocked/broken/fail/pass
 2017-06-12 12:41 UTC 

[PATCH] x86emul: minor cleanup
 2017-06-12 12:41 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PULL-REQUEST] PM / devfreq for next
 2017-06-12 12:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mmc: sdhci: clear interrupt when retune interrupt received
 2017-06-12 12:33 UTC  (4+ messages)

v4.11.3 build: 0 failures 1 warnings (v4.11.3)
 2017-06-12 12:39 UTC  (4+ messages)

[LTP] [RFC PATCH v6 00/11] Simplify network setup + fix some network stress tests
 2017-06-12 12:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [LTP] [RFC PATCH v6 09/11] network/stress: Fix and cleanup route IPv4 tests

Add two commits two 4.4 stable kernel series
 2017-06-12 12:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` Cherry pick *NFS: Ensure we revalidate attributes before using execute_ok()* to 4.4
` Cherry pick *NFSv4: Don't perform cached access checks before we've OPENed the file* "

[Qemu-devel] [Proposal] I/O throttling through new -object interface
 2017-06-12 12:37 UTC  (4+ messages)

[i-g-t PATCH v3 1/3] lib/igt_core: Add igt_system helpers
 2017-06-12 12:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: consider memblock reservations for deferred memory" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree
 2017-06-12 12:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

Cherry pick commit *net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation* to 4.4 series?
 2017-06-12 12:35 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` Please cherry-pick commit *net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation* to 4.4 series

[PATCH net-next 0/2] r8152: adjust runtime suspend/resume
 2017-06-12 12:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] r8152: split rtl8152_resume function

[PATCH] rt_mutex: correctly initialize lockdep in rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked
 2017-06-12 12:34 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] pinctrl: cherryview: Add terminate entry for dmi_system_id tables
 2017-06-12 12:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linux-4.9 test] 110336: regressions - FAIL
 2017-06-12 12:33 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] cpufreq: schedutil: Fix 4.12 regressions
 2017-06-12 12:33 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: schedutil: Fix selection algorithm while reducing frequency

[RFC V1 1/1] net: cdc_ncm: Reduce memory use when kernel memory low
 2017-06-12 12:32 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCHSET for-4.13] cgroup: implement cgroup2 thread mode, v2
 2017-06-12 12:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/8] arm/mem_access: Walk guest page tables in SW if mem_access is active
 2017-06-12 12:31 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 6/8] arm/mem_access: Add long-descriptor based gpt


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