messages from 2021-02-06 02:54:27 to 2021-02-06 03:37:10 UTC [more...]
Test Email
2021-02-06 3:02 UTC (10+ messages)
` [RFC v1 13/26] x86/tdx: Handle MWAIT, MONITOR and WBINVD
` [RFC v1 21/26] x86/mm: Move force_dma_unencrypted() to common code
` [RFC v1 22/26] x86/tdx: Exclude Shared bit from __PHYSICAL_MASK
` [RFC v1 23/26] x86/tdx: Make pages shared in ioremap()
` [RFC v1 25/26] x86/tdx: Make DMA pages shared
` [RFC v1 26/26] x86/kvm: Use bounce buffers for TD guest
[PATCH v5 00/34] Intel Vision Processing base enabling
2021-02-05 22:52 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 02/34] dt-bindings: mailbox: Add Intel VPU IPC mailbox bindings
` [PATCH v5 04/34] dt-bindings: Add bindings for Keem Bay IPC driver
` [PATCH v5 06/34] dt-bindings: Add bindings for Keem Bay VPU "
` [PATCH v5 08/34] misc: xlink-pcie: Add documentation for XLink PCIe driver
` [PATCH v5 17/34] xlink-ipc: Add xlink ipc device tree bindings
` [PATCH v5 18/34] xlink-ipc: Add xlink ipc driver
` [PATCH v5 19/34] xlink-core: Add xlink core device tree bindings
` [PATCH v5 20/34] xlink-core: Add xlink core driver xLink
` [PATCH v5 24/34] dt-bindings: misc: Add Keem Bay vpumgr
` [PATCH v5 32/34] dt-bindings: misc: hddl_dev: Add hddl device management documentation
[PATCH v9 0/3] Kbuild: DWARF v5 support
2021-02-06 0:02 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/3] vmlinux.lds.h: add DWARF v5 sections
[Intel-wired-lan] 710/i40e, RSS and 802.1ad (double vlan)
2021-02-06 3:37 UTC
[PATCH 0/8] mm: memcontrol: switch to rstat v2
2021-02-06 3:34 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/8] cgroup: rstat: support cgroup1
` [PATCH 5/8] cgroup: rstat: punt root-level optimization to individual controllers
[PATCH v3 0/2] VMD MSI Remapping Bypass
2021-02-06 3:35 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] iommu/vt-d: Use Real PCI DMA device for IRTE
` [PATCH v3 2/2] PCI: vmd: Disable MSI-X remapping when possible
+ checkpatch-dont-warn-about-colon-termination-in-linker-scripts.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:44 UTC
[PATCH v5 00/20] arm64: sunxi: Initial Allwinner H616 SoC support
2021-02-05 21:58 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 15/20] dt-bindings: net: sun8i-emac: Add H616 compatible string
[PATCH rdma-core v3 0/3] Dma-buf related fixes
2021-02-05 22:33 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-core v3 1/3] verbs: Fix gcc warnings when building for 32bit systems
` [PATCH rdma-core v3 2/3] pyverbs,tests: Cosmetic improvements for dma-buf allocation routines
` [PATCH rdma-core v3 3/3] configure: Add check for DRM headers
[PATCH net] net: gro: do not keep too many GRO packets in napi->rx_list
2021-02-06 3:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] drivers/net/ethernet/amd: Follow style guide
2021-02-06 0:01 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] drivers/net/ethernet/amd: Fix bracket matching and line levels
` [PATCH 3/3] drivers/net/ethernet/amd: Break apart one-lined expressions
[PATCH v16 00/16] RISC-V Kendryte K210 support improvements
2021-02-06 0:13 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 09/16] riscv: Update Canaan Kendryte K210 device tree
[PATCH 00/15] Cleanup of LS1021a device trees
2021-02-05 23:47 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/15] dt-bindings: i2c: imx: update schema to align with original binding
` [PATCH 03/15] dt-bindings: memory: fsl: convert ifc binding to yaml schema
` [PATCH 05/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a-qds: Add node for QSPI flash
` [PATCH 08/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a: breakup long values in thermal node
` [PATCH 12/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a: add #dma-cells to qdma node
` [PATCH 13/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a: add #power-domain-cells for power-controller node
` [PATCH 14/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a-qds: change fpga to simple-mfd device
` [PATCH 15/15] ARM: dts: ls1021a-tsn: remove undocumented property "position" from mma8452 node
[PATCH v4 0/3] Support wakeup methods of Atmel maXTouch controllers
2021-02-05 23:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: input: atmel_mxt_ts: Document atmel,wakeup-method and WAKE line GPIO
+ net-fix-iteration-for-sctp-transport-seq_files.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:39 UTC
+ seq_file-document-how-per-entry-resources-are-managed.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:38 UTC
+ x86-fix-seq_file-iteration-for-pat-memtypec.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:39 UTC
[git:media_tree/master] media: smipcie: fix interrupt handling and IR timeout
2021-02-05 22:41 UTC
[PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: Fix undocumented compatible strings in examples
2021-02-06 1:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] printk: Userspace format enumeration support
2021-02-05 22:45 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v7 0/6] usb: Support USB 3.2 multi-lanes
2021-02-06 3:14 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/6] dt-binding: usb: Include USB SSP rates in GenXxY
Repairing IMSM RAID array "active, FAILED, not started"
2021-02-06 3:19 UTC
[PATCH V1 1/1] mmc:sdhci-pci-o2micro: Bug fix for SDR104 HW tuning failure
2021-02-06 1:40 UTC
[PATCH V1 1/1] mmc:sdhci-pci-o2micro: Bug fix for SDR104 HW tuning failure
2021-02-06 1:37 UTC
[OpenRISC] [PATCH] openrisc: use device tree to determine present cpus
2021-02-05 22:36 UTC (10+ messages)
` [OpenRISC] [PATCH v2] "
` "
[PATCH net-next] net/packet: Improve the comment about LL header visibility criteria
2021-02-05 22:41 UTC
[PATCH net] virtio-net: suppress bad irq warning for tx napi
2021-02-05 22:28 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 00/12] LAG offload for Ocelot DSA switches
2021-02-05 22:02 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 01/12] net: mscc: ocelot: rename ocelot_netdevice_port_event to ocelot_netdevice_changeupper
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 03/12] net: mscc: ocelot: don't refuse bonding interfaces we can't offload
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 04/12] net: mscc: ocelot: use ipv6 in the aggregation code
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 06/12] net: mscc: ocelot: avoid unneeded "lp" variable in LAG join
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 08/12] net: mscc: ocelot: drop the use of the "lags" array
` [PATCH RESEND v3 net-next 11/12] net: dsa: make assisted_learning_on_cpu_port bypass offloaded LAG interfaces
[PATCHv2 bpf-next 0/4] kbuild/resolve_btfids: Invoke resolve_btfids clean in root Makefile
2021-02-06 0:00 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] tools/resolve_btfids: Set srctree variable unconditionally
[PATCH v2 0/5] dax-device: Some cleanups
2021-02-05 22:28 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/5] dax-device: Fix error path in dax_driver_register
[Intel-gfx] [CI] drm/i915/selftest: Synchronise with the GPU timestamp
2021-02-06 3:25 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] ✓ Fi.CI.IGT: success for drm/i915/selftest: Synchronise with the GPU timestamp (rev2)
[PATCH v2 2/2] PCI: vmd: Disable MSI/X remapping when possible
2021-02-06 2:50 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH mlx5-next v5 1/4] PCI: Add sysfs callback to allow MSI-X table size change of SR-IOV VFs
2021-02-05 22:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] Add support for Type-C mux events without port partners
2021-02-06 0:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] checkpatch: Don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
2021-02-06 3:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/3] Adding the Sparx5 Switch Reset Driver
2021-02-05 22:35 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: dts: reset: add microchip sparx5 switch reset driver
[PATCH v4 0/4] Chunk Heap Support on DMA-HEAP
2021-02-05 22:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/4] dt-bindings: reserved-memory: Make DMA-BUF CMA heap DT-configurable
[PATCH v3] mfd: da9063: Support SMBus and I2C mode
2021-02-06 1:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[to-be-updated] mm-cma-support-sysfs.patch removed from -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:29 UTC
[alternative-merged] tmpfs-dont-use-64-bit-inodes-by-defulat-with-32-bit-ino_t.patch removed from -mm tree
2021-02-06 0:06 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/28] Allow parallel MMU operations with TDP MMU
2021-02-06 0:29 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure forward progress when yielding in TDP MMU iter
` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Flush TLBs after zap in TDP MMU PF handler
` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Allow parallel page faults for the TDP MMU
V4L2 logging for multiple streams
2021-02-06 0:59 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2] tracepoints: Do not punish non static call users
2021-02-05 21:55 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/8] Make fw_devlink=on more forgiving
2021-02-06 2:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/8] driver core: Add fw_devlink.strict kernel param
[PATCH dwarves] spec: fix dates in RPM spec
2021-02-05 23:35 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/3] kunit: support running subsets of test suites from kunit.py
2021-02-05 23:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH] KVM: x86: Set PF_VCPU when processing IRQs to fix tick-based accounting
2021-02-06 0:42 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/7] cpufreq-qcom-hw: Implement full OSM programming
2021-02-05 22:23 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 7/7] dt-bindings: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Add bindings for 8998
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in snd_complete_urb+0x109e/0x1740 [snd_usb_audio] (5.11-rc6)
2021-02-05 22:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] entry: Fix missed trap after single-step on system call return
2021-02-05 23:24 UTC (2+ messages)
` [tip: core/urgent] entry: Ensure "
proposal: move Linux userspace USB gadget projects to linux-usb GitHub organisation?
2021-02-05 23:35 UTC (3+ messages)
KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in vhci_shutdown_connection
2021-02-06 1:08 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH] usb: usbip: fix error handling of kthread_get_run()
[PATCH v3 0/2] TPM fixes
2021-02-06 0:39 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip
[PATCH 0/3] Range diff with ranges lacking dotdot
2021-02-06 0:39 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
` [PATCH v2 2/3] range-diff/format-patch: handle commit ranges other than A..B
Cloning empty repository uses locally configured default branch name
2021-02-05 23:07 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/3] Cloning with remote unborn HEAD
` [PATCH v7 "
[PATCH v2] entry: Use different define for selector variable in SUD
2021-02-05 23:24 UTC (2+ messages)
` [tip: core/urgent] "
[net-next v4 00/14] Add Marvell CN10K support
2021-02-05 22:50 UTC (4+ messages)
` [net-next v4 02/14] octeontx2-pf: cn10k: Add mbox support for CN10K
` [net-next v4 10/14] octeontx2-af: cn10K: Add MTU configuration
` [net-next v4 13/14] octeontx2-af: cn10k: Add RPM Rx/Tx stats support
[PATCH v10 1/4] dt-bindings: msm: disp: add yaml schemas for DPU bindings
2021-02-05 22:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 4/4] dt-bindings: msm/dp: Add bindings of MSM DisplayPort controller
GSoC 2021 - Volunteer to be a mentor
2021-02-05 23:56 UTC (2+ messages)
kernel null pointer at nvme_tcp_init_iter+0x7d/0xd0 [nvme_tcp]
2021-02-06 3:08 UTC
[RFC PATCH 6/8] preempt/dynamic: Provide preempt_schedule[_notrace]() static calls
2021-02-06 2:31 UTC (11+ messages)
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:109!
2021-02-06 3:07 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4] ARM: kprobes: rewrite test-arm.c in UAL
2021-02-05 22:35 UTC
[PATCH] selftests/harness: pass variant to teardown
2021-02-06 3:11 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] KUnit: Docs: make start.rst example Kconfig follow style.rst
2021-02-05 23:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] kunit: fail tests on UBSAN errors
2021-02-05 23:53 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] kunit: support failure from dynamic analysis tools
[PATCH v4 0/3] kunit: support running subsets of test suites from kunit.py
2021-02-06 0:08 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] kunit: add kunit.filter_glob cmdline option to filter suites
` [PATCH v4 2/3] kunit: tool: add support for filtering suites by glob
` [PATCH v4 3/3] kunit: tool: fix unintentional statefulness in run_kernel()
[PATCH 0/5] block: add a sequence number to disks
2021-02-06 0:09 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] block: add disk sequence number
` [PATCH 2/5] block: add ioctl to read the "
` [PATCH 3/5] block: refactor sysfs code
` [PATCH 4/5] block: export diskseq in sysfs
[PATCH net-next 0/7] Netfilter/IPVS updates for net-next
2021-02-06 1:50 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/7] netfilter: ctnetlink: remove get_ct indirection
` [PATCH net-next 2/7] ipvs: add weighted random twos choice algorithm
` [PATCH net-next 3/7] netfilter: flowtable: add hash offset field to tuple
` [PATCH net-next 4/7] netfilter: nftables: add nft_parse_register_load() and use it
` [PATCH net-next 5/7] netfilter: nftables: add nft_parse_register_store() "
` [PATCH net-next 6/7] netfilter: nftables: statify nft_parse_register()
` [PATCH net-next 7/7] netfilter: nftables: remove redundant assignment of variable err
[Intel-gfx] [RFC 00/14] Introduce Intel PXP
2021-02-06 3:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for "
` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.SPARSE: "
[PATCH] tmpfs: Disallow CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64 on s390
2021-02-06 0:05 UTC (2+ messages)
[to-be-updated] mm-memoryc-remove-pte_sw_mkyoung.patch removed from -mm tree
2021-02-05 23:34 UTC
+ maintainers-update-andrey-ryabinins-email-address.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:42 UTC
+ tmpfs-disallow-config_tmpfs_inode64-on-s390.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-06 0:05 UTC
[PATCH v14 00/16] RISC-V Kendryte K210 support improvements
2021-02-06 0:52 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 07/16] dt-bindings: fix sifive gpio properties
[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: broadcom: bcm4908enet: add BCM4908 controller driver
2021-02-05 23:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/6] Silvaco I3C master driver
2021-02-05 23:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/2] arm64/acpi: restrict AML opregion memory access
2021-02-06 3:11 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64/acpi: disallow writeable AML opregion mapping for EFI code regions
+ mm-hugetlb-use-helper-function-range_in_vma-in-page_table_shareable.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:51 UTC
[Intel-gfx] [CI 1/5] drm/i915: Wrap access to intel_engine.active
2021-02-06 3:10 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success for series starting with [CI,1/5] "
[PATCH 5.10 00/57] 5.10.14-rc1 review
2021-02-05 23:04 UTC (2+ messages)
firewire-ohci fails to initialize Texas Instruments XIO2213A/B/XIO2221 based controller on realtime kernels [5.4.91-rt50, 5.10.8-rt24]
2021-02-05 23:22 UTC (4+ messages)
[platform-drivers-x86:intel-mid-removal] BUILD SUCCESS ca338fed2a5fce66660904d7ab50bec061d2c8a2
2021-02-05 23:55 UTC
[PATCH v11 0/4] drm/panfrost: Add support for mt8183 GPU
2021-02-06 3:01 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/4] dt-bindings: gpu: mali-bifrost: Add Mediatek MT8183
ANNOUNCE: pahole v1.20 (gcc11 DWARF5's default, lots of ELF sections, BTF)
2021-02-05 23:55 UTC (8+ messages)
✅ PASS: Test report for kernel 5.10.13 (stable)
2021-02-06 0:47 UTC
[PATCH v10 00/17] Add AMD SEV guest live migration support
2021-02-06 2:54 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 12/16] KVM: x86: Introduce new KVM_FEATURE_SEV_LIVE_MIGRATION feature & Custom MSR
+ mm-mlock-stop-counting-mlocked-pages-when-none-vma-is-found.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 23:24 UTC
+ mm-memoryc-fix-potential-pte_unmap_unlock-pte-error.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:14 UTC
[PATCH 1/3] cfg80211: Add wiphy flag to trigger STA disconnect after hardware restart
2021-02-05 22:02 UTC (2+ messages)
+ mm-memcontrol-replace-the-loop-with-a-list_for_each_entry.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:45 UTC
+ seq_file-document-how-per-entry-resources-are-managed-fix.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 22:40 UTC
[git pull] Input updates for v5.11-rc6
2021-02-06 2:13 UTC
WARNING in init_timer_key
2021-02-06 2:50 UTC
[RFC][PATCH v6 0/7] Generic page pool & deferred freeing for system dmabuf heap
2021-02-05 22:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC][PATCH v6 1/7] drm: Add a sharable drm page-pool implementation
[PATCH 1/3] libsepol/cil: fix NULL pointer dereference with empty macro argument
2021-02-05 22:02 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] libsepol/cil: be more robust when encountering <src_info>
[PATCH v4 1/2] procfs: Allow reading fdinfo with PTRACE_MODE_READ
2021-02-06 0:39 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] dmabuf: Add dmabuf inode number to /proc/*/fdinfo
[PATCH v2 1/1] powerpc/kvm: Save Timebase Offset to fix sched_clock() while running guest code
2021-02-06 3:03 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] fs/buffer.c: Add checking buffer head stat before clear
2021-02-05 23:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC conntrack-tools PATCH] conntrack-tools: introduce conntrackdctl
2021-02-06 1:57 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH V2 0/5] blktrace: few cleanup
2021-02-06 2:01 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/5] blktrace: add blk_fill_rwbs documentation comment
[PATCH 0/6] spin lock usage optimization for RTC drivers
2021-02-05 23:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/10] [RFC] Simple IPC Mechanism
2021-02-05 23:28 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 00/14] "
` [PATCH v2 11/14] unix-socket: add options to unix_stream_listen()
[PATCH] kunit: make KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ() quote values, don't print literals
2021-02-05 22:18 UTC
✅ PASS: Test report for kernel 5.10.13 (stable-queue)
2021-02-05 22:35 UTC
stable-rc/queue/4.19 baseline: 120 runs, 5 regressions (v4.19.173-17-gb05333213586d)
2021-02-05 22:50 UTC
[PATCH] MIPS: crash_dump.c: Simplify copy_oldmem_page()
2021-02-05 22:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] MIPS: make userspace mapping young by default
2021-02-05 23:41 UTC (3+ messages)
+ fs-bufferc-add-checking-buffer-head-stat-before-clear.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 23:47 UTC
+ mips-make-userspace-mapping-young-by-default.patch added to -mm tree
2021-02-05 23:41 UTC
[PATCH v3] powerpc/kuap: Allow kernel thread to access userspace after kthread_use_mm
2021-02-06 2:56 UTC
[PATCH] KVM: SVM: Delay restoration of host MSR_TSC_AUX until return to userspace
2021-02-06 0:32 UTC
[PATCH v2] iio: sx9310: Support ACPI property
2021-02-05 21:58 UTC
[PATCH] iio: sx9310: Support ACPI property
2021-02-06 1:41 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/3] Preventing job distribution to isolated CPUs
2021-02-05 23:02 UTC (14+ messages)
` [Patch v4 1/3] lib: Restrict cpumask_local_spread to houskeeping CPUs
` [tip: sched/urgent] Revert "lib: Restrict cpumask_local_spread to houskeeping CPUs"
[PATCH net-next] net: dsa: allow port mirroring towards foreign interfaces
2021-02-05 22:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[net] tcp: Explicitly mark reserved field in tcp_zerocopy_receive args
2021-02-05 23:01 UTC
[PATCH net] net: watchdog: hold device global xmit lock during tx disable
2021-02-06 1:37 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] Fix some seq_file users that were recently broken
2021-02-05 22:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/7] common SVDM version and VDO from dt
2021-02-06 0:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 6/7] dt-bindings: connector: Add SVDM VDO properties
Avoid MMIO write access after hot unplug [WAS - Re: Question about supporting AMD eGPU hot plug case]
2021-02-05 22:15 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/msm/dp: reset dp controller only at boot up and pm_resume
2021-02-05 22:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/8] Updates to MHI channel handling
2021-02-05 22:46 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 8/8] bus: mhi: core: Do not clear channel context more than once
[PATCH 0/3] fs/efs: Follow kernel style guide
2021-02-05 22:37 UTC (4+ messages)
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