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[PATCH linux dev-5.10] ARM:dts: Re-config some GPIO pins in dts
 2022-03-09 23:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFT net-next 0/6] devlink: expose instance locking and simplify port splitting
 2022-03-10  0:16 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFT net-next 1/6] devlink: expose instance locking and add locked port registering

[RFC] PCI: fu740: Force Gen1 to fix initial device probing on some boards
 2022-03-10  0:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] net: add per-cpu storage and net->core_stats
 2022-03-10  0:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] kgdbts: fix return value of __setup handler
 2022-03-10  0:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH dwarves v4 0/4] Parallelize BTF type info generating of pahole
 2022-03-10  0:14 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH dwarves v4 1/4] dwarf_loader: Receive per-thread data on worker threads

[PATCH v2] kgdboc: fix return value of __setup handler
 2022-03-10  0:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v5 00/13] net: wwan: t7xx: PCIe driver for MediaTek M.2 modem
 2022-03-10  0:13 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v5 06/13] net: wwan: t7xx: Add AT and MBIM WWAN ports

[PATCH net] sctp: fix kernel-infoleak for SCTP sockets
 2022-03-10  0:11 UTC 

[PATCH] user_events: Prevent dyn_event delete racing with ioctl add/delete
 2022-03-10  0:11 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v2.1 01/30] x86/sgx: Add short descriptions to ENCLS wrappers
 2022-03-10  0:11 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2.1 14/30] x86/sgx: Support restricting of enclave page permissions

[PATCH] po: Un-transliterate the %zu format code
 2022-03-10  0:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/4] Subskeleton support for BPF libraries
 2022-03-10  0:09 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 2/4] bpftool: add support for subskeletons

[PATCH v2 0/2] ARM: aspeed: Add secure boot controller debugfs
 2022-03-10  0:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: aspeed: Add debugfs directory
` [PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: soc: aspeed: Add secure boot controller support

[PATCHv5.1 04/30] x86/tdx: Extend the confidential computing API to support TDX guests
 2022-03-10  0:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCHv5.2 "

[RFC PATCH 00/14] mm: userspace hugepage collapse
 2022-03-10  0:06 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 01/14] mm/rmap: add mm_find_pmd_raw helper
` [RFC PATCH 02/14] mm/khugepaged: add struct collapse_control
` [RFC PATCH 06/14] mm/khugepaged: add hugepage_vma_revalidate_pmd_count()
` [RFC PATCH 07/14] mm/khugepaged: add vm_flags_ignore to hugepage_vma_revalidate_pmd_count()
` [RFC PATCH 09/14] mm/khugepaged: record SCAN_PAGE_COMPOUND when scan_pmd() finds THP
` [RFC PATCH 11/14] mm/madvise: introduce MADV_COLLAPSE sync hugepage collapse
` [RFC PATCH 12/14] mm/madvise: introduce batched madvise(MADV_COLLPASE) collapse

[PATCH 0/4] [v4] Kbuild: std=gnu11 changes
 2022-03-10  0:06 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] Fix some bugs related to ramp and dax
 2022-03-10  0:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] mm: rmap: fix cache flush on THP pages
` [PATCH v4 2/6] dax: fix cache flush on PMD-mapped pages

[PATCH v3] name-rev: use generation numbers if available
 2022-03-10  0:05 UTC 

powerpc64-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `.stubs' from `drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_trace.o' being placed in section `.stubs'
 2022-03-10  0:04 UTC 

[jolsa-perf:bpf/kprobe_multi_4 3/11] include/linux/trace_events.h:784:42: warning: declaration of 'union bpf_attr' will not be visible outside of this function
 2022-03-10  0:04 UTC 

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7 00/13] Add GuC Error Capture Support
 2022-03-10  0:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7 02/13] drm/i915/guc: Add XE_LP static registers for GuC error capture

arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:3745:6: warning: Uninitialized variable: name [uninitvar]
 2022-03-10  0:04 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/7] RZG2L_WDT Fixes and Improvements
 2022-03-09 23:42 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/7] watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix reset control imbalance
` [PATCH v5 5/7] watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Add error check for reset_control_deassert

[PATCH v3 00/19] efi_loader: more tightly integrate UEFI disks to driver model
 2022-03-10  0:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v3 08/19] dm: add tag support

[PATCH mptcp-next v3 0/3] MP_FAIL echo and retrans
 2022-03-10  0:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next v3 2/3] mptcp: reset subflow when MP_FAIL doesn't respond

[PATCH v1] mm/hwpoison: set PageHWPoison after taking page lock in memory_failure_hugetlb()
 2022-03-10  0:00 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] block-sha1: remove use of assembly
 2022-03-09 23:52 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] usb: gadget: return -EINVAL if no proper ep address available
 2022-03-09 23:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linux-next:pending-fixes] BUILD SUCCESS fb8a41b34095f3699c85326f6c326f86a7af4185
 2022-03-09 23:57 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 0/8] dpaa2-mac: add support for changing the protocol at runtime
 2022-03-09 20:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] dpaa2-mac: configure the SerDes phy on a protocol change

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: watchdog: renesas,wdt: Document RZ/V2L SoC
 2022-03-09 23:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 5.10 00/43] 5.10.105-rc1 review
 2022-03-09 23:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

Unable to build ELL with OpenSSL 3
 2022-03-09 23:56 UTC 

New CVE entries this week
 2022-03-09 23:55 UTC 

[tpm2] Re: How do I use Microsoft's sim (TSS.MSR) with lib tss2-esys
 2022-03-09 23:55 UTC 

[syzbot] memory leak in usb_get_configuration
 2022-03-09 23:54 UTC 

[GIT PULL] TPM DEVICE DRIVER updates for v5.18
 2022-03-09 23:50 UTC  (4+ messages)

Google GN support
 2022-03-09 23:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [yocto] "

Sending CQE to a different ring
 2022-03-09 23:49 UTC 

[PATCH net-next] docs: net: dsa: describe issues with checksum offload
 2022-03-09 23:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] dev-manual: add instructions for compacting WSLv2 VHDX files using DiskPart for those systems which lack optimize-vhd
 2022-03-09 23:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [docs] "

[PATCH v5 1/3] build: Add c++ build support
 2022-03-09 23:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] KernelShark: Add xenomai_cobalt_switch_events plugin for KernelShark

[PATCH v4 0/4] A design for future-proofing fsync() configuration
 2022-03-09 23:48 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/5] "
  ` [PATCH v5 1/5] wrapper: move inclusion of CSPRNG headers the wrapper.c file
  ` [PATCH v5 2/5] core.fsyncmethod: add writeout-only mode
  ` [PATCH v5 3/5] core.fsync: introduce granular fsync control
  ` [PATCH v5 4/5] core.fsync: new option to harden the index
  ` [PATCH v5 5/5] core.fsync: documentation and user-friendly aggregate options

[PATCH 0/2] Add toprgu reset-controller support for MT7986
 2022-03-09 23:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: reset: mt7986: Add reset-controller header file

[PATCH v4] dt-bindings: watchdog: convert faraday,ftwdt010 to yaml
 2022-03-09 23:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

Clarifying XFS behaviour for dates before 1901 and after 2038
 2022-03-09 23:45 UTC  (4+ messages)

stable-rc/linux-5.4.y baseline: 48 runs, 1 regressions (v5.4.183-19-gc8d8adff2654)
 2022-03-09 23:44 UTC 

[PATCH v4 02/24] dept: Implement Dept(Dependency Tracker)
 2022-03-09 23:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] docs/zh_CN: Add sched-stats Chinese translation
 2022-03-09 23:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/2] io_uring: Add support for napi_busy_poll
 2022-03-09 23:44 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] io_uring: minor io_cqring_wait() optimization

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7] drm/i915/display/vrr: Reset VRR capable property on a long hpd
 2022-03-09 23:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[LSF/MM/BPF BOF idea] CXL BOF discussion
 2022-03-09 23:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] app/test-regex: fix incorrect number of matches
 2022-03-09 23:41 UTC 

[RFC v4 00/21] vfio-user client
 2022-03-09 23:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC v4 04/21] vfio-user: add region cache

[PATCH mptcp-next v4 0/4] mptcp: replace per-addr listener sockets
 2022-03-09 23:40 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next 3/4] mptcp: handle join requests via pernet listen socket

[PATCH] usb: dwc3: gadget: Give some time to schedule isoc
 2022-03-09 23:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/23] Extend Eager Page Splitting to the shadow MMU
 2022-03-09 23:39 UTC  (5+ messages)

stable-rc/linux-5.16.y build: 123 builds: 10 failed, 113 passed, 48 errors, 4 warnings (v5.16.13-38-g3416254dac79)
 2022-03-09 23:40 UTC 

[PATCH] m5mols/m5mols.h: document new reset field
 2022-03-09 23:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] null_blk: replace ida_simple_xxx()
 2022-03-09 23:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] null-blk: replace deprecated ida_simple_xxx()

[PATCH 0/4] builtin add -p: hopefully final readkey fixes
 2022-03-09 23:37 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "

[PATCHSET v2 0/2] xfs: make quota reservations for directory changes
 2022-03-09 23:36 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] xfs: reserve quota for dir expansion when linking/unlinking files
` [PATCH 2/2] xfs: reserve quota for target dir expansion when renaming files

[ndctl PATCH] build: Fix '-Wall' and '-O2' warnings
 2022-03-09 23:36 UTC 

[PATCH RFC 0/9] bpf, mm: recharge bpf memory from offline memcg
 2022-03-09 23:35 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC] Bluetooth: Adding support for /etc/bluetooth/main.conf.d
 2022-03-09 23:34 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] Add Chinese translations for KSM documents
 2022-03-09 23:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] Add Chinese translation for vm/ksm.rst

stable-rc/linux-4.14.y baseline: 62 runs, 1 regressions (v4.14.270-19-gb0e99fb90471)
 2022-03-09 23:32 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/3] docs/zh_CN: add devicetree translation
 2022-03-09 23:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix aldebaran xgmi topology for vf
 2022-03-09 23:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4] driver core: Add sysfs support for physical location of a device
 2022-03-09 23:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches
 2022-03-09 23:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCH 1/2] wxwidgets: fix libdir for multilib
 2022-03-09 23:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH 2/2] wxwidgets: fix install errors

[PATCHSET 0/2] xfs: constify dotdot global variable
 2022-03-09 23:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] xfs: constify xfs_name_dotdot

[PATCH 00/13] Removing tracehook.h
 2022-03-09 23:26 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 07/13] task_work: Introduce task_work_pending
` [PATCH 12/13] resume_user_mode: Move to resume_user_mode.h
` [PATCH 13/13] tracehook: Remove tracehook.h

[PATCH] docs: proc.rst: fix wrong time unit
 2022-03-09 23:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/14] ARM: suniv: dts: update Allwinner F1C100
 2022-03-09 23:03 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/14] dt-bindings: watchdog: sunxi: fix F1C100s compatible
` [PATCH 02/14] ARM: dts: suniv: F1C100: fix watchdog compatible

arm64/for-kernelci build: 2 builds: 0 failed, 2 passed (v5.17-rc7-114-g34bd6683a6a1)
 2022-03-09 23:24 UTC 

[PATCH mptcp-next v10 0/5] add add skc_to_mptcp_sock
 2022-03-09 23:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[tip:x86/core] BUILD SUCCESS 8959fcf5650e1a344ce8a71c0d7203318e8faa84
 2022-03-09 23:24 UTC 

[jolsa-perf:bpf/kprobe_multi_4 3/11] include/linux/trace_events.h:784:42: warning: 'union bpf_attr' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
 2022-03-09 23:23 UTC 

QCN5502 support in ath9k
 2022-03-09 23:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/4] fixes for bpf_jit_harden race
 2022-03-09 23:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Fix net.core.bpf_jit_harden race

[PATCH 0/3] docs/zh_CN: add riscv vm-layout and peci translation
 2022-03-09 23:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

Question: missing vmlinux BTF variable declarations
 2022-03-09 23:20 UTC 

[PATCH v3] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines
 2022-03-09 23:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] libsepol/cil: Write a message when a log message is truncated
 2022-03-09 23:17 UTC 

[PATCH] powerpc: 8xx: fix a return value error in mpc8xx_pic_init
 2022-03-09 23:16 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v3 01/30] drivers: hv: dxgkrnl: Add virtual compute device VM bus channel guids
 2022-03-09 23:14 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 02/30] drivers: hv: dxgkrnl: Driver initialization and loading

Lost patch
 2022-03-09 23:12 UTC 

[PATCH] dt-bindings: clk: cleanup comments
 2022-03-09 22:23 UTC 

[PATCH v8 08/13] media: atmel: atmel-isc: change format propagation to subdev into only verification
 2022-03-09 23:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

Updated CCLA for Qualcomm Inovation Center Inc
 2022-03-08 12:40 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] x86/fpu: Make AMX state ready for CPU idle
 2022-03-09 23:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/fpu: Add a helper to prepare AMX state for low-power "
` [PATCH v2 2/2] intel_idle: Add a new flag to initialize the AMX state

[PATCH] nvmet: add missing locks around nvmet_ns_revalidate
 2022-03-09 23:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/5] Enable root to update the blacklist keyring
 2022-03-09 23:11 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 5/5] certs: Allow root user to append signed hashes to "

[PATCH v7 0/2] Add watchdog driver for Sunplus SP7021 SoC
 2022-03-09 23:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 2/2] watchdog: Add watchdog driver for Sunplus SP7021

[PATCH] PCI/ACPI: Add support for `AE_SUPPORT` in _OSC queries
 2022-03-09 23:11 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/9] Implement a batched fsync option for core.fsyncObjectFiles
 2022-03-09 23:02 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 "

[lpieralisi-pci:pci/rcar 2/2] drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rcar-host.c:139:3: error: instruction requires: data-barriers
 2022-03-09 23:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/11] Support microcode updates affecting SGX
 2022-03-09 23:09 UTC  (4+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] fs: Change default fakeroot shell to bash
 2022-03-09 23:07 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/12] perf/x86/amd: Add AMD Fam19h Branch Sampling support
 2022-03-09 23:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 06/12] perf/x86/amd: add AMD branch sampling period adjustment

[song-md:tmp/fix-5.17] BUILD SUCCESS c06ccb305e697d89fe99376c9036d1a2ece44c77
 2022-03-09 23:02 UTC 

[song-md:md-next] BUILD SUCCESS 03a6b195e8e846f7373bcbeb3ea2a756dfb9ae61
 2022-03-09 23:02 UTC 

Leading slash exclusion does not with git clean on Windows
 2022-03-09 23:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHSET 0/2] xfs: use setattr_copy to set VFS file attributes
 2022-03-09 23:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

Btrfs autodefrag wrote 5TB in one day to a 0.5TB SSD without a measurable benefit
 2022-03-09 23:00 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH V2] ax25: Fix refcount leaks caused by ax25_cb_del()
 2022-03-09 23:00 UTC 

[PATCH 00/24] revision.[ch]: add and use release_revisions()
 2022-03-09 22:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/24] revision.[ch]: provide and start using a release_revisions()

drivers/vhost/vdpa.c:677 vhost_vdpa_pa_map() warn: should '(last_pfn - map_pfn + 1) << 12' be a 64 bit type?
 2022-03-09 22:52 UTC 

[PATCH v4] drivers/coresight: Add Ultrasoc System Memory Buffer driver
 2022-03-09 22:49 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/regs: move GEN12_SFC_DONE_MAX where it belongs
 2022-03-09 22:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v10 0/5] Add driver for GSC controller
 2022-03-09 22:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v10 1/5] drm/i915/gsc: add gsc as a mei auxiliary device

[PATCH] PCI: ACPI: Don't blindly trust `HotPlugSupportInD3`
 2022-03-09 22:43 UTC 

[linux-next:master] BUILD REGRESSION cb153b68ff91cbc434f3de70ac549e110543e1bb
 2022-03-09 22:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

stable-rc/queue/5.16 build: 178 builds: 5 failed, 173 passed, 12 errors, 4 warnings (v5.16.13-38-ge6347addcf77)
 2022-03-09 22:45 UTC 

[pull] amdgpu, amdkfd drm-next-5.18
 2022-03-09 22:44 UTC 

[PATCH v2] MIPS: Only use current_stack_pointer on GCC
 2022-03-09 22:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] arm: kirkwood: nas220: Add DM Ethernet, SATA, GPIO
 2022-03-09 22:44 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] x86/fpu: Make AMX state ready for CPU idle
 2022-03-09 22:44 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] intel_idle: Add SPR support with AMX INIT-state

Patch "ARM: Do not use NOCROSSREFS directive with ld.lld" has been added to the 4.19-stable tree
 2022-03-09 22:43 UTC 

stable-rc/queue/5.10 build: 132 builds: 1 failed, 131 passed, 4 errors, 10 warnings (v5.10.104-44-gcb860ee1d45c)
 2022-03-09 22:43 UTC 

{standard input}:17065: Error: Insn slot not set in unwind record
 2022-03-09 22:28 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/5] Add memory shrinker to VirtIO-GPU DRM driver
 2022-03-09 22:43 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v15 0/11] NFSD: Initial implementation of NFSv4 Courteous Server
 2022-03-09 22:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v15 07/11] NFSD: Update find_in_sessionid_hashtbl() to handle courtesy clients

[PATCH] ARM: soc: aspeed: Add secure boot controller support
 2022-03-09 22:40 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v11 0/5] Add support for transmitting packets using XDP in bpf_prog_run()
 2022-03-09 22:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ARM: Do not use NOCROSSREFS directive with ld.lld
 2022-03-09 22:40 UTC  (6+ messages)

vrf and multicast problem
 2022-03-09 22:31 UTC 

stable-rc/queue/5.16 baseline: 79 runs, 1 regressions (v5.16.13-37-g9fad9a86a8b2)
 2022-03-09 22:41 UTC 

[GIT PULL] arm64 post-Spectre BHB fix for 5.17
 2022-03-09 22:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: fs: fix lru_cache_disabled race in bh_lru
 2022-03-09 22:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC 0/3] Expose Confidential Computing capabilities on sysfs
 2022-03-09 22:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/tree: bump to version 2.0.2
 2022-03-09 22:36 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/pdbg: bump version to v3.5
 2022-03-09 22:39 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fixes for cpu hotplug support
 2022-03-09 22:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] cpufreq: qcom-hw: drop affinity hint before freeing the IRQ
` [PATCH v2 2/4] cpufreq: qcom-hw: fix the race between LMH worker and cpuhp
` [PATCH v2 3/4] cpufreq: qcom-hw: fix the opp entries refcounting
` [PATCH v2 4/4] cpufreq: qcom-hw: provide online/offline operations

[PATCH v4 00/17] ASoC: Intel: AVS - Audio DSP for cAVS
 2022-03-09 22:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 10/17] ASoC: Intel: avs: Add basefw runtime-parameter requests

[PATCH 4.9 00/24] 4.9.306-rc1 review
 2022-03-09 22:39 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4.9 02/24] x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support

[PATCH net-next v1 00/10] ptp: ocp: support for new firmware
 2022-03-09 22:32 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v1 09/10] ptp: ocp: Add 2 more timestampers


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