messages from 2022-11-16 22:38:30 to 2022-11-16 23:50:23 UTC [more...]
[PATCH mdadm v5 0/7] RESEND: Write Zeroes option for Creating Arrays
2022-11-16 23:50 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH mdadm v5 1/7] Create: goto abort_locked instead of return 1 in error path
` [PATCH mdadm v5 2/7] Create: remove safe_mode_delay local variable
` [PATCH mdadm v5 6/7] tests/00raid5-zero: Introduce test to exercise --write-zeros
` [PATCH mdadm v5 7/7] manpage: Add --write-zeroes option to manpage
man ld(1): see also ldd, ldconfig
2022-11-16 23:49 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] Fix reading IPMI data on new Aldebaran boards
2022-11-16 23:49 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] drm/amdgpu: Read IPMI data for product information
[PATCH v3 3/5] zsmalloc: Add a LRU to zs_pool to keep track of zspages in LRU order
2022-11-16 23:49 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 00/11] CXL: Process event logs
2022-11-16 23:48 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] cxl/pci: Add generic MSI-X/MSI irq support
[PATCH] timers: fix LVL_START macro
2022-11-16 23:48 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next 00/11] xdp: hints via kfuncs
2022-11-16 23:47 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 05/11] veth: Support rx timestamp metadata for xdp
` [xdp-hints] "
` [xdp-hints] "
[PATCH 1/2] HID: playstation: fix DualShock4 bluetooth memory corruption bug
2022-11-16 23:47 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH mdadm v5 6/7] tests/00raid5-zero: Introduce test to exercise --write-zeros
2022-11-16 23:46 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH mdadm v5 7/7] manpage: Add --write-zeroes option to manpage
` [PATCH mdadm v5 0/7] Write Zeroes option for Creating Arrays
` [PATCH mdadm v5 2/7] Create: remove safe_mode_delay local variable
` [PATCH mdadm v5 5/7] mdadm: Add --write-zeros option for Create
` [PATCH mdadm v5 4/7] mdadm: Introduce pr_info()
` [PATCH mdadm v5 1/7] Create: goto abort_locked instead of return 1 in error path
` [PATCH mdadm v5 3/7] Create: Factor out add_disks() helpers
[PATCH v4 0/3] generic and PowerPC SED Opal keystore
2022-11-16 23:44 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/3] powerpc/pseries: PLPKS SED Opal keystore support
` [PATCH v4 3/3] block: sed-opal: keystore access for SED Opal keys
[PATCH 0/7] fs: fix inode->i_flctx accesses
2022-11-16 23:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/7] ksmbd: use locks_inode_context helper
[PATCH for-4.17 0/4] XSA-409 fixes
2022-11-16 23:44 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] xen/arm, libxl: Revert XEN_DOMCTL_shadow_op; use p2m mempool hypercalls
[PATCH 0/2] arm64: allwinner: h6: Add second IOMMU reference to Cedrus
2022-11-16 23:42 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] media: dt-bindings: allwinner: video-engine: Fix number of IOMMU channels
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: allwinner: h6: Fix Cedrus "
[PATCH v2 0/2] ACPI: HMAT: fix single-initiator target registrations
2022-11-16 23:42 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] ACPI: HMAT: remove unnecessary variable initialization
` [PATCH v2 2/2] ACPI: HMAT: Fix initiator registration for single-initiator systems
[PATCH bpf-next v3] bpf: Pass map file to .map_update_batch directly
2022-11-16 23:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[linux-next:master 5070/8327] drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-brcmstb.c:181:34: warning: unused variable 'sdhci_brcm_of_match'
2022-11-16 23:42 UTC
[PATCH Part2 v6 14/49] crypto: ccp: Handle the legacy TMR allocation when SNP is enabled
2022-11-16 23:41 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCHSET 00/12] perf test: Add test workloads (v3)
2022-11-16 23:38 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/12] perf test: Add -w/--workload option
` [PATCH 02/12] perf test: Replace pipe test workload with noploop
` [PATCH 03/12] perf test: Add 'thloop' test workload
` [PATCH 04/12] perf test: Replace record test workload with thloop
` [PATCH 05/12] perf test: Add 'leafloop' test workload
` [PATCH 06/12] perf test: Replace arm callgraph fp test workload with leafloop
` [PATCH 07/12] perf test: Add 'sqrtloop' test workload
` [PATCH 08/12] perf test: Replace arm spe fork test workload with sqrtloop
` [PATCH 09/12] perf test: Add 'brstack' test workload
` [PATCH 10/12] perf test: Replace brstack "
` [PATCH 11/12] perf test: Add 'datasym' "
` [PATCH 12/12] perf test: Replace data symbol test workload with datasym
[PATCH 0/4] remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: add support for SM8550 adsp, cdsp & mpss
2022-11-16 23:39 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: qcom: adsp: document sm8550 adsp, cdsp & mpss compatible
[PATCH bpf-next] bpf/docs: Include blank lines between bullet points in bpf_devel_QA.rst
2022-11-16 23:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] gve: Handle alternate miss-completions
2022-11-16 23:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] gve: Handle alternate miss completions
[PATCH] net: ethernet: renesas: rswitch: Fix MAC address info
2022-11-16 23:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: do not overwrite mtu configuration running reset routine
2022-11-16 23:35 UTC
[PATCH net-next 0/7][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2022-11-14 (ice)
2022-11-16 23:34 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 5/7] ice: Accumulate ring statistics over reset
[Intel-wired-lan] [net-next, v6 0/2] Accumulate statistics over reset
2022-11-16 23:26 UTC (3+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [net-next, v6 1/2] ice: Accumulate HW and Netdev "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [net-next, v6 2/2] ice: Accumulate ring "
[tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Take task_struct* in copy_sigframe_from_user_to_xstate()
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[PATCH] device_cgroup: Roll back to original exceptions after copy failure
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Add a pkru argument to copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate()
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Add a pkru argument to copy_uabi_to_xstate()
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Allow PKRU to be (once again) written by ptrace
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[tip: x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Emulate XRSTOR's behavior if the xfeatures PKRU bit is not set
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[tip: x86/fpu] selftests/vm/pkeys: Add a regression test for setting PKRU through ptrace
2022-11-16 23:33 UTC
[virtio-dev] [PATCH 0/2] virtio_net: support inner header hash for GRE-encapsulated packets
2022-11-16 23:32 UTC (5+ messages)
` [virtio-dev] [PATCH 2/2] "
` [virtio-dev] "
[PATCH v3 00/11] Connect VFIO to IOMMUFD
2022-11-16 23:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 06/11] vfio-iommufd: Allow iommufd to be used in place of a container fd
[PATCH v7 0/6] x86/fpu: Allow PKRU to be (once again) written by ptrace
2022-11-16 23:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/46] gcc-LTO support for the kernel
2022-11-16 23:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 18/46] entry, lto: Mark raw_irqentry_exit_cond_resched() as __visible
[RFC PATCH v2 00/47] hugetlb: introduce HugeTLB high-granularity mapping
2022-11-16 23:30 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 33/47] userfaultfd: add UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS_HGM
[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/3] drm/i915/display: Add missing checks for cdclk crawling
2022-11-16 23:29 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for series starting with [1/3] "
[PATCH v5] PCI/ACPI: PCI/ACPI: Validate devices with power resources support D3
2022-11-16 23:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] Add link between phy dev and mac dev
2022-11-16 23:27 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: "
` [PATCH 2/2] net: fec: Create device "
[PATCH net-next v3] ethtool: add netlink based get rss support
2022-11-16 23:25 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor for Linux
2022-11-16 23:27 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/6] "
` [PATCH v3 1/6] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux
` [PATCH v3 2/6] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote
` [PATCH v3 3/6] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux
` [PATCH v3 4/6] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor "
` [PATCH v3 5/6] fsmonitor: test updates
` [PATCH v3 6/6] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux
kbuild: check the minimum compiler version in Kconfig
2022-11-16 23:24 UTC (7+ messages)
[PATCH] rcu: Avoid invalid wakeup for rcuc kthreads in RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU status
2022-11-16 23:23 UTC (5+ messages)
[igt-dev] [PATCH] [NEW] Chamelium: Add new EDID Resolution List test
2022-11-16 23:22 UTC (2+ messages)
` [igt-dev] ✓ Fi.CI.IGT: success for Chamelium: Add new EDID Resolution List test (rev3)
[l1k:spdm 4/5] lib/spdm.c:974:24: error: call to undeclared function 'keyring_alloc'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2022-11-16 23:22 UTC
[peterz-queue:core/softirq 8/8] kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:849:18: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1
2022-11-16 23:22 UTC
[yiliu1765-iommufd:wip/iommufd-v6.1-rc3-nesting 20/57] undefined reference to `interval_tree_span_iter_first'
2022-11-16 23:22 UTC
[PATCH net 0/2][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2022-11-14 (i40e)
2022-11-16 23:21 UTC (2+ messages)
PROBLEM: Lenovo ALS sensor disguised under custom usage
2022-11-16 23:19 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] HID: hid-sensor-custom: More custom iio sensors
` [PATCH 2/3] IIO: hid-sensor-als: Use generic usage
` [PATCH 3/3] IIO: hid-sensor-prox: "
[PATCH RFC v2 0/9] cxl/pci: Add fundamental error handling
2022-11-16 23:20 UTC (10+ messages)
[PATCH] can: etas_es58x: report the firmware version through ethtool
2022-11-16 23:20 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/3] can: etas_es58x: report firmware, bootloader and hardware version
` [PATCH v3 2/3] can: etas_es58x: export firmware, bootloader and hardware versions in sysfs
[dm-devel] [PATCHv2 0/5] fix direct io device mapper errors
2022-11-16 22:58 UTC (3+ messages)
` "
[RFC][PATCH 0/4] cachestat: a new syscall for page cache state of files
2022-11-16 23:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/2] btrfs: fix sleep from invalid context bug in update_qgroup_limit_item()
2022-11-16 23:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/2] btrfs: qgroup: "
[PATCH] thermal: intel: hfi: ACK HFI for the same timestamp
2022-11-16 23:14 UTC
block group x has wrong amount of free space
2022-11-16 23:15 UTC (11+ messages)
` Re[2]: "
` Re[3]: "
` Re[4]: "
[PATCH] crypto: algapi - fix be32_to_cpu macro call in crypto_inc()
2022-11-16 23:15 UTC (3+ messages)
intro(3type) draft
2022-11-16 23:13 UTC
[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] tests/i915/gem_linear_blits: Added XY_FAST_COPY_BLT Command for MTL
2022-11-16 23:14 UTC (2+ messages)
` [igt-dev] ✓ Fi.CI.IGT: success for "
[linux-next:master 5613/8327] drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c:237 nouveau_dp_irq() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'outp' (see line 232)
2022-11-16 23:11 UTC
lib/test_maple_tree.c:1261 check_prev_entry() warn: sleeping in atomic context
2022-11-16 23:11 UTC
[peterz-queue:core/softirq 8/8] kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:849:22: error: passing argument 1 of 'rcu_do_batch' from incompatible pointer type
2022-11-16 23:11 UTC
[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 0/1] Add missing ENXIO check
2022-11-16 23:08 UTC (2+ messages)
` [igt-dev] ✓ Fi.CI.IGT: success for "
[PATCH xfrm-next v7 0/8] Extend XFRM core to allow packet offload configuration
2022-11-16 23:07 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCHSET 00/12] perf test: Add test workloads (v2)
2022-11-16 23:06 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 09/12] perf test: Add 'brstack' test workload
[kvalo-ath:pending] BUILD SUCCESS 3d09574121a223e05be9bfd00eb18e5e6a5fd3d7
2022-11-16 23:05 UTC
[PATCH v10 0/3] blk-cgroup: Optimize blkcg_rstat_flush()
2022-11-16 23:06 UTC (2+ messages)
[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] runner: Use 'abort' as result if a test caused an abort
2022-11-16 23:05 UTC (2+ messages)
` [igt-dev] ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success for runner: Use 'abort' as result if a test caused an abort (rev2)
[PATCH v3 00/10] Restructure perf list and add json output
2022-11-16 23:04 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 10/10] perf list: Add json output option
[PATCH v2] LSM: Better reporting of actual LSMs at boot
2022-11-16 23:04 UTC (2+ messages)
+ migrate-stop-using-0-as-null-pointer.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 23:02 UTC
[PATCH] hci_event: handling CIS QoS
2022-11-16 23:01 UTC (2+ messages)
+ mm-multi-gen-lru-retry-folios-written-back-while-isolated.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2022-11-16 23:01 UTC
+ mm-multi-gen-lru-remove-null-checks-on-node_data.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2022-11-16 23:01 UTC
[PATCH net] net: liquidio: simplify if expression
2022-11-16 23:01 UTC (2+ messages)
property designating root subvolumes
2022-11-16 23:00 UTC (7+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] mm: multi-gen LRU: retry folios written back while isolated
2022-11-16 22:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[wireless-next:main] BUILD SUCCESS a1d0b9535cd8ce6f6c6870fcac1760cbaafc0f48
2022-11-16 22:57 UTC
[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 0/5] i915: CAGF and RC6 changes for MTL
2022-11-16 22:57 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.SPARSE: warning for i915: CAGF and RC6 changes for MTL (rev14)
[RFC PATCH v3] selftest/x86/meltdown: Add a selftest for meltdown
2022-11-16 22:57 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v2] netlink: split up copies in the ack construction
2022-11-16 22:56 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] clocksource/drivers/hyper-v: Include asm/hyperv-tlfs.h not asm/mshyperv.h
2022-11-16 22:56 UTC (9+ messages)
[PATCH V4 0/2] SCM: Add support for wait-queue aware firmware
2022-11-16 22:55 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 2/2] firmware: qcom: scm: Add wait-queue handling logic
[PATCH v1] net/ethtool/ioctl: ensure that we have phy ops before using them
2022-11-16 22:55 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v7 0/6] rcu: Add RCU stall diagnosis information
2022-11-16 22:55 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 4/6] "
` [PATCH v7 5/6] doc: Document CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_CPUTIME=y stall information
root item with a more recent gen
2022-11-16 22:54 UTC (2+ messages)
[patch 00/39] genirq, PCI/MSI: Support for per device MSI and PCI/IMS - Part 1 cleanups
2022-11-16 22:51 UTC (13+ messages)
` [patch 08/39] genirq/msi: Provide msi_domain_ops::post_free()
` [patch 12/39] genirq/msi: Add bus token to struct msi_domain_info
` [patch 13/39] PCI/MSI: Use msi_domain_info::bus_token
[PATCH net-next] sctp: move SCTP_PAD4 and SCTP_TRUNC4 to linux/sctp.h
2022-11-16 22:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[dm-devel] [PATCH v3 00/10] fix delayed holder tracking
2022-11-16 22:10 UTC (3+ messages)
` [dm-devel] [PATCH v3 01/10] block: clear ->slave_dir when dropping the main slave_dir reference
[PATCH net-next] sctp: change to include linux/sctp.h in net/sctp/checksum.h
2022-11-16 22:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/16] KVM: x86: Always use non-compat vcpu_runstate_info size for gfn=>pfn cache
2022-11-16 22:49 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/16] KVM: x86: set gfn-to-pfn cache length consistently with VM word size
[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/5] execmem_alloc for BPF programs
2022-11-16 22:47 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] perf build: Fix LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC
2022-11-16 22:46 UTC
+ mm-mmu_gather-do-not-expose-delayed_rmap-flag.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:45 UTC
[PATCH v2] x86/sgx: Replace kmap/kunmap_atomic calls
2022-11-16 22:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] perf build: Fix LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC
2022-11-16 22:45 UTC
+ habanalabs-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/5] Bindings for NVMEM layouts
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/5] dt-bindings: nvmem: add YAML schema for the sl28 vpd layout
[PATCH v2 0/4] drm/amdgpu: Regression fixes from MST atomic-only conversion
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] drm/amdgpu/mst: Stop ignoring error codes and deadlocking
+ rdma-hw-qib-qib_user_pages-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ drm-exynos-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ mm-frame-vector-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ media-pci-ivtv-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ drm-etnaviv-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ rdma-umem-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ rdma-siw-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ rdma-usnic-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ media-videobuf-dma-sg-remove-foll_force-usage.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ mm-gup-reliable-r-o-long-term-pinning-in-cow-mappings.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:44 UTC
+ mm-extend-fault_flag_unshare-support-to-anything-in-a-cow-mapping.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ mm-dont-call-vm_ops-huge_fault-in-wp_huge_pmd-wp_huge_pud-for-private-mappings.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ mm-rework-handling-in-do_wp_page-based-on-private-vs-shared-mappings.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ mm-add-early-fault_flag_write-consistency-checks.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ selftests-vm-cow-basic-cow-tests-for-non-anonymous-pages.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ selftests-vm-cow-r-o-long-term-pinning-reliability-tests-for-non-anon-pages.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ mm-add-early-fault_flag_unshare-consistency-checks.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
+ selftests-vm-anon_cow-prepare-for-non-anonymous-cow-tests.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/3] convert tree to get_random_u32_{below,above,between}()
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] treewide: use get_random_u32_between() when possible
[patch 25/33] PCI/MSI: Provide post-enable dynamic allocation interfaces for MSI-X
2022-11-16 22:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[patch 24/33] PCI/MSI: Provide prepare_desc() MSI domain op
2022-11-16 22:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC][PATCH 4/4] security: Enforce limitations on return values from LSMs
2022-11-16 22:40 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PoC][PATCH] bpf: Call return value check function in the JITed code
[PATCH net-next] sandlan: Add the sandlan virtual network interface
2022-11-16 22:24 UTC
[tip:x86/mm 5/16] sound/core/hwdep.c:243:24: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
2022-11-16 22:40 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 0/2] x86/mm: Fix sparse warning due to LAM patchset
` [PATCH 1/2] scsi: Fix get_user() in call sg_scsi_ioctl()
[PATCH v2] tests/nvme/039: Remove passthrough command tests
2022-11-16 22:39 UTC
[patch 00/33] genirq, PCI/MSI: Support for per device MSI and PCI/IMS - Part 3 implementation
2022-11-16 22:38 UTC (4+ messages)
` [patch 12/33] PCI/MSI: Add support for per device MSI[X] domains
[PATCH v18 0/3] Add TDX Guest Attestation support
2022-11-16 22:38 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v18 1/3] x86/tdx: Add a wrapper to get TDREPORT0 from the TDX Module
` [PATCH v18 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver
` [PATCH v18 3/3] selftests: tdx: Test TDX attestation GetReport support
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