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[PATCH v8 00/10] enable bs > ps in XFS
 2024-07-05  4:32 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/10] fs: Allow fine-grained control of folio sizes

rockchip rk3328 pinctrl unable to change gpio function of pins defined in rk3328_mux_recalced_data
 2024-07-05  4:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` RK3328

[PATCH v2 0/8] Add MSIX functionality to XE
 2024-07-05  4:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` ✓ CI.Patch_applied: success for Add MSIX functionality to XE (rev4)
` ✓ CI.checkpatch: "
` ✓ CI.KUnit: "

[PATCH] Data-only layer mount time validations
 2024-07-05  4:25 UTC 

[PATCH net v3 0/2] bugfixes for skmsg
 2024-07-05  4:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 1/2] skmsg: prevent empty ingress skb from enqueuing

[PATCH] docs: networking: devlink: capitalise length value
 2024-07-05  4:19 UTC 

[PATCH 4/4] riscv: uaccess: use 'asm goto output' for get_user
 2024-07-05  4:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/3] LoongArch: KVM: Add Binary Translation extension support
 2024-07-05  4:09 UTC  (21+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/3] LoongArch: KVM: Add LBT feature detection function

[PATCH 1/2] led: Implement software led blinking
 2024-07-05  2:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` led blinking patches
  ` [PATCH 2/2] led: Add dts property to specify blinking of the led

[PATCH] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Remove unnecessary ‘0’ values from irq
 2024-07-05  4:07 UTC 

make secure erase and write zeroes ioctls interruptible as well
 2024-07-05  4:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[mst-vhost:vhost 45/58] drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c:708:22: error: 'vq_info' undeclared; did you mean 'vqs_info'?
 2024-07-05  4:02 UTC 

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch_br.c:115 ice_eswitch_br_ports_flush() warn: iterator 'i' not incremented
 2024-07-05  4:02 UTC 

Fixing IPU3 IMGU warnings due to extraneous calls to s_stream()
 2024-07-05  4:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 3/3] staging: media: ipu3: Stop streaming in inverse order of starting

[PATCH v2] manager: add support for changing 'PreferredTechnologies' over DBus
 2024-07-05  4:02 UTC 

[linux-linus test] 186659: tolerable FAIL - PUSHED
 2024-07-05  4:01 UTC 

[mst-vhost:vhost 45/58] drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c:708:8: error: use of undeclared identifier 'vq_info'; did you mean 'vqs_info'?
 2024-07-05  4:01 UTC 

[linux-next:master 5016/10451] kernel/trace/trace.c:7534:37: error: unused variable 'last_boot_fops'
 2024-07-05  4:01 UTC 

[PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: tcp: do not lower timeout to CLOSE for in-window RSTs
 2024-07-05  4:00 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/2] ufs: core: fix ufshcd_abort_all racing issue
 2024-07-05  3:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] scsi: sd: Do not repeat the starting disk message
 2024-07-05  3:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: ufs: ufs-pci: Add support for Intel Panther Lake
 2024-07-05  3:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: qcom: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro
 2024-07-05  3:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V4] scsi: lpfc: Fix a possible null pointer dereference
 2024-07-05  3:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/4] mpi3mr: Host diag buffer support
 2024-07-05  3:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] .gitignore: add tools/ip6tables-test utility
 2024-07-05  3:50 UTC 

[PATCH] block: t10-pi: Return correct ref tag when queue has no integrity profile
 2024-07-05  3:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[openeuler:openEuler-1.0-LTS 22235/23252] arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c:204 set_hv_tscchange_cb() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'hv_vp_index' (see line 195)
 2024-07-05  3:47 UTC 

[PATCH] manager: add support for changing 'PreferredTechnologies' over DBus
 2024-07-05  3:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14:6.10-rc 18/35] arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dtb: i2c@11003000: Unevaluated properties are not allowed ('compatible' was unexpected)
 2024-07-05  3:46 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] aspeed: Add boot from eMMC support (AST2600)
 2024-07-05  3:46 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] aspeed: Change type of eMMC device
` [PATCH 2/8] aspeed: Load eMMC first boot area as a boot rom
` [PATCH 3/8] aspeed/scu: Add boot-from-eMMC HW strapping bit for AST2600 SoC
` [PATCH 4/8] aspeed: Introduce a AspeedSoCClass 'boot_from_emmc' handler
` [PATCH 5/8] aspeed: Set eMMC 'boot-config' property to reflect HW strapping
` [PATCH 6/8] aspeed: Add boot-from-eMMC HW strapping bit to rainier-bmc machine
` [PATCH 7/8] aspeed: Introduce a 'hw_strap1' machine attribute
` [PATCH 8/8] aspeed: Introduce a 'boot-emmc' machine option

[PATCH] pmdomain: arm: Fix debugfs node creation failure
 2024-07-05  3:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] LPSS PWM cleanups
 2024-07-05  3:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] Qualcomm driver updates for v6.11
 2024-07-05  3:44 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/9] mm: memcg: put cgroup v1-specific memcg data under CONFIG_MEMCG_V1
 2024-07-05  3:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 6/9] mm: memcg: put memcg1-specific struct mem_cgroup's members "

[PATCH v5 0/3] mpi3mr: Support PCI Error Recovery
 2024-07-05  3:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] VIRTIO_F_USED_EVENT_AUTO_DISABLE: add new used buffer notification suppression mechanism
 2024-07-05  3:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/intc/ioapic: Delete a wrong IRQ redirection on I/O APIC
 2024-07-05  3:33 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PING][PATCH] "

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: use meta inode for GC of COW file
 2024-07-05  3:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
      `  "

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: use meta inode for GC of atomic file
 2024-07-05  3:31 UTC  (6+ messages)
      `  "

[LTP] [PATCH] perf_event_open: improve the memory leak detection
 2024-07-05  3:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] Remove zone reset all emulation
 2024-07-05  3:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] LoongArch: CPU parallel bring up
 2024-07-05  3:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] cpu/hotplug: Make HOTPLUG_PARALLEL independent of HOTPLUG_SMT
` [PATCH 2/3] cpu/hotplug: Weak fallback for arch_cpuhp_init_parallel_bringup
` [PATCH 3/3] LoongArch: SMP: Implement parallel CPU bring up

[GIT PULL] Qualcomm Arm32 DeviceTree updates for v6.11
 2024-07-05  3:29 UTC 

[PATCH v5] virtio-net: define UDP tunnel offload feature
 2024-07-05  3:28 UTC  (20+ messages)

[PATCH v3] mm: thp: support "THPeligible" semantics for mTHP with anonymous shmem
 2024-07-05  3:23 UTC 

[PATCH v2] ksmb: discard write access to the directory open
 2024-07-05  3:27 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] Update lpfc to revision 14.4.0.3
 2024-07-05  3:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[jgunthorpe:iommu_pt 48/53] drivers/iommu/generic_pt/fmt/../iommu_pt.h:212:28: error: inlining failed in call to 'always_inline' '__map_pages': recursive inlining
 2024-07-05  3:21 UTC 

[PATCH] Support for segment offloading on software interfaces for packets from virtual machine guests without the SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 flag
 2024-07-05  3:20 UTC 

Oops (nullpointer dereference) in SCSI subsystem
 2024-07-05  3:19 UTC  (3+ messages)

[ovmf test] 186678: all pass - PUSHED
 2024-07-05  3:17 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] initial clock support for exynosauto v920 SoC
 2024-07-05  3:07 UTC  (7+ messages)
  ` [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: clock: add Exynos Auto v920 SoC CMU bindings
  ` [PATCH 2/5] dt-bindings: clock: add clock binding definitions for Exynos Auto v920
  ` [PATCH 3/5] arm64: dts: exynos: add initial CMU clock nodes in "
  ` [PATCH 4/5] clk: samsung: clk-pll: Add support for pll_531x
  ` [PATCH 5/5] clk: samsung: add top clock support for Exynos Auto v920 SoC

[PATCH v2 0/3] VT-d minor fixes
 2024-07-05  3:08 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] intel_iommu: fix FRCD construction macro
` [PATCH v2 2/3] intel_iommu: make types match
` [PATCH v2 3/3] intel_iommu: Bypass barrier wait descriptor

[PATCH] mm: Enable setting -1 for vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction to set the minimum pagelist
 2024-07-05  3:03 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/6] add mTHP support for anonymous shmem
 2024-07-05  3:01 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/6] mm: shmem: "

[PATCH net] net: bridge: mst: Check vlan state for egress decision
 2024-07-05  3:00 UTC 

[PATCH 0/9] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks, bug fix and info dump
 2024-07-05  3:00 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 8/9] x86/virt/tdx: Exclude memory region hole within CMR as TDMR's reserved area

[PATCH v1 0/8] PRI support for VT-d
 2024-07-05  3:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

proposition for fixing Y292B bug
 2024-07-05  2:59 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v8 0/9] use network helpers, part 8
 2024-07-05  2:58 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 1/9] selftests/bpf: Add backlog for network_helper_opts
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 2/9] selftests/bpf: Use start_server_str in sockmap_ktls
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 3/9] selftests/bpf: Use connect_to_fd_opts "
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 4/9] selftests/bpf: Use make_sockaddr "
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 5/9] selftests/bpf: Close fd in error path in drop_on_reuseport
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 6/9] selftests/bpf: Use start_server_str in sk_lookup
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 7/9] selftests/bpf: Use connect_to_fd_opts "
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 8/9] selftests/bpf: Use connect_to_addr "
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 9/9] selftests/bpf: Drop make_socket "

[PATCH 00/11] Added Interrupt controller emulation for loongarch kvm
 2024-07-05  2:38 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add iocsr and mmio bus simulation in kernel
` [PATCH 02/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add IPI device support
` [PATCH 03/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add IPI read and write function
` [PATCH 04/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add IPI user mode "
` [PATCH 05/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add EXTIOI device support
` [PATCH 06/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add EXTIOI read and write functions
` [PATCH 07/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add EXTIOI user mode "
` [PATCH 08/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add PCHPIC device support
` [PATCH 09/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add PCHPIC read and write functions
` [PATCH 10/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add PCHPIC user mode "
` [PATCH 11/11] LoongArch: KVM: Add irqfd support

[paulmck-rcu:dev.2024.07.04a 51/60] kernel/rcu/tasks.h:2048:13: warning: 'test_rcu_tasks_callback' defined but not used
 2024-07-05  2:57 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] small pm80xx driver fixes
 2024-07-05  2:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 1/6] mm: add ARCH_SUPPORTS_NON_LEAF_PTDUMP
 2024-07-05  2:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] address several S32G2/S32G3 SoC based boards particularities
 2024-07-05  2:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: disable card detect wake for S32G based platforms

[PATCH] ufs: core: Remove scsi host only if added
 2024-07-05  2:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash
 2024-07-05  2:50 UTC 

[PATCH V2 0/2] Suspend clk scaling when there is no request
 2024-07-05  2:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mpi3mr: correct a test in mpi3mr_sas_port_add
 2024-07-05  2:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] KVM: selftests: pmu_counters_test: increase robustness of LLC cache misses
 2024-07-05  2:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
 2024-07-05  2:47 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH v1 2/4] x86/fred: Write to FRED MSRs with wrmsrns()
 2024-07-05  2:45 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/49] KVM: x86: CPUID overhaul, fixes, and caching
 2024-07-05  2:43 UTC  (31+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 33/49] KVM: x86: Advertise TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID
` [PATCH v2 34/49] KVM: x86: Advertise HYPERVISOR "
` [PATCH v2 35/49] KVM: x86: Add a macro to handle features that are fully VMM controlled
` [PATCH v2 37/49] KVM: x86: Replace guts of "governed" features with comprehensive cpu_caps
` [PATCH v2 38/49] KVM: x86: Initialize guest cpu_caps based on guest CPUID
` [PATCH v2 39/49] KVM: x86: Extract code for generating per-entry emulated CPUID information
` [PATCH v2 40/49] KVM: x86: Initialize guest cpu_caps based on KVM support
` [PATCH v2 41/49] KVM: x86: Avoid double CPUID lookup when updating MWAIT at runtime
` [PATCH v2 42/49] KVM: x86: Drop unnecessary check that cpuid_entry2_find() returns right leaf
` [PATCH v2 43/49] KVM: x86: Update OS{XSAVE,PKE} bits in guest CPUID irrespective of host support
` [PATCH v2 44/49] KVM: x86: Update guest cpu_caps at runtime for dynamic CPUID-based features
` [PATCH v2 45/49] KVM: x86: Shuffle code to prepare for dropping guest_cpuid_has()
` [PATCH v2 46/49] KVM: x86: Replace (almost) all guest CPUID feature queries with cpu_caps
` [PATCH v2 47/49] KVM: x86: Drop superfluous host XSAVE check when adjusting guest XSAVES caps
` [PATCH v2 48/49] KVM: x86: Add a macro for features that are synthesized into boot_cpu_data

[PATCH 0/6] skip ENOTSUPP for BPF selftests
 2024-07-05  2:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/cxl/cxl-host: Fix guest crash when getting cxl-fmw property
 2024-07-05  2:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/6] skip ENOTSUPP BPF selftests
 2024-07-05  2:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] selftests/bpf: Define ENOTSUPP in testing_helpers.h
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/6] selftests/bpf: Skip ENOTSUPP in ASSERT_OK
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/6] selftests/bpf: Use ASSERT_OK to skip ENOTSUPP
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/6] selftests/bpf: Null checks for link in bpf_tcp_ca
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/6] selftests/bpf: Skip ENOTSUPP in ASSERT_OK_PTR
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/6] selftests/bpf: Skip ENOTSUPP in ASSERT_GE

[PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: dsa: microchip: lan9371/2: update MAC capabilities for port 4
 2024-07-05  2:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID
 2024-07-05  2:37 UTC 

[PATCH v2 1/2] target/loongarch: Set CSR_PRCFG1 and CSR_PRCFG2 values
 2024-07-05  2:18 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] target/loongarch: Fix cpu_reset set wrong CSR_CRMD

Missing eth1addr for Banana Pi BPI-R3
 2024-07-05  2:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[pza:sl-dma-demo 1/3] drivers/dma/sl-dma.c:956:39: warning: format specifies type 'unsigned long long' but the argument has type 'dma_addr_t' (aka 'unsigned int')
 2024-07-05  2:33 UTC 

[frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14:6.10-rc 7/35] arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dtb: cci: compatible:0: 'mediatek,mt7988-cci' is not one of ['mediatek,mt8183-cci', 'mediatek,mt8186-cci']
 2024-07-05  2:33 UTC 

[arnd-playground:to-build 11/17] arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c:454:24: error: use of undeclared identifier '__NR_compat32_restart_syscall'
 2024-07-05  2:33 UTC 

[PATCH qemu 0/3] hw/cxl: Misc minor improvements
 2024-07-05  2:29 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] hw/cxl: Get rid of unused cfmw_list

[PATCH net 1/2] dsa: lan9303: Fix mapping between DSA port number and PHY address
 2024-07-05  2:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net 2/2] dsa: lan9303: consistent naming for PHY address parameter

[PATCH v1] zh_CN/admin-guide: one typo fix
 2024-07-05  2:28 UTC 

[PATCH v2] rcu-tasks: Fix access non-existent percpu rtpcp variable in rcu_tasks_need_gpcb()
 2024-07-05  2:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] led: Implement software led blinking
 2024-07-05  2:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] led: Add dts property to specify blinking of the led

[PATCH v5] Bluetooth: btbcm: Apply HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER to CYW4373
 2024-07-05  2:24 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [v5] "

[PATCH 0/2] do_div() with constant divisor simplification
 2024-07-05  2:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: div64: remove custom __arch_xprod_64()
` [PATCH 2/2] asm-generic/div64: reimplement __arch_xprod64()

[PATCH 3/4] riscv: uaccess: use 'asm goto' for put_user()
 2024-07-05  2:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7] virtio-net: Fix network stall at the host side waiting for kick
 2024-07-05  2:21 UTC  (9+ messages)

[linux-next:master 5890/10451] drivers/block/loop.c:1009:16: error: variable 'inode' set but not used
 2024-07-05  2:22 UTC 

[linux-next:master 6286/10451] arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a-kontron-kbox-a-230-ls.dtb: ethernet@0,4: compatible:0: 'pci1957,ee02' is not one of ['fsl,etsec-ptp', 'fsl,fman-ptp-timer', 'fsl,dpaa2-ptp', 'fsl,enetc-ptp']
 2024-07-05  2:22 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 09/10] bnxt_en: Increase the max total outstanding PTP TX packets to 4
 2024-07-05  2:22 UTC 

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: net: Define properties at top-level
 2024-07-05  2:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] ethtool: move firmware flashing flag to struct ethtool_netdev_state
 2024-07-05  2:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/10] Add per-core RAPL energy counter support for AMD CPUs
 2024-07-05  2:18 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 08/10] perf/x86/rapl: Modify the generic variable names to *_pkg*

[libgpiod][PATCH] doc: fix sphinx config for rtd
 2024-07-05  2:17 UTC 

[libgpiod][PATCH] bindings: python: correct spelling of repetitions
 2024-07-05  2:17 UTC 

pull-request: rtw-next-2024-07-05
 2024-07-05  2:17 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 0/5] netdev_features: start cleaning netdev_features_t up
 2024-07-05  2:17 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] netdevice: convert private flags > BIT(31) to bitfields
` [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_FCOE_MTU to dev->fcoe_mtu

[PATCH v4 0/9] mips: Support for RTL9302C
 2024-07-05  2:15 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/9] mips: dts: realtek: use "serial" instead of "uart" in node name
` [PATCH v4 2/9] mips: dts: realtek: add device_type property to cpu node
` [PATCH v4 3/9] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add Cameo Communications
` [PATCH v4 4/9] dt-bindings: mips: realtek: Add rtl930x-soc compatible
` [PATCH v4 5/9] dt-bindings: timer: Add schema for realtek,otto-timer
` [PATCH v4 6/9] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: realtek,rtl-intc: Add rtl9300-intc
` [PATCH v4 7/9] clocksource: realtek: Add timer driver for rtl-otto platforms
` [PATCH v4 8/9] mips: generic: add fdt fixup for Realtek reference board
` [PATCH v4 9/9] mips: dts: realtek: Add RTL9302C board

[PATCH bpf-next v7 0/9] use network helpers, part 8
 2024-07-05  2:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v7 8/9] selftests/bpf: Use connect_to_addr in sk_lookup

[amir73il:sb_write_barrier] [fanotify] 9d1fd61f1d: unixbench.throughput -7.9% regression
 2024-07-05  2:09 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/15] Fix check-qtest-ppc64 sanitizer errors
 2024-07-05  1:41 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/15] ppc/vof: Fix unaligned FDT property access

[PATCH net] wifi: rtw89: Fix array index mistake in rtw89_sta_info_get_iter()
 2024-07-05  2:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/9] flower: rework TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ENC_FLAGS usage
 2024-07-05  2:05 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/9] net/sched: flower: define new tunnel flags


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