messages from 2024-12-09 02:00:37 to 2024-12-09 04:20:12 UTC [more...]
[akpm-mm:mm-unstable 170/172] fs/aio.c:478:27: error: 'noop_dirty_folio' undeclared here (not in a function)
2024-12-09 4:19 UTC
drivers/staging/gpib/common/gpib_os.c:871 ibioctl() warn: inconsistent returns '&board->big_gpib_mutex'
2024-12-09 4:19 UTC
[PATCH v5 2/6] mm: move per-vma lock into vm_area_struct
2024-12-09 4:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] cpu/hotplug: ensure the starting section runs fully regardless of target
2024-12-09 4:19 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v3 2/2] x86/cpufeature: Add a debug print for unmet dependencies
2024-12-09 4:18 UTC (2+ messages)
drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c:577 spacemit_pinconf_generate_config() error: uninitialized symbol 'drv_strength'
2024-12-09 4:18 UTC
[openeuler:openEuler-1.0-LTS 1325/1325] sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c:318:25: warning: 'strncpy' accessing 80 bytes at offsets 100 and 36 may overlap up to 0 bytes at offset [9223372036854775807, -9223372036854775808]
2024-12-09 4:18 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/3] drm/tidss: Add OLDI bridge support
2024-12-09 4:17 UTC (5+ messages)
[bcachefs:bcachefs-testing 194/196] fs/bcachefs/btree_node_scan.c:155:33: sparse: sparse: symbol 'found_btree_node_heap_cbs' was not declared. Should it be static?
2024-12-09 4:17 UTC
arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c:23:1: sparse: sparse: symbol '__pcpu_scope_vector_misaligned_access' was not declared. Should it be static?
2024-12-09 4:15 UTC
[PATCH v4 2/7] dt-bindings: phy: samsung,usb3-drd-phy: gs101: require Type-C properties
2024-12-09 4:15 UTC
drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_mixer.c:1322 exynos_mixer_resume() warn: 'ctx->hdmi' from clk_prepare_enable() not released on lines: 1308,1317
2024-12-09 4:15 UTC
drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-imsic-state.c:854 imsic_setup_state() error: we previously assumed 'mmios_va' could be null (see line 745)
2024-12-09 4:14 UTC
[isilence:zcrx/v9-wip 21/22] drivers/net/veth.c:818:17: sparse: sparse: cast from restricted netmem_ref
2024-12-09 4:14 UTC
sound/soc/renesas/rcar/adg.c:416 rsnd_adg_create_null_clk() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_CAST'
2024-12-09 4:14 UTC
[conor:syscon-rework-2 2/11] drivers/mailbox/mailbox-mpfs.c:254:5-11: inconsistent IS_ERR and PTR_ERR on line 255
2024-12-09 4:14 UTC
[PATCH 3/3] clk: qcom: videocc-sm8750: Add video clock controller driver for SM8750
2024-12-09 4:13 UTC (3+ messages)
drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-aes.c:1596 tegra_cmac_do_one_req() error: uninitialized symbol 'ret'
2024-12-09 4:13 UTC
[android-common:android15-6.6-partner_predev 53/81] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/pkvm,pviommu.yaml: ignoring, error parsing file
2024-12-09 4:13 UTC
[linux-next:master 992/2462] arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/x1e80100-microsoft-romulus13.dtb: /soc@0/geniqup@bc0000/i2c@b8c000/typec-mux@8: failed to match any schema with compatible: ['parade,ps8830']
2024-12-09 4:11 UTC
[PATCH V5 net-next 1/8] debugfs: Add debugfs_create_devm_dir() helper
2024-12-09 4:11 UTC
[chanwoo:devfreq-next 4/4] drivers/devfreq/sun8i-a33-mbus.c:384:50: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 2, have 1
2024-12-09 4:11 UTC
arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c:42 hwprobe_arch_id() error: uninitialized symbol 'cpu_id'
2024-12-09 4:11 UTC
[PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7921: add rfkill_poll for hardware rfkill
2024-12-09 4:10 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] fanotify: notify on mount attach and detach
2024-12-09 4:10 UTC (3+ messages)
drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c:3896:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
2024-12-09 4:10 UTC
[sj:damon/next 76/76] mm/damon/paddr.c:493:3: warning: variable 'applied' is uninitialized when used here
2024-12-09 4:10 UTC
[PATCH v3 1/6] dt-bindings: net: dwmac: Convert socfpga dwmac to DT schema
2024-12-09 4:09 UTC
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c:173 mlx5_fc_stats_query_all_counters() error: uninitialized symbol 'bulk_query_time'
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC
arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:391:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'unscheduled_userspace_iterations' was not declared. Should it be static?
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC
[chanwoo:devfreq-next 2/4] drivers/devfreq/event/rockchip-dfi.c:645:2: error: call to undeclared function 'hrtimer_setup'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC
drivers/clocksource/timer-npcm7xx.c:205 npcm7xx_timer_init() warn: 'clk' is an error pointer or valid
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC
[PATCH 2/2] blk-mq: move cpuhp callback registering out of q->sysfs_lock
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC
[RFC PATCH 2/7] kexec: Hack and abuse crashkernel for the kstate's migration stream
2024-12-09 4:08 UTC (2+ messages)
sc2731_charger.c:undefined reference to `devm_usb_get_phy_by_phandle'
2024-12-09 4:07 UTC
[android-common:android15-6.6 1/5] include/trace/hooks/logbuf.h:15:1: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
2024-12-09 4:07 UTC
drivers/dma/loongson1-apb-dma.c:282 ls1x_dma_prep_lli() error: uninitialized symbol 'lli'
2024-12-09 4:06 UTC
[PATCH v6 4/4] arm64: dts: exynos: Add initial support for Samsung Galaxy S20 (x1slte)
2024-12-09 4:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCHv12 11/12] nvme: register fdp parameters with the block layer
2024-12-09 4:05 UTC (2+ messages)
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c:401:15: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
2024-12-09 4:05 UTC
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c:1385 idpf_txq_group_alloc() error: uninitialized symbol 'stashes'
2024-12-09 4:05 UTC
[PATCH v1 net-next 08/15] socket: Pass hold_net to sk_alloc()
2024-12-09 4:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH -next v5 09/22] entry: Split generic entry into irq and syscall
2024-12-09 4:04 UTC
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:756:undefined reference to `fb_set_suspend'
2024-12-09 4:02 UTC
[android-common:android14-6.1 2/4] arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/android/android_debug_symbols.o:undefined reference to `__per_cpu_start'
2024-12-09 4:03 UTC
[frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14:6.12-main 32/66] arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dtb: efuse@11f50000: compatible: 'oneOf' conditional failed, one must be fixed:
2024-12-09 4:03 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] scsi: ufs-qcom: Enable Dumping of Hibern8, MCQ, and Testbus Registers
2024-12-09 4:03 UTC (4+ messages)
[android-common:android15-6.6 1/1] include/trace/hooks/perf.h:18:1: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
2024-12-09 4:02 UTC
Removing a misleading warning message?
2024-12-09 4:02 UTC (4+ messages)
arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c:2897:22: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base types)
2024-12-09 4:01 UTC
drivers/md/bcache/super.c:108:14: sparse: sparse: restricted __le64 degrades to integer
2024-12-09 4:00 UTC
[linux-next:pending-fixes 350/550] drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c:2834 mpi3mr_bsg_process_mpt_cmds() warn: inconsistent returns '&mrioc->bsg_cmds.mutex'
2024-12-09 4:00 UTC
[PATCH v6 00/19] Add Freescale i.MX8qxp Display Controller support
2024-12-09 3:39 UTC (40+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller processing units
` [PATCH v6 02/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller blit engine
` [PATCH v6 03/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller display engine
` [PATCH v6 04/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller pixel engine
` [PATCH v6 05/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller AXI performance counter
` [PATCH v6 06/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller command sequencer
` [PATCH v6 07/19] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller interrupt controller
` [PATCH v6 08/19] dt-bindings: display: imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller
` [PATCH v6 09/19] drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller display engine
` [PATCH v6 10/19] drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller pixel engine
` [PATCH v6 11/19] drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller interrupt controller
` [PATCH v6 12/19] drm/imx: Add i.MX8qxp Display Controller KMS
` [PATCH v6 13/19] MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for i.MX8qxp Display Controller
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 14/19] dt-bindings: phy: mixel, mipi-dsi-phy: Allow assigned-clock* properties
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 15/19] dt-bindings: firmware: imx: Add SCU controlled display pixel link nodes
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 16/19] arm64: dts: imx8qxp: Add display controller subsystem
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 17/19] arm64: dts: imx8qxp: Add MIPI-LVDS combo subsystems
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 18/19] arm64: dts: imx8qxp-mek: Enable display controller
` [DO NOT MERGE PATCH v6 19/19] arm64: dts: imx8qxp-mek: Add MX8-DLVDS-LCD1 display module support
[PATCH] [PATCH] rust: macros: add authors
2024-12-09 3:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] mm: perform all memfd seal checks in a single place
2024-12-09 3:59 UTC (3+ messages)
[jgunthorpe:for-nicolin 6/6] drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c:304:1: warning: 'iommufd_sw_msi_get_map' defined but not used
2024-12-09 3:59 UTC
[PATCH 6.1.y] smb: client: fix potential UAF in cifs_dump_full_key()
2024-12-09 4:22 UTC
linux-next: duplicate patch in the crc tree
2024-12-09 3:57 UTC
[PATCH v2] lib: sbi_misaligned_ldst: Add handling of vector load/store
2024-12-09 3:57 UTC (8+ messages)
[android-common:android14-kiwi-6.1 1/2] drivers/virtio/virtio_pvclock.c:49:6: warning: no previous prototype for function 'update_suspend_time'
2024-12-09 3:56 UTC
[RFC PATCH 5/7] kstate: Add mechanism to preserved specified memory pages across kexec
2024-12-09 3:55 UTC (2+ messages)
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/devcom.c:366 mlx5_devcom_get_next_peer_data() error: uninitialized symbol 'data'
2024-12-09 3:55 UTC
[PATCH] docs/scheduler: Fix busy and idle type ordering
2024-12-09 3:54 UTC
[PATCH][RFC] make take_dentry_name_snapshot() lockless
2024-12-09 3:52 UTC
[PATCH 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Add entries for Apple DWI backlight controller
2024-12-09 3:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[linux-next:master 1743/2462] drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dfs.c:521:35: sparse: sparse: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
2024-12-09 3:51 UTC
[android-common:chromeos-6.6-f9d942cf7d57 73/1491] make[7]: *** No rule to make target 'drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx83112a.o', needed by 'drivers/gpu/drm/panel/modules.order'
2024-12-09 3:51 UTC
arch/loongarch/include/asm/cmpxchg.h:70:42: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (8000000000000000 becomes 0)
2024-12-09 3:51 UTC
21.11.9 patches review and test
2024-12-09 3:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 2/3] backlight: dwi_bl: Add Apple DWI backlight driver
2024-12-09 3:41 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 2/2] iio: light: Add APDS9160 ALS & Proximity sensor driver
2024-12-09 3:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 06/11] samples/devsec: PCI device-security bus / endpoint sample
2024-12-09 3:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: input: convert dlg,da7280.txt to dt-schema
2024-12-09 3:39 UTC (2+ messages)
22.11.7 patches review and test
2024-12-09 3:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/8] Emulate Intel RDT features needed to mount ResCtrl in Linux
2024-12-09 3:37 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 6/8] i386: Add RDT feature flags
io_uring/rsrc.c:1060:2-8: preceding lock on line 1055
2024-12-09 3:37 UTC
[RFC PATCH v2 00/21] riscv: Introduce 64K base page
2024-12-09 3:36 UTC (9+ messages)
` [External] "
linux-next: duplicate patch in the phy-next tree
2024-12-09 3:33 UTC
[syzbot] [sound?] WARNING in snd_ctl_led_register
2024-12-09 3:32 UTC
[PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: fix spelling error in _rtl88e_phy_set_rfpath_switch()
2024-12-09 3:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[meta-ti][master/scarthgap][PATCH v2] am62p: PRNG: Remove software PRNG
2024-12-09 3:29 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 6.1.y] dmaengine: dw-edma: eDMA: Add sync read before starting the DMA transfer in remote setup
2024-12-09 4:26 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/15] Add support for MT8195/88 DPI, HDMIv2 and DDCv2
2024-12-09 3:26 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/15] drm/mediatek: Add support for MT8195 Digital Parallel Interface
` [PATCH v2 07/15] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: Add binding for MT8195 HDMI-TX v2
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mmc: mtk-sd: Fix error handle of probe function" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
2024-12-09 3:24 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] mmc: mtk-sd: Fix error handle of probe function
[PATCH 6.1.y] cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value
2024-12-09 4:19 UTC
[PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: fix spelling error in _rtl88e_phy_set_rfpath_switch()
2024-12-09 3:21 UTC
[PATCH] blktests: src/miniublk.c: fix unaligned mmap offset for 64K page size
2024-12-09 3:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 00/20] intel_iommu: Enable stage-1 translation for emulated device
2024-12-09 3:13 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 18/20] intel_iommu: Introduce a property x-flts for scalable modern mode
[PATCH] mm/execmem: Make ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE depend on EXECMEM
2024-12-09 3:12 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/2] Enable ethernet on qcs615
2024-12-09 3:13 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs615-ride: Enable ethernet node
[PATCH] dm raid: fix spelling errors in raid_ctr()
2024-12-09 3:10 UTC
[boot-time] [RFC] analyze-initcall-debug.py - a tool to analyze the initcall debug output
2024-12-09 3:10 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH] boot-time: instrument probes more
[PATCH 0/7] KVM: TDX: TDX hypercalls may exit to userspace
2024-12-09 3:08 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: TDX: Handle KVM hypercall with TDG.VP.VMCALL
[PATCH] iommu/vt-d: Fix qi_batch NULL pointer with nested parent domain
2024-12-09 3:10 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] Kexec: Sign Image before packing into EFI STUB
2024-12-09 2:59 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] Makefile.zboot: Sign Image before packing into EFI-STUB shell
[PATCH] hwclock: Support GNU Hurd
2024-12-09 2:58 UTC
[PATCH v2] zonefs: Fix the wrong format specifier
2024-12-09 2:52 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/5] Guestperf: miscellaneous refinement and enrichment
2024-12-09 2:50 UTC (12+ messages)
[PATCH] rtc: rtc-at91sam9: disable wakeup in .remove() and the error path of .probe()
2024-12-09 2:50 UTC
[PATCH v13 0/5]arm64: add ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC support
2024-12-09 2:42 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 1/5] uaccess: add generic fallback version of copy_mc_to_user()
` [PATCH v13 2/5] arm64: add support for ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC
` [PATCH v13 3/5] mm/hwpoison: return -EFAULT when copy fail in copy_mc_[user]_highpage()
` [PATCH v13 4/5] arm64: support copy_mc_[user]_highpage()
` [PATCH v13 5/5] arm64: introduce copy_mc_to_kernel() implementation
[PATCH 0/2] Add SCMI Vendor module autoload support
2024-12-09 3:54 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: Add module aliases to i.MX vendor protocols
[PATCH] iommufd: Deal with IOMMU_HWPT_FAULT_ID_VALID in iommufd core
2024-12-09 2:51 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 7/7] KVM: TDX: Add TSX_CTRL msr into uret_msrs list
2024-12-09 2:46 UTC (17+ messages)
[PATCH net v4 0/6] virtio_net: correct netdev_tx_reset_queue() invocation points
2024-12-09 2:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/5] platform/x86: acer-wmi: Various improvements
2024-12-09 2:44 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/5] platform/x86: acer-wmi: Implement proper hwmon support
[PATCH 0/5] kprobes: jump label: Cleanup with guard and __free
2024-12-09 2:42 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] jump_label: Define guard() for jump_label_lock
` [PATCH 2/5] kprobes: Use guard() for external locks
` [PATCH 3/5] kprobes: Use guard for rcu_read_lock
` [PATCH 4/5] kprobes: Remove unneeded goto
` [PATCH 5/5] kprobes: Remove remaining gotos
[PATCH] wifi: ath12k: use link specific bss_conf as well in ath12k_mac_vif_cache_flush()
2024-12-09 2:41 UTC
[PATCH] arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex: Add VGIC maintenance interrupt
2024-12-09 2:36 UTC
[PATCH] dt-bindings: mmc: atmel,hsmci: Convert to json schema
2024-12-09 2:37 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] Optionally allow ttynull to be selected as a default console
2024-12-09 2:16 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] ttynull: Add an option to allow ttynull to be used as a console device
[PATCH livepatch/master v1 1/2] selftests/livepatch: Replace hardcoded path with variable in test-syscall.sh
2024-12-09 2:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH livepatch/master v1 2/2] selftests/livepatch: Replace hardcoded module name with variable in test-callbacks.sh
linux-next: duplicate patches in the tip tree
2024-12-09 2:29 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] mremap: Fix newaddr hint with MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
2024-12-09 2:28 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: allow APs combination when dual stations are supported
2024-12-09 2:29 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 00/10] Improve UEFI app support
2024-12-09 2:28 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 09/10] Fix efi_bind_block
` [PATCH 10/10] Add command to set an environment variable to an EFI variable
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] libf2fs_io: change lseek & read/write to pread/pwrite
2024-12-09 2:13 UTC (4+ messages)
[RFC PATCH] hwclock: Remove ioperm declare as it causes nested extern declare warning
2024-12-09 2:11 UTC
linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the mm tree
2024-12-09 2:24 UTC
[PATCH] block: retry call probe after request_module in blk_request_module
2024-12-09 2:20 UTC
subscribe mailing list to learn recent kvm development, not robot
2024-12-09 2:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/2] platform/chrome: cros_ec: improve probing for RWSIG
2024-12-09 2:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 0/2] Fix race between datagram socket address change and rehash
2024-12-09 2:20 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] datagram, udp: Set local address and rehash socket atomically against lookup
[PATCH v2] ASoC: audio-graph-card: Call of_node_put() on correct node
2024-12-09 2:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] strvec: `strvec_splice()` to a statically initialized vector
2024-12-09 2:15 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[akpm-mm:mm-unstable] [mm] 85ad413389: BUG:kernel_NULL_pointer_dereference,address
2024-12-09 2:09 UTC (2+ messages)
[syzbot] [btrfs?] possible deadlock in join_transaction (2)
2024-12-09 2:08 UTC
[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in ocfs2_start_trans
2024-12-09 2:08 UTC
[PATCH v2] kernel/audit: reorder the member of audit_context
2024-12-09 1:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH] lsm: add reserved flag in lsm_prop struct
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[PATCH v7 0/3] [PATCH v6 0/3] Add support for AST2700 clk driver
2024-12-09 1:49 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 3/3] clk: aspeed: add AST2700 clock driver
[PATCH v2 net-next] ipv4: remove useless arg
2024-12-09 2:03 UTC (3+ messages)
silent data corruption in fuse in rc1
2024-12-09 1:57 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: Add coresight nodes for QCS8300
2024-12-09 2:01 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/2] riscv: spacemit: add support for bananapi-f3
2024-12-09 2:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] riscv: spacemit: bananapi_f3: initial support added
` [PATCH v5 2/2] doc: spacemit: bananapi_f3: document Banana Pi F3 board
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