messages from 2025-04-22 05:29:12 to 2025-04-22 06:39:19 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v6 0/2] Add support for PCIe RP PERST#
2025-04-22 6:39 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/2] PCI: xilinx-cpm: Add support for PCIe RP PERST# signal
brd cleanups
2025-04-22 6:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] brd; pass a bvec pointer to brd_do_bvec
` [PATCH 2/5] brd: remove the sector variable in brd_submit_bio
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] io_uring: don't post tag CQEs on file/buffer registration" failed to apply to 6.13-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:38 UTC (3+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] io_uring/net: fix accept multishot handling" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:38 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] fixup! defaultenv: boot/bnet: fallback to booting generic 2nd stage FIT image
2025-04-22 6:37 UTC
[PATCH 00/29] x86/boot/e820: Assorted E820 table handling features and cleanups
2025-04-22 6:38 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/29] x86/boot/e820: Simplify e820__print_table() a bit
` [PATCH 03/29] x86/boot/e820: Simplify the PPro Erratum #50 workaround
` [PATCH 05/29] x86/boot/e820: Print gaps in the E820 table
` [PATCH 07/29] x86/boot/e820: Print out sizes of E820 memory ranges
` [PATCH 08/29] x86/boot/e820: Print E820_TYPE_RAM entries as ... RAM entries
frozen PHB on IBM Power9 system in 6.15-rc2 (bisected)
2025-04-22 6:37 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/1] swiotlb: Make IO_TLB_SEGSIZE Configurable
2025-04-22 6:37 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] swiotlb: Make IO_TLB_SEGSIZE configurable
[PATCHv2 0/6] make vendor specific subdirectory inclusion conditional
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/9] Add VNC Open H.264 Encoding
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 9/9] h264: register shutdown notifiers, stop pipeline in destroy_encoder_context
[PATCH] nvme-tcp: remove redundant check to ctrl->opts
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] configfs: Add CONFIGFS_ATTR_PERM helper
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] nvmet: Restrict in-band config files to root
[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/linux-tools: Fix parallel compilation
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/5] md: fix is_mddev_idle()
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] block: cleanup and export bdev IO inflight APIs
` [PATCH v2 2/5] md: record dm-raid gendisk in mddev
` [PATCH v2 3/5] md: add a new api sync_io_depth
` [PATCH v2 4/5] md: fix is_mddev_idle()
` [PATCH v2 5/5] md: cleanup accounting for issued sync IO
[PATCH net] net: dp83822: Fix OF_MDIO config check
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC
[tip: x86/microcode] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel microcode
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v8 00/24] Provide a new two step DMA mapping API
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 04/24] iommu: add kernel-doc for iommu_unmap and iommu_unmap_fast
` [PATCH v8 20/24] blk-mq: add scatterlist-less DMA mapping helpers
[i-g-t 0/2] tests/i915/pm_rc6_residency: Use sysfs to achieve peak frequency
2025-04-22 6:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [i-g-t, 1/2] "
` [i-g-t,2/2] HAX: Add rc6-idle tests to fast feedback list
[PATCH 0/4] iio: introduce IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] "
[PATCH 0/5] staging: iio: adc: ad7816: Fix channel handling and refactor
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/5] staging: iio: adc: ad7816: Introduce chip_info and use pointer matching
[PATCH v3 0/4] mm/folio_zero_user: add multi-page clearing
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/folio_zero_user: "
[PATCH v3 1/7] drm/amd/pm: Add ip version check for smu_v13_0_12 functions
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC (2+ messages)
[tip: x86/microcode] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel microcode
2025-04-22 6:36 UTC
Patch "drm/mgag200: Fix value in <VBLKSTR> register" has been added to the 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC
Build error of kernel/xenomai/debug.c
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH] fsldma: Support 40 bit DMA addresses where capable
2025-04-22 6:34 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH V3 0/7] blk-throttle: Split the blkthrotl queue to solve the IO delay issue
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH V3 4/7] blk-throttle: Introduce flag "BIO_TG_BPS_THROTTLED"
AMD GPU driver load hitting BUG_ON in sync_global_pgds_l5()
2025-04-22 6:34 UTC
linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree
2025-04-22 6:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] usbip: Fix the error limitation on max_hw_sectors for usbip device
2025-04-22 6:34 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] usbip: set the dma mask to 64bit default for vhci-driver
Please apply d2155fe54ddb to 5.10 and 5.4
2025-04-22 6:34 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 5.15.y] drm/amdgpu: fix usage slab after free
2025-04-22 6:33 UTC
[PATCH 1/1] staging: gpib: gpio: Fix memory allocation style in gpib_bitbang.c
2025-04-22 6:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] nvmet: Fix out-of-bounds access in nvmet_enable_port
2025-04-22 6:33 UTC (2+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/mes11: optimize MES pipe FW version fetching" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:33 UTC
[PATCH v2] stm32mp: Add tamp_nvram driver
2025-04-22 6:31 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/9] Add support to load QUP SE firmware from
2025-04-22 6:32 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 6/9] soc: qcom: geni-se: Add support to load QUP SE Firmware via Linux subsystem
[PATCH 0/3] ocfs2: Fix deadlocks in quota recovery
2025-04-22 6:32 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] ocfs2: Implement handshaking with ocfs2 recovery thread
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/mes11: optimize MES pipe FW version fetching" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:32 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/2] arm64/module: Enable late module relocations
2025-04-22 6:25 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64/module: Use text-poke API for late relocations
[PATCHv2 0/4] libnvme: add support for discovering multipath of a shared ns
2025-04-22 6:28 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCHv2 1/4] tree: add support for discovering nvme paths using sysfs multipath link
` [PATCHv2 2/4] tree: add queue-depth attribute for nvme path object
` [PATCHv2 3/4] tree: add attribute numa_nodes for NVMe "
` [PATCHv2 4/4] test: extend sysfs tree dump test
Patch "drm/mgag200: Fix value in <VBLKSTR> register" has been added to the 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:30 UTC
[isar-cip-core v4 1/2] .gitlab-ci.yml: Set timeout value to run IEC layer tests for different targets
2025-04-22 6:30 UTC (7+ messages)
` [isar-cip-core v4 2/2] IEC_template.yml: Update IEC layer tests revision
` [cip-dev] "
[meta-selinux][PATCH] refpolicy: update to latest git rev
2025-04-22 6:29 UTC
[PATCH v7 0/8] soc: ti: Add and use PVU on K3-AM65 for DMA isolation
2025-04-22 6:14 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 "
` [PATCH v8 1/7] dt-bindings: soc: ti: Add AM65 peripheral virtualization unit
` [PATCH v8 2/7] dt-bindings: PCI: ti,am65: Extend for use with PVU
` [PATCH v8 3/7] soc: ti: Add IOMMU-like PVU driver
` [PATCH v8 4/7] PCI: keystone: Add support for PVU-based DMA isolation on AM654
` [PATCH v8 5/7] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am65-main: Add PVU nodes
` [PATCH v8 6/7] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am65-main: Add VMAP registers to PCI root complexes
` [PATCH v8 7/7] arm64: dts: ti: iot2050: Add overlay for DMA isolation for devices behind PCI RC
[PATCH] staging: gpib: Fix lpvo request_system_control
2025-04-22 6:28 UTC (2+ messages)
Potential issue with pci_prepare_to_sleep if there's no platform support for D3cold transition
2025-04-22 6:27 UTC (2+ messages)
linux-next: duplicate patch in the crypto tree
2025-04-22 6:27 UTC
[RFC PATCH 00/18] KVM: VMX: Introduce Intel Mode-Based Execute Control (MBEC)
2025-04-22 6:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 05/18] KVM: x86: Add pt_guest_exec_control to kvm_vcpu_arch
[PATCH v2 0/2] sched_ext: Introduce rq lock tracking
2025-04-22 6:27 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Track currently locked rq
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix warning of drm_mm_clean" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:26 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amd/display/dml2: use vzalloc rather than kzalloc" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:26 UTC
[PATCH] ufs: core: add caps UFSHCD_CAP_MCQ_EN
2025-04-22 6:25 UTC (2+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/xe: Ensure fixed_slice_mode gets set after ccs_mode" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/xe: Ensure fixed_slice_mode gets set after ccs_mode" failed to apply to 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC
[PATCH-RFC] md-bitmap: use page cache for file backed
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC (2+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/xe: Invalidate L3 read-only cachelines for geometry" failed to apply to 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: limit sdma queue reset caps flagging for gfx9" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: limit sdma queue reset caps flagging for gfx9" failed to apply to 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:24 UTC
[PATCH] compat/memory: avoid UB shifts in XENMEM_exchange handling
2025-04-22 6:23 UTC (3+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/i915/xe2hpd: Identify the memory type for SKUs with GDDR" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:23 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/xe/bmg: Add one additional PCI ID" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:23 UTC
[PATCH] xfs: add tunable threshold parameter for triggering zone GC
2025-04-22 6:22 UTC (10+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/dma_buf: fix page_link check" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC
Patch "drm/ast: Fix ast_dp connection status" has been added to the 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC
[RFC PATCH 1/1] md: delete gendisk in ioctl path
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3] wic: do not ignore ROOTFS_SIZE if the rootfs is modified
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH v2] virtgpu: don't reset on shutdown
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] xfs_io: catch statx fields up to 6.15
2025-04-22 6:21 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] xfs_io: make statx mask parsing more generally useful
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amd/pm: Add zero RPM enabled OD setting support for" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:20 UTC
[PATCH V4 0/4] add max arg to swappiness in memory.reclaim and lru_gen
2025-04-22 6:18 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 1/4] mm: add swappiness=max arg to memory.reclaim for only anon reclaim
` [External] "
` [PATCH V4 3/4] mm: add max swappiness arg to lru_gen for anonymous memory only
` [External] "
[PATCH] stm32mp: Add nvram driver
2025-04-22 6:17 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH rtw-next v2] wifi: rtlwifi: disable ASPM for RTL8723BE with subsystem ID 11ad:1723
2025-04-22 6:17 UTC
Patch "drm/ast: Fix ast_dp connection status" has been added to the 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:17 UTC
[PATCH RFC 0/2] prototype: improve timestamp handling
2025-04-22 6:16 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH V2 00/20] block: unify elevator changing and fix lockdep warning
2025-04-22 6:14 UTC (15+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 01/20] block: move blk_mq_add_queue_tag_set() after blk_mq_map_swqueue()
` [PATCH V2 02/20] block: move ELEVATOR_FLAG_DISABLE_WBT as request queue flag
` [PATCH V2 03/20] block: don't call freeze queue in elevator_switch() and elevator_disable()
` [PATCH V2 04/20] block: add two helpers for registering/un-registering sched debugfs
` [PATCH V2 05/20] block: move sched debugfs register into elvevator_register_queue
` [PATCH V2 20/20] block: move wbt_enable_default() out of queue freezing from sched ->exit()
linux-next: build warnings after merge of the powerpc-fixes tree
2025-04-22 6:15 UTC (3+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/amd/pm: Prevent division by zero" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:14 UTC
[PATCH rtw-next] wifi: rtlwifi: disable ASPM for RTL8723BE with subsystem ID 11ad:1723
2025-04-22 6:13 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] block: integrity: Do not call set_page_dirty_lock()
2025-04-22 6:13 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v4 00/10] Support vbootrom for AST2700
2025-04-22 6:11 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 02/10] hw/arm/aspeed_ast27x0 Introduce vbootrom memory region
` [PATCH v4 09/10] tests/functional/aspeed: Add to test vbootrom for AST2700
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix stale rpmh votes from GPU" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:11 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix stale rpmh votes from GPU" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:11 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix stale rpmh votes from GPU" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:11 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/i915/mst: update max stream count to match number of" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:10 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/i915/mst: update max stream count to match number of" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:10 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/5] Misc MMC updates
2025-04-22 6:08 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am6*: Add boot phase flag to support MMC boot
` [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am6*: Remove disable-wp for eMMC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/i915/mst: update max stream count to match number of" failed to apply to 6.14-stable tree
2025-04-22 6:10 UTC
[PATCH] mm/damon/core: Initialize sampling_addr in damon_new_region()
2025-04-22 6:09 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v7 00/14] large atomic writes for xfs
2025-04-22 6:08 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 11/14] xfs: add xfs_file_dio_write_atomic()
[PATCH v1 0/5] MediaTek DPI: Cleanups and add support for more formats
2025-04-22 6:04 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 3/5] drm/mediatek: mtk_dpi: Add support for additional output formats
` [PATCH v1 4/5] drm/mediatek: mtk_dpi: Allow additional output formats on MT8195/88
` [PATCH v1 5/5] drm/mediatek: mtk_dpi: Rename output fmts array for MT8195 DP_INTF
[RFC PATCH v3 00/14] single-binary: Make hw/arm/ common
2025-04-22 6:04 UTC (8+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 01/14] qapi: Rename TargetInfo structure as BinaryTargetInfo
` [RFC PATCH v3 13/14] qemu/target_info: Add target_aarch64() helper
[RFC PATCH v4 0/3] Virtio SPI Linux driver
2025-04-22 6:03 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v4 2/3] virtio-spi: Add virtio-spi.h
` [RFC PATCH v4 3/3] SPI: Add virtio SPI driver
[PATCH v6 0/2] Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL
2025-04-22 6:03 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/2] target/ppc: Introduce macro for deprecating PowerPC CPUs
` [PATCH v6 2/2] target/ppc: Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL
[PATCH v5 0/2] Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL
2025-04-22 6:02 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] target/ppc: Introduce macro for deprecating PowerPC CPUs
` [PATCH v5 2/2] target/ppc: Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL
[PATCH] docs: ext4: Ammend white space
2025-04-22 5:57 UTC
[PATCH v10 00/33] Refactor TI K3 R5, DSP and M4 Remoteproc Drivers
2025-04-22 5:55 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 13/33] remoteproc: k3: Refactor .kick rproc ops into common driver
` [PATCH v10 15/33] remoteproc: k3: Refactor rproc_reset() implementation "
[PATCH] ethdev: add support for flow action pop E-tag
2025-04-22 5:53 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH] fs: move the bdex_statx call to vfs_getattr_nosec
2025-04-22 5:51 UTC (3+ messages)
What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2025, #04; Tue, 15)
2025-04-22 5:47 UTC (6+ messages)
` aw/t9811-modernize, was "
[PATCH v2] ethdev: add support for flow action pop E-tag
2025-04-22 5:47 UTC
[PATCH] benchmark: Measure allocation time for objects
2025-04-22 5:55 UTC
[PATCH BlueZ 0/2] Fixes for re-connection issues with ASHA profile
2025-04-22 5:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH BlueZ 1/2] profiles/audio: asha: Reset state on disconnect
` [PATCH BlueZ 2/2] profiles/audio: asha: Only expose device after we have attributes
[RFC] drm/sched: Allow drivers to register for pending list cleanup
2025-04-22 5:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: Implement jump limit for nft_table_validate
2025-04-22 5:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/i915/display: Ensure enough lines between delayed VBlank and VBlank
2025-04-22 5:43 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] clk: qcom: Add camera clock controller support for sc8180x
2025-04-22 5:42 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: Add Qualcomm SC8180X Camera clock controller
` [PATCH 2/3] clk: qcom: camcc-sc8180x: Add SC8180X camera clock controller driver
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: Add camera clock controller for sc8180x
[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] tests/chamelium/kms_chamelium_color: force connector reprobe after plugging ports
2025-04-22 5:41 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/2] "
[PATCH] drm/xe: xe_svm_range_alloc should return NULL upon error
2025-04-22 5:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[tip: sched/urgent] sched/fair: Fix EEVDF entity placement bug causing scheduling lag
2025-04-22 5:40 UTC (3+ messages)
` ll"RE: "
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
2025-04-22 5:39 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.10.y] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()
[PATCH master 1/2] tlsf: hardening: unpoison trailing padding before zeroing it
2025-04-22 5:37 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH master 2/2] tlsf: hardening: skip KASAN checks when zeroing memory
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
2025-04-22 5:37 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()
[PATCH master] font: fbconsole: fix underflow when printing non-ASCII characters
2025-04-22 5:36 UTC
CVE-2025-22077: smb: client: Fix netns refcount imbalance causing leaks and use-after-free
2025-04-22 5:36 UTC (6+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
2025-04-22 5:33 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] mm: fix apply_to_existing_page_range()
[oe] [meta-oe][PATCHv2] libsdl2-mixer: update and build with cmake
2025-04-22 5:30 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/20] Enable QEMU TCI to run 32bit guests on browsers
2025-04-22 5:27 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 09/20] target/s390x: Fix type conflict of GLib function pointers
` [PATCH v2 10/20] include/glib-compat.h: Poison g_list_sort and g_slist_sort
` [PATCH v2 11/20] util/cacheflush.c: Update cache flushing mechanism for Emscripten
` [PATCH v2 12/20] block: Add including of ioctl header for Emscripten build
` [PATCH v2 13/20] block: Fix type confict of the copy_file_range stub
` [PATCH v2 14/20] include/qemu/osdep.h: Add Emscripten-specific OS dependencies
` [PATCH v2 15/20] Disable options unsupported on Emscripten
` [PATCH v2 16/20] util: exclude mmap-alloc.c from compilation target "
` [PATCH v2 17/20] util: Add coroutine backend for emscripten
` [PATCH v2 18/20] meson: Add wasm build in build scripts
` [PATCH v2 19/20] tests: Add Dockerfile containing dependencies for Emscripten build
` [PATCH v2 20/20] gitlab: Enable CI for wasm build
[PATCH v4 00/11] Add DSI display support for SA8775P target
2025-04-22 5:28 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 07/11] arm64: dts: qcom: sa8775p-ride: add anx7625 DSI to DP bridge nodes
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