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[PATCH v2 00/24] arm64: FPSIMD/SVE/SME fixes + re-enable SME
 2025-05-08 13:26 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/24] arm64/fpsimd: Do not discard modified SVE state
` [PATCH v2 02/24] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Clear PSTATE.SM when restoring FPSIMD frame only
` [PATCH v2 03/24] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state
` [PATCH v2 04/24] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Consistently read FPSIMD context
` [PATCH v2 05/24] arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Consistently handle partial writes to NT_ARM_(S)SVE
` [PATCH v2 06/24] arm64/fpsimd: Clarify sve_sync_*() functions
` [PATCH v2 07/24] arm64/fpsimd: Factor out {sve,sme}_state_size() helpers

[PATCH v2 1/2] soc: qcom: socinfo: add SM8750 SoC ID
 2025-05-08 13:46 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/3] arm64/boot: Forbid the use of BSS symbols in startup code
 2025-05-08 11:43 UTC 

[RFC bpf-next 0/3] bpf: handle 0-sized structs properly
 2025-05-08 13:45 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: update BPF_PROG2() to handle empty structs
` [RFC bpf-next 2/3] bpf: allow 0-sized structs as function parameters
` [RFC bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: add 0-length struct testing to tracing_struct tests

[PATCH v4 00/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines
 2025-05-08 13:35 UTC  (28+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.6 and pc-i440fx-2.6 machines
` [PATCH v4 02/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove PCMachineClass::legacy_cpu_hotplug field
` [PATCH v4 03/27] hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Rename fw_cfg_init_mem() with '_nodma' suffix
` [PATCH v4 04/27] hw/mips/loongson3_virt: Prefer using fw_cfg_init_mem_nodma()
` [PATCH v4 05/27] hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Factor fw_cfg_init_mem_internal() out
` [PATCH v4 06/27] hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Rename fw_cfg_init_mem_wide() -> fw_cfg_init_mem_dma()
` [PATCH v4 07/27] hw/i386/x86: Remove X86MachineClass::fwcfg_dma_enabled field
` [PATCH v4 08/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove multiboot.bin
` [PATCH v4 09/27] hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Remove fw_cfg_io_properties::dma_enabled
` [PATCH v4 10/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove linuxboot.bin
` [PATCH v4 11/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_2_6[] array
` [PATCH v4 12/27] target/i386/cpu: Remove CPUX86State::enable_cpuid_0xb field
` [PATCH v4 13/27] target/i386/cpu: Remove CPUX86State::fill_mtrr_mask field
` [PATCH v4 14/27] hw/intc/apic: Remove APICCommonState::legacy_instance_id field
` [PATCH v4 15/27] hw/core/machine: Remove hw_compat_2_6[] array
` [PATCH v4 16/27] hw/virtio/virtio-mmio: Remove VirtIOMMIOProxy::format_transport_address field
` [PATCH v4 17/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.7 and pc-i440fx-2.7 machines
` [PATCH v4 18/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_2_7[] array
` [PATCH v4 19/27] target/i386/cpu: Remove CPUX86State::full_cpuid_auto_level field
` [PATCH v4 20/27] target/i386/cpu: Remove CPUX86State::enable_l3_cache field
` [PATCH v4 21/27] hw/audio/pcspk: Remove PCSpkState::migrate field
` [PATCH v4 22/27] hw/core/machine: Remove hw_compat_2_7[] array
` [PATCH v4 23/27] hw/i386/intel_iommu: Remove IntelIOMMUState::buggy_eim field
` [PATCH v4 24/27] hw/intc/ioapic: Remove IOAPICCommonState::version field
` [PATCH v4 25/27] hw/virtio/virtio-pci: Remove VirtIOPCIProxy::ignore_backend_features field
` [PATCH v4 26/27] hw/char/virtio-serial: Do not expose the 'emergency-write' property
` [PATCH v4 27/27] hw/virtio/virtio-pci: Remove VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_PAGE_PER_VQ definition

[PATCH net-next] vhost/net: align variable names with XDP terminology
 2025-05-08 13:45 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Fix segfault with PEBS-via-PT with sample_freq
 2025-05-08 13:44 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: lock the eviction fence before signaling it
 2025-05-08 13:44 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] Enable hstateen bits lazily for the KVM RISC-V Guests
 2025-05-08 13:45 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] RISC-V: KVM: Lazy enable hstateen IMSIC & ISEL bit
` [PATCH 4/5] RISC-V: KVM: Enable envcfg and sstateen bits lazily

Sanity check request: reduced replication of alloc btrees
 2025-05-08 13:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] btrfs: fixes and cleanups for ordered extent allocation
 2025-05-08 13:43 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] btrfs: fix qgroup reservation leak on failure to allocate ordered extent

[RFC PATCH v2 0/7] Defer throttle when task exits to user
 2025-05-08 13:43 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 7/7] sched/fair: alternative way of accounting throttle time

[REGRESSION] alg: ahash: Several tests fail during boot on Turris Omnia
 2025-05-08 13:43 UTC  (12+ messages)
        ` [PATCH] crypto: marvell/cesa - Do not chain submitted requests
            ` [v2 PATCH] "
              ` [v3 "

[PATCH V2] arm64/debug: Drop redundant DBG_MDSCR_* macros
 2025-05-08 13:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/qtest/q35-test: Remove the obsolete test_without_smram_base test
 2025-05-08 13:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dpaa2-eth: convert to ndo_hwtstamp_set()
 2025-05-08 13:41 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dpaa2-eth: add ndo_hwtstamp_get() implementation

[PATCH net-next 0/4] tun: optimize SKB allocation with NAPI cache
 2025-05-08 13:40 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/4] tun: rcu_deference xdp_prog only once per batch

[PATCH] i2c: mlxbf: Allow build with COMPILE_TEST
 2025-05-08 13:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] REFTABLE_REALLOC_ARRAY: fix potential memory leak if realloc failed
 2025-05-08 13:39 UTC 

[PATCH RESEND v13 0/5] Expose modifiers/formats supported by async flips
 2025-05-08 13:38 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] decode_header: fix pointential memory leak if decode_header failed
 2025-05-08 13:38 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/5] PM: sleep: Improvements of async suspend and resume of devices
 2025-05-08 13:38 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] PM: sleep: Resume children after resuming the parent

[PATCH 6.14 000/183] 6.14.6-rc1 review
 2025-05-08 13:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] target/arm: allow gdb to read ARM_CP_NORAW regs
 2025-05-08 13:37 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] Add RZ/G3E XSPI clocks
 2025-05-08 13:37 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: renesas,r9a09g047-cpg: Add XSPI and GBETH PTP core clocks
` [PATCH v3 2/3] clk: renesas: r9a09g047: Add support for xspi mux and divider
` [PATCH v3 3/3] clk: renesas: r9a09g047: Add XSPI clock/reset

[PATCH v4] mm/vmalloc: fix data race in show_numa_info()
 2025-05-08 13:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix incorrect MALL size for GFX1151
 2025-05-08 13:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: allow DEBUGCTL.DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_IN_SMM passthrough
 2025-05-08 13:35 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] x86: KVM: VMX: preserve host's DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_IN_SMM while in the guest mode

[PATCH v9 00/19] DCD: Add support for Dynamic Capacity Devices (DCD)
 2025-05-08 13:35 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 02/19] cxl/mem: Read dynamic capacity configuration from the device

[RFC] gfs2: Do not call iomap_zero_range beyond eof
 2025-05-08 13:34 UTC 

[PATCH] alloc_tag: avoid mem alloc and iter reset when reading allocinfo
 2025-05-08 13:33 UTC  (10+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH 0/3] Improve checks for valid_fqdn in send-email and update documentation
 2025-05-08 13:33 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "
  ` [PATCH v4 2/3] docs: improve send-email documentation

[PATCH v3] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs8300: add the pcie smmu node
 2025-05-08 13:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PULL] drm-intel-next
 2025-05-08 13:31 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/6] arm: extended regions fixes
 2025-05-08 13:20 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] xen/arm: fix math in add_ext_regions
` [PATCH v2 2/6] xen/arm: fix math in add_hwdom_free_regions
` [PATCH v2 3/6] xen/arm: switch find_domU_holes to rangesets
` [PATCH v2 4/6] rangeset: introduce rangeset_subtract
` [PATCH v2 5/6] xen/arm: exclude xen,reg from domU extended regions
` [PATCH v2 6/6] tools/arm: exclude iomem "

[PATCH v6 0/6] clk: spacemit: add K1 reset support
 2025-05-08 12:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/6] reset: spacemit: define three more CCUs

[PATCH 1/1] arm64: Kconfig: Enable PINCTRL on i.MX platforms
 2025-05-08 12:25 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] Networking for v6.15-rc6
 2025-05-08 13:31 UTC 

[PATCH 000/147] single-binary patch queue
 2025-05-08 13:29 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 066/147] include/exec: Move TLB_MMIO, TLB_DISCARD_WRITE to slow flags

[PATCH net-next] tun: use xdp_get_frame_len()
 2025-05-08 13:29 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] iio: Fix scan mask subset check logic
 2025-05-08 13:29 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/5] auxdisplay: add support for TI LP5812 4x3 Matrix LED driver
 2025-05-08 13:26 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/xe: Make the gem shrinker drm managed
 2025-05-08 13:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

What's cooking in git.git (May 2025, #03; Wed, 7)
 2025-05-08 13:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] net: ipv4: Fix destination address determination in flowi4_init_output
 2025-05-08 13:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.12 000/164] 6.12.28-rc1 review
 2025-05-08 13:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: fvp: Add CPU idle states for Rev C model
 2025-05-08 13:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

U-Boot STM32H747i-DISCO support
 2025-05-08 13:27 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] drm/{i915, xe}: convert i915->display and xe->display into pointers
 2025-05-08 13:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: success for drm/{i915, xe}: convert i915->display and xe->display into pointers (rev2)

[PATCH] hfs: export dbg_flags in debugfs
 2025-05-08 13:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command
 2025-05-08 13:26 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH dwarves v1] dwarf_loader: Fix skipped encoding of function BTF on 32-bit systems
 2025-05-08 13:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH dwarves v2] "

[PATCH v6 0/5] Enable SVM atomics in Xe / GPU SVM
 2025-05-08 13:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/5] drm/xe: Strict migration policy for atomic SVM faults

stop passing a writeback_control to swap/shmem writeout
 2025-05-08 13:25 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] mm: stop passing a writeback_control structure to shmem_writeout

[RFC, PATCH 00/12] TDX: Enable Dynamic PAMT
 2025-05-08 13:23 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [RFC, PATCH 02/12] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate reference counters for PAMT memory
` [RFC, PATCH 05/12] KVM: TDX: Add tdx_pamt_get()/put() helpers
` [RFC, PATCH 08/12] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Add phys_prepare() and phys_cleanup() to kvm_x86_ops

add more bio helpers v3
 2025-05-08 13:23 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/19] block: add a bdev_rw_virt helper

[PATCH V3] PCI: dwc: tegra194: Broaden architecture dependency
 2025-05-08 13:22 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH V4] "

[PATCH 0/4] PM: TI: AM335x: PM STANDBY fixes
 2025-05-08 13:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable am335x PM configs

[PATCH] meson: drop --enable-avx* options
 2025-05-08 13:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/3] soc: qcom: socinfo: Add support for new fields in revision 20
 2025-05-08 13:19 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] soc: qcom: socinfo: Add support for new fields in revision 21
` [PATCH v3 3/3] soc: qcom: socinfo: Add support for new fields in revision 22

[PATCH 0/2] *** boot: Add Kconfig options for script-based boot parameters ***
 2025-05-08 13:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] boot: Add BOOTSCRIPT_DHCP Kconfig option for boot_script_dhcp env
` [PATCH 2/2] mtd: bootdev: Add Kconfig option for defining script parameters
` [Upstream] [PATCH 0/2] *** boot: Add Kconfig options for script-based boot parameters ***

Unplayable framerates in game but specific kernel versions work, maybe amdgpu problem
 2025-05-08 13:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] platform/x86: int3472: Allow re-using sensor GPIO mapping in atomisp
 2025-05-08 13:18 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] media: atomisp: Switch to int3472 driver sensor GPIO mapping code

[PATCH v5 0/3] arm64: dts: ti: introduce basic support for the AM62L
 2025-05-08 13:14 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: ti: Add binding for AM62L SoCs
` [PATCH v5 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62l: add initial infrastructure

[PATCH v9 00/10] Amlogic C3 ISP support
 2025-05-08 13:18 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 10/10] Documentation: media: add documentation file c3-isp.rst

[PATCH v1 1/1] app/testpmd: add sleep command
 2025-05-08 13:16 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/3] cmdline: use C standard library as number parser
  ` [PATCH v8 2/3] cmdline: add floating point support
  ` [PATCH v8 3/3] app/testpmd: add sleep command

[PATCH 0/2] *** boot: Add Kconfig options for script-based boot parameters ***
 2025-05-08 13:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] boot: Add BOOTSCRIPT_DHCP Kconfig option for boot_script_dhcp env
` [PATCH 2/2] mtd: bootdev: Add Kconfig option for defining script parameters

[PATCH 6.6 000/129] 6.6.90-rc1 review
 2025-05-08 13:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] meson: remove unnecessary dependencies from specific_ss
 2025-05-08 13:13 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/core_hotunplug: Add exec-no-cleanup-hotunbind-rebind subtest
 2025-05-08 13:14 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for "

[jfern:nova/alistair-nova-rpc-with-nouveau-boot 1/5] drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c:916:7: warning: no previous prototype for 'nouveau_drm_nova_probe'
 2025-05-08 13:13 UTC 

[android-common:android14-6.1 1/1] include/trace/stages/init.h:2:23: warning: 'str__mmc__trace_system_name' defined but not used
 2025-05-08 13:13 UTC 

[Bug 220061] New: [REGRESSION, BISECTED] Multiple Bluetooth devices cannot be paired under Linux 6.14.4
 2025-05-08 13:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 220061] "

[PATCH v14 00/22] Type2 device basic support
 2025-05-08 13:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 04/22] cxl: move register/capability check to driver

[PATCH v5 4/4] ARM: dts: stm32: add initial support for stm32mp157-ultra-fly-sbc board
 2025-05-08 13:10 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] KVM: RISC-V: VCPU reset fixes
 2025-05-08 13:11 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/5] KVM: RISC-V: remove unnecessary SBI reset state

[PATCH 1/2] mm: khugepaged: convert set_huge_pmd() to take a folio
 2025-05-08 13:12 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] mm: convert do_set_pmd() "

Memory hotplug locking issue: Useless (?) zone span seqlock
 2025-05-08 13:11 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] terraform/oci: Add VM.Standard.x86.Generic shape to available options
 2025-05-08 13:11 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/14] drm/msm/dpu: Support quad pipe with dual-DSI
 2025-05-08 13:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 10/14] drm/msm/dpu: Use dedicated WB number definition

[PATCH v2] drm/xe/vsec: Allow for kernel context access
 2025-05-08 13:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] nvmet pci-epf fixes
 2025-05-08 13:07 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] nvmet: pci-epf: Clear completion queue IRQ flag on delete
` [PATCH 2/4] nvmet: pci-epf: Do not fall back to using INTX if not supported
` [PATCH 4/4] nvmet: pci-epf: Improve debug message

[PATCH v4 0/6] Fix potential out-of-bounds error in some drivers
 2025-05-08 13:06 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write
` [PATCH v4 2/6] accel/ivpu: Use effective buffer size for zero terminator
` [PATCH v4 3/6] iio: fix potential out-of-bound write
` [PATCH v4 4/6] gpio: "
` [PATCH v4 5/6] powerpc/eeh: fix potential OoB
` [PATCH v4 6/6] powerpc/eeh-powernv: "

[PATCH] scsi: smartpqi: Fix the race condition between pqi_tmf_worker and pqi_sdev_destroy
 2025-05-08 13:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] linux-yoto/6.12: bsp/arm: fix CONFIG_CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA
 2025-05-08 13:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/19] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines
 2025-05-08 13:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 02/19] hw/i386/pc: Remove PCMachineClass::legacy_cpu_hotplug field

[PATCH] rcutorture: Fix rcutorture_one_extend_check() splat in RT kernels
 2025-05-08 13:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] rcu/nocb: Add Safe checks for access offloaded rdp

[PATCH] imx95_evk: enable PCI early
 2025-05-08 13:03 UTC 

[PATCH v2] firmware: SDEI: Allow sdei initialization without ACPI_APEI_GHES
 2025-05-08 13:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/smu13: set the threshold for TEMP_HOTSPOT throttling
 2025-05-07 13:46 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] AMD gpu deadcoding (S more)
 2025-05-07 17:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] drm/amd/pm/smu13: Remove unused smu_v13_0_init_display_count
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/amd/pm: Remove unused smu_mode2_reset_is_support
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/amd/pm: Remove remainder of mode2_reset_is_support

Unplayable framerates in game but specific kernel versions work, maybe amdgpu problem
 2025-05-07 12:50 UTC 

questions about smu_mode2_reset_is_support and smu_v13_0_init_display_count
 2025-05-07 17:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/7] Clean up the crypto testing options
 2025-05-08 12:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/7] crypto: tcrypt - rename CRYPTO_TEST to CRYPTO_BENCHMARK

[PATCH v10 0/5] New trait OwnableRefCounted for ARef<->Owned conversion
 2025-05-08 12:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v10 1/5] rust: types: Add Ownable/Owned types

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs-tools: delete only if the libf2fs_format.so* exists
 2025-05-08 12:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs-tools: clean up dump.f2fs etc. when uninstall

[RFC PATCH v4 0/5] Readahead tweaks for larger folios
 2025-05-08 12:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v4 1/5] mm/readahead: Honour new_order in page_cache_ra_order()

[PATCH v6 0/6] ASoC: wcd938x: enable t14s audio headset
 2025-05-08 12:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/6] dt-bindings: mux: add optional regulator binding to gpio mux
  ` (subset) "
` [PATCH v6 2/6] mux: gpio: add optional regulator support
  ` (subset) "

[PATCH v2 00/16] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines
 2025-05-08 12:56 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/16] hw/i386/x86: Remove X86MachineClass::fwcfg_dma_enabled field

[PATCH 0/3] lsm: introduce lsm_manage_policy() syscall
 2025-05-08 12:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] lsm: introduce security_lsm_manage_policy hook

[PATCH 6.1 00/97] 6.1.138-rc2 review
 2025-05-08 12:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: remove useless code
 2025-05-08 12:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] Move duplicated instructions macros into asm/insn.h
 2025-05-08 12:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] riscv: Move all duplicate insn parsing "


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