messages from 2025-07-16 15:22:56 to 2025-07-16 16:08:49 UTC [more...]
[PATCH] usb: atm: cxacru: Zero initialize bp in cxacru_heavy_init()
2025-07-16 16:08 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/kms_async_flips: Replace hard coded modifiers with async modifiers
2025-07-16 16:08 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] sched/ext: Suppress warning in __this_cpu_write() by disabling preemption
2025-07-16 16:08 UTC (7+ messages)
boot failure on top of current git
2025-07-16 16:13 UTC (7+ messages)
x86/apic: Drop useless CXL/CPX row from the TSC deadline errata table
2025-07-16 16:08 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/17] xen/riscv: introduce p2m functionality
2025-07-16 16:07 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 13/17] xen/riscv: Implement p2m_entry_from_mfn() and support PBMT configuration
` [PATCH v2 14/17] xen/riscv: implement p2m_next_level()
[PATCH] riscv: traps_misaligned: properly sign extend value in misaligned load handler
2025-07-16 16:07 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/4] sched: Run task_mm_cid_work in batches to lower latency
2025-07-16 16:06 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] sched: Add prev_sum_exec_runtime support for RT, DL and SCX classes
` [PATCH v2 2/4] rseq: Run the mm_cid_compaction from rseq_handle_notify_resume()
` [PATCH v2 3/4] sched: Compact RSEQ concurrency IDs in batches
` [PATCH v2 4/4] selftests/rseq: Add test for mm_cid compaction
[ANNOUNCEMENT] libbpf v1.6.0 release
2025-07-16 16:05 UTC
Switching over to GEM refcounts and a bunch of cleanups
2025-07-16 16:04 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] drm/ttm: replace TTMs refcount with the DRM refcount v3
` [PATCH 2/7] drm/ttm: remove ttm_lru_walk_ops
` [PATCH 3/7] drm/ttm: grab BO reference before locking it
` [PATCH 4/7] drm/ttm: switch to ttm_bo_lru_for_each_reserved_guarded for swapout
` [PATCH 5/7] drm/ttm: move zombie handling into ttm_bo_evict
` [PATCH 6/7] drm/ttm: use ttm_bo_lru_for_each_reserved_guarded in evict_all
` [PATCH 7/7] drm/xe: remove workaround for TTM internals
Does dwc/pci-layerscape.c support AER?
2025-07-16 16:05 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v13 3/6] PCI: Refactor capability search into common macros
2025-07-16 16:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v5 1/2] bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping
2025-07-16 16:05 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add tests with stack ptr register in conditional jmp
[PATCH v3 0/3] hwmon: add Microchip EMC2101 driver
2025-07-16 16:05 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] drivers: hwmon: add "
[XEN PATCH v2 0/3] address violation of MISRA C Rule 5.5
2025-07-16 16:04 UTC (10+ messages)
` [XEN PATCH v2 3/3] eclair: add deviations "
[PATCH] xfs: improve the xg_active_ref check in xfs_group_free
2025-07-16 16:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH 00/36] arm_mpam: Add basic mpam driver
2025-07-16 15:51 UTC (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 06/36] ACPI / PPTT: Stop acpi_count_levels() expecting callers to clear levels
misc zoned allocators fixes and cleanups
2025-07-16 16:03 UTC (15+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] xfs: don't allocate the xfs_extent_busy structure for zoned RTGs
` [PATCH 2/7] xfs: use a uint32_t to cache i_used_blocks in xfs_init_zone
` [PATCH 3/7] xfs: rename oz_write_pointer to oz_allocated
` [PATCH 4/7] xfs: stop passing an inode to the zone space reservation helpers
` [PATCH 5/7] xfs: replace min & max with clamp() in xfs_max_open_zones()
` [PATCH 6/7] xfs: improve the comments in xfs_max_open_zones
` [PATCH 7/7] xfs: improve the comments in xfs_select_zone_nowait
[PATCH 5.4 000/144] 5.4.296-rc2 review
2025-07-16 16:03 UTC (3+ messages)
[syzbot] [gfs2?] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in gfs2_dir_read (2)
2025-07-16 16:03 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] x86: Overhaul of vendor/family/model logic to support DMR
2025-07-16 16:02 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] x86: Rearrange struct cpuinfo_x86 to introduce a vfm field
[PATCH] block: fix blk_zone_append_update_request_bio() kernel-doc
2025-07-16 16:02 UTC (2+ messages)
flakey assert failures in xfs/538 in for-next
2025-07-16 16:02 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 1/7] bcachefs: io_read: remove from async obj list in rbio_done()
2025-07-16 16:01 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] bcachefs: async_objs: update iter pos after obj printed
` [PATCH 3/7] bcachefs: Fix triggering of discard by the journal path
` [PATCH 4/7] bcachefs: Tweak threshold for allocator triggering discards
` [PATCH 5/7] bcachefs: Don't build aux search tree when still repairing node
` [PATCH 6/7] bcachefs: Fix reference to invalid bucket in copygc
` [PATCH 7/7] bcachefs: Fix build when CONFIG_UNICODE=n
[PATCH v2 1/1] arm64: dts: rockchip: rk3528: Add CPU frequency scaling support
2025-07-16 15:48 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] xen/livepatch: fixup relocations to replaced symbols
2025-07-16 16:00 UTC
[PATCH v2 1/3] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8250-xiaomi-pipa: Drop nonexistent pm8009 pmic
2025-07-16 16:00 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8250-xiaomi-pipa: Drop unused bq27z561
[PATCH v6 00/19] amd-cppc CPU Performance Scaling Driver
2025-07-16 15:59 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 10/19] xen/cpufreq: introduce new sub-hypercall to propagate CPPC data
` [PATCH v6 11/19] xen/x86: introduce "cpufreq=amd-cppc" xen cmdline and amd-cppc driver
[PATCH nf 0/4] netfilter: conntrack: fix obscure confirmed race
2025-07-16 15:59 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH nf 4/4] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry
[PATCH 0/3] Fix localio hangs
2025-07-16 15:59 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
` [PATCH v2 1/3] NFS/localio: nfs_close_local_fh() fix check for file closed
` [PATCH v2 2/3] NFS/localio: nfs_uuid_put() fix races with nfs_open/close_local_fh()
` [PATCH v2 3/3] NFS/localio: nfs_uuid_put() fix the wake up after unlinking the file
[PATCH v4 0/7] drm/panthor: support repeated mappings
2025-07-16 15:59 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 7/7] drm/panthor: Add support for "
` [PATCH v4 1/7] drm/panthor: Add support for atomic page table updates
[PATCH v2] sched/fair: bump sd->max_newidle_lb_cost when newidle balance fails
2025-07-16 15:58 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] CI test with PREEMPT_RT
2025-07-16 15:58 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for CI test with PREEMPT_RT (rev3)
[syzbot] [input?] [usb?] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in s32ton (2)
2025-07-16 15:58 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] PCI/pwrctrl: Only destroy alongside host bridge
2025-07-16 15:57 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v3 net] net: bridge: Do not offload IGMP/MLD messages
2025-07-16 15:57 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 1/1] ASoC: codec: tlv320aic32x4: Fix reset GPIO check
2025-07-16 15:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom,lpass-va-macro: Define clock-names in top-level
2025-07-16 15:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v7 00/11] Allow x86 to unflatten DTs
2025-07-16 15:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 11/11] xen/dt: Allow CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE_PARSE to include device-tree/
[PATCH] doc: remove Mellanox acquisition explanation
2025-07-16 15:56 UTC (3+ messages)
Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/1] bpf: Add helper to mark xdp_buff->data as PTR_TO_PACKET for tracing
2025-07-16 15:55 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v9 0/2] ACPI: Add support for ACPI RAS2 feature table
2025-07-16 15:56 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] btrfs: make periodic dynamic reclaim the default for data
2025-07-16 15:56 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH refpolicy] udev: allow udevadmin to extend socket recv buffer
2025-07-16 15:53 UTC
[PATCH 0/4] ina238: Improvements and INA228 support
2025-07-16 15:52 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] hwmon: ina238: Fix inconsistent whitespace
` [PATCH 4/4] hwmon: ina238: Add support for INA228
[morse:mpam/snapshot/v6.16-rc4 36/78] drivers/platform/arm64/mpam/test_mpam_devices.c:16:32: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
2025-07-16 15:51 UTC
[PATCH] scsi: mpi3mr: Emit uevent on controller diagnostic fault
2025-07-16 15:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC v3 0/3] Introduce git-last-modified(1) command
2025-07-16 15:50 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/6] pretty: allow caller to disable indentation
[PULL v2 00/13] Ui patches
2025-07-16 15:49 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PULL v2 01/13] ui/vnc: Do not copy z_stream
[Intel-wired-lan] [RFC] Solution how to split a file in a way that git blame looks fine
2025-07-16 15:49 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v3 12/13] PCI/TSM: support TDI related operations for host TSM driver
2025-07-16 15:41 UTC (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/3] coco: tsm: Add tsm_bind/unbind helpers
` [RFC PATCH 3/3] iommufd/tsm: Add tsm_bind/unbind iommufd ioctls
[PATCH bpf-next,v5 1/1] doc: xdp: clarify driver implementation for XDP Rx metadata
2025-07-16 15:48 UTC
[PATCH v6 i-g-t 0/6] Replace intel_sysfs_debugfs
2025-07-16 15:48 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "
[PATCH v7 0/9] LKMM generic atomics in Rust
2025-07-16 15:48 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 6/9] rust: sync: atomic: Add the framework of arithmetic operations
[PATCH v5 0/3] arm64: dts: Add support for Ultratronik i.MX8MP Ultra-MACH SBC
2025-07-16 15:48 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Add i.MX8MP Ultra-MACH SBC to ULTRATRONIK BOARD SUPPORT
` [PATCH v5 2/3] dt-bindings: arm: imx8mp: Add Ultratronik Ultra-MACH SBC
` [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add initial support for Ultratronik imx8mp-ultra-mach-sbc board
[PATCH v3 0/6] mmc: introduce multi-block read gap tuning
2025-07-16 15:47 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] mmc: core: add mmc_card_can_cmd23
` [PATCH v3 2/6] mmc: card: add mmc_card_blk_no_cmd23
` [PATCH v3 3/6] mmc: mmc_test: use mmc_card cmd23 helpers
` [PATCH v3 4/6] mmc: block: "
` [PATCH v3 5/6] mmc: core: add mmc_read_tuning
` [PATCH v3 6/6] mmc: sdhci-cadence: implement multi-block read gap tuning
[PATCH i-g-t v1 1/1] tests/kms_cursor_legacy: don't inhibit pipe CRC calculation
2025-07-16 15:47 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for series starting with [i-g-t,v1,1/1] "
[PATCH i-g-t 1/1] lib/xe/xe_query: Add EU stall info to xe_device
2025-07-16 15:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/17] rv: Add monitors to validate task switch
2025-07-16 15:47 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 12/17] sched: Adapt sched tracepoints for RV task model
[oe] [meta-webserver] [PATCH 01/14] apache2: upgrade 2.4.63 -> 2.4.64
2025-07-16 15:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [oe] [meta-oe] [PATCH 14/14] uftrace: upgrade 0.17 -> 0.18
[RESEND PATCH v3] Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix double free in 'hci_discovery_filter_clear()'
2025-07-16 15:46 UTC (2+ messages)
` [RESEND,v3] "
[PATCH v2] nvmet: Add support for FDP in fabrics passthru path
2025-07-16 13:39 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/3] drm: docs: Remove deprecated MIPI DSI macro
2025-07-16 15:44 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] drm/panel: jdi-lpm102a188a: Update deprecated MIPI function calls
Canceled Linaro OP-TEE Contribution, LOC, monthly meeting June 22
2025-07-16 15:41 UTC
[PATCH 00/14] drm/panel: Use refcounted allocation in place of devm_kzalloc() - Part5
2025-07-16 15:37 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t, v2] tests/intel/kms_pipe_stress: Add support for additional tiling formats
2025-07-16 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for "
[PATCH v3 0/4] for-each-ref: introduce seeking functionality via '--start-after'
2025-07-16 15:39 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/4] refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions
Patchwork summary for: spi-devel-general
2025-07-16 15:40 UTC
[PATCH v9 00/14] khugepaged: mTHP support
2025-07-16 15:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 06/14] khugepaged: introduce collapse_scan_bitmap for "
` [PATCH v9 10/14] khugepaged: allow khugepaged to check all anonymous mTHP orders
[PATCH] x86: Prefer d->max_vcpus to dom0_max_vcpus()
2025-07-16 15:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/5] ASoC: codecs: wcd93xxx: remove code duplication
2025-07-16 15:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] ASoC: codecs: wcd939x: move to using dev_get_regmap
[PATCH] mm: mempool: fix wake-up edge case bug for zero-minimum pools
2025-07-16 15:37 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/7] i386/cpu: Clean Up Reserved CPUID Leaves & Topology Overflow Fix
2025-07-16 15:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/7] i386/cpu: Fix number of addressable IDs field for CPUID.01H.EBX[23:16]
[PATCH net v2 0/2] selftests: mptcp: connect: cover alt modes
2025-07-16 15:36 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v8 00/24] Linux SBI MPXY and RPMI drivers
2025-07-16 15:35 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] Add support for Clock controllers for Glymur
2025-07-16 15:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/7] clk: qcom: Add TCSR clock driver "
` [PATCH 5/7] clk: qcom: clk-alpha-pll: Add support for Taycan EKO_T PLL
[PATCH] dom0less: Fix LLC coloring when mixing colored and non-colored domains
2025-07-16 15:35 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/5] rust: Add Per-CPU Variable API
2025-07-16 15:35 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/5] rust: percpu: add a rust per-CPU variable test
[PATCH v3 0/5] Support trampoline for LoongArch
2025-07-16 15:35 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 5/5] LoongArch: BPF: Add bpf trampoline support for Loongarch
[PATCH] spi: gpio: Use explicit 'unsigned int' for parameter types
2025-07-16 15:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] drm/tests: edid: Improve our kunit EDIDs
2025-07-16 15:34 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/tests: edid: Update CTA-861 HDMI Vendor Specific Data Block
[PATCH] net: stream: add description for sk_stream_write_space()
2025-07-16 15:34 UTC
cleanup transaction allocation v2
2025-07-16 15:33 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/8] xfs: don't use xfs_trans_reserve in xfs_trans_reserve_more
` [PATCH 4/8] xfs: don't use xfs_trans_reserve in xfs_trans_roll
` [PATCH 7/8] xfs: remove xrep_trans_{alloc,cancel}_hook_dummy
[Bug 218305] New: Ryzen 7 7840HS gets stuck at 544MHz frequency after a random number of suspend/resume cycles
2025-07-16 15:32 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Bug 218305] Ryzen 7 7840HS gets stuck at 544MHz frequency after resuming after unplugging the power cord during sleep
[RFC] mm/huge_memory: prevent potential NULL pointer dereference
2025-07-16 15:31 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t v1 0/2] Runner: report test command line
2025-07-16 15:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v1 1/2] runner/executor: Build test command line before fork
` [PATCH i-g-t v1 2/2] runner/executor: Report command used for test exec
[PATCH v9 0/5] Add support for gdsp remoteproc on sa8775p
2025-07-16 15:31 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 3/5] misc: fastrpc: Remove kernel-side domain checks from capability ioctl
[PATCH] bonding: Switch periodic LACPDU state machine from counter to jiffies
2025-07-16 15:30 UTC (3+ messages)
[GSOC PATCH] commit: avoid scanning trailing comments when 'core.commentChar' is "auto"
2025-07-16 15:29 UTC (6+ messages)
` [GSOC PATCH v5 0/2] commit: improve behaviour of core.commentChar=auto for comments in commit messages
` [GSOC PATCH v5 2/2] config: set comment_line_str to "#" when core.commentChar=auto
[PATCH v2] kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
2025-07-16 15:28 UTC (8+ messages)
[Bug 220341] New: Bluetooth crashes about 30-40 minutes after I connect my headphones: "Bluetooth: hci0: Hardware error 0x0a"
2025-07-16 15:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [Bug 220341] "
[PATCH v4 0/3] arm64: dts: Add support for Ultratronik i.MX8MP Ultra-MACH SBC
2025-07-16 15:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add initial support for Ultratronik imx8mp-ultra-mach-sbc board
[PATCH] riscv: dts: starfive: jh7110-milkv-mars sort properties
2025-07-16 15:28 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] riscv: dts: starfive: jh7110-common: add status power led node
2025-07-16 15:28 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] PCI: host-generic: Fix driver_data overwriting bugs
2025-07-16 15:21 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/3] RISC-V: Add ACPI support for IOMMU
2025-07-16 15:27 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] riscv: ftrace: Properly acquire text_mutex to fix a race condition
2025-07-16 15:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 00/10] ufs: host: mediatek: Provide features and fixes in MediaTek platforms
2025-07-16 15:27 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 02/10] ufs: host: mediatek: Add DDR_EN setting
` [PATCH v1 03/10] ufs: host: mediatek: Add memory barrier for ref-clk control
` [PATCH v1 06/10] ufs: host: mediatek: Set IRQ affinity policy for MCQ mode
[GSOC PATCH 0/2] commit: improve behaviour of core.commentChar=auto for comments in commit messages
2025-07-16 15:29 UTC (9+ messages)
` [GSOC PATCH 2/2] config: set comment_line_str to "#" when core.commentChar=auto
[PATCH 0/2] Add interconnect support for Glymur SoC
2025-07-16 15:28 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] interconnect: qcom: add glymur interconnect provider driver
[PATCH 0/2] Add support for RPMHPD on Glymur SoC
2025-07-16 15:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: power: rpmpd: Add Glymur power domains
` [PATCH 2/2] pmdomain: qcom: rpmhpd: Add Glymur RPMh Power Domains
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/xe_vm: Report OOM for vm_bind ioctl under memory pressure
2025-07-16 15:28 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for "
[PATCH v4 1/1] mm/rmap: fix potential out-of-bounds page table access during batched unmap
2025-07-16 15:21 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] riscv: Stop considering R_RISCV_NONE as bad relocations
2025-07-16 15:21 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] kasan: use vmalloc_dump_obj() for vmalloc error reports
2025-07-16 15:23 UTC
[PATCH v8 0/9] Adjust fbcon console device detection
2025-07-16 15:24 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 9/9] PCI: Add a new 'boot_display' attribute
[PATCH v2 0/5] add static PMD zero page support
2025-07-16 15:24 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: move huge_zero_page declaration from huge_mm.h to mm.h
[PATCH 0/7] hw/i386/amd_iommu: Cleanups and fixes
2025-07-16 15:18 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/7] hw/i386/amd_iommu: Fix handling device on buses != 0
[PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Fix macro redefined
2025-07-16 15:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/7] esp.c: only allow ESP commands permitted in the current mode
2025-07-16 15:13 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] docs, python: bump sphinx preferred version
2025-07-16 15:15 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 1/1] mm/rmap: make folio unmap batching safe and support partial batches
2025-07-16 15:21 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v8 0/2] Add a bare-minimum Regulator abstraction
2025-07-16 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/xe: Move debugfs GT attributes under tile directory
2025-07-16 15:23 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for "
[PATCH v2] efivarfs: Fix memory leak of efivarfs_fs_info in fs_context error paths
2025-07-16 15:23 UTC
[syzbot] [kvm?] WARNING in kvm_read_guest_offset_cached
2025-07-16 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/4] asyncrpc: Avoid file not found traceback in logs
2025-07-16 15:22 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] cooker/process/utils: Create profiling common function to remove code duplication
` [PATCH 3/4] event: Fix an event duplication race
` [PATCH 4/4] main: Add an option to specify what to profile
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