messages from 2025-08-01 00:24:50 to 2025-08-01 04:04:27 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v2 0/9] Add watchdog driver support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
2025-08-01 4:04 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/9] watchdog: rzv2h_wdt: Obtain clock-divider ranges from OF match data
` [PATCH v2 3/9] watchdog: rzv2h_wdt: Obtain CKS divider via OF data
` [PATCH v2 4/9] watchdog: rzv2h_wdt: Make "oscclk" an optional clock
[PATCH 00/28] Enable Pipe writeback
2025-08-01 4:03 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/28] drm/writeback: Add function that takes preallocated connector
[PATCH v2 00/13] Add DisplayPort support for QCS615 platform
2025-08-01 3:57 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/13] dt-bindings: phy: Add binding for QCS615 standalone QMP DP PHY
[PATCH 0/5] string_list_split*() updates
2025-08-01 3:55 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/7] "
` [PATCH v2 2/7] string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpart
` [PATCH v2 3/7] string-list: unify string_list_split* functions
` [PATCH v2 4/7] string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split*()
` [PATCH v2 6/7] string-list: optionally omit empty string pieces in string_list_split*()
[PATCH for-10.2 00/82] target/arm: Implement FEAT_GCS
2025-08-01 3:53 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 37/82] target/arm: Convert regime_is_user from switch to table
[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-6.6 0/4] kernel/sched/fair.c:4175:33: error: implicit declaration of function 'cpu_load'; did you mean 'cpu_of'?
2025-08-01 3:52 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentChar=auto
2025-08-01 3:50 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/3] "
[PATCH v3 3/3] erofs-utils: lib: implement 3-way merge sort
2025-08-01 3:50 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "
arch/xtensa/boot/dts/virt.dts:48.6-71.4: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): /pci: node has a reg or ranges property, but no unit name
2025-08-01 3:50 UTC
[syzbot] [gfs2?] KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in gfs2_trans_add_revoke
2025-08-01 3:48 UTC (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: "
[PATCH RESEND v3 0/2] clk: spacemit: fix sspax_clk
2025-08-01 3:25 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RESEND v3 2/2] "
[PATCH 0/5] rv: LTL per-cpu monitor type and real-time scheduling monitor
2025-08-01 3:42 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] sched: Add rt task enqueue/dequeue trace points
[PATCH v8 0/8] drm/xe/vf: Post-migration recovery of queues and jobs
2025-08-01 3:41 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/8] drm/xe/sa: Avoid caching GGTT address within the manager
` [PATCH v8 2/8] drm/xe/vf: Pause submissions during RESFIX fixups
` [PATCH v8 3/8] drm/xe: Block reset while recovering from VF migration
` [PATCH v8 4/8] drm/xe/vf: Rebase HWSP of all contexts after migration
` [PATCH v8 5/8] drm/xe/vf: Rebase MEMIRQ structures for "
` [PATCH v8 6/8] drm/xe/vf: Post migration, repopulate ring area for pending request
` [PATCH v8 7/8] drm/xe/vf: Refresh utilization buffer during migration recovery
` [PATCH v8 8/8] drm/xe/vf: Rebase exec queue parallel commands "
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/vf: Post-migration recovery of queues and jobs (rev9)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
[PATCH] bcache: enhancing the security of dirty data writeback
2025-08-01 3:41 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v15 0/4] Support system sleep with offloaded usb transfers
2025-08-01 3:39 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v15 1/4] usb: xhci-plat: separate dev_pm_ops for each pm_event
` [PATCH v15 2/4] usb: offload: add apis for offload usage tracking
` [PATCH v15 3/4] xhci: sideband: add api to trace sideband usage
` [PATCH v15 4/4] usb: host: enable USB offload during system sleep
[PATCH v2 1/3] spi: atmel: simplify MR register update in cs_activate()
2025-08-01 3:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] spi: dt-bindings: atmel,at91rm9200-spi: Add support for optional 'spi_gclk' clock
[PATCH] net/mac80211: replace scnprintf() with sysfs_emit() for sysfs output
2025-08-01 3:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-5.10 2/2] drivers/scsi/linkdata/ps3stor/ps3_cmd_complete.c:131:6: error: no previous prototype for 'ps3_trigger_irq_poll'
2025-08-01 3:31 UTC
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: add error checking in do_write_page()
2025-08-01 3:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` "
linux-next: manual merge of the modules tree with the kbuild tree
2025-08-01 3:29 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/8] x86: introduce NS16550-compatible UART emulator
2025-08-01 3:28 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/8] emul/vuart: introduce framework for UART emulators
` [PATCH v4 3/8] x86/domain: allocate d->{iomem,irq}_caps before arch-specific initialization
` [PATCH v4 5/8] emul/vuart-ns16550: introduce NS16550-compatible UART emulator (x86)
` [PATCH v4 7/8] tools/xl: enable NS16550-compatible UART emulator for PVH (x86)
` [PATCH v4 8/8] emul/vuart: introduce console forwarding enforcement via vUART
[Buildroot] [autobuild.buildroot.org] Daily results for 2025-07-31
2025-08-01 3:15 UTC
[PATCH] HID: Wacom: Add a new Art Pen
2025-08-01 3:09 UTC
[PATCH] selftests: bpf: Add missing symbol declarations to common header
2025-08-01 3:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH rc] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix smmu_domain->nr_ats_masters decrement
2025-08-01 3:01 UTC
[PATCH RESEND] x86/kexec: Carry forward the boot DTB on kexec
2025-08-01 3:02 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH 1/3] rdma: Fix kernel crash in dtr_create_rx_desc()
2025-08-01 2:59 UTC (3+ messages)
` "
[PATCH 0/2] tpm: HMAC fix and cleanup
2025-08-01 3:02 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Compare HMAC values in constant time
[krzk-github:track/x1e-t14s 31/35] arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcm6490-idp.dtb: phy@aec2a00 (qcom,sc7280-edp-phy): clock-names: ['aux', 'cfg_ahb'] is too short
2025-08-01 3:01 UTC
[PATCH mptcp-next v2 0/2] mptcp: TCP_MD5SIG support
2025-08-01 3:01 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 2/2] mptcp: setsockopt support for TCP_MD5SIG
[PATCH] drm/xe/gsc: Don't create mei-gscfi aux device while running in VF mode
2025-08-01 3:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
[linux-nvme:nvme-6.17] BUILD SUCCESS 367c240b0a99c7ada700a44345dd3144a02b6164
2025-08-01 1:49 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/5] Display enablement changes for Qualcomm QCS8300 platform
2025-08-01 2:50 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/5] dt-bindings: display/msm: dp-controller: document QCS8300 compatible
` [PATCH v5 5/5] soc: qcom: ubwc: Add QCS8300 UBWC cfg
[PATCH RESEND] riscv: mmap(): use unsigned offset type in riscv_sys_mmap
2025-08-01 2:49 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] Increase the number of bits available in page_type
2025-08-01 2:49 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] mm: Support only one page_type per page
Realtime threads delayed due to kcompactd0
2025-08-01 2:46 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] Improvements to ww_mutex test driver
2025-08-01 2:46 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] test-ww_mutex: Extend ww_mutex tests to test both classes of ww_mutexes
` [PATCH 2/3] test-ww_mutex: Move work to its own UNBOUND workqueue
` [PATCH 3/3] test-ww_mutex: Allow test to be run (and re-run) from userland
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs:reclaim truncated space during the recovery process
2025-08-01 2:45 UTC
[PATCH] clocksource: Use correct limit for wd-cs-wd read back delay in printing
2025-08-01 2:42 UTC (3+ messages)
kernel/kstack_erase.c:34:56: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
2025-08-01 2:41 UTC
[PATCH] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: clear page table entries at destroy_args()
2025-08-01 2:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] clk: Add fault tolerance to of_clk_hw_onecell_get()
2025-08-01 2:40 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3] vfio: Introduce helper vfio_pci_from_vfio_device()
2025-08-01 2:35 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] Add support for MT8189 SCP and device tree bindings
2025-08-01 2:31 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] remoteproc: mediatek: Support MT8189 SCP
[RFC PATCH v2 00/51] 1G page support for guest_memfd
2025-08-01 2:33 UTC (5+ messages)
` [POC PATCH 0/5] QEMU: Enable in-place conversion and hugetlb gmem
` [POC PATCH 3/5] memory/guest_memfd: Enable in-place conversion when available
[PATCH v6 00/11] Updates for drm/xe/configfs
2025-08-01 2:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for Updates for drm/xe/configfs (rev8)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: "
[PATCH] drm/nouveau: Pass along the format info from .fb_create() nouveau_framebuffer_new()
2025-08-01 2:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] vfio: Introduce helper vfio_pci_from_vfio_device()
2025-08-01 2:27 UTC
[PATCH] bcachefs: Simplify kzalloc usage
2025-08-01 2:28 UTC (5+ messages)
[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-5.10 2/2] mm/khugepaged.c:2112: warning: Function parameter or member 'cc' not described in 'collapse_file'
2025-08-01 2:20 UTC
[PATCH] powerpc/mm: Switch MMU context on hash MMU if SLB preload cache is aged
2025-08-01 2:18 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v5 1/3] bootimg_pcbios: initial import of grub legacy bios boot
2025-08-01 2:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] bootimg_pcbios: final import of grub legacy boot
` [PATCH v5 3/3] oe-selftest: add wic.Wic.test_grub_install_pcbios
[RFC PATCH 00/20] TD-Preserving updates
2025-08-01 2:07 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 07/20] x86/virt/tdx: Expose SEAMLDR information via sysfs
[PATCH 0/2] drm/nouveau: ZCULL support
2025-08-01 2:15 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/nouveau: DRM_NOUVEAU_SET_ZCULL_CTXSW_BUFFER
[PATCH v2 0/4] usb: dwc3: Modify role-switching QC drd usb controllers
2025-08-01 1:01 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] usb: dwc3: qcom: Implement glue callbacks to facilitate runtime suspend
[PATCH v6 RESEND 0/2] i2c: muxes: pca954x: Reset if (de)select fails
2025-08-01 2:14 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 RESEND 1/2] i2c: muxes: pca954x: Use reset controller only
` [PATCH v6 RESEND 2/2] i2c: muxes: pca954x: Reset if (de)select fails
[PATCH] perf: improve fixing for buildpaths QA warning
2025-08-01 2:07 UTC (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[RFC PATCH v1 00/38] ARM CCA Device Assignment support
2025-08-01 2:07 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] btrfs-progs: use zero-range ioctl to verify discard support
2025-08-01 2:02 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/5] Support trampoline for LoongArch
2025-08-01 5:21 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v4 00/11] md/llbitmap: md/md-llbitmap: introduce a new lockless bitmap
2025-08-01 2:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 11/11] md/md-llbitmap: introduce "
[PATCH v2 3/3] bpf: eliminate the allocation of an intermediate struct bpf_key
2025-08-01 1:59 UTC (2+ messages)
ld.lld: error: Function Import: link error: linking module flags 'Code Model': IDs have conflicting values: 'i32 3' from vmlinux.a(init.o at 1094840), and 'i32 1' from vmlinux.a(advansys.o at 1268120)
2025-08-01 1:59 UTC
[PATCH for-10.1] target/arm: Reinstate bogus AArch32 DBGDTRTX register for migration compat
2025-08-01 1:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] hw_random: nomadik: add missing dependency on ARM_AMBA
2025-08-01 1:57 UTC
[PATCH v9 00/43] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM
2025-08-01 1:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 19/43] arm64: RME: Allow populating initial contents
[PATCH] nfsd: decouple the xprtsec policy check from check_nfsd_access()
2025-08-01 1:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/xe: Extend wa_13012615864 to additional Xe2 and Xe3 platforms
2025-08-01 1:52 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe: Extend wa_13012615864 to additional Xe2 and Xe3 platforms (rev2)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
[openeuler:openEuler-1.0-LTS 1740/1740] mm/mem_reliable.c:272:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'reliable_debug_handler' was not declared. Should it be static?
2025-08-01 1:48 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/4] Initial support for Qualcomm Hamoa IOT EVK board
2025-08-01 1:48 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Add base HAMOA-IOT-EVK board
[PATCH] drm/xe/pf: Skip LMTT update if no LMEM was provisioned
2025-08-01 1:47 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: success for "
[PATCH v13 0/4] leds: add new LED driver for TI LP5812
2025-08-01 1:45 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 1/4] dt-bindings: leds: add TI/National Semiconductor LP5812 LED Driver
` [PATCH v13 2/4] leds: add basic support for "
` [PATCH v13 3/4] docs: ABI: Document LP5812 LED sysfs interfaces
` [PATCH v13 4/4] docs: leds: Document TI LP5812 LED driver
[PATCH 00/10] single-binary: compile once semihosting
2025-08-01 1:42 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/10] semihosting/syscalls: compile once in system and per target for user mode
` [PATCH 02/10] semihosting/guestfd: compile once for system/user
` [PATCH 07/10] semihosting/arm-compat-semi: replace target_ulong with uint64_t
` [PATCH 08/10] semihosting/arm-compat-semi: replace target_long with int64_t
` [PATCH 09/10] semihosting/arm-compat-semi: remove dependency on cpu.h
` [PATCH 10/10] semihosting/arm-compat-semi: compile once in system and per target for user mode
[PATCH bpf-next v2 00/18] bpf: tracing multi-link support
2025-08-01 1:42 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/18] x86,bpf: add bpf_global_caller for global trampoline
` Inlining migrate_disable/enable. Was: "
[PATCH v3 0/5] drm/xe: enable driver usage on non-4KiB kernels
2025-08-01 1:40 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] drm/xe/bo: fix alignment with non-4KiB kernel page sizes
[PATCH v4 00/23] Appended Signature Secure Boot Support for PowerPC
2025-08-01 1:24 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 04/23] pgp: Factor out rsa_pad
[RFC 0/9] WHPX support for Arm
2025-08-01 1:15 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/4] KVM: VMX: Handle the immediate form of MSR instructions
2025-08-01 1:35 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/4] KVM: x86: Introduce MSR read/write emulation helpers
[PATCH net-next] net: ip: lookup the best matched listen socket
2025-08-01 1:34 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] riscv: cacheinfo: init cache levels via fetch_cache_info when SMP disabled
2025-08-01 1:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 6.15 00/92] 6.15.9-rc1 review
2025-08-01 1:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] dm: set DM_TARGET_PASSES_CRYPTO feature for dm-thin
2025-08-01 1:31 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH 6.12 000/117] 6.12.41-rc1 review
2025-08-01 1:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v14 0/3] Support kCFI + BPF on arm64
2025-08-01 1:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/1] hung_task: fix objtool sibling call warning in watchdog()
2025-08-01 1:29 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v1] mpt3sas: Set DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL for additional SCSI commands
2025-08-01 1:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 6.6 00/76] 6.6.101-rc1 review
2025-08-01 1:28 UTC (2+ messages)
linux-next: duplicate patches in the bitmap tree
2025-08-01 1:27 UTC
[RESEND PATCH net-next] amd-xgbe: Configure and retrieve 'tx-usecs' for Tx coalescing
2025-08-01 1:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] tests/tcg: Fix run for tests with specific plugin
2025-08-01 0:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/8] nfsd/vfs: fix handling of delegated timestamp updates
2025-08-01 1:19 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 8/8] nfsd: freeze c/mtime updates with outstanding WRITE_ATTRS delegation
[PATCH v13 00/12] drm/msm/dpu: Support quad pipe with dual-interface
2025-08-01 1:19 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 10/12] drm/msm/dpu: support SSPP assignment for quad-pipe case
[v2 00/11] THP support for zone device page migration
2025-08-01 1:16 UTC (18+ messages)
` [v2 02/11] mm/thp: zone_device awareness in THP handling code
[RFC PATCH] rust: workqueue: Add an example for try_spawn()
2025-08-01 1:15 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH net] net: devmem: fix DMA direction on unmapping
2025-08-01 1:13 UTC
[PATCH v16 00/10] unwind_user: Deferred unwinding infrastructure
2025-08-01 1:11 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 09/10] unwind deferred: Use SRCU unwind_deferred_task_work()
[PATCH v19 00/27] riscv control-flow integrity for usermode
2025-08-01 1:09 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v19 25/27] riscv: Documentation for landing pad / indirect branch tracking
` [PATCH v19 26/27] riscv: Documentation for shadow stack on riscv
` [PATCH v19 27/27] kselftest/riscv: kselftest for user mode cfi
[PATCH] ethdev: Reject conflicting TX offloads configuration
2025-08-01 1:09 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] testpmd: Do not enable mbuf fast release TX offload by default
` [PATCH v2 3/3] ethdev: Reject conflicting TX offloads configuration
[RFC PATCH bpf-next v1 00/11] Remove task and cgroup local
2025-08-01 1:05 UTC (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v1 01/11] bpf: Convert bpf_selem_unlink_map to failable
[GIT PULL] power-supply changes for 6.17
2025-08-01 1:01 UTC
[PULL for 10.1-rc1 00/14] documentation an testing updates
2025-08-01 0:33 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PULL 11/14] tests/tcg: reduce the number of plugin tests combinations
Draft of Git Rev News edition 125
2025-08-01 1:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] mempolicy: Clarify what zone reclaim means
2025-08-01 0:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-6.6 0/4] kernel/sched/fair.c:4146:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'set_group_prefer_node'
2025-08-01 0:56 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] net/ice: fix drop rule handling and stats
2025-08-01 0:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] net/ice: count drop- all filter stats in Rx stats
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in xfrm_state_fini (3)
2025-08-01 0:54 UTC (2+ messages)
another netfilter-initiated martian source
2025-08-01 0:37 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] wifi: rtw89: Print only once for unsupported c2h classes
2025-08-01 0:36 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw89: Print just once for unknown C2H classes
[PATCH 0/4] Add test for G2G communications
2025-08-01 0:33 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/xe/guc: "
[anolis-intel-cloud:intel-5.10-CWF-SST-ANBZ22493 0/1] htmldocs: Warning: anolis/changelog/changelog.5.10.134-17 references a file that doesn't exist: Documentation/dax
2025-08-01 0:30 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] sunxi: a523: enable Ethernet
2025-08-01 0:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: sunxi: a523: change Ethernet pin function name
` [PATCH 2/2] sunxi: a527: radxa/avaota: enable Ethernet
[RFC PATCH v1 00/10] mm/iomap: add granular dirty and writeback accounting
2025-08-01 0:21 UTC (11+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v1 01/10] mm: pass number of pages to __folio_start_writeback()
` [RFC PATCH v1 02/10] mm: pass number of pages to __folio_end_writeback()
` [RFC PATCH v1 03/10] mm: add folio_end_writeback_pages() helper
` [RFC PATCH v1 04/10] mm: pass number of pages dirtied to __folio_mark_dirty()
` [RFC PATCH v1 05/10] mm: add filemap_dirty_folio_pages() helper
` [RFC PATCH v1 06/10] mm: add __folio_clear_dirty_for_io() helper
` [RFC PATCH v1 07/10] mm: add no_stats_accounting bitfield to wbc
` [RFC PATCH v1 08/10] mm: refactor clearing dirty stats into helper function
` [RFC PATCH v1 09/10] mm: add clear_dirty_for_io_stats() helper
` [RFC PATCH v1 10/10] iomap: add granular dirty and writeback accounting
[PATCH v2 0/2] lib/sbitmap: convert shallow_depth from one word to the whole sbitmap
2025-08-01 0:24 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] "
[linux-next:master 12779/12926] drivers/i3c/master/../internals.h:53:9: error: passing 'const void *' to parameter of type 'void *' discards qualifiers
2025-08-01 0:24 UTC
[PATCH v3] usb:xhci:Fix slot_id resource race conflict
2025-08-01 0:24 UTC
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