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[cocci] [PATCH] Revert "scripts/coccinelle: Find PTR_ERR() to %pe candidates"
 2025-10-31 14:10 UTC  (7+ messages)
          `  "

[PATCH v3] drm/sched: Add warning for removing hack in drm_sched_fini()
 2025-10-31 14:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/4] Add support for more AES modes in TI DTHEv2
 2025-10-31 14:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/4] crypto: ti - Add support for AES-CTR in DTHEv2 driver

[PATCH 00/16] More compact IB emission
 2025-10-31 14:41 UTC  (9+ messages)

add error handling to add_disk / device_add_disk
 2025-10-31 14:40 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/11] block: call bdev_add later in device_add_disk
  ` question about bd_inode hashing against device_add() // "

[PATCH v4 0/2] Add support for Gunyah Watchdog
 2025-10-31 14:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] soc: qcom: smem: Register gunyah watchdog device
` [PATCH v4 2/2] watchdog: Add driver for Gunyah Watchdog

[PATCH v2 0/2] x86: Fix kexec 5-level to 4-level paging transition
 2025-10-31 14:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] efi/libstub: Fix page table access in "

[PATCH v2] iio: imu: inv_icm45600: Initializes inv_icm45600_buffer_postdisable sleep
 2025-10-31 14:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] amdkfd: implement per process/device pasid in sysfs
 2025-10-31 14:40 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v1] arm64: imx8ulp: Split SRAM0 mapping to isolate the SCMI shared memory as non-cacheable
 2025-10-31 14:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linusw-pinctrl:for-next] BUILD SUCCESS 2aea4b47e7a5ef171645302b036fa5fb21837274
 2025-10-31 14:38 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe: Do clean shutdown also when using flr
 2025-10-31 14:37 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH] ARM: dts: broadcom: rpi: Switch to V3D firmware clock
 2025-10-31 14:37 UTC  (10+ messages)
          ` RPi 4 deferred probe timeout of V3D PM domain

Concerns about SFrame viability for userspace stack walking
 2025-10-31 14:37 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v12 00/23] TDX KVM selftests
 2025-10-31 14:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 20/23] KVM: selftests: Add support for TDX TDCALL from guest
` [PATCH v12 21/23] KVM: selftests: Add wrapper for TDX MMIO "
` [PATCH v12 22/23] KVM: selftests: Add ucall support for TDX

[PATCH v2 0/5] i2c: designware: Improve support of multi-messages transfer
 2025-10-31 14:35 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: i2c: dw: Add Mobileye I2C controllers
` [PATCH v2 2/5] i2c: designware: Optimize flag reading in i2c_dw_read()
` [PATCH v2 3/5] i2c: designware: Sort compatible strings in alphabetical order
` [PATCH v2 4/5] i2c: designware: Implement I2C_M_STOP support
` [PATCH v2 5/5] i2c: designware: Support of controller with IC_EMPTYFIFO_HOLD_MASTER disabled

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btusb: Prevent autosuspend when le_scan_disable work is pending
 2025-10-31 14:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] cpufreq: qcom: handle ipq806x with no SMEM
 2025-10-31 14:34 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] cpufreq: qcom-nvmem: add compatible fallback for ipq806x for "

[PATCH v2 00/13] Add RZ/G3E RSCI support
 2025-10-31 14:34 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/13] serial: sh-sci: Drop extra lines

Independence for dma_fences! v2
 2025-10-31 14:34 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/20] dma-buf: cleanup dma_fence_describe v2
` [PATCH 02/20] dma-buf: rework stub fence initialisation v2
` [PATCH 03/20] dma-buf: protected fence ops by RCU v2
` [PATCH 15/20] drm/amdgpu: independence for the amdkfd_fence!

[RFC PATCH for-4.22] x86/hvm: Introduce force_x2apic flag
 2025-10-31 14:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[patch V3 00/12] rseq: Implement time slice extension mechanism
 2025-10-31 14:33 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [patch V3 02/12] rseq: Add fields and constants for time slice extension
` [patch V3 10/12] rseq: Implement rseq_grant_slice_extension()

[PATCH] clk: keystone: sci-clk: use devm_kmemdup_array() once more in ti_sci_scan_clocks_from_fw()
 2025-10-31 14:33 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/21] Runtime TDX Module update support
 2025-10-31 14:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 07/21] coco/tdx-host: Expose P-SEAMLDR information via sysfs

[PATCH 0/6] ti: j7: Update to v0.12.0 of DDR config tool
 2025-10-31 14:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] arm: dts: k3-j7200: ddr: "

[PATCH v2 0/5] libbpf: add Doxygen docs for public LIBBPF_API APIs
 2025-10-31 14:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] libbpf: add Doxygen docs for public LIBBPF_API APIs
 2025-10-31 14:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 02/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove PCMachineClass::legacy_cpu_hotplug field
 2025-10-31 14:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v5] "

[PATCH v2 00/15] SHA-3 library
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/kms_pm_rpm: Add test to validate G7 residency
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/29] lan966x pci device: Add support for SFPs
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 05/29] dt-bindings: bus: Add simple-platform-bus

overlayfs - vaild to mount mergedir over lowerdir?
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[NFS-Ganesha-Devel] Clarification on delegation behavior for same-client conflicting OPEN
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC 

[PATCH] mbuf: dump Tx offload metadata
 2025-10-31 14:29 UTC  (4+ messages)

[patch V6 00/31] rseq: Optimize exit to user space
 2025-10-31 14:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [patch V6 20/31] rseq: Replace the original debug implementation

[PATCH RFC] mm: allow __GFP_NOFAIL allocation up to BLK_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE to support LBS
 2025-10-31 14:26 UTC  (4+ messages)

On https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a6969ef522a36d3344c9 again
 2025-10-31 14:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport
 2025-10-31 14:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpiolib: Fix a null-ptr-deref in gpiolib_seq_stop()
 2025-10-31 14:24 UTC 

[PATCH v1] drm/edid: add 6 bpc quirk to the Sharp LQ116M1JW10
 2025-10-31 14:24 UTC  (5+ messages)

[bug report] NFSv4: Observe the NFS_MOUNT_SOFTREVAL flag in _nfs4_proc_lookupp
 2025-10-31 14:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines
 2025-10-31 14:23 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] maintenance: add an 'is-needed' subcommand
 2025-10-31 14:22 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] reftable/stack: return stack segments directly
` [PATCH 2/5] reftable/stack: add function to check if optimization is required
` [PATCH 3/5] refs: add a `optimize_required` field to `struct ref_storage_be`
` [PATCH 4/5] maintenance: add checking logic in `pack_refs_condition()`
` [PATCH 5/5] maintenance: add 'is-needed' subcommand

[RFC RFT PATCH] ocfs2: Mark inode bad upon validation failure during read
 2025-10-31 14:22 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] arm/trusted-services: use SHA, not tag name
 2025-10-31 14:21 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] SDM630/660: Add missing MDSS reset
 2025-10-31 14:21 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCHv4 1/2] sched/isolation: Split out the housekeeping part
 2025-10-31 14:21 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCHv4 2/2] sched/deadline: Walk up cpuset hierarchy to decide root domain when hot-unplug

[tip: objtool/core] objtool/klp: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions
 2025-10-31 14:21 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/mm: Ensure clear_page() variants always have __kcfi_typeid_ symbols
 2025-10-31 14:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] move SPDX tag on the first line
 2025-10-31 14:20 UTC 

[meta-oe][PATCH 1/2] psqlodbc: upgrade 16.00.0000 -> 17.00.0006
 2025-10-31 14:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [oe] "

[PATCH v4 0/2] DMI: Scan for DMI table from DTS info
 2025-10-31 14:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/1] "

[PATCH] CI: reduce coverage for time improvement
 2025-10-31 14:19 UTC 

[paulmckrcu:next.2025.10.30c 17/43] kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:1139:17: error: use of undeclared identifier 'rcu_tasks_trace_expedite_current'; did you mean 'srcu_torture_expedite_current'?
 2025-10-31 14:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/kms_pm_rpm: Add test to validate G7 residency
 2025-10-31 14:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] Improve Microchip Polarfire SoC customization
 2025-10-31 14:17 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/6] hw/riscv: Make FDT optional for MPFS

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next] iavf: fix incorrect warning message in iavf_del_vlans()
 2025-10-31 14:17 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [External] : "
    ` [Intel-wired-lan] "

[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: move PMFW rlc notifier to where it's required
 2025-10-31 11:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/amdgpu/smu: Handle S0ix for vangogh

[PATCH v5 0/5] Unwind failed suspend
 2025-10-31 12:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/5] drm/amdgpu: Drop PMFW RLC notifier from amdgpu_device_suspend()

[PATCH v4 00/21] arm64: Move kernel mode FPSIMD buffer to the stack
 2025-10-31 14:16 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 04/21] arm64/simd: Add scoped guard API for kernel mode SIMD
` [PATCH v4 08/21] lib/crc: Switch ARM and arm64 to 'ksimd' scoped guard API
` [PATCH v4 21/21] arm64/fpsimd: Allocate kernel mode FP/SIMD buffers on the stack

[PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix logical vs bitwise bug in get_embedded_panel_info_v2_1()
 2025-10-31 13:02 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] replace old wq(s), added WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue
 2025-10-31  9:01 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] drm/amdgpu: replace use of system_unbound_wq with system_dfl_wq
` [PATCH 2/4] drm/amdgpu: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq
` [PATCH 3/4] amd/amdkfd: WQ_PERCPU added to alloc_workqueue users

kill xlog_in_core_2_t v3
 2025-10-31 14:16 UTC  (9+ messages)
  ` [PATCH 6/9] xfs: remove xlog_in_core_2_t
  ` [PATCH 7/9] xfs: remove the xlog_rec_header_t typedef
  ` [PATCH 8/9] xfs: remove l_iclog_heads
  ` [PATCH 9/9] xfs: remove the xlog_in_core_t typedef

[PATCH] tools: key2dtsi: Write out modulus and r-squared with the correct length
 2025-10-31 11:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] fix missing sb_min_blocksize() return value checks in some filesystems
 2025-10-31 14:15 UTC 

[RFC] ASoC: soc-core: proposal to remove num_auto_selectable_formats from snd_soc_dai_ops
 2025-10-31 14:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PULL v1 0/3] Microblaze signed division overflows
 2025-10-31 14:11 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: core: prevent double URB enqueue causing list corruption
 2025-10-31 14:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: freescale: Add GMAC Ethernet for S32G2 EVB and RDB2 and S32G3 RDB3
 2025-10-31 14:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.51.2
 2025-10-31 14:09 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [BUGS] Git v2.51.2 on NonStop
        ` [BUGS] Git v2.51.2 on NonStop5

[PATCH v8 0/6] Add multiple address spaces support to VDUSE
 2025-10-31 14:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 5/6] vduse: add vq group asid support
      `  "

[PATCH v7 0/3] arm64: dts: ti: introduce basic support for the AM62L
 2025-10-31 14:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: ti: Add binding for AM62L SoCs
` [PATCH v7 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62l: add initial infrastructure
` [PATCH v7 3/3] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62l: add initial reference board file

[PATCH v2 0/6] Add RTC support for the Renesas RZ/V2H SoC
 2025-10-31 14:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/6] rtc: renesas-rtca3: Use OF data for configuration

[syzbot] [bfs?] INFO: task hung in bfs_lookup (6)
 2025-10-31 14:08 UTC 

[PATCH v4] arm64: dts: st: Add memory-region-names property for stm32mp257f-ev1
 2025-10-31 14:07 UTC 

[PATCH] fs/ntfs3: remove ntfs_bio_pages and use page cache for compressed I/O
 2025-10-31 14:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/amdkfd: Fix GPU mappings for APU after prefetch
 2025-10-31 14:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 6.17 00/35] 6.17.7-rc1 review
 2025-10-31 14:01 UTC  (36+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.17 01/35] sched_ext: Move internal type and accessor definitions to ext_internal.h
` [PATCH 6.17 02/35] sched_ext: Put event_stats_cpu in struct scx_sched_pcpu
` [PATCH 6.17 03/35] sched_ext: Sync error_irq_work before freeing scx_sched
` [PATCH 6.17 04/35] timekeeping: Fix aux clocks sysfs initialization loop bound
` [PATCH 6.17 05/35] x86/bugs: Report correct retbleed mitigation status
` [PATCH 6.17 06/35] x86/bugs: Qualify RETBLEED_INTEL_MSG
` [PATCH 6.17 07/35] genirq/chip: Add buslock back in to irq_set_handler()
` [PATCH 6.17 08/35] genirq/manage: Add buslock back in to __disable_irq_nosync()
` [PATCH 6.17 09/35] genirq/manage: Add buslock back in to enable_irq()
` [PATCH 6.17 10/35] audit: record fanotify event regardless of presence of rules
` [PATCH 6.17 11/35] EDAC/ie31200: Add two more Intel Alder Lake-S SoCs for EDAC support
` [PATCH 6.17 12/35] perf/x86/intel: Add ICL_FIXED_0_ADAPTIVE bit into INTEL_FIXED_BITS_MASK
` [PATCH 6.17 13/35] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL
` [PATCH 6.17 14/35] perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set
` [PATCH 6.17 15/35] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread
` [PATCH 6.17 16/35] EDAC: Fix wrong executable file modes for C source files
` [PATCH 6.17 17/35] seccomp: passthrough uprobe systemcall without filtering
` [PATCH 6.17 18/35] sched_ext: Keep bypass on between enable failure and scx_disable_workfn()
` [PATCH 6.17 19/35] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for VMSCAPE
` [PATCH 6.17 20/35] sched/fair: update_cfs_group() for throttled cfs_rqs
` [PATCH 6.17 21/35] x86/bugs: Fix reporting of LFENCE retpoline
` [PATCH 6.17 22/35] EDAC/mc_sysfs: Increase legacy channel support to 16
` [PATCH 6.17 23/35] cpuset: Use new excpus for nocpu error check when enabling root partition
` [PATCH 6.17 24/35] btrfs: abort transaction on specific error places when walking log tree
` [PATCH 6.17 25/35] btrfs: abort transaction in the process_one_buffer() log tree walk callback
` [PATCH 6.17 26/35] btrfs: zoned: return error from btrfs_zone_finish_endio()
` [PATCH 6.17 27/35] btrfs: zoned: refine extent allocator hint selection
` [PATCH 6.17 28/35] btrfs: scrub: replace max_t()/min_t() with clamp() in scrub_throttle_dev_io()
` [PATCH 6.17 29/35] btrfs: always drop log root tree reference in btrfs_replay_log()
` [PATCH 6.17 30/35] btrfs: use level argument in log tree walk callback replay_one_buffer()
` [PATCH 6.17 31/35] btrfs: abort transaction if we fail to update inode in log replay dir fixup
` [PATCH 6.17 32/35] btrfs: tree-checker: add inode extref checks
` [PATCH 6.17 33/35] btrfs: use smp_mb__after_atomic() when forcing COW in create_pending_snapshot()
` [PATCH 6.17 34/35] sched_ext: Make qmap dump operation non-destructive
` [PATCH 6.17 35/35] arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.c

[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: freescale: Add GMAC Ethernet for S32G2 EVB and RDB2 and S32G3 RDB3
 2025-10-31 14:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 net-next 00/14] AccECN protocol case handling series
 2025-10-31 14:06 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix possible fence leaks from job structure
 2025-10-31 14:05 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] nvme: Support PSK reauthentication (REPLACETLSPSK)
 2025-10-31 14:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] nvme: Allow reauth from sysfs

[PATCH net] net: dsa: microchip: Fix a link check in ksz9477_pcs_read()
 2025-10-31 14:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.12 00/40] 6.12.57-rc1 review
 2025-10-31 14:01 UTC  (38+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12 04/40] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL
` [PATCH 6.12 05/40] perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set
` [PATCH 6.12 06/40] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread
` [PATCH 6.12 07/40] seccomp: passthrough uprobe systemcall without filtering
` [PATCH 6.12 08/40] x86/bugs: Report correct retbleed mitigation status
` [PATCH 6.12 09/40] x86/bugs: Fix reporting of LFENCE retpoline
` [PATCH 6.12 10/40] EDAC/mc_sysfs: Increase legacy channel support to 16
` [PATCH 6.12 11/40] cpuset: Use new excpus for nocpu error check when enabling root partition
` [PATCH 6.12 12/40] btrfs: abort transaction on specific error places when walking log tree
` [PATCH 6.12 13/40] btrfs: abort transaction in the process_one_buffer() log tree walk callback
` [PATCH 6.12 14/40] btrfs: zoned: return error from btrfs_zone_finish_endio()
` [PATCH 6.12 15/40] btrfs: zoned: refine extent allocator hint selection
` [PATCH 6.12 16/40] btrfs: scrub: replace max_t()/min_t() with clamp() in scrub_throttle_dev_io()
` [PATCH 6.12 17/40] btrfs: always drop log root tree reference in btrfs_replay_log()
` [PATCH 6.12 18/40] btrfs: use level argument in log tree walk callback replay_one_buffer()
` [PATCH 6.12 19/40] btrfs: abort transaction if we fail to update inode in log replay dir fixup
` [PATCH 6.12 20/40] btrfs: tree-checker: add inode extref checks
` [PATCH 6.12 21/40] btrfs: use smp_mb__after_atomic() when forcing COW in create_pending_snapshot()
` [PATCH 6.12 22/40] sched_ext: Make qmap dump operation non-destructive
` [PATCH 6.12 23/40] arch: Add the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS to all the asm-offsets.c
` [PATCH 6.12 24/40] docs: kdoc: handle the obsolescensce of docutils.ErrorString()
` [PATCH 6.12 25/40] selftests: mptcp: disable add_addr retrans in endpoint_tests
` [PATCH 6.12 26/40] selftests: mptcp: join: mark delete re-add signal as skipped if not supported
` [PATCH 6.12 27/40] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR
` [PATCH 6.12 28/40] f2fs: fix to avoid panic once fallocation fails for pinfile
` [PATCH 6.12 29/40] wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()
` [PATCH 6.12 30/40] bonding: return detailed error when loading native XDP fails
` [PATCH 6.12 31/40] bonding: check xdp prog when set bond mode
` [PATCH 6.12 32/40] bits: add comments and newlines to #if, #else and #endif directives
` [PATCH 6.12 33/40] bits: introduce fixed-type GENMASK_U*()
` [PATCH 6.12 34/40] gpio: regmap: Allow to allocate regmap-irq device
` [PATCH 6.12 35/40] gpio: regmap: add the .fixed_direction_output configuration parameter
` [PATCH 6.12 36/40] gpio: idio-16: Define fixed direction of the GPIO lines
` [PATCH 6.12 37/40] iommu/vt-d: Avoid use of NULL after WARN_ON_ONCE
` [PATCH 6.12 38/40] wifi: ath12k: fix read pointer after free in ath12k_mac_assign_vif_to_vdev()
` [PATCH 6.12 39/40] udmabuf: fix a buf size overflow issue during udmabuf creation
` [PATCH 6.12 40/40] sfc: fix NULL dereferences in ef100_process_design_param()

[PATCH v2 0/2] KVM Support for imx8mp-evk Machine
 2025-10-31 14:03 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] hw/arm/imx8mp-evk: Fix guest time in KVM mode

[PATCH 0/9] dt-bindings: PCI: qcom: Add missing required power-domains
 2025-10-31 14:04 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 9/9] dt-bindings: PCI: qcom,pcie-x1e80100: "

[RESEND PATCH v13 0/9] timers: Exclude isolated cpus from timer migration
 2025-10-31 14:03 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] Add runtime PM support to Rockchip DW PCIe driver
 2025-10-31 14:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] PCI: dw-rockchip: Add runtime PM support to Rockchip "


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