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What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #02)
 2025-12-10  9:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

Dostawa sprzętu
 2025-12-10  9:16 UTC 

[PATCH] gstreamer1.0: add mulitlib scripts Gst-1.0.gir
 2025-12-10  9:19 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[RFC PATCH 0/2] io_uring: fix io may accumulation in poll mode
 2025-12-10  9:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/2] blk-mq: delete task running check in blk_hctx_poll
` [RFC PATCH 2/2] io_uring: fix io may accumulation in poll mode

[PATCH 0/7] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci-pci: Define Multi-Bus Instances for Intel controllers
 2025-12-10  9:17 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/7] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci-pci: Define default driver data
` [PATCH 6/7] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci-pci: Add support for Multi-Bus Instances

[PATCH v8 0/2] ASoC: rt5575: Add the codec driver for the ALC5575
 2025-12-10  9:14 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/2] "

[RFC PATCH 0/2] Fixes on CM3 helper for plane shaper LUT
 2025-12-09 18:19 UTC  (7+ messages)

[6.12.60 lts] [amdgpu]: regression: broken multi-monitor USB4 dock on Ryzen 7840U
 2025-12-09 15:50 UTC  (6+ messages)
  ` [6.12.61 "

[PATCH] drm/sched: run free_job work on timeout workqueue
 2025-12-09 14:28 UTC  (15+ messages)

[bug report] drm/amd/display: Refactor panel replay set dmub cmd flow
 2025-12-10  6:07 UTC 

[PATCH] amdgpu: Add CH7218 PCON to the VRR whitelist
 2025-12-09 23:11 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] objtool, x86/alternative: Convert objtool annotations and x86 alternatives to assembler macros
 2025-12-10  9:16 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 8/8] x86/alternative: Convert "

[PATCH RFC 0/6] iio: core: Introduce cleanup.h support for mode locks
 2025-12-10  9:17 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/xe/bo: Don't include the CCS metadata in the dma-buf sg-table
 2025-12-10  9:16 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH] mm/damon/core: fix wasteful CPU calls by skipping non-existent targets
 2025-12-10  9:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V2 0/3] spi: atcspi200: Add support for Andes ATCSPI200 SPI controller
 2025-12-10  9:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 1/3] dt-bindings: spi: Add support for "
` [PATCH V2 2/3] spi: atcspi200: Add ATCSPI200 SPI controller driver
` [PATCH V2 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Add MAINTAINERS entry for the "

[PATCH] selftests/mm: Fix thread state check in uffd-unit-tests
 2025-12-10  9:14 UTC 

[PATCH] efi: pstore: Support late setup with TEE-backed efivars ops
 2025-12-10  9:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/13] selftests: Fix build warnings and errors
 2025-12-10  9:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 08/13] selftests: net: netlink-dumps: Avoid uninitialized variable warning

[PATCH] net: can: fix build dependency
 2025-12-10  9:10 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] block: fix race between wbt_enable_default and IO submission
 2025-12-10  9:10 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] ARM: fix hash_name() and branch predictor issues
 2025-12-10  9:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[BUG] poweprc64/bpf: bpf arena broken after kmalloc_nolock() change
 2025-12-10  9:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] media: mc: fix potential use-after-free in media_request_alloc()
 2025-12-10  9:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
  `  "

[PATCH v4] drm/amdgpu: fix mes packet params issue when flush hdp
 2025-12-10  9:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Add device tree support for NXP i.MX95 15x15 FRDM board
 2025-12-10  9:07 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: freescale: imx95: Add support for "

[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: annotate file argument as __nullable in bpf_lsm_mmap_file
 2025-12-10  9:07 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: add test case for BPF LSM hook bpf_lsm_mmap_file

[PATCH net-next v2] selftests: tls: fix warning of uninitialized variable
 2025-12-10  9:06 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] xfs: Fix a memory leak in xfs_buf_item_init()
 2025-12-10  9:06 UTC 

Inquiry: Possible built-in support for longer filenames in ext4 (beyond 256 bytes)
 2025-12-10  9:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] arm64: defconfig: Enable QCOMTEE on Qualcomm SM8650+
 2025-12-10  9:05 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/7] introduce virtnet_mon for monitor virtio_net
 2025-12-10  9:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 3/7] tools/virtio/virtnet_mon: add kprobe start_xmit

[PATCH] xfs: fix XFS_ERRTAG_FORCE_ZERO_RANGE for zoned file system
 2025-12-10  9:03 UTC 

[PATCH] cpufreq: dt-platdev: Fix creating device on OPPv1 platforms
 2025-12-10  9:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

Regression on drm-tip (CI_DRM_17644)
 2025-12-10  9:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/8] x86: more or less log-dirty related improvements
 2025-12-10  9:01 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 7/8] x86/mm: update log-dirty bitmap when manipulating P2M

[PATCH 2/2] tools: virtio: Fix no definition of dma_map_page_attrs
 2025-12-10  9:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "

[PATCH RESEND v4 0/2] ocfs2: give ocfs2 the ability to reclaim suballocator free bg
 2025-12-10  9:00 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RESEND v4 2/2] ocfs2: detect released suballocator BG for fh_to_[dentry|parent]

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] igc: Fix trigger of incorrect irq in igc_xsk_wakeup function
 2025-12-10  8:57 UTC  (10+ messages)
    ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v3 iwl-net] "
          ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v5 "
            ` AW: "
              `  "

Zwrot
 2025-12-10  8:51 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] drm/xe: Use generic_handle_irq_safe inside heci gsc irq handler
 2025-12-10  8:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/display: Fix intel_lpe_audio_irq_handler for PREEMPT-RT

[PATCH] btrfs: search for larger extent maps inside btrfs_do_readpage()
 2025-12-10  8:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/30] objtool: Function validation tracing
 2025-12-10  8:56 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 03/30] objtool: Disassemble code with libopcodes instead of running objdump

[PATCH] drm/ast: Fix big-endian support
 2025-12-10  8:55 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/i915/display: Panel Replay BW optimization for DP2.0 tunneling
 2025-12-10  8:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action
 2025-12-10  8:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/2] Fix chamelium port allocation during igt_fixture
 2025-12-10  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 2/2] tests/chamelium/kms_chamelium_hpd: use helper function for connector lookup in DP/HDMI/VGA tests

[PATCH v2] media: cx25821: Add missing unmap in snd_cx25821_hw_params()
 2025-12-10  8:52 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/i915/selftest: Add throttle reason diagnostics to RPS selftests
 2025-12-10  8:51 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/2] i2c: ocores: increase poll timeout to total transfer timeout
 2025-12-10  8:51 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] Support for Intel temperature sensors (DTS)
 2025-12-10  8:50 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] x86/cpu-policy: Infrastructure for CPUID leaf 0x6
` [PATCH v3 2/3] x86/platform: Expose DTS sensors MSR
` [PATCH v3 3/3] xenpm: Add get-intel-temp subcommand

[PATCH v2] btrfs: make sure all ordered extents beyond EOF are properly truncated
 2025-12-10  8:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove trailing whitespace
 2025-12-10  8:49 UTC 

[REGRESSION] Black screen on HDMI power-cycle after commit 3471b9a31ce3 (7900XTX + LG C3)
 2025-12-10  8:49 UTC  (6+ messages)

[GIT PULL] locking fixes
 2025-12-10  8:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [GIT PULL] futex updates for v6.19

[PATCH -next v2 0/2] memcg cleanups
 2025-12-10  8:42 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH -next v2 1/2] memcg: move mem_cgroup_usage memcontrol-v1.c
` [PATCH -next v2 2/2] memcg: remove mem_cgroup_size()

[isar-cip-core][RFC][PATCH] Remove support for building KernelCI images
 2025-12-10  8:40 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH v2] listmount04.c: Update case support mnt_id_req.mnt_ns_fd
 2025-12-10  8:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v3] "

[yocto-patches] [meta-security] Upcoming (?) breaking change in veritysetup format output
 2025-12-10  8:35 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t 0/4] Add wrappers for painting test patterns to
 2025-12-10  8:35 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: success for "

[PATCH net 0/2] pull-request: can 2025-12-10
 2025-12-10  8:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/2] can: fix build dependency
` [PATCH net 2/2] can: gs_usb: gs_can_open(): fix error handling

[PATCH] kunit: Drop unused parameter from kunit_device_register_internal
 2025-12-10  8:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] timers/nohz: Optimize /proc/stat idle/iowait fluctuation
 2025-12-10  8:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] timers/nohz: Revise a comment about broken iowait counter update race
` [PATCH v2 2/2] timers/nohz: Avoid /proc/stat idle/iowait fluctuation when cpu hotplug

[PATCH 0/2] btrfs: minor cleanup related to bitmap operations
 2025-12-10  8:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: integrate the error handling of submit_one_sector()
` [PATCH 2/2] btrfs: replace for_each_set_bit() with for_each_set_bitmap()

[PATCH] 9p/virtio: restrict page pinning to user_backed_iter() iovec
 2025-12-10  8:32 UTC  (4+ messages)

[isar-cip-core][PATCH v1] .gitlab-ci.yml: Enable deployment for qemu-amd64-bookworm
 2025-12-10  8:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] host1x: Convert to bus methods
 2025-12-10  8:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] host1x: Make remove callback return void
` [PATCH 2/2] host1x: Convert to bus methods

List of yet more C programs
 2025-12-10  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH net-next V3] net: restore the iterator to its original state when an error occurs
 2025-12-10  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

usb: Error while assigning device slot ID
 2025-12-10  8:31 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Enable mdss1 Display Port for Qualcomm lemans-ride platform
 2025-12-10  8:30 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] drm/msm/dp: Update msm_dp_controller IDs for sa8775p
` [PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: dts: qcom: lemans: add mdss1 display device nodes

[bug report] rbd unmap hangs after pausing and unpausing I/O
 2025-12-10  8:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[v3 PATCH] remoteproc: xlnx: Use high-prio workqueue instead of system wq
 2025-12-10  8:29 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH can] can: gs_usb: gs_can_open(): fix error handling
 2025-12-10  8:28 UTC 

[android-common:android16-6.12 1/1] include/linux/blkdev.h:1699:17: error: field has incomplete type 'struct rq_list'
 2025-12-10  8:26 UTC 

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c:4277 il4965_rx_handle() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'rxb->page' (see line 4249)
 2025-12-10  8:26 UTC 

[RESEND RFC PATCH v2 26/29] [EXPERIMENTAL] sched/fair: Add push task framework
 2025-12-10  8:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH e2fsprogs] lib/quota: fix checksum mismatch on uninitialized PRJQUOTA inode
 2025-12-10  8:15 UTC 

[PATCH] blk-mq-dma: always initialize dma state
 2025-12-10  8:25 UTC  (4+ messages)

Fate of CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS and co
 2025-12-10  8:25 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v6] tty: tty_port: add workqueue to flip tty buffer
 2025-12-10  8:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

Clarifying usage of aligned_alloc(3)
 2025-12-10  8:24 UTC 

[PATCH 0/6] genirq: Post 6.19-rc1 API cleanup
 2025-12-10  8:22 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] genirq: Remove IRQ timing tracking infrastructure
` [PATCH 2/6] genirq: Remove __request_percpu_irq() helper
` [PATCH 3/6] mips: Move IP30 timer to request_percpu_irq()
` [PATCH 4/6] mips: Move IP27 "
` [PATCH 5/6] clocksource: mips-gic-timer: Move GIC "
` [PATCH 6/6] genirq: Kill setup_percpu_irq()

[PATCH v3 0/2] bpf: verifier improvement in 32bit shift sign extension pattern
 2025-12-10  8:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] smpboot: Add NULL check before kthread_unpark()
 2025-12-10  8:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] media: dw9714: Fix powerup sequence
 2025-12-10  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/3] drm/xe/hwmon: Expose new temperature attributes
 2025-12-10  8:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] drm/xe/hwmon: Read temperature limits using pcode mailbox

[PATCH v2 0/4] vEVENTQ support for accelerated SMMUv3 devices
 2025-12-10  8:19 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] hw/arm/smmuv3: Introduce a helper function for event propagation
` [PATCH v2 4/4] hw/arm/smmuv3-accel: Read and propagate host vIOMMU events

[PATCH 0/2] Enable --gc-sections
 2025-12-10  8:17 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] xen: Centralize scheduler linker definition
` [PATCH 2/2] xen: Add CONFIG_GC_SECTIONS

[PATCH] kunit: make FAULT_TEST default to n when PANIC_ON_OOPS
 2025-12-10  8:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data
 2025-12-10  8:16 UTC 

[meta-networking][PATCH 1/7] frr: Upgrade to 10.5.0
 2025-12-10  8:16 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH 2/7] ktls-utils: Fix build with musl
` [meta-python][PATCH 3/7] python3-pyzstd: Remove setup.py tweak for lto/clang
` [meta-networking][PATCH 4/7] dante: Add _GNU_SOURCE for musl builds
` [meta-python][PATCH 5/7] python3-multidict: Add missing dependency on psutils modules for ptests
` [meta-python][PATCH 6/7] python3-traitlets: Fix ptests fails
` [meta-python][PATCH 7/7] python3-betamax: Skip ptests accessing network

[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: monaco: Enable cpufreq cooling devices
 2025-12-10  8:15 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/4] Add support for clean shutdown with MSHV
 2025-12-10  8:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/i915/display: Detect AuxCCS support via display parent interface
 2025-12-10  8:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: warning for drm/i915/display: Detect AuxCCS support via display parent interface (rev2)

[PATCH mptcp-next 0/2] add sk_is_msk helper
 2025-12-10  8:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next 1/2] mptcp: use sk_is_tcp helper
` [PATCH mptcp-next 2/2] mptcp: add sk_is_msk helper

[PATCH 1/3] libxml2: upgrade 2.14.6 -> 2.15.1
 2025-12-10  8:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] itstool: switch from libxml2 to python3-lxml
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2 net 0/2] sctp: Fix two issues in sctp_clone_sock()
 2025-12-10  8:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 net 1/2] sctp: Fetch inet6_sk() after setting ->pinet6 "
` [PATCH v2 net 2/2] sctp: Clear inet_opt in sctp_v6_copy_ip_options()

kernel.org tooling update
 2025-12-10  8:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] media: platform: mtk-mdp3: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2025-12-10  8:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

tps65219/am62p kernel oops
 2025-12-10  8:10 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] hw/gpio/aspeed_sgpio: Add Aspeed Serial GPIO (SGPIO) controller model
 2025-12-10  8:08 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] hw/gpio/aspeed_sgpio: Add basic device model for Aspeed SGPIO
` [PATCH v2 2/6] hw/gpio/aspeed_sgpio: aspeed: Add QOM property accessors for SGPIO pins

[PATCH 1/1] virtio_balloon: do not set pr_dev_info.report unconditionally
 2025-12-10  8:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linus:master] [perf test] 34e271ae55: kmsg.sanitizer.indirect_leak/calloc/zalloc/dso__new_id/__dsos__addnew_id/__dsos__findnew_id/dsos__findnew_id
 2025-12-10  8:09 UTC 

[PATCH regression fixes for 6.19 0/5] media: ov02c10: h/vflip fixes
 2025-12-10  8:06 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/pv: Inline domain_set_alloc_bitsize() into it's single caller
 2025-12-10  8:04 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] ALSA: hda/cm9825: Add DFI and NCR new projects
 2025-12-10  8:04 UTC 

[meta-networking][kirkstone][PATCH] http-parser: fix SRC_URI branch
 2025-12-10  8:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] at91: Remove of_platform_default_populate() calls
 2025-12-10  8:04 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: at91: Move PM init functions to .init_late hook

[GIT PULL v2] tracing: Fix for v6.19
 2025-12-10  8:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[git pull] Input updates for v6.19-rc0
 2025-12-10  8:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCH] minicoredumper: fix 2038 year problem in timestamp handling
 2025-12-10  8:04 UTC 

[GIT PULL] Kbuild for 6.19 #2
 2025-12-10  8:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] csky changes for v6.19
 2025-12-10  8:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

netfilter: nf_conncount: cpu soft lockup using limiting with Open vSwitch
 2025-12-10  8:03 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/18] Multi Queue feature validation support
 2025-12-10  8:03 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for Multi Queue feature validation support (rev4)

[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf: cpumap: improve error propagation in cpu_map_update_elem()
 2025-12-10  8:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bug report] mshv: Add support for movable memory regions
 2025-12-10  8:02 UTC 

[PATCH] net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data
 2025-12-10  8:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/7] vhost-user: Add SHMEM_MAP/UNMAP requests
 2025-12-10  7:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1] LoongArch: Remove unnecessary checks in bt_address()
 2025-12-10  8:00 UTC  (5+ messages)

Patchwork housekeeping for: spi-devel-general
 2025-12-10  7:56 UTC 

[PATCH v1] gatt-client:Implement error handling for DB_OUT_OF_SYNC in GATT caching
 2025-12-10  7:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] Redesign survivability mode
 2025-12-10  7:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] drm/xe/xe_survivability: "

[PULL] Pull request for u-boot master / v2026.01 = u-boot-stm32-20251209
 2025-12-10  7:55 UTC 

[bug report] clk: visconti: Add support common clock driver and reset driver
 2025-12-10  7:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] hung_task: Provide runtime reset interface for hung task detector
 2025-12-10  7:37 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] hung_task: Consolidate hung task warning into an atomic log block

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: phy: ti,tcan104x-can: Document TI TCAN1046
 2025-12-10  7:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[tip: x86/boot] x86/boot/Documentation: Fix whitespace noise in boot.rst
 2025-12-10  7:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: Fix truncated dmabuf iterator reads
 2025-12-10  7:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[openeuler:OLK-5.10 3399/3399] drivers/net/ethernet/linkdata/sxe/base/log/sxe_log.c:24: warning: Function parameter or member 'buff' not described in 'time_for_file_name'
 2025-12-10  7:50 UTC 

[PATCH] x86/pv: Move hv_compat_vstart into pv_domain
 2025-12-10  7:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] x86/elf: Fix core dump truncation on CPUs with no extended xfeatures
 2025-12-10  7:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/fpu: Fix FPU state "

[PATCH v2] arm64: errata: Add NXP iMX8QM workaround for A53 Cache coherency issue
 2025-12-10  7:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] configs: qemu_arm64: disable SEMIHOSTING
 2025-12-10  7:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] board: xilinx: add SPL boot device support
 2025-12-10  7:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] xilinx: mbv: Remove debug UART support
 2025-12-10  7:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] bpf, x86/unwind/orc: Support reliable unwinding through BPF stack frames
 2025-12-10  7:40 UTC  (2+ messages)


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