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[PATCH v22 0/7] firmware: imx: driver for NXP secure-enclave
 2025-12-18  6:46 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v22 2/7] dt-bindings: arm: fsl: add imx-se-fw binding doc
` [PATCH v22 3/7] firmware: imx: add driver for NXP EdgeLock Enclave
` [PATCH v22 4/7] firmware: imx: device context dedicated to priv
` [PATCH v22 5/7] firmware: drivers: imx: adds miscdev
` [PATCH v22 6/7] arm64: dts: imx8ulp: add secure enclave node
` [PATCH v22 7/7] arm64: dts: imx8ulp-evk: add reserved memory property

[PATCH for 11.0 00/11] First batch of Meson/Rust build system changes
 2025-12-18  7:18 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 07/11] meson: let Meson handle mixed-language linking of Rust and C objects

[RFC PATCH v2 00/27] NTB transport backed by remote DW eDMA
 2025-12-18  6:52 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 12/27] damengine: dw-edma: Fix MSI data values for multi-vector IMWr interrupts

[PATCH v5 0/5] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Support i.MX95
 2025-12-18  5:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/5] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add runtime ops copy to support dynamic behavior
` [PATCH v5 4/5] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add support for System Manager API

[PATCH] docs/devel: Remove stale comments related to iommufd dirty tracking
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC 

[Buildroot] [V2] package/k3conf: new package
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC 

[PATCH 00/10] Start tracking packfiles per object database source
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/10] packfile: move packfile store into object source
` [PATCH 08/10] packfile: inline `find_kept_pack_entry()`

[PATCH v2 00/28] Eliminate Dying Memory Cgroup
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/28] mm: memcontrol: allocate object cgroup for non-kmem case
` [PATCH v2 08/28] mm: memcontrol: prevent memory cgroup release in get_mem_cgroup_from_folio()
` [PATCH v2 14/28] mm: mglru: prevent memory cgroup release in mglru

[PATCH v3 00/13] rv: Add Hybrid Automata monitor type, per-object and deadline monitors
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 02/13] rv: Add Hybrid Automata monitor type
` [PATCH v3 06/13] rv: Add sample hybrid monitors stall
` [PATCH v3 07/13] rv: Convert the opid monitor to a hybrid automaton

[PATCH] iommufd: Check for overflow in IOMMU_TEST_OP_ADD_RESERVED
 2025-12-18  6:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/4] ACPI: thermal: Convert ACPI thermal driver to a platform one
 2025-12-18  6:48 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/4] ACPI: scan: Register platform devices for thermal zones
` [PATCH v1 2/4] ACPI: thermal: Adjust event notification routine
` [PATCH v1 3/4] ACPI: thermal: Convert the driver to a platform one
` [PATCH v1 4/4] ACPI: thermal: Rework system suspend and resume handling

[PATCH 10/12] dt-bindings: ras: document estatus provider
 2025-12-18  6:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] VFS: fix dentry_create() kernel-doc comment
 2025-12-18  6:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH rc] iommupt: Return ERR_PTR from _table_alloc()
 2025-12-18  6:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net: wangxun: move PHYLINK dependency
 2025-12-18  6:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/2] tests/intel/xe_pat: add helper funtion to read PAT table
 2025-12-18  6:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for tests/intel/xe_pat: add helper funtion to read PAT table (rev10)

[PATCH] media: dt-bindings: qcom,x1e80100-camss: Fix typo in CSIPHY supply description
 2025-12-18  6:47 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] MMC:dw_mmc:when disable biu_clk should check whether this clk is normal
 2025-12-18  6:50 UTC 

[PATCH v10 0/8] Add multiple address spaces support to VDUSE
 2025-12-18  6:46 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 2/8] vduse: add vq group support
` [PATCH v10 6/8] vduse: take out allocations from vduse_dev_alloc_coherent
` [PATCH v10 7/8] vduse: add vq group asid support

[PATCH RFC 0/3] remoteproc/qcom,q6v5: introduce IPQ9574
 2025-12-18  6:46 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/3] dt-bindings: remoteproc: qcom,ipq8074-wcss-pil: convert to DT schema

improve zoned XFS GC buffer management
 2025-12-18  6:45 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] block: add a bio_reuse helper
` [PATCH 2/3] xfs: use bio_reuse in the zone GC code
` [PATCH 3/3] xfs: rework zone GC buffer management

[PATCH v6] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add crypto engine
 2025-12-18  6:45 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 0/1] tests/i915_pm_rps: Improve sysfs error reporting
 2025-12-18  6:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/1] tests/i915_pm_rps: Improve error reporting for sysfs write failures

[PATCH v1 0/5] SoCFPGA: Update DDR Support for Gen5/Arria10 in U-Boot
 2025-12-18  6:43 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/5] ddr: socfpga: Add ECC DRAM scrubbing support for Gen5/Arria10

[PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: Cache auto_movable stats to optimize online check
 2025-12-18  6:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

How do i know which "iommu" i used on VM? qemu emulated or hardware DMAR?
 2025-12-18  6:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
    `  "

[BUG] 36-second boot delay due to by acpi_gpio_handle_deferred_request_irqs on ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025)
 2025-12-18  6:39 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] kfence: allow change objects number
 2025-12-18  6:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] LoongArch: kfence: avoid use CONFIG_KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS
` [PATCH v2 2/2] kfence: allow change number of object by early parameter

[PATCH v7 0/9] target/i386/kvm/pmu: PMU Enhancement, Bugfix and Cleanup
 2025-12-18  6:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v1 0/3] Improve engine activity accuracy test with spinner reuse
 2025-12-18  6:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v1 3/3] tests/intel/xe_pmu: Refine engine activity accuracy test

[PATCH] vfio/pci: Disable qword access to the PCI ROM bar
 2025-12-18  6:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH V7 0/4] Add device tree support for NVIDIA Tegra CMDQV
 2025-12-18  6:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V7 2/4] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add device-tree support for CMDQV driver

[PATCH rtw-next v2 00/12] wifi: rtw89: refine MLO, MCC and SER functions
 2025-12-18  6:31 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 01/12] wifi: rtw89: 8852b: increase beacon loss to 6 seconds
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 02/12] wifi: rtw89: mlo: fix missing TX null-data 1 during link switch
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 03/12] wifi: rtw89: mlo: fix incorrect link address in management frames
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 04/12] wifi: rtw89: mac: reset power state before switching to power on
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 05/12] wifi: rtw89: ser: enable error IMR after recovering from L1
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 06/12] wifi: rtw89: ser: L1 skip polling status if FW runs event mode
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 07/12] wifi: rtw89: debug: add ser_counters dbgfs
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 08/12] wifi: rtw89: debug: support SER L0/L1 simulation via halt H2C
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 09/12] wifi: rtw89: refine C2H reg event polling timeout for LPS
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 10/12] wifi: rtw89: warn unexpected polling value of XTAL SI
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 11/12] wifi: rtw89: setting TBTT AGG number when mac port initialization
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 12/12] wifi: rtw89: mcc: reset probe counter when receiving beacon

[PATCH v4 0/7] builtin/repo: add object size info to structure output
 2025-12-18  6:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 "

[PATCH v4 1/1] PCI: of: Relax max-link-speed check to support PCIe Gen5/Gen6
 2025-12-18  6:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] odb: do not use "blank" substitute for NULL
 2025-12-18  6:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] drm/i915/selftest: Add throttle reason diagnostics to RPS selftests
 2025-12-18  6:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915/selftest: Add throttle reason diagnostics to RPS selftests (rev3)

[PATCH v1 00/13] arm64: Refactor TLB invalidation API and implementation
 2025-12-18  6:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 03/13] arm64: mm: Implicitly invalidate user ASID based on TLBI operation

[PATCH 5.10.y v2 0/2] Backport 2 commits to fix a KASAN ext4 splat
 2025-12-17  9:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.10.y v2 2/2] ext4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()

[PATCH stable/6.18-6.17] md: add check_new_feature module parameter
 2025-12-18  6:30 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/9] vfio: relax the vIOMMU check
 2025-12-18  6:26 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/9] vfio/iommufd: Add framework code to support getting dirty bitmap before unmap
` [PATCH v6 2/9] vfio/iommufd: Query dirty bitmap before DMA unmap
` [PATCH v6 3/9] vfio/container-legacy: rename vfio_dma_unmap_bitmap() to vfio_legacy_dma_unmap_get_dirty_bitmap()
` [PATCH v6 4/9] vfio: Add a backend_flag parameter to vfio_contianer_query_dirty_bitmap()
` [PATCH v6 5/9] vfio/iommufd: Add IOMMU_HWPT_GET_DIRTY_BITMAP_NO_CLEAR flag support
` [PATCH v6 6/9] intel_iommu: Fix unmap_bitmap failure with legacy VFIO backend
` [PATCH v6 7/9] vfio/listener: Add missing dirty tracking in region_del
` [PATCH v6 8/9] vfio/migration: Add migration blocker if VM memory is too large to cause unmap_bitmap failure
` [PATCH v6 9/9] vfio/migration: Allow live migration with vIOMMU without VFs using device dirty tracking

[PATCH v8] dma-buf: add some tracepoints to debug
 2025-12-18  6:28 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] Improvements for reading object info
 2025-12-18  6:28 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] object-file: always set OI_LOOSE when "
` [PATCH 2/8] packfile: always declare object info to be OI_PACKED
` [PATCH 3/8] packfile: extend `is_delta` field to allow for "unknown" state
` [PATCH 4/8] packfile: always populate pack-specific info when reading object info
` [PATCH 5/8] packfile: disentangle return value of `packed_object_info()`
` [PATCH 6/8] packfile: skip unpacking object header for disk size requests
` [PATCH 7/8] packfile: fix short-circuiting of empty requests
` [PATCH 8/8] packfile: drop repository parameter from `packed_object_info()`

[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: enable dual 2.5GbE on Rock 5T
 2025-12-18  6:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] arm64: dts: rockchip: enable both 2.5GbE ports "

[PATCH v9 0/2] Add Google Tensor SoC USB controller support
 2025-12-18  6:27 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 2/2] usb: dwc3: Add Google Tensor SoC DWC3 glue driver

[PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: fix code indentation
 2025-12-18  6:26 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/2] This series adds LT9211C bridge driver by extending LT9211
 2025-12-18  6:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: bridge: lt9211c: Add bindings
` [PATCH v3 2/2] drm/bridge: add support for lontium lt9211c bridge

[PATCH v4 0/3] add sysfs nodes to configure TPDA's registers
 2025-12-18  6:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] coresight: tpda: add sysfs nodes for tpda cross-trigger configuration

[PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: fix PCI SSID for one of the HP 200 G2i laptop
 2025-12-18  6:22 UTC 

What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #03)
 2025-12-18  6:22 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: stmmac: fix the crash issue for zero copy XDP_TX action
 2025-12-18  6:21 UTC  (4+ messages)

qcom: Update DSP firmware for qcm6490 platform
 2025-12-18  6:21 UTC 

[PATCH] staging: fbtft: fix spacing before close parenthesis
 2025-12-18  6:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

arch/riscv/mm/init.c:356 relocate_kernel() warn: always true condition '(relocated_addr >= (((0)))) => (0-u64max >= 0)'
 2025-12-18  6:20 UTC 

[joel-granados:jag/dovec_consolidate 19/24] Warning: kernel/sysctl.c:896 function parameter 'negp' not described in 'proc_ulong_conv'
 2025-12-18  6:20 UTC 

linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree
 2025-12-18  6:19 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/7] Add AMD ISP4 driver
 2025-12-18  6:03 UTC  (2+ messages)
  ` [v7,0/7] "

re-enable IOCB_NOWAIT writes to files v3
 2025-12-18  6:19 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 07/10] fs: add a ->sync_lazytime method
` [PATCH 08/10] fs: add support for non-blocking timestamp updates

[RESEND v2 0/6] Enable fastboot support for IPQ9574 based boards
 2025-12-18  6:15 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [RESEND v2 1/6] clk/qcom: Add USB related clocks for IPQ9574
` [RESEND v2 2/6] phy: Add IPQ9574 support to Qualcomm QUSB2 phy
` [RESEND v2 3/6] phy: qcom: Add QMP USB PHY driver
` [RESEND v2 4/6] configs: ipq9574: Enable fastboot support
` [RESEND v2 5/6] dts: ipq9574-rdp433-u-boot: Enable USB device mode and MMC
` [RESEND v2 6/6] doc: board/qualcomm: Update RDP flashing instructions

[PATCH 00/32] KVM: arm64: Introduce vGIC-v5 with PPI support
 2025-12-17 21:42 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 13/32] KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Add vgic-v5 save/restore hyp interface

[Buildroot] [autobuild.buildroot.org] Daily results for 2025-12-17
 2025-12-18  4:20 UTC 

[PATCH 6.18 000/614] 6.18.2-rc1 review
 2025-12-18  6:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.18 280/614] perf vendor metrics s390: Avoid has_event(INSTRUCTIONS)

[PATCH v2 0/5] PCI/pwrctrl: Major rework to integrate pwrctrl devices with controller drivers
 2025-12-18  6:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] fstests: fix flaky device name in _cleanup_flakey
 2025-12-18  6:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] test_list_sort: fix up const mismatch
 2025-12-18  6:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] kunit: fix up const mis-match in many assert functions
 2025-12-18  6:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI: mediatek-gen3: Ignore link up timeout
 2025-12-18  6:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/19] Make Display free from i915_reg.h
 2025-12-18  6:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for "

[yocto-patches] [meta-rockchip] [PATCH] tinker-board-3: add
 2025-12-18  6:10 UTC 

[PATCH] sparse: update MAINTAINERS info
 2025-12-18  6:09 UTC 

[android-common:android17-6.18 14/14] drivers/interconnect/debugfs-client.c:121 icc_commit_set() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'
 2025-12-18  6:07 UTC 

[PATCH] PCI: meson: Remove meson_pcie_link_up() timeout, message, speed check
 2025-12-18  6:06 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] net: bridge: Describe @tunnel_hash member in net_bridge_vlan_group struct
 2025-12-18  4:29 UTC 

[PATCH] [PATCH v5] ALSA: hda/cm9825: Add GENE_TWL7 support for AAEON
 2025-12-18  1:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` 回覆: "

[meta-rockchip] [PATCH] tinker-board-3: add
 2025-12-18  6:03 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Performance improvements for error notification handlers
 2025-12-18  6:03 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Improve ghes_notify_nmi() status check
` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Extract helper functions for error status handling

[PATCH 0/2] Fix Windows build issues with newer MinGW
 2025-12-18  6:00 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] qga/vss-win32: Fix ConvertStringToBSTR redefinition "

[PATCH] mm: vmscan: always allow writeback during memcg reclaim
 2025-12-18  6:00 UTC  (7+ messages)
  ` retiring laptop_mode? was "

[PATCH 1/2] Documentation: PCI: endpoint: fix vNTB bind command
 2025-12-18  6:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] Unload linux/kernel.h
 2025-12-18  5:59 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] tracing: move tracing declarations from kernel.h to a dedicated header

add a LRU for delegations
 2025-12-18  5:56 UTC  (25+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/24] NFS: remove __nfs_client_for_each_server
` [PATCH 02/24] NFS: remove nfs_client_mark_return_unused_delegation_types
` [PATCH 03/24] NFS: remove nfs_client_mark_return_all_delegations
` [PATCH 04/24] NFS: remove the NULL inode check in nfs4_inode_return_delegation_on_close
` [PATCH 05/24] NFS: remove nfs_inode_detach_delegation
` [PATCH 06/24] NFS: remove nfs_start_delegation_return
` [PATCH 07/24] NFS: assert rcu_read_lock is held in nfs_start_delegation_return_locked
` [PATCH 08/24] NFS: drop the _locked postfix from nfs_start_delegation_return
` [PATCH 09/24] NFS: remove NFS_DELEGATION_INODE_FREEING
` [PATCH 10/24] NFS: open code nfs_delegation_need_return
` [PATCH 11/24] NFS: remove nfs_free_delegation
` [PATCH 12/24] NFS: rewrite nfs_delegations_present in terms of nr_active_delegations
` [PATCH 13/24] NFS: move delegation lookup into can_open_delegated
` [PATCH 14/24] NFS: return bool from nfs_detach_delegation{,_locked}
` [PATCH 15/24] NFS: move the deleg_cur check out of nfs_detach_delegation_locked
` [PATCH 16/24] NFS: simplify the detached delegation check in update_open_stateid
` [PATCH 17/24] NFS: take a delegation reference in nfs4_get_valid_delegation
` [PATCH 18/24] NFS: don't consume a delegation reference in nfs_end_delegation_return
` [PATCH 19/24] NFS: use refcount_inc_not_zero nfs_start_delegation_return
` [PATCH 20/24] NFS: use a local RCU critical section in nfs_start_delegation_return
` [PATCH 21/24] NFS: reformat nfs_mark_delegation_revoked
` [PATCH 22/24] NFS: add a separate delegation return list
` [PATCH 23/24] NFS: return delegations from the end of a LRU when over the watermark
` [PATCH 24/24] NFS: make nfs_mark_return_unreferenced_delegations less aggressive

net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:3320:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
 2025-12-18  5:56 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] Add device tree support for NXP i.MX95 15x15 FRDM board
 2025-12-18  5:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: fsl: Add compatible for "
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: freescale: imx95: Add support "

[PATCH v2 00/23] Cache aware scheduling
 2025-12-18  3:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 19/23] sched/cache: Avoid cache-aware scheduling for memory-heavy processes

[PATCH] [PATCH v6] ALSA: hda/cm9825: Add GENE_TWL7 support for AAEON
 2025-12-18  5:51 UTC 

add a LRU for delegations
 2025-12-18  5:50 UTC 

[PATCH v2 RESEND 0/2] Input: alps/psmouse: Fix UAF bugs and improve workqueue synchronization
 2025-12-18  5:49 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 RESEND 2/2] Input: psmouse - Replace flush_workqueue() with disable_delayed_work_sync()

[PATCH RESEND] PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously
 2025-12-18  5:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC 0/5] drm/xe: Add System Controller support for Xe3p dGPU platforms
 2025-12-18  5:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC 5/5] drm/xe/sc: Add system controller component "

[PATCH] ext4: Fix KASAN use-after-free in ext4_find_extent
 2025-12-18  5:42 UTC  (7+ messages)
  `  "

[PATCH 0/3] mm/khugepaged: minor cleanups
 2025-12-18  5:40 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] mm/khugepaged: use enum scan_result for result variables

[PATCH] net/ice: add MAC anti-spoof disable option
 2025-12-18  5:38 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] net/ice: add MAC anti-spoof option

[PATCH v4 0/5] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Support i.MX95
 2025-12-18  5:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/5] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add support for System Manager API

[PATCH v8 00/18] media: cadence,ti: CSI2RX Multistream Support
 2025-12-18  5:35 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 16/18] media: cadence: csi2rx: Support runtime PM

[gdamjan:v6.19/thinkpad-x9-14 3/6] drivers/media/i2c/imx471.c:993:1: sparse: sparse: bad integer constant expression
 2025-12-18  5:34 UTC 

linux-next: duplicate patch in the vfs-brauner tree
 2025-12-18  5:32 UTC 

[PATCH 1/6] drm/amdgpu: don't reemit ring contents more than once
 2025-12-18  5:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] drm/amdgpu/gfx9: Implement KGQ ring reset

[PATCHSET V4 2/2] fs: send uevents on mount and unmount
 2025-12-18  5:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] ext4: send uevents when major filesystem events happen


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