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[PATCH v2 00/11] Remove device private pages from physical address space
 2026-01-07  9:18 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/11] mm/migrate_device: Make migrate_device_{pfns,range}() take mpfns

[PATCH RFC net-next 0/6] Support PHY LED for hibmcge driver
 2026-01-07  9:50 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC net-next 2/6] net: phy: add support to set default rules

[PATCH v3 2/3] mm: only interrupt taking all mm locks on fatal signal
 2026-01-07  9:50 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/36] KVM: arm64: Introduce vGIC-v5 with PPI support
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 27/36] KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Mandate architected PPI for PMU emulation on GICv5

[PATCH v3 0/4] Introduce DRM_RAS using generic netlink for RAS
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/4] drm/xe/xe_drm_ras: Add support for drm ras

[PATCH] perf test: Fix test perf stat tests for virtualized machines
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] hw/i2c/dw: Add DesignWare I2C controller emulator
 2026-01-07  9:47 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] hw/arm/virt: Add DesignWare I2C controller
    `  "

[syzbot] [kernel?] Internal error in div_u64_rem (4)
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 00/16] blk-mq: fix possible deadlocks
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 02/16] blk-wbt: fix possible deadlock to nest pcpu_alloc_mutex under q_usage_counter
` [PATCH v7 04/16] blk-rq-qos: fix possible debugfs_mutex deadlock
` [PATCH v7 05/16] blk-mq-debugfs: make blk_mq_debugfs_register_rqos() static
` [PATCH v7 06/16] blk-mq-debugfs: remove blk_mq_debugfs_unregister_rqos()

[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] board/andes: add AE350 OP-TEE support
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] board/andes: add AE350 OP-TEE board support

[PATCH v2 0/4] Make cpumask_of_node() robust against NUMA_NO_NODE
 2026-01-07  9:40 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] include/asm-generic/topology.h: Remove unused definition of cpumask_of_node()
` [PATCH v2 2/4] LoongArch: Make cpumask_of_node() robust against NUMA_NO_NODE
` [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/cpu/topology: "

[RFC PATCH 0/1] sched/fair: Feature to suppress Fair Server for NOHZ_FULL isolation
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 00/12] net/pcap: cleanups and test
 2026-01-07  9:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/12] net/pcap: remove global variables

[PATCH net-next v12 00/12] vsock: add namespace support to vhost-vsock and loopback
 2026-01-07  9:47 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v12 04/12] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports

[PATCH 0/3] staging: style cleanups for sm750fb and rtl8723bs
 2026-01-07  9:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] staging: sm750fb: fix static const char array warning
` [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove trailing whitespace
` [PATCH 3/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary parentheses and true comparisons

[PATCH BlueZ bluez 1/2] adapter: add MGMT_EV_EXT_ADV_SID_CHANGED mgmt event
 2026-01-07  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Optimize the PA sync flow

[PATCH RESEND v3 2/2] mm: introduce pmdp_collapse_flush_sync() to skip redundant IPI
 2026-01-07  9:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] PCI: dwc: Add LTSSM tracing support to debugfs
 2026-01-07  9:41 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/12] IDR to xarray conversion and some small cleanups
 2026-01-07  9:45 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 08/12] drm/amdgpu: Consolidate ctx put
` [PATCH v2 09/12] drm/amdgpu: Remove live context error log and skip
` [PATCH v2 10/12] drm/amdgpu: Replace idr with xarray in amdgpu_bo_list
` [PATCH v2 11/12] drm/amdgpu: Remove output parameter in bo list handling
` [PATCH v2 12/12] drm/amdgpu: Convert context manager to xarray

[PATCH v3] drm/xe: Allow compressible surfaces to be 1-way coherent
 2026-01-07  9:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PULL] drm-misc-fixes
 2026-01-07  9:45 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/11] Add support for Multimedia Clock controllers for Kaanapali
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/11] clk: qcom: clk-alpha-pll: Update the PLL support for cal_l
` [PATCH v3 02/11] clk: qcom: clk-alpha-pll: Add support for controlling Pongo EKO_T PLL
` [PATCH v3 03/11] clk: qcom: clk-alpha-pll: Add support for controlling Rivian PLL
` [PATCH v3 04/11] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: document Kaanapali DISPCC clock controller
` [PATCH v3 05/11] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: Add support for CAMCC for Kaanapali
` [PATCH v3 06/11] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: Add Kaanapali video clock controller
` [PATCH v3 07/11] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: document the Kaanapali GPU Clock Controller
` [PATCH v3 08/11] clk: qcom: dispcc: Add support for display clock controller Kaanapali
` [PATCH v3 09/11] clk: qcom: camcc: Add support for camera clock controller for Kaanapali
` [PATCH v3 10/11] clk: qcom: Add support for VideoCC driver "
` [PATCH v3 11/11] clk: qcom: Add support for GPUCC and GXCLK "

PCIE on LS1021A
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] mmc: resolve conflict between MMC_CAP_NONREMOVABLE and MMC_CAP_1_8V_DDR
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: fix cleared E0POE bit after cpu_suspend()/resume()
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] PCI: dwc: Rework the error handling of dw_pcie_wait_for_link() API
 2026-01-07  9:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/6] PCI: dwc: Rework the error print of dw_pcie_wait_for_link()

[PATCH] fork/pid: Fix use-after-free in __task_pid_nr_ns
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v4 0/3] virtio-gpu: Add user pointer and ROCm support enhancements
 2026-01-07  9:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v4 1/3] virtio-gpu: Add support for VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_FLAG_USE_USERPTR flag

[Bug 220682] New: Bluetooth adapter (MediaTek MT7925, USB ID 0489:e111) stops working after user logs in to the GNOME
 2026-01-07  9:43 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 220682] "

[PATCH 0/2] drm/buddy: Fix BUG_ON from oversized rounded allocations
 2026-01-07  9:40 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] drm/buddy: Prevent BUG_ON by validating rounded allocation

[PATCH] monitor: disable "info kvm" if !KVM
 2026-01-07  9:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH V2 0/10] s390x: Add support for virtio-blk-pci IPL device
 2026-01-07  9:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/10] pc-bios/s390-ccw: Split virtio-ccw and generic virtio

[PATCH v4 0/4] Add I2C support for Tegra410
 2026-01-07  9:39 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/4] i2c: tegra: Move variant to tegra_i2c_hw_feature

[syzbot] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in strnchr
 2026-01-07  9:39 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] bpf: Format string can't be empty

[PATCH v1] gpio: pca953x: handle short interrupt pulses on PCAL devices
 2026-01-07  9:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[syzbot] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in strnchr
 2026-01-07  9:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/5] PCI: Add initial support for handling PCIe M.2 connectors in devicetree
 2026-01-07  9:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/5] power: sequencing: Add the Power Sequencing driver for the PCIe M.2 connectors

[RFC PATCH 1/1] hpref: Hazard Pointers with Reference Counter
 2026-01-07  9:38 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/17] tee: Use bus callbacks instead of driver callbacks
 2026-01-07  9:38 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v2] arm64: Disable branch profiling for all arm64 code
 2026-01-07  9:37 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/22] Clean and update tilcdc driver to support DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 04/22] drm/tilcdc: Add support for DRM bus flags and simplify panel config

[OE-core][PATCH v2 RESEND] opensbi: bump to 1.8
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC 

[PATCH RFC v2 0/2] fuse: compound commands
 2026-01-07  9:29 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] fuse: add compound command to combine multiple requests
    `  "
` [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] fuse: add an implementation of open+getattr
    `  "

[PATCH] arch/sparc: fix unused vaiable warning error
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

kernel crashes in BPF JIT code with kCFI and clang on x86
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [exfat?] [ocfs2?] kernel BUG in link_path_walk
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC  (9+ messages)
        ` [PATCH for 6.19-rc1] fs: preserve file type in make_bad_inode() unless invalid

[PATCHSET V4] xfs: autonomous self healing of filesystems
 2026-01-07  9:36 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] docs: discuss autonomous self healing in the xfs online repair design doc
` [PATCH 02/11] xfs: start creating infrastructure for health monitoring
` [PATCH 03/11] xfs: create event queuing, formatting, and discovery infrastructure
` [PATCH 11/11] xfs: add media error reporting ioctl

[PATCH v2 0/6] Fourth MPU Series
 2026-01-07  9:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] arm/mpu: Implement copy_from_paddr for MPU systems

[PATCH v1] alsa-utils: Include upstream fix for unsupported bit format
 2026-01-07  9:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] thunderbolt: Fix S4 resume incongruities
 2026-01-07  9:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH ath-next v1] wifi: ath11k: Fix failure to connect to a 6 GHz AP
 2026-01-07  9:32 UTC  (4+ messages)

[OE-core][PATCH v2] opensbi: bump to 1.8
 2026-01-07  9:32 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] arm64/ftrace,bpf: Fix partial regs after bpf_prog_run
 2026-01-07  9:32 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add test for bpf_override_return helper

[PATCH v1] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Prevent throwing away custom calibration addresses
 2026-01-07  9:31 UTC 

Hart isolation configuration failure (error -3) with OpenSBI 1.8 on QEMU 10.1.3 rva22s64/rva23s64 profiles
 2026-01-07  9:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1] Documentation: gpio: pca953x: clarify interrupt source detection
 2026-01-07  9:31 UTC 

[PATCH] PCI/portdev: Disable AER for Titan Ridge 4C 2018
 2026-01-07  9:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/pgtable: convert pgtable_t to ptdesc pointer
 2026-01-07  9:28 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v4 0/6] mm: bpf kfuncs to access memcg data
 2026-01-07  9:29 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v4 3/6] mm: introduce bpf_get_root_mem_cgroup() BPF kfunc

[PATCH] tools: jobserver: Add validation for jobserver tokens to ensure valid '+' characters
 2026-01-07  9:29 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] xen/lib: muldiv64() cleanup
 2026-01-07  9:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] arm/time: Sort headers
` [PATCH 4/5] xen: Split muldiv64() out of lib.h

[PATCH 0/9] net: stmmac: cleanups and low priority fixes
 2026-01-07  9:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 4/9] net: stmmac: descs: fix buffer 1 off-by-one error

[meta-python][kirkstone][PATCH 1/5] python3-waitress: upgrade 2.1.1 -> 2.1.2
 2026-01-07  9:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [meta-python][kirkstone][PATCH 2/5] python3-werkzeug: ignore CVE-2024-49766 and CVE-2025-66221
` [meta-python][kirkstone][PATCH 3/5] python3-waitress: patch CVE-2024-49768
` [meta-python][kirkstone][PATCH 4/5] python3-waitress: patch CVE-2024-49769
` [meta-python][kirkstone][PATCH 5/5] python3-m2crypto: ignore CVE-2009-0127

[PATCH v7 0/4] Implement hardware automatic clock gating (HWACG) for gs101
 2026-01-07  9:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 3/4] clk: samsung: Implement automatic clock gating mode for CMUs

[PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Allocate dev name earlier for interface workqueue name
 2026-01-07  9:27 UTC 

[PATCH net-next] udp: add drop count for packets in udp_prod_queue
 2026-01-07  9:27 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t,v2 0/7] Add NVL display related test updates
 2026-01-07  9:35 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 1/7] tests/intel/kms_big_fb: NVL supports horizontal flip with linear surfaces
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 2/7] tests/intel/kms_flip_scaled_crc: add flip to reflect-x tests
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 3/7] tests/kms_plane: add test and limitations for odd height planar tests
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 4/7] tests/kms_plane: modify the condition for odd pan
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 5/7] tests/intel/kms_frontbuffer_tracking: Add FBC support to FP16 formats
` [PATCH i-g-t,v2 6/7] intel-ci: Add NVL display blocklist
` [PATCH i-g-t, v2 7/7] tests/intel/kms_test_config: Add NVL display blocklist entry

[PATCH] fitimage: introduce FIT_CONF_STRIP_EXT
 2026-01-07  9:26 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] selftests/mm: add memory failure selftests
 2026-01-07  9:37 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] selftests/mm: add memory failure anonymous page test
` [PATCH 2/3] selftests/mm: add memory failure clean pagecache test
` [PATCH 3/3] selftests/mm: add memory failure dirty "

[PATCH] tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase: Fix mismatched quotations
 2026-01-07  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC net-next v4 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches
 2026-01-07  9:24 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC net-next v4 3/4] net: mdio: add unlocked mdiodev C45 bus accessors

[PATCH] gpio: line-mux: remove bits already handled by GPIO core
 2026-01-07  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] riscv: configs: Clean up references to non-existing configs
 2026-01-07  9:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] serial: qcom_geni: Fix BT failure regression on RB2 platform
 2026-01-07  9:24 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] irqchip/gic-v5: Code first ACPI boot support
 2026-01-07  9:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/7] PCI/MSI: Make the pci_msi_map_rid_ctlr_node() interface firmware agnostic

powerpc: BUG: Kernel NULL pointer when running with bcc tools
 2026-01-07  9:23 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH] tst_security.c: fix lsm parsing failure due to uninitialized buffer
 2026-01-07  9:23 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/1] drm/bridge: lontium-lt9611uxc: use irq as optional
 2026-01-07  9:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] drm/bridge: lontium-lt9611uxc: use irq as optional parameter

Question about the relevance of "Fix memory corruption in CM" patchset to syzkaller bugs found on stable 5.10
 2026-01-07  9:22 UTC 

[PATCH] clk: st: clkgen-pll: Add a cleaup in clkgen_c32_pll_setup()
 2026-01-07  9:22 UTC 

[PATCH v2] PCI/portdev: Disable AER for Titan Ridge 4C 2018
 2026-01-07  9:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] m68k: defconfig: Clean up references to non-existing configs
 2026-01-07  9:21 UTC 

[PATCHSET V4 1/2] fs: generic file IO error reporting
 2026-01-07  9:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 7/6] fs: improve comment in fserror_alloc_event

Dostawa sprzętu
 2026-01-07  9:16 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 0/3] mlx5: Add TSO support for UDP over GRE over VLAN
 2026-01-07  9:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/3] net/mlx5e: TSO for GRE over vlan
` [PATCH net-next 2/3] net/mlx5e: TSO for UDP over GRE over vlan packets
` [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx5e: Remove GSO_PARTIAL for non _CSUM GRE

[PATCH net-next v6 0/6] Multi-queue aware sch_cake
 2026-01-07  9:17 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v6 2/6] net/sched: sch_cake: Factor out config variables into separate struct

[PATCH v2] spdx30_tasks: Add concluded license support with SPDX_CONCLUDED_LICENSE
 2026-01-07  9:17 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

[BUG] Task stuck on global_ctx_data_rwsem
 2026-01-07  9:16 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [BUG] perf/core: "

[PATCH] RDMA/bng_re: Unwind bng_re_dev_init properly and remove unnecessary rdev check
 2026-01-07  9:16 UTC 

[PATCH] libcheck: add ptest support
 2026-01-07  9:15 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core][PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] Bluetooth: mgmt: report extended advertising SID to userspace
 2026-01-07  9:15 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH i-g-t v1] tests/kms_content_protection: Split dp-mst-suspend-resume tests
 2026-01-07  9:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/24] KVM: TDX huge page support for private memory
 2026-01-07  9:12 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/24] x86/tdx: Enhance tdh_mem_page_aug() to support huge pages

[RFC PATCH 0/9] drm/i915/display: DC3CO support
 2026-01-07  9:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/9] drm/i915/display: Add DC3CO eligibility logic

types: reuse common phys_vec type instead of DMABUF open‑coded variant
 2026-01-07  9:14 UTC 

[PATCH v2] fix AMDGPU failure with periodic signal
 2026-01-06 21:52 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: validate the flush_gpu_tlb_pasid()
 2026-01-07  7:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1] arm: snapdragon: Add EFI reserved memory regions for QCS615/QCM6490
 2026-01-07  9:14 UTC 

[BUG] WARNING in drm_prime_destroy_file_private() leading to panic_on_warn (6.18.0)
 2026-01-07  5:27 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/bridge: lontium-lt9611uxc: change to use devm_request_threaded_irq
 2026-01-07  9:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64/mm: Assert NR_BM_PUD_TABLES for bm_pud[]
 2026-01-07  9:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[ANNOUNCE] rdma-core: new stable releases
 2026-01-07  9:14 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] watchdog: imx2_wdt: Allow to run in low power mode
 2026-01-07  9:12 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: watchdog: fsl-imx: document continue "

[OE-core][PATCH] opensbi: bump to 1.8
 2026-01-07  9:11 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] exynos-drm-fixes
 2026-01-07  9:11 UTC 

[PATCH net] net: enetc: fix build warning when PAGE_SIZE is greater than 128K
 2026-01-07  9:12 UTC 

[syzbot] [f2fs?] KASAN: use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io (2)
 2026-01-07  9:10 UTC 

[bug report] powerpc: per device MSI irq domain
 2026-01-07  9:09 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] docs: conf.py: drop stale FIXME about pdf index size
 2026-01-07  9:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/1] numa: add 'spm' option for Specific Purpose Memory
 2026-01-07  9:03 UTC  (4+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v5] swapon03: Try to swapon() as many files until it fails
 2026-01-07  9:08 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] Add status on/off switching to filter-redirector
 2026-01-07  9:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] qtest: add a test to test redirector status change

[OE-core][PATCH] python3-pyzstd: upgrade 0.17.0 -> 0.19.1
 2026-01-07  9:07 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH] rpc: create valid fd to pass libtirpc validation
 2026-01-07  9:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] hpsa: fix a memory leak in hpsa_find_cfgtables()
 2026-01-07  9:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/19] rust: QObject and QAPI bindings
 2026-01-07  9:06 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 14/19] scripts/qapi: generate high-level Rust bindings

[PATCH v11 0/4] ASoC: rt5575: Add the codec driver for the ALC5575
 2026-01-07  9:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Add the DWC3 instance name in traces
 2026-01-07  9:05 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] usb: dwc3: Log dwc3 "

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: adjust file entry in MEMBLOCK AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION
 2026-01-07  9:04 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/5] Fixes for PMF and CCP drivers after S4
 2026-01-07  9:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/5] crypto: ccp - Send PSP_CMD_TEE_RING_DESTROY when PSP_CMD_TEE_RING_INIT fails


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