messages from 2026-01-12 09:16:57 to 2026-01-12 09:59:58 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v2 00/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Add crop, ov01a1b support
2026-01-12 9:59 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Fix the horizontal flip control
` [PATCH v2 02/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Fix reported pixel-rate value
` [PATCH v2 03/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Fix analogue gain range
` [PATCH v2 04/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Add missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() calls
` [PATCH v2 06/23] media: i2c: ov01a10: Fix test-pattern disabling
[PATCH v3 0/2] ppc: Fix migration issue with quiesced state
2026-01-12 9:58 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] target/ppc: Fix env->quiesced migration
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/5] idpf: skip getting/setting ring params if vport is NULL during HW reset
2026-01-12 9:58 UTC (4+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/5] idpf: skip getting RX flow rules "
[PATCH v5] hw/arm/smmu: add memory regions as property for an SMMU instance
2026-01-12 9:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] readdir: require opt-in for d_type flags
2026-01-12 9:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[REGRESSION] sched/fair: Reimplement NEXT_BUDDY to align with EEVDF goals
2026-01-12 9:57 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/6] igvm: Supply MADT via IGVM parameter
2026-01-12 9:57 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] hw/acpi: Make BIOS linker optional
` [PATCH v3 3/6] igvm: Add missing NULL check
` [PATCH v3 4/6] igvm: Add common function for finding parameter entries
` [PATCH v3 6/6] igvm: Fill MADT IGVM parameter field
[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: serial: sh-sci: Fold single-entry compatibles into enum
2026-01-12 9:57 UTC
[PATCH 00/24] vfs: require filesystems to explicitly opt-in to lease support
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (10+ messages)
` [f2fs-dev] "
[PATCH v3] xfs: Fix the return value of xfs_rtcopy_summary()
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (6+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v8 0/4] Support mapping virtio-gpu virgl hostmem blobs using MAP_FIXED API
2026-01-12 9:55 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v8 3/4] virtio-gpu: Destroy virgl resources on virtio-gpu reset
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net 0/5] idpf: replace Tx flow scheduling buffer ring with buffer pool
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (4+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net 5/5] idpf: remove obsolete stashing code
[PATCH v3 0/6] ADF41513/ADF41510 PLL frequency synthesizers
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/6] iio: frequency: adf41513: driver implementation
` [PATCH v3 4/6] iio: frequency: adf41513: features on frequency change
[PATCH] soundwire: bus: fix off-by-one when allocating slave IDs
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/17] Fixes and improvements for ref consistency checks
2026-01-12 9:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/17] refs/files: simplify iterating through root refs
[GIT PULL FOR 6.20] OV01A10 driver fixes and improvements
2026-01-12 9:55 UTC
[PATCH] mm/shmem, swap: fix race of truncate and swap entry split
2026-01-12 9:55 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 0/6] vfs: properly deny directory leases on filesystems with special lease handling
2026-01-12 9:55 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 1/2] tee: add revision sysfs attribute
2026-01-12 9:55 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 "
` [PATCH v6 2/2] tee: optee: store OS revision for TEE core
[PATCH 0/4] Some fix patches for uvc gadget function
2026-01-12 9:47 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] usb: gadget: uvc: fix interval_duration calculation
` [PATCH 3/4] usb: gadget: uvc: improve error handling in uvcg_video_init()
[PATCH v2] sepolicy: Add sepolicy rules for hcidump, hciconfig, hcitool and l2test failures
2026-01-12 9:53 UTC
[PATCH evl 6.18 1/2] evl/genirq/test: fix irq test build issue
2026-01-13 9:48 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH evl 6.18 2/2] evl/net: export sock_oob_bind symbol
[PATCH] vfio/mdev: update outdated comment
2026-01-12 9:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 2/2] RFC: pinctrl: apple: Implement GPIO func check callback
2026-01-12 9:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/4] arm: at91: move atmel_serial.h to include/dm/platform_data
2026-01-12 9:52 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] x86/mce: Fix timer interval adjustment after logging a MCE event
2026-01-12 9:51 UTC (4+ messages)
` 答复: [外部邮件] "
[thomas-weissschuh:b4/nolibc-warnings 16/27] tools/include/nolibc/time.h:42:9: error: static assertion failed: ""
2026-01-12 9:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[GIT PULL] rv changes for v6.20 (for-next)
2026-01-12 9:50 UTC
[PATCH v3] drm/xe: Replace use of system_wq with tlb_inval->timeout_wq
2026-01-12 9:51 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for "
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "
[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/{python-}protobuf: bump to version 33.3
2026-01-12 9:50 UTC
[PATCH BlueZ] build: Allow systemd unit build without libsystemd
2026-01-12 9:50 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH V4] qemurunner: Improve qmp module detection
2026-01-12 9:47 UTC
[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] Add helper to validate modes
2026-01-12 9:48 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] tests/kms_joiner: Add check to validate mode
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for Add helper to validate modes
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: "
[PATCH] media: dib0700: split combined RC map into per-device maps
2026-01-12 9:48 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/13] fsi: Convert to bus probe mechanism
2026-01-12 9:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v7 00/36] hw/arm/virt: Add support for user-creatable accelerated SMMUv3
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 17/36] hw/arm/virt: Set msi-gpa property
[media.git/next] media: platform: mtk-mdp3: add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC
[PATCH v6 00/14] Nesting support for lazy MMU mode
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 14/14] mm: Add basic tests for lazy_mmu
[REGRESSION] fuse: xdg-document-portal gets stuck and causes suspend to fail in mainline
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] fuse: fix conversion of fuse_reverse_inval_entry() to start_removing()
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] RDMA/bng_re: Unwind bng_re_dev_init properly and remove unnecessary rdev check
2026-01-12 9:45 UTC (4+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/protobuf{, -python}: bump to version 33.3
2026-01-12 9:44 UTC
[PATCH 0/6] i2c: provide and use i2c_adapter_dev()
2026-01-12 9:44 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/6] i2c: piix4: "
Private message regarding: [syzbot] [fs?] KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in anon_pipe_read
2026-01-12 9:44 UTC
[PATCH] cpuhp: Expedite synchronize_rcu during CPU hotplug operations
2026-01-12 9:43 UTC
[PATCH 0/5] drm/bridge: simple-bridge: Add DPI color encoder support
2026-01-12 9:44 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: drm: add maintainers for DRM buddy allocator
2026-01-12 9:43 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for "
[PATCH] initramfs: Add dt_to_config script to initramfs
2026-01-12 9:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Rework preparation/population flows in prep for in-place conversion
2026-01-12 9:41 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Remove partial hugepage handling from kvm_gmem_populate()
` [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: TDX: Document alignment requirements for KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION
` [PATCH v3 6/6] KVM: guest_memfd: GUP source pages prior to populating guest memory
{standard input}:4155: Error: pcrel offset for branch to .LS000B too far (0x38)
2026-01-12 9:42 UTC
[jic23-iio:testing 45/76] drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1018.c:738:1: sparse: sparse: bad integer constant expression
2026-01-12 9:42 UTC
[PATCH v2] usb: chipidea: udc: fix DMA and SG cleanup in _ep_nuke()
2026-01-12 9:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] arm64/mm: Fix annotated branch unbootable kernel
2026-01-12 9:42 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v1] mmc: sdhci-cadence6: Fix the license to GPL-2.0+
2026-01-12 9:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] pinctrl: apple: Fixup and RFC GPIO mode patch
2026-01-12 9:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] ext4 extent split/convert refactor and kunit tests
2026-01-12 9:41 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/7] ext4: Refactor split and convert extents
[PATCH v2 0/5] igvm: rework igvm file loading + processing, fix reset
2026-01-12 9:37 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] igvm: reorganize headers
[QUESTION] pci_read_bridge_bases: skip prefetch window if pref_window not set?
2026-01-12 9:41 UTC
[PATCH net-next 0/3] net/mlx5: HWS single flow counter support
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/3] net/mlx5: fs, factor out flow counter bulk init
` [PATCH net-next 2/3] net/mlx5: fs, split "
` [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/mlx5: Initialize bulk for single flow counters
[PATCH net-next v10 0/7] netconsole: support automatic target recovery
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] netconsole: add target_state enum
` [PATCH net-next v10 2/7] netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management
` [PATCH net-next v10 3/7] netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
` [PATCH net-next v10 4/7] netconsole: clear dev_name for devices bound by mac
` [PATCH net-next v10 5/7] netconsole: introduce helpers for dynamic_netconsole_mutex lock/unlock
` [PATCH net-next v10 6/7] netconsole: resume previously deactivated target
` [PATCH net-next v10 7/7] selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
[PATCH 0/3] selftests/mm: add memory failure selftests
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v2] fs: improve dump_inode() to safely access inode fields
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] Documentation/MyFirstContribution: add missing dependencies and clarify build steps
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] doc: MyFirstContribution: fix "
[syzbot] [hfs?] kernel BUG in may_open (3)
2026-01-12 9:39 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] hfsplus: pretend special inodes as regular files
` Forwarded: Private message regarding: [syzbot] [hfs?] kernel BUG in may_open (3)
[syzbot] [hfs?] kernel BUG in may_open (3)
2026-01-12 9:40 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Performance improvements for error notification handlers
2026-01-12 9:39 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] ACPI: APEI: GHES: Extract helper functions for error status handling
[PATCH] arm64: zynqmp: Fix DTOVL warning about graphs in kv/kr260
2026-01-12 9:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs-tools: optimize the addrs_per_block/inode loop
2026-01-12 9:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in purge_vmap_node
2026-01-12 9:39 UTC (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: Private message regarding: "
[PATCH v6 1/1] board: zynqmp: add cmd for getting boot auth state
2026-01-12 9:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 5/8] selftests/mm: introduce helper to read every page in range
2026-01-12 9:37 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/5] builtin/repack: make geometric repacking compatible with promisors
2026-01-12 9:37 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] builtin/pack-objects: exclude promisor objects with "--stdin-packs"
[PATCHv4 00/15] Adding comprehensive support for i.MX8MM EVK board
2026-01-12 9:34 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv4 02/15] hw/misc/imx8mp_analog: Add property to analog device
` [PATCHv4 03/15] hw/arm/fsl-imx8mm: Add Analog device IP to iMX8MM SOC
[PATCH v2 0/2] lib/crypto: x86/sha: Add PHE Extensions support
2026-01-12 9:12 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] lib/crypto: x86/sha1: PHE Extensions optimized SHA1 transform function
[PATCH v2] arm64: fix cleared E0POE bit after cpu_suspend()/resume()
2026-01-12 9:36 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] gpio: shared: use device_is_compatible() for reset-gpio
2026-01-12 9:36 UTC
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix setting RSS VSI hash for E830
2026-01-12 9:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` "
[PATCH v6 0/3] dma-mapping: benchmark: Add support for dma_map_sg
2026-01-12 9:34 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] dma-mapping: benchmark: modify the framework to adapt to more map modes
` [PATCH v6 2/3] dma-mapping: benchmark: add support for dma_map_sg
` [PATCH v6 3/3] tools/dma: Add dma_map_sg support
[PATCH v2 0/8] Various mm kselftests improvements/fixes
2026-01-12 9:34 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/mm: report SKIP in pfnmap if a check fails
[PATCH] PCI: xilinx-nwl: Avoid crashing if configuring when the link is down
2026-01-12 9:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH V3] go.bbclass: set buildid to empty string to improve reproducibility
2026-01-12 9:33 UTC (4+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH v2 0/4] staging: rtl8723bs: coding style fixes
2026-01-12 9:33 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] staging: rtl8723bs: fix block comment style
[PATCH v5 0/1] Input: cros_ec_keyb: add function key support
2026-01-12 9:33 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/1] Input: cros_ec_keyb - "
[PATCH v2 0/4] staging: rtl8723bs: coding style fixes
2026-01-12 9:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v1 1/1] board: zynqmp: allow env in fat/ext when booting out of qspi
2026-01-12 9:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/18] target/s390x: Prohibit target_ulong and TARGET_PAGE_SIZE uses
2026-01-12 9:32 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/18] target/s390x: Use address_space_ldl_be() in read_table_entry()
[PATCH v3 3/3] PCI: dw-rockchip: Add pcie_ltssm_state_transition trace support
2026-01-12 9:31 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] amd: versal2: Align distro boot variables with default memory map
2026-01-12 9:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] Add Mali-G31 GPU to Amlogic Meson-S4
2026-01-12 9:31 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: gpu: mali-bifrost: Add compatible for Amlogic Meson S4
[PATCH] ufs: amd-versal2: Fix reset names with binding
2026-01-12 9:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ufs: amd-versal2: Fix clock name with binding
2026-01-12 9:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Add system sleep PM support
2026-01-12 9:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Refactor runtime PM handling
Trouble with drivers for Epson Moverio BT-40
2026-01-12 9:30 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH] usb: xhci: fix potential divide-by-zero in xhci_urb_enqueue()
2026-01-12 9:30 UTC (3+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libnss: bump version to 3.120
2026-01-12 9:29 UTC
[PATCH] arm64: zynqmp: Enable pci root port driver
2026-01-12 9:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] mailbox: sprd: add UMS9230 support and fix interrupt handling
2026-01-12 9:28 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: mailbox: sprd: add compatible for UMS9230
[PATCH v3] drm/bridge: cdns-dsi: Replace deprecated UNIVERSAL_DEV_PM_OPS()
2026-01-12 9:27 UTC (2+ messages)
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: clean up the type parameter in f2fs_sync_meta_pages()
2026-01-12 9:27 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v11 00/12] Add multiple address spaces support to VDUSE
2026-01-12 9:26 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 09/12] vduse: take out allocations from vduse_dev_alloc_coherent
[PATCH] dt-bindings: pinctrl: spacemit: k3: fix drive-strength doc
2026-01-12 9:26 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH V3] qemurunner: Improve qmp module detection. in order to detect qmp module
2026-01-12 9:26 UTC (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c:143 imx8m_soc_prepare() warn: 'drvdata->ocotp_base' from of_iomap() not released on lines: 139
2026-01-12 9:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] phy: qcom: edp: Fix NULL pointer dereference for phy v6 (x1e80100)
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (3+ messages)
[meta-python][krikstone][PATCH v2] python3-django: Fix '_lazy_re_compile' is not defined
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (5+ messages)
` [oe] "
[PATCH 00/30] KVM: arm64: Add support for protected guest memory with pKVM
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 19/30] KVM: arm64: Annotate guest donations with handle and gfn in host stage-2
[PATCH 0/2] arm: dts: lpc32xx: Specify compatibility of platform UARTs with 16550A
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: 8250: Explicitly make LPC32xx UARTs compatible "
[PATCH 0/4] net/mlx5: future HW devargs defaults and fixes
2026-01-12 9:24 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] drivers: fix flow devarg handling for future HW
` [PATCH 2/4] net/mlx5: fix default memzone requirements in HWS
` [PATCH 3/4] net/mlx5: fix internal HWS pattern template creation
` [PATCH 4/4] net/mlx5: fix redundant control rules in promiscuous mode
[PATCH v2 0/5] OpenRISC de0 nano single and multicore boards
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: Add compatible string opencores,gpio to gpio-mmio
[PATCH v1 0/9] drm/panthor: Add a GEM shrinker
2026-01-12 9:25 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/9] drm/gem: Consider GEM object reclaimable if shrinking fails
[PATCH 0/5] Add dumpfwumdata tool for FWU metadata image
2026-01-12 9:24 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] tools: "
[PATCH v3 RESEND] rust: cpumask: rename methods of Cpumask for clarity and consistency
2026-01-12 9:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] f2fs: fix large folio read corner cases for immutable files
2026-01-12 9:24 UTC (6+ messages)
` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] f2fs: add 'folio_in_bio' to handle readahead folios with no BIO submission
[PATCH] Revert "LoongArch: Remove unnecessary checks for ORC unwinder"
2026-01-12 9:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/6] uaccess: Introduce copy_from_user_nul helper
2026-01-12 9:23 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] uaccess: Add "
[PATCH RFC net-next 0/3] uapi: Use UAPI definitions of INT_MAX and INT_MIN
2026-01-12 9:23 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC net-next 3/3] netfilter: uapi: Use UAPI definition "
[PATCH RESEND net-next v2] net: stmmac: dwmac: Add a fixup for the Micrel KSZ9131 PHY
2026-01-12 9:23 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH] cpuidle: zynq: Switch Michal Simek's email to new one
2026-01-12 9:21 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/10] tree: stop using the_repository
2026-01-12 9:21 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/10] environment: move access to core.maxTreeDepth into repo settings
` [PATCH 08/10] tree: use repo_parse_tree()
` [PATCH 09/10] tree: stop using the_repository
[oe][meta-oe][scarthgap][PATCH 1/5] freerdp3: ignore CVE-2025-68118
2026-01-12 9:20 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v3] media: v4l2-flash: Enter LED off state after file handle closed
2026-01-12 9:20 UTC
[PATCH] gpio: remove the gpio-tn48m driver
2026-01-12 9:19 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v10 0/7] Provide support for Trigger Generation Unit
2026-01-12 1:43 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 2/7] qcom-tgu: Add TGU driver
[PATCH] fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction
2026-01-12 9:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/2] rust: sync: atomic flag helpers
2026-01-12 9:18 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] rust: sync: atomic: Add i32-backed Flag for atomic booleans
[PATCH i-g-t] intel-ci: Add 3D lut tests to display blocklist
2026-01-12 9:18 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "
[PATCH net-next V2 0/3] Introduce and use netif_xmit_timeout_ms() helper
2026-01-12 9:16 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next V2 1/3] net: Introduce "
` [PATCH net-next V2 2/3] net: hns3: Use "
` [PATCH net-next V2 3/3] net/mlx5e: Refine TX timeout handling to skip non-timed-out SQ
[PATCH v2] Documentation: Fix typos and grammatical errors
2026-01-12 9:16 UTC
[PATCH] rust: platform: fix remove_callback invariant comment
2026-01-12 9:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] reset: remove the reset-tn48m driver
2026-01-12 9:16 UTC (3+ messages)
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