messages from 2026-01-21 16:51:39 to 2026-01-21 17:32:29 UTC [more...]
[PATCH 1/3] migration/colo: Deprecate COLO migration framework
2026-01-21 17:31 UTC (12+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/6] Rust GPUVM immediate mode
2026-01-21 17:31 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] rust: drm: add base GPUVM immediate mode abstraction
` [PATCH v3 3/6] rust: gpuvm: add GpuVm::obtain()
[PATCH 0/2] DRM 'feature' support for DRM drivers
2026-01-21 17:31 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] rust: drm: add support for driver features
[PATCH v3 00/24] KVM: TDX huge page support for private memory
2026-01-21 17:30 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 19/24] KVM: x86: Introduce per-VM external cache for splitting
[android-common:android17-6.18 0/19] kernel/sched/core.c:198:35-53: opportunity for str_enabled_disabled(sched_proxy_exec ( ))
2026-01-21 17:28 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/8] SQUASH: test and improve cpio hex header validation
2026-01-21 17:12 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] initramfs_test: add fill_cpio() format parameter
` [PATCH v2 2/8] initramfs_test: test header fields with 0x hex prefix
` [PATCH v2 3/8] initramfs: Sort headers alphabetically
` [PATCH v2 4/8] initramfs: Refactor to use hex2bin() instead of custom approach
` [PATCH v2 5/8] SQUASH initramfs: propagate parse_header errors
` [PATCH v2 6/8] SQUASH initramfs_test: expect error for "0x" prefixed header
` [PATCH v2 7/8] vsprintf: Revert "add simple_strntoul"
` [PATCH v2 8/8] kstrtox: Drop extern keyword in the simple_strtox() declarations
[PATCH] Add common hall sensor drivers
2026-01-21 17:27 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] ufs: core: Use a host-wide tagset in SDB mode
2026-01-21 17:27 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCHSET RESEND v11 sched_ext/for-6.20] Add a deadline server for sched_ext tasks
2026-01-21 17:27 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/7] sched_ext: Add a DL "
[PATCH RFC v2 0/1] virtio-msg transport layer
2026-01-21 17:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/panel: ilitek-ili9882t: Select DRM_DISPLAY_DSC_HELPER
2026-01-21 17:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/4] selftests/bpf: migrate a few bpftool testing scripts
2026-01-21 17:26 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/4] selftests/bpf: reorder test_progs sources alphabetically
[PATCH v3 01/11] mm: Relocate the page table ceiling and floor definitions
2026-01-21 17:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[xenomai-images][PATCH] ci: Include cip-based branches
2026-01-21 17:25 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/2] drm, drm/xe: Fix xe SVM configs
2026-01-21 17:25 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] drm, drm/xe: Fix xe userptr in the absence of CONFIG_DEVICE_PRIVATE
linux-next: build failure in the final build
2026-01-21 17:24 UTC (3+ messages)
adding the casefold feature to an ext4 driver
2026-01-21 17:15 UTC
[v5 PATCH] arm64: mm: show direct mapping use in /proc/meminfo
2026-01-21 17:23 UTC (3+ messages)
[Intel-wired-lan] [tnguy-next-queue:200GbE] BUILD SUCCESS a1e7855eb22e815573a642f10cbf7fb8e25317b3
2026-01-21 17:23 UTC
[PATCH net-next 0/4] u64_stats: Introduce u64_stats_copy()
2026-01-21 17:23 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/4] "
[RFC][PATCH 0/3] show-index: modernize and implement auto-detection of hash algorithm
2026-01-21 17:23 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] show-index: remove global state variables
[PATCH] symbols: ensure sorting by value yields reproducible outcome
2026-01-21 17:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] Partial revert "x86/xen: fix balloon target initialization for PVH dom0"
2026-01-21 17:21 UTC (4+ messages)
[i915-rt v5 00/21] drm/i915/display: All patches to make PREEMPT_RT work on i915 + xe
2026-01-21 17:21 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/i915/display: All patches to make PREEMPT_RT work on i915 + xe. (rev10)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "
[REGRESSION] v6.6.120: i3c crash caused by commit 82a09b9965ed
2026-01-21 17:20 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] btrfs: apply strict alignment checks to extent maps
2026-01-21 17:19 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] btrfs: tests: remove invalid file extent map tests
` [PATCH 2/3] btrfs: tests: prepare extent map tests for strict alignment checks
` [PATCH 3/3] btrfs: add strict extent map "
[PATCH v5 00/10] perf sched: Introduce stats tool
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 02/10] perf header: Support CPU DOMAIN relation info
[PATCH v3 0/6] Extend multi queue feature validation support
2026-01-21 17:19 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 5/6] tests/intel/xe_exec_threads: Add multi-queue basic test
` [PATCH v3 6/6] tests/intel/xe_exec_threads: Add multi queue for compute mode
linux-next: Tree for Jan 21
2026-01-21 17:19 UTC
[PATCH net] dpll: Prevent duplicate registrations
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v8 0/2] Add AMD MDB Endpoint and non-LL mode Support
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/2] dmaengine: dw-edma: Add AMD MDB Endpoint Support
` [PATCH v8 2/2] dmaengine: dw-edma: Add non-LL mode
[PATCH] phy: ti: phy-omap-usb2: Fix a reference leak in omap_usb2_probe()
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/ci: ignore Gamma test failures on Qualcomm SC7180
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/7] dma-buf: Use revoke mechanism to invalidate shared buffers
2026-01-21 17:18 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 6/7] vfio: Wait for dma-buf invalidation to complete
[linux-next:master 7345/8302] tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c:102:3: warning: format specifies type 'unsigned long' but the argument has type 'u64' (aka 'unsigned long long')
2026-01-21 17:17 UTC
[PATCH] symbols: don't omit "end" symbols upon mixed code / data aliases
2026-01-21 17:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[yocto-autobuilder2][PATCH 1/2] schedulers: sort repo branches in maintained stable branches
2026-01-21 17:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [yocto-autobuilder2][PATCH 2/2] schedulers: Add missing stable branches for non-core repos
` [yocto-patches] "
[RFC][PATCH 0/4] locking: Add/convert context analysis bits
2026-01-21 17:15 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC][PATCH 2/4] locking/mutex: Add context analysis
` [RFC][PATCH 3/4] locking/rtmutex: "
[PATCH i-g-t v10 0/2] tests/intel/xe_pm_residency: Add ASPM Link residency test
2026-01-21 17:15 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.BAT: failure for "
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success "
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.53.0-rc1
2026-01-21 17:13 UTC
[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for docs/
2026-01-21 17:12 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/3] vfio: Add DMABUF support for PCI BAR regions
2026-01-21 17:12 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] linux-headers: Update to Linux v6.19-rc1
[PATCHv4 00/14] mm: Eliminate fake head pages from vmemmap optimization
2026-01-21 17:12 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCHv4 05/14] mm: Rework compound_head() for power-of-2 sizeof(struct page)
[PATCH v11 0/5] rust: pci: add config space read/write support
2026-01-21 17:12 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 4/5] "
[PATCH] usb: xhci: fix DMA address corruption in abort_td
2026-01-21 17:06 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
[PATCH v3 00/21] slab: replace cpu (partial) slabs with sheaves
2026-01-21 17:11 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 12/21] slab: remove the do_slab_free() fastpath
` [PATCH v3 13/21] slab: remove defer_deactivate_slab()
[PATCH meta-rockchip] bsp: fix upstream TF-A deploy desync
2026-01-21 17:11 UTC (2+ messages)
+ sparc-mm-export-symbols-for-lazy_mmu_mode-kunit-tests-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-01-21 17:10 UTC
[PATCH v8 07/15] iommupt: Add map_pages op
2026-01-21 17:09 UTC (8+ messages)
+ sparc-mm-export-symbols-for-lazy_mmu_mode-kunit-tests.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-01-21 17:10 UTC
[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: remove myself as reviewer
2026-01-21 17:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[Patch net v8 0/9] netem: Fix skb duplication logic and prevent infinite loops
2026-01-21 17:08 UTC (3+ messages)
[cip-dev] [isar-cip-core][PATCH] fix(linux-cip-head): catch network access error during commit retrieval
2026-01-21 17:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/tegra: Enable cmu for Tegra186 and Tegra194
2026-01-21 17:08 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH v2] drm/i915/display: Prevent u64 underflow in intel_fbc_stolen_end
2026-01-21 17:07 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for drm/i915/display: Prevent u64 underflow in intel_fbc_stolen_end (rev2)
[PATCH v1 0/2] nfs-utils: signed filehandle support
2026-01-21 17:06 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] nfsdctl/rpc.nfsd: Add support for passing encrypted filehandle key
[PATCH 00/33 v6] cpuset/isolation: Honour kthreads preferred affinity
2026-01-21 17:06 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 29/33] sched/arm64: Move fallback task cpumask to HK_TYPE_DOMAIN
[PATCH 0/4] examples: memcpy cleanups
2026-01-21 17:04 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] examples/vhost: replace memcpy with assignment
` [PATCH 2/4] examples/vmdq: replace memcpy with structure assignment
` [PATCH 3/4] examples/vmdq_dcb: replace memcpy with assignment
` [PATCH 4/4] examples: remove unnecessary include
[PATCH v3 00/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Add Renesas RZ/N1 support
2026-01-21 17:05 UTC (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/17] spi: dt-bindings: cdns,qspi-nor: Remove duplicated constraints
` [PATCH v3 02/17] spi: dt-bindings: cdns,qspi-nor: Drop label in example
` [PATCH v3 03/17] spi: dt-bindings: cdns,qspi-nor: Add examples for testing the specific cases
` [PATCH v3 04/17] spi: dt-bindings: cdns,qspi-nor: Add Renesas RZ/N1D400 to the list
` [PATCH v3 05/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Align definitions
` [PATCH v3 06/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Fix style and improve readability
` [PATCH v3 07/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Fix ORing style and alignments
` [PATCH v3 08/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Remove an useless operation
` [PATCH v3 09/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Make sure we filter out unsupported ops
` [PATCH v3 10/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Fix probe error path and remove
` [PATCH v3 11/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Try hard to disable the clocks
` [PATCH v3 12/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Kill cqspi_jh7110_clk_init
` [PATCH v3 13/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Add a flag for controllers without indirect access support
` [PATCH v3 14/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Make sure write protection is disabled
` [PATCH v3 15/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Use a default value for cdns,fifo-width
` [PATCH v3 16/17] spi: cadence-qspi: Add support for the Renesas RZ/N1 controller
` [PATCH v3 17/17] ARM: dts: r9a06g032: Describe the QSPI controller
[linux-next:master 7687/8302] ERROR: modpost: "vrealloc_node_align_noprof" [mm/kasan/kasan_test.ko] undefined!
2026-01-21 17:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] rust: disallow use of `CStr::as_ptr`
2026-01-21 17:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/8] net/nfb: rework to real multiport
2026-01-21 17:03 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
` [PATCH v3 1/8] net/nfb: prepare for indirect queue mapping scheme
` [PATCH v3 2/8] net/nfb: create ethdev for every eth port/channel
` [PATCH v3 3/8] net/nfb: add vdev as alternative device probe method
` [PATCH v3 4/8] net/nfb: add device argument "port" to limit used ports
` [PATCH v3 5/8] net/nfb: init only MACs associated with device
` [PATCH v3 6/8] net/nfb: add compatible cards to driver PCI ID table
` [PATCH v3 7/8] net/nfb: report firmware version
` [PATCH v3 8/8] doc/nfb: cleanup and update guide
[PATCH v2 00/13] spi: cadence-qspi: Add Renesas RZ/N1 support
2026-01-21 17:03 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 13/13] ARM: dts: r9a06g032: Describe the QSPI controller
[PATCH v2 0/5] Fix volume up and add RTC, PRNG, UART in xiaomi-ginkgo
2026-01-21 17:03 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: dts: qcom: pm6125: Enable RTC by default
[PATCH 0/3] Add TSU support for the Renesas RZ/V2N SoC
2026-01-21 17:03 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: thermal: r9a09g047-tsu: Document RZ/V2N TSU
[PATCH] driver core: faux: stop using static struct device
2026-01-21 17:03 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: eeprom: at25: Document Microchip 25AA010A
2026-01-21 17:02 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: display/lvds-codec: Document OnSemi FIN3385
[PATCH 0/6]
2026-01-21 17:01 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/6] net/nfb: code cleanup
` [PATCH v4 1/6] net/nfb: use constant values for max Rx/Tx queues count
` [PATCH v4 2/6] net/nfb: fix bad pointer access in queue stats
` [PATCH v4 3/6] net/nfb: update timestamp calculation to meaningful value
` [PATCH v4 4/6] net/nfb: use process private variable for internal data
` [PATCH v4 5/6] net/nfb: release allocated resources correctly
` [PATCH v4 6/6] net/nfb: stop only started queues in fail path
[PATCH v1] rust: time: Add Delta range constants for time units
2026-01-21 17:02 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 00/19] btrfs: fix a return value and remove pointless labels and gotos
2026-01-21 17:01 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/19] btrfs: remove pointless out labels from send.c
[PATCH bpf-next 0/4] Switch from kfuncs to direct helper calls in prologue/epilogue
2026-01-21 17:01 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Remove kfunc support in prologue and epilogue
[PATCH 0/4] multipathd: Miscellaneous fixes
2026-01-21 17:01 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] multipathd: print path offline message even without a checker
[syzbot] [cgroups?] [mm?] WARNING in memcg1_swapout
2026-01-21 17:01 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH] sched/eevdf: Update se->vprot in reweight_entity()
2026-01-21 17:00 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/6] dm: core: Support same compatible in host/gadget musb drivers
2026-01-21 17:00 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/6] dm: core: Support multiple drivers with same compatibles
[PATCH v5] drm/msm/a8xx: Add UBWC v6 support
2026-01-21 17:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1] arm64: poe: fix stale POR_EL0 values for ptrace
2026-01-21 16:59 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/msm/a6xx: fix bogus hwcg register updates
2026-01-21 16:59 UTC (4+ messages)
linux-next: manual merge of the drm-rust tree with the drm-misc tree
2026-01-21 16:59 UTC
[PATCH v7 net-next 0/4] net: dsa: initial support for MaxLinear MxL862xx switches
2026-01-21 16:59 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 net-next 4/4] net: dsa: add basic initial driver for "
[PATCH v10 0/1] rust: Add safe pointer formatting support
2026-01-21 16:58 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 1/1] rust: fmt: add "
[PATCH] revocable: Remove redundant synchronize_srcu() call
2026-01-21 16:58 UTC (7+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/29] maple_tree: Replace big node with maple copy
2026-01-21 16:45 UTC (28+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/29] maple_tree: Fix mas_dup_alloc() sparse warning
` [PATCH v2 02/29] maple_tree: Move mas_spanning_rebalance loop to function
` [PATCH v2 03/29] maple_tree: Extract use of big node from mas_wr_spanning_store()
` [PATCH v2 04/29] maple_tree: Remove unnecessary assignment of orig_l index
` [PATCH v2 05/29] maple_tree: inline mas_spanning_rebalance() into mas_wr_spanning_rebalance()
` [PATCH v2 06/29] maple_tree: Make ma_wr_states reliable for reuse in spanning store
` [PATCH v2 07/29] maple_tree: Remove l_wr_mas from mas_wr_spanning_rebalance
` [PATCH v2 08/29] maple_tree: Don't pass through height in mas_wr_spanning_store
` [PATCH v2 09/29] maple_tree: Move maple_subtree_state from mas_wr_spanning_store to mas_wr_spanning_rebalance
` [PATCH v2 10/29] maple_tree: Correct right ma_wr_state end pivot in mas_wr_spanning_store()
` [PATCH v2 12/29] maple_tree: Testing update for spanning store
` [PATCH v2 13/29] maple_tree: Inline mas_spanning_rebalance_loop() into mas_wr_spanning_rebalance()
` [PATCH v2 14/29] maple_tree: Change initial big node setup in mas_wr_spanning_rebalance()
` [PATCH v2 15/29] maple_tree: Introduce ma_leaf_max_gap()
` [PATCH v2 16/29] maple_tree: Add gap support, slot and pivot sizes for maple copy
` [PATCH v2 17/29] maple_tree: Start using maple copy node for destination
` [PATCH v2 18/29] maple_tree: inline mas_wr_spanning_rebalance()
` [PATCH v2 19/29] maple_tree: Remove unnecessary return statements
` [PATCH v2 20/29] maple_tree: Separate wr_split_store and wr_rebalance store type code path
` [PATCH v2 21/29] maple_tree: Add cp_is_new_root() helper
` [PATCH v2 22/29] maple_tree: Use maple copy node for mas_wr_rebalance() operation
` [PATCH v2 23/29] maple_tree: Add copy_tree_location() helper
` [PATCH v2 25/29] maple_tree: Use maple copy node for mas_wr_split()
` [PATCH v2 26/29] maple_tree: Remove maple big node and subtree structs
` [PATCH v2 27/29] maple_tree: Pass maple copy node to mas_wmb_replace()
` [PATCH v2 28/29] maple_tree: Don't pass end to mas_wr_append()
` [PATCH v2 29/29] maple_tree: Clean up mas_wr_node_store()
[PATCH] dt-bindings: net: dsa: fix typos in bindings docs
2026-01-21 16:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 00/12] Tegra114: implement EMC support
2026-01-21 16:57 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 11/12] ARM: tegra: Add EMC OPP and ICC properties to Tegra114 EMC and ACTMON device-tree nodes
[PATCH 0/1] cpupower: make systemd unit installation optional
2026-01-21 16:57 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "
[i915-rt v5 21/21] FOR-CI: drm/i915: Reset lockdep after selftest unload
2026-01-21 16:56 UTC (2+ messages)
` [i915-rt v5] "
[PATCH v2 0/16] bitfield: tidy up bitfield.h
2026-01-21 16:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/16] bitmap: Use FIELD_PREP() in expansion of FIELD_PREP_WM16()
[PATCH 0/7] rtc: sun6i: Add support for Allwinner A733 SoC
2026-01-21 16:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] dt-bindings: rtc: sun6i: Add Allwinner A733 support
[PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info
2026-01-21 16:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] binder: fix UAF in binder_netlink_report()
2026-01-21 16:56 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/11] Remove XA_ZERO from error recovery of dup_mmap()
2026-01-21 16:49 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 04/11] mm/vma: Add limits to unmap_region() for vmas
` [PATCH v3 11/11] mm: Use unmap_desc struct for freeing page tables
[PATCH] dm: fix excessive blk-crypto operations for invalid keys
2026-01-21 16:55 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/15] tick/sched: Refactor idle cputime accounting
2026-01-21 16:55 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] serial: 8250 dw: clear FIFO before writting LCR
2026-01-21 16:55 UTC (8+ messages)
[cocci] Pre-compiled spatch links against EOL PCRE version
2026-01-21 16:55 UTC (8+ messages)
` [cocci] Evolution for the software build system?
[PATCH] hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.c: Add a check for dma_read
2026-01-21 16:53 UTC (3+ messages)
[net-next v7 0/8] net: wwan: add NMEA port type support
2026-01-21 16:53 UTC (6+ messages)
` [net-next v7 5/8] net: wwan: add NMEA port support
` "
` "
[PATCH v11 RESEND 9/9] arm64: armv8_deprecated: apply FEAT_LSUI for swpX emulation
2026-01-21 16:51 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH] pmdomain: qcom: rpmpd: drop stray semicolon
2026-01-21 16:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/8] ASoC: sophgo: add CV1800 AIAO mux and I2S support
2026-01-21 16:52 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] dt-bindings: sound: sophgo: add CV1800B I2S/TDM controller binding
[PATCH rdma-next v8 0/4] RDMA/bnxt_re: Support direct verbs
2026-01-21 16:52 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-next v8 3/4] RDMA/bnxt_re: Direct Verbs: Support DBR verbs
[PATCH] tools: usb: usbip: remove dead-link from README
2026-01-21 16:51 UTC
[PATCH v6] sparse-checkout: optimize string_list construction and add tests to verify deduplication
2026-01-21 16:51 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7] "
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