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[PATCH v6 1/5] mm/zone_device: Reinitialize large zone device private folios
 2026-01-22 22:53 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH] PM: QoS: Introduce boot parameter pm_qos_resume_latency_us
 2026-01-23  1:00 UTC 

[v6 PATCH 0/2] hung_task: Provide runtime reset interface for hung task detector
 2026-01-23  0:59 UTC  (6+ messages)

include/linux/compiler_types.h:597:38: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_495' declared with attribute error: FIELD_PREP: value too large for the field
 2026-01-23  0:58 UTC 

[PATCH] tracing: Fix crash on synthetic stacktrace field usage
 2026-01-23  0:48 UTC 

[PATCH V1 0/3] ufs: ufs-qcom: Fixes and optimizations for Qualcomm UFS platform
 2026-01-23  0:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V1 1/3] ufs: ufs-qcom: Add UFS ESI CPU affinity support

[PATCH -next] sched/isolation: Use static_branch_enable_cpuslocked() on housekeeping_update
 2026-01-23  0:57 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/i915: move GEN7_ERR_INT snapshot to display irq code
 2026-01-23  0:56 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[RESEND PATCH bpf-next v6 0/9] bpf: Extend BPF syscall with common attributes support
 2026-01-23  0:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RESEND PATCH bpf-next v6 2/9] libbpf: Add support for extended bpf syscall

[PATCH 00/10] Update linker scripts to ensure appended device tree is correctly aligned
 2026-01-23  0:52 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/10] arm: Update linker scripts to ensure appended device tree is aligned

[linuxtv-media-pending:next] BUILD SUCCESS c824345288d11e269ce41b36c105715bc2286050
 2026-01-23  0:50 UTC 

[PATCH v3] drm/xe/ptl: Disable DCC on PTL
 2026-01-23  0:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/ptl: Disable DCC on PTL (rev3)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH v2 00/16] MIPS: move pic32.h header file from asm to platform_data
 2026-01-23  0:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/14] odb: introduce `odb_for_each_object()`
 2026-01-23  0:46 UTC  (23+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 02/14] odb: fix flags parameter to be unsigned
` [PATCH v3 03/14] object-file: extract function to read object info from path
` [PATCH v3 04/14] object-file: introduce function to iterate through objects
` [PATCH v3 06/14] packfile: "
` [PATCH v3 07/14] odb: introduce `odb_for_each_object()`
` [PATCH v3 08/14] builtin/fsck: refactor to use `odb_for_each_object()`
` [PATCH v3 09/14] treewide: enumerate promisor objects via `odb_for_each_object()`
` [PATCH v3 10/14] treewide: drop uses of `for_each_{loose,packed}_object()`

[RFC] doc: add AGENTS.md for AI-powered code review tools
 2026-01-23  0:42 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/4] devtools: add "
  ` [PATCH v5 1/4] doc: add AGENTS.md for "
  ` [PATCH v5 2/4] devtools: add multi-provider AI patch review script
  ` [PATCH v5 3/4] devtools: add script to compare AI reviews across providers
  ` [PATCH v5 4/4] devtools: add multi-provider AI documentation review script

Subject: [PATCH 0/8] dax/kmem: add runtime hotplug state control
 2026-01-23  0:43 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/8] mm/memory_hotplug: add APIs for explicit online type control
` [PATCH 7/8] dax/kmem: add sysfs interface for runtime hotplug state control

[PATCH v7 00/16] Exposing case folding behavior
 2026-01-23  0:42 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr
  ` [f2fs-dev] "
` [PATCH v7 07/16] ext4: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get
  ` [f2fs-dev] "

[tglx-devel:timers/clocksource 6/6] checkpatch: ERROR:SPACING: space required before the open parenthesis '('
 2026-01-23  0:40 UTC 

[PATCH RESEND bpf-next v7 0/2] Pass external callchain entry to get_perf_callchain
 2026-01-23  0:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v7 2/2] bpf: Hold the perf callchain entry until used completely

[PATCH] iommu/amd: Fix type of type parameter to amd_iommufd_hw_info()
 2026-01-23  0:37 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/5] PCI: endpoint: BAR subrange mapping support
 2026-01-23  0:36 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH][RFC] get rid of busy-wait in shrink_dcache_tree()
 2026-01-23  0:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC v1] man/man2/close.2: CAVEATS: Document divergence from POSIX.1-2024
 2026-01-23  0:33 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix coding style issues in rtw_mlme.c
 2026-01-23  0:32 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/3] Clk improvements
 2026-01-23  0:29 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: clk: use the type-state pattern

cxl/region.c improvements and DAX/Hotplug plumbing
 2026-01-23  0:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: move reused pages to the top of active_mmu_pages
 2026-01-23  0:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] selftests/bpf: Fix task_local_data failure with 64K page
 2026-01-23  0:23 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] cryptodev: add support for 256-NxA4/5/6 algorithms
 2026-01-23  0:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 "

[PATCH v1] selftests: udmabuf: fix hugepage size calculation
 2026-01-23  0:21 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v12 00/11] HID: asus: Fix ASUS ROG Laptop's Keyboard backlight handling
 2026-01-23  0:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 02/11] HID: asus: initialize additional endpoints only for certain devices
` [PATCH v12 07/11] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Add support for multiple kbd led handlers

[PATCH] btrfs: fix EEXIST abort due to non-consecutive gaps in chunk allocation
 2026-01-23  0:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] vmcoreinfo: make hwerr_data visible for debugging
 2026-01-23  0:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[pci:controller/dwc] BUILD SUCCESS e9a5415adb209f86a05e55b850127ada82e070f1
 2026-01-23  0:18 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] i2c: SMBus ARP support
 2026-01-23  0:18 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] mctp i2c: Enable SMBus ARP discovery

[drm-xe:drm-xe-next] BUILD SUCCESS dc2fc00ba94dee539593228a5e188c8e6a84ba47
 2026-01-23  0:18 UTC 

[PATCH -next v3 0/3] rcu/nocb: Cleanup patches for next merge window
 2026-01-23  0:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH -next v3 2/3] rcu/nocb: Remove dead callback overload handling

[PATCH v1 11/14] x86/boot: use __seg_fs and __seg_gs in the real-mode boot code
 2026-01-23  0:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 08/14] x86: make CONFIG_EFI_STUB unconditional

support file system generated / verified integrity information
 2026-01-23  0:11 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/15] block: factor out a bio_integrity_action helper
` [PATCH 02/15] block: factor out a bio_integrity_setup_default helper
` [PATCH 03/15] block: add a bdev_has_integrity_csum helper
` [PATCH 04/15] block: prepare generation / verification helpers for fs usage
` [PATCH 05/15] block: make max_integrity_io_size public
` [PATCH 06/15] block: add fs_bio_integrity helpers

[PATCH v4 0/5] Introduce MAX77759 charger driver
 2026-01-23  0:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/5] power: supply: max77759: add "

[jpirko-mlxsw:combined_queue 18/18] drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c:1014:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
 2026-01-23  0:06 UTC 

社長のNG行動
 2026-01-22 23:53 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/2] drm/xe: Separate out GuC RC code
 2026-01-23  0:05 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/2] drm/xe: Decouple GuC RC code from xe_guc_pc
` [PATCH v6 2/2] drm/xe: Add a wrapper for set/unset params
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/xe: Separate out GuC RC code (rev2)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH] drm/i915/cdclk: Extend Wa_13012396614 to Xe3p_LPD
 2026-01-23  0:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[PATCH v9 00/13] Direct Map Removal Support for guest_memfd
 2026-01-23  0:01 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 07/13] KVM: guest_memfd: Add flag to remove from direct map

[PATCH v5] media: nxp: Add dev_err_probe() to all error paths in *async_register() helpers
 2026-01-23  0:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 1/4] netfilter: nf_tables: add .abort_skip_removal flag for set types
 2026-01-23  0:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH next v3] board: sunxi: Add X96Q support
 2026-01-22 23:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for AMD HG_ONLY bits
 2026-01-22 23:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/6] KVM: x86/pmu: Disable HG_ONLY events as appropriate for current vCPU state

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: pin files do not require sbi->writepages lock for ordering
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to show simulate_lock_timeout correctly
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix to unlock folio in f2fs_read_data_large_folio()
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: decrease maximum flush retry count in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix error path handling in f2fs_read_data_large_folio()
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] Revert "f2fs: add timeout in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] Patchwork summary for: f2fs
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC 

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] f2fs: reduce checkpoint write latency under metadata-intensive workloads
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] f2fs: check skipped write in f2fs_enable_checkpoint()
 2026-01-22 23:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

Bug found in linux-6.19-rc5
 2026-01-22 23:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v7 0/8] bpf: Avoid locks in bpf_timer and bpf_wq
 2026-01-22 23:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/8] bpf: Enable bpf timer and workqueue use in NMI

[RFC PATCH 1/1] module: speed modprobe by adding name_crc to struct module
 2026-01-22 23:46 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/9] platform/wmi: Introduce marshalling support
 2026-01-22 23:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/9] platform/wmi: Add kunit test for the string conversion code

[PATCH v2 1/2] gpu: nova-core: check for overflow to DMATRFBASE1
 2026-01-22 23:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] lib: sbi: KASan implementation for OpenSBI
 2026-01-22 23:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] lib: sbi: Add "

[PATCH v4 3/4] net/intel: add support for Precision Time Protocol
 2026-01-23  0:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/4] Enable PTP feature for MEV

[PATCH v2 0/7] clk: st: clkgen-pll: Add cleanup in clkgen_c32_pll_setup() and clkgen_odf_register()
 2026-01-22 23:37 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/7] clk: st: clkgen-pll: Rename clk variable in clkgen_c32_pll_setup()

[PATCH] sched/fair: Optimize EAS energy calculation complexity from O(N) to O(1) inside inner loop
 2026-01-22 23:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[lee-leds:for-leds-next 3/17] ERROR: modpost: "lp5860_device_init" [drivers/leds/rgb/leds-lp5860-spi.ko] undefined!
 2026-01-22 23:35 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v3 1/2] selftests/bpf: Fix task_local_data failure with 64K page
 2026-01-22 23:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/1] dt-bindings: input: touchscreen: tsc2007: document '#io-channel-cells'
 2026-01-22 23:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/1] "

[syzbot] [hfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_strcasecmp (2)
 2026-01-22 23:34 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: [PATCH] hfsplus: add debug printk to show partial reads in hfs_brec_read

[PATCH v3 0/3] dt-bindings: phy: Convert TI OMAP control and PIPE3 PHY to DT schema
 2026-01-22 23:34 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] dt-bindings: phy: ti,phy-usb3: convert "
` [PATCH v3 3/3] dt-bindings: phy: ti,control-phy-otghs: "

[PATCH v1 1/1] random: Don't use "proxy" headers
 2026-01-22 23:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH wireguard v5] tools: ynl: add sample for wireguard
 2026-01-22 23:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drivers: clk: keystone: Fix parameter judgment in clk_prepare
 2026-01-22 23:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/13] mm: add bitmap VMA flag helpers and convert all mmap_prepare to use them
 2026-01-22 23:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 09/13] mm: update all remaining mmap_prepare users to use vma_flags_t

[PATCH v3 0/3] Enable MSI affinity support for dwc PCI
 2026-01-22 23:31 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] PCI: dwc: Enable MSI affinity support

[PATCH 0/3] riscv: cpufeature: Add Supm extension id and validation
 2026-01-22 23:29 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: riscv: Add Supm extension description

[net-next,v3] wireguard: allowedips: Use kfree_rcu() instead of call_rcu()
 2026-01-22 23:30 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3] "

[PATCH 00/15] vDSO: header file cleanups
 2026-01-22 23:29 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 09/15] random: vDSO: Add explicit includes
` [PATCH 15/15] random: vDSO: remove ifdeffery

[PATCH v6 0/4] PCI: Add initial support for handling PCIe M.2 connectors in devicetree
 2026-01-22 23:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/4] dt-bindings: connector: Add PCIe M.2 Mechanical Key M connector

[PATCH v6 02/12] PCI/ACPI: Add PERST# Assertion Delay _DSM method
 2026-01-22 23:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] scripts/container: Minor fixups suggested by ruff
 2026-01-22 23:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] scripts/container: Turn runtimes class variable into a tuple
` [PATCH 2/3] scripts/container: Use list comprehension in get_names()
` [PATCH 3/3] scripts/container: Use iterable unpacking for _get_opts()

[PATCH v3 0/2] ti-sci-intr: Support level+pulse interrupt sources together
 2026-01-22 23:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: ti,sci-intr: Per-line interrupt-types

[PATCH v5] rust: Add support for feeding entropy to randomness pool
 2026-01-22 23:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: improve readahead for POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED
 2026-01-22 23:26 UTC  (6+ messages)
        `  "

[PATCH] migration/options: Fix leaks in StrOrNull accessors
 2026-01-22 23:24 UTC 

[soc:for-next] BUILD SUCCESS 666567ca00d7505eb627059a274b1a6cfd3a7029
 2026-01-22 23:24 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/6] UEFI Capsule - PKCS11 Support
 2026-01-22 22:46 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 6/6] test: binman: Add test for pkcs11 signed capsule
    ` EXTERNAL - "

[soc:soc/dt] BUILD SUCCESS c0398be9890d17d0d711288e9eeaa8de66af7635
 2026-01-22 23:23 UTC 

+ kho-skip-memoryless-numa-nodes-when-reserving-scratch-areas.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch
 2026-01-22 23:23 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/2] drm/xe: drm/xe: Separate out GuC RC code
 2026-01-22 23:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] drm/xe: Decouple GuC RC code from xe_guc_pc

[PATCH 0/2] arm64: dts: a7k: add COM Express boards
 2026-01-22 23:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: arm64: add Marvell 7k COMe boards

[PATCH v4 00/12] bus: add stm32 debug bus and coresight support for stm32mp1x platforms
 2026-01-22 23:21 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 03/12] dt-bindings: bus: document the stm32 debug bus

[PATCH v2] kho: skip memoryless NUMA nodes when reserving scratch areas
 2026-01-22 23:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v6 00/26] nova-core: Memory management infrastructure (v6)
 2026-01-22 23:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v6 05/26] nova-core: mm: Add support to use PRAMIN windows to write to VRAM

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Refactor LSM hooks for VFS mount operations
 2026-01-22 23:15 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v26 0/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons
 2026-01-22 23:14 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v27 "
  ` [PATCH v27 2/2] "

[PATCH v2 net-next 00/15] Probe SJA1105 DSA children as platform sub-devices
 2026-01-22 23:11 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 net-next 02/15] net: mdio: add driver for NXP SJA1110 100BASE-T1 embedded PHYs

[PATCH] revision: add --maximal option
 2026-01-22 23:11 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] revision: add --maximal-only option

[Linux Kernel Bugs] general protection fault in xchk_btree and another slab-use-after-free issue
 2026-01-22 23:10 UTC  (6+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix to prevent clearing immutable for large folio supported inode
 2026-01-22 23:10 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH resend] clk: rs9: Convert to DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS()
 2026-01-22 23:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: net: realtek,rtl82xx: add a property to set MDI order
 2026-01-22 23:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: net: realtek,rtl82xx: add a property to set MDI polarity

[ANN] Media Summit on May 26th in Nice, France
 2026-01-22 23:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/1] iomap: fix readahead folio access after folio_end_read()
 2026-01-22 23:05 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/1] "

[PATCH liburing 0/2] Add support for IORING_SETUP_SQ_REWIND
 2026-01-22 23:05 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/8] net: macb: Add XDP support and page pool integration
 2026-01-22 23:04 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 3/8] cadence: macb: Add page pool support handle multi-descriptor frame rx

[PATCH 0/5] migration: Notifier fixes for 11.0
 2026-01-22 23:03 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] migration: Add a tracepoint for invoking migration notifiers
` [PATCH 2/5] migration: Fix double notification of DONE/FAIL for postcopy
` [PATCH 3/5] migration: Notify migration FAILED before starting VM
` [PATCH 4/5] migration: Drop explicit block activation in postcopy fail path
` [PATCH 5/5] migration: Rename MIG_EVENT_PRECOPY_* to MIG_EVENT_*

[PATCH v2 1/2] rust/drm: Fixup import styles
 2026-01-22 23:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rust/drm: Fixup import styles
 2026-01-22 23:01 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/xe/tests: Fix g2g_test_array indexing
 2026-01-22 23:01 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/13] gpu: nova-core: add Turing support
 2026-01-22 22:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 05/13] gpu: nova-core: add NV_PFALCON_FALCON_DMATRFCMD::with_falcon_mem()

[PATCH v6 0/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Introduce Glymur SoC dtsi and Glymur CRD dts
 2026-01-22 23:00 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] Rust GPUVM immediate mode
 2026-01-22 22:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 6/6] rust: gpuvm: add GpuVmCore::sm_map()

[PATCH] io_uring/rsrc: take unsigned index in io_rsrc_node_lookup()
 2026-01-22 22:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/1] io_uring: introduce non-circular SQ
 2026-01-22 22:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] Documentation: net: Fix typos in netdevices.rst
 2026-01-22 22:57 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/3] Introduce DeviceContext
 2026-01-22 22:46 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] rust/drm: "
` [PATCH v3 2/3] rust/drm: Don't setup private driver data until registration
` [PATCH v3 3/3] rust/drm/gem: Use DeviceContext with GEM objects

[PATCH 1/1] kasan: remove unnecessary sync argument from start_report()
 2026-01-22 22:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[tip:sched/core] BUILD SUCCESS 377521af0341083bc9d196cf021ec7265dc47c20
 2026-01-22 22:50 UTC 

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH] wic/engine: fix copying directories into wic image with ext* partition
 2026-01-22 22:48 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] PCI: dwc: Clean up iatu index mess
 2026-01-22 22:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] PCI: dwc: Clean up iatu index usage in dw_pcie_iatu_setup()


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