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[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/cryptsetup: bump version to 2.8.4
 2026-01-28  8:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [perf?] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
 2026-01-28  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: gpio: Add Tegra264 support
 2026-01-28  8:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] gpio: tegra186: Add support for Tegra264
` [PATCH v5 3/3] arm64: tegra: Add Tegra264 GPIO controllers

[PATCH v2 0/7] arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for the Ayaneo Pocket S2
 2026-01-28  8:51 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/7] pci: pwrctrl: add PCI pwrctrl driver for the UPD720201/UPD720202 USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller

Questions About SM8550 Support
 2026-01-28  8:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] nvme: stop using AWUPF
 2026-01-28  8:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] nvme-pci: fix parameter order in nvme_free_sgls() call
 2026-01-28  8:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: xhci: add xhci_halt() for HCE Handling
 2026-01-28  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] Support multi-channel IRQs in stmmac platform drivers
 2026-01-28  8:49 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/4] net: stmmac: platform: read channels irq
` [PATCH v4 2/4] dt-bindings: net: nxp,s32-dwmac: Declare per-queue interrupts
` [PATCH v4 3/4] arm64: dts: s32: set Ethernet channel irqs
` [PATCH v4 4/4] stmmac: s32: enable support for Multi-IRQ mode

[PATCH v11 00/11] Use trans push mechanism to generate frame change event
 2026-01-28  8:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for Use trans push mechanism to generate frame change event (rev11)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[PATCH 0/3] Fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`
 2026-01-28  8:49 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tips
` [PATCH 2/3] pack-bitmap: fix bug with exact ref match in "pack.preferBitmapTips"
` [PATCH 3/3] bisect: fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`

Stuck subvolume removal:
 2026-01-28  8:49 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v2] procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()
 2026-01-28  8:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] virtio: silence KCSAN warnings
 2026-01-28  8:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio: silence KCSAN warning in virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split

[PATCH v4 0/4] Enable ICE clock scaling
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/4] dt-bindings: crypto: ice: add operating-points-v2 property for QCOM ICE
` [PATCH v4 2/4] soc: qcom: ice: Add OPP-based clock scaling support for ICE
` [PATCH v4 3/4] ufs: host: Add ICE clock scaling during UFS clock changes
` [PATCH v4 4/4] soc: qcom: ice: Set ICE clk to TURBO on probe

[patch V5 00/20] sched: Rewrite MM CID management
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 2/2] kbuild: rust: use klint to provide CONFIG_FRAME_WARN
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC 

[PATCH] objtool: Print bfd_vma as unsigned long long on ia32-x86_64 cross build
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: objtool/urgent] "

[PATCH] objtool: Replace custom macros in elf.c with shared ones
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: objtool/urgent] "

[PATCH] objtool/klp: Fix bug table handling for __WARN_printf()
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: objtool/urgent] "

[android-common:android16-6.12-2025-09 2/2] drivers/vfio/vfio_pkvm_iommu.c:76:21: error: variable 'pkvm_iommu_ops' has initializer but incomplete type
 2026-01-28  8:45 UTC 

[PATCH] livepatch/klp-build: Fix klp-build vs CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 2026-01-28  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: objtool/urgent] "

[PATCH] virtio: fix compilation error in __vringh_notify_enable
 2026-01-28  8:45 UTC 

[PATCH v2] seqlock: fix scoped_seqlock_read kernel-doc
 2026-01-28  8:45 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: locking/core] "

[PATCH] perf callchain: Fix suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry()
 2026-01-28  8:45 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 00/33 v7] cpuset/isolation: Honour kthreads preferred affinity
 2026-01-28  8:45 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/33] memcg: Prepare to protect against concurrent isolated cpuset change

[PATCH V1] nvme-pci: disable SR-IOV VFs on driver unbind
 2026-01-28  8:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[REGRESSION] Discussion on "xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling"
 2026-01-28  8:43 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe/cri: Add check to verify if CSC is a PCIe endpoint
 2026-01-28  8:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/cri: Add check to verify if CSC is a PCIe endpoint (rev2)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH] tests/amdgpu: Add a driver-unload memory leak test
 2026-01-28  8:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for "

[net-next 0/6] move CAN skb headroom content to skb extensions
 2026-01-28  8:42 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/9] Verisilicon DC8200 driver (and adaption to TH1520)
 2026-01-28  8:39 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/9] drm: verisilicon: add a driver for Verisilicon display controllers
` [PATCH v6 5/9] drm/bridge: add a driver for T-Head TH1520 HDMI controller
` [PATCH v6 8/9] MAINTAINERS: assign myself as maintainer for verisilicon DC driver

[PATCH 00/16] x86/cpu: Cleanup for NX adjustments
 2026-01-28  8:40 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/16] x86/cpu: Fix boot time cache flushing

[PATCH] arm64: dts: freescale: add pixpaper display overlay for i.MX93 FRDM
 2026-01-28  8:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/1] "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/1] "

[PATCH v3 0/3] Tracing: Accelerate Kernel Boot by Asynchronizing
 2026-01-28  8:39 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] tracing/kprobes: Make setup_boot_kprobe_events() asynchronous

[PATCH v3] drm/xe/multi_queue: Protect priority against concurrent access
 2026-01-28  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.Full: success for drm/xe/multi_queue: Protect priority against concurrent access (rev5)

Clarification on the usage of NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH
 2026-01-28  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/kms_joiner: Fix var usage
 2026-01-28  8:38 UTC  (6+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for "
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: "

[PATCH v1 0/3] arm: agilex5: Enable high-speed MMC modes for SD and eMMC
 2026-01-28  8:37 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] arm: dts: agilex5: Fix DT property naming convention
` [PATCH v1 3/3] arm: agilex5: Enable eMMC HS200 and HS400 mode support

[PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: talos: add ETR device
 2026-01-28  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] selftests/futex: fix the failed futex_requeue test issue
 2026-01-28  8:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

"sched/rt: Fix race in push_rt_task" linux kernel patch backports
 2026-01-28  8:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V3 0/2] soundwire: amd: clock related changes
 2026-01-28  8:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V3 1/2] soundwire: amd: add clock init control function

[PATCH v11 2/2] usb: xhci: enable secondary interrupters and route transfers per slot
 2026-01-28  8:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[bcain:bcain/boot_qemu 20/38] drivers/memory/pl353-smc.c:62:34: warning: unused variable 'pl353_smc_supported_children'
 2026-01-28  8:35 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/15] can: grcan: Enhance driver with CANFD Support and Improvemens
 2026-01-28  8:35 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 10/15] can: grcan: Add saving and restoring of CAN FD baud-rate registers
` [PATCH v3 15/15] can: grcan: Update echo skb handling to match variable length CANFD frame

[PATCH v2] gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()
 2026-01-28  8:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.1.y] NFSD: fix race between nfsd registration and exports_proc
 2026-01-28  8:33 UTC 

[PATCH v4 00/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali: Add more features
 2026-01-28  8:33 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali: add coresight nodes
` [PATCH v4 05/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali: Add support for audio
` [PATCH v4 06/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali-mtp: Enable ADSP and CDSP
` [PATCH v4 07/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali-qrd: "
` [PATCH v4 09/10] arm64: dts: qcom: kaanapali: Add support for MM clock controllers for Kaanapali
` [PATCH v4 10/10] arm64: defconfig: Enable Kaanapali clock controllers

[PATCH 1/1] rust: sync: Replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings
 2026-01-28  8:33 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: locking/core] "

[PATCH tip/locking/core] tools: Update context analysis macros in compiler_types.h
 2026-01-28  8:33 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: locking/core] "

[PATCH v4 0/8] vfio: Create dmabuf from multiple VFIO ranges and use it in virtio-gpu
 2026-01-28  8:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/8] vfio: Document vfio_device_get_region_info()
` [PATCH v4 8/8] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Create dmabuf for blobs associated with VFIO devices

[PATCH v3] clk: vf610: Add support for the Ethernet switch clocks
 2026-01-28  8:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] arm64: kexec: Add support for crashkernel CMA reservation
 2026-01-28  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[rdma:wip/leon-for-next] BUILD SUCCESS a01745ccf7c41043c503546cae7ba7b0ff499d38
 2026-01-28  8:29 UTC 

[PATCH mm-new v5 0/5] Improve khugepaged scan logic
 2026-01-28  8:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH mm-new v5 2/5] mm: khugepaged: refine scan progress number

[PATCH 0/2] Add Apple interrupt controller 3 support
 2026-01-28  8:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] irqchip/apple-aic: Add support for "apple,t8122-aic3"

[PATCH] RDMA/core: Fix stale RoCE GIDs during netdev events at registration
 2026-01-28  8:26 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH] hung_task: Differentiate between I/O and Lock/Resource waits
 2026-01-28  8:26 UTC  (3+ messages)

md: regression: incorrect warn about updating super block failure
 2026-01-28  8:25 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] Add MediaTek CTM color test support
 2026-01-28  8:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/2] test/kms_color: Clamp CTM values to -2.0~2.0 for MediaTek devices
` [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] tests/kms_color: Add 10-bit color depth support to CTM test for MediaTek

[PATCH v3 0/6] Fix Zjpm implementation
 2026-01-28  8:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] iommu/riscv: Add HPM support for RISC-V IOMMU
 2026-01-28  8:24 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/6] spacemit/t100: Add vendor event support for RISC-V IOMMU HPM
` [PATCH 5/6] spacemit/t100: Add global filter "

[PATCH 0/8] Add support for videocc and camcc on X1P42100 platform
 2026-01-28  8:24 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/8] clk: qcom: videocc-x1p42100: Add support for video clock controller
` [PATCH 6/8] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add CAMCC block definition
` [PATCH 7/8] arm64: dts: qcom: Update compatible for videocc and camcc nodes on purwa

[PATCH 1/1] md: fix return value of mddev_trylock
 2026-01-28  8:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] dibs: Re-apply lost patch
 2026-01-28  8:23 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] btrfs: fix transaction commit blocking during trim of unallocated space
 2026-01-28  8:20 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/4] btrfs: continue trimming remaining devices on failure
` [PATCH v4 2/4] btrfs: preserve first error in btrfs_trim_fs
` [PATCH v4 3/4] btrfs: handle user interrupt properly "

[PATCH] tracing: Have hist_debug show what function a field uses
 2026-01-28  8:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/xe/guc: Fix CFI violation in debugfs access
 2026-01-28  8:18 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for "

[RFC v1 00/11] Add iMX95 neoisp driver
 2026-01-28  8:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [EXT] "

[PATCH 6.12.y-cip] dmaengine: ti: k3-udma: Enable second resource range for BCDMA and PKTDMA
 2026-01-28  8:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Allow overriding default BAR sizes
 2026-01-28  8:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] gpu: nova-core: gsp: fix command queue ring buffer bugs
 2026-01-28  8:17 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] gpu: nova-core: gsp: clarify comments about invariants and pointer roles

[PATCH] rtl8139: Remove ineffective parameter
 2026-01-28  8:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH v2] Backport fix for CVE-2026-21441 Python3 urllib3
 2026-01-27 15:42 UTC 

[PATCH v2] Backport fix for CVE-2026-21441 Python3 urllib3
 2026-01-27 15:39 UTC 

[meta-oe][scarthgap][PATCH] unbound: Fix CVE-2025-5994
 2026-01-28  8:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [oe] "

[PATCH v18 00/22] WHPX support for Arm
 2026-01-28  8:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v18 01/22] target/arm/kvm: add constants for new PSCI versions

[PATCH] xen/treewide: More typeof() -> auto conversions
 2026-01-28  8:14 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add system controller component for Xe3p dGPU platforms
 2026-01-28  8:14 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller register definitions
` [PATCH v6 2/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller types and structures
` [PATCH v6 3/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller mailbox implementation
` [PATCH v6 4/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller initialization
` [PATCH v6 5/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Integrate System Controller into device
` [PATCH v6 6/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Enable System Controller for Xe3p

[thesofproject:topic/sof-dev-rebase 1/70] ERROR: modpost: __ex_table+0x25b0 references non-executable section '.debug_info'
 2026-01-28  8:13 UTC 

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH v2] avahi: Backport fix CVE-2025-68276
 2026-01-27 15:29 UTC 

[jpirko-mlxsw:combined_queue 10/10] drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c:453:22: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
 2026-01-28  8:13 UTC 

[PATCH] kvm: skip tsc synchronization on shutdown
 2026-01-28  8:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] dt-bindings: power: ti,omap3-smartreflex-core: convert to DT schema
 2026-01-28  8:11 UTC 

[PATCH 0/7] x86/microcode: Refactor NMI-based rendezvous mechanism to stop-machine
 2026-01-28  8:11 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] stop_machine: Introduce stop_machine_nmi()
` [PATCH 2/7] x86/apic: Implement self-NMI support
` [PATCH 4/7] x86/microcode: Distinguish NMI control path on stop-machine callback

[RFC PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Establish a policy with regards to copyright notices
 2026-01-28  8:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()
 2026-01-28  8:10 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 0/4] PCI driver helpers and xe-vfio-pci FLR improvement
 2026-01-28  8:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 4/4] lib/igt_kmod: Fix PCI bind/unbind for module/driver name mismatch

[PATCH 0/2] Fix iotlb_to_section() for different AddressSpace
 2026-01-28  8:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] accel/tcg: "

[PATCH v1] fix socfpga GEN5 handoff script path
 2026-01-28  8:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic for firmware parsing robustness
 2026-01-28  8:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] gpu: nova-core: use checked arithmetic in FWSEC firmware parsing

[PATCH] dpaa2-switch: prevent ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference when num_ifs is zero
 2026-01-28  8:07 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 00/13] net: phy_port: SFP modules representation and phy_port listing
 2026-01-28  8:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCH v4] android-tools-conf-configfs: remove this recipe without selinux dependency
 2026-01-28  2:21 UTC 

[meta][master][PATCH] unbound: Fix CVE-2025-5994
 2026-01-28  5:45 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/6] UEFI Capsule - PKCS11 Support
 2026-01-28  8:05 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/6] tools: mkeficapsule: Add support for pkcs11
` [PATCH v5 2/6] binman: Accept pkcs11 URI tokens for capsule updates
` [PATCH v5 3/6] tools: mkeficapsule: Fix dump signature long option
` [PATCH v5 4/6] binman: Add dump signature option to mkeficapsule
` [PATCH v5 5/6] binman: DTS: Add dump-signature option for capsules
` [PATCH v5 6/6] test: binman: Add test for pkcs11 signed capsule

[GIT PULL] pin control fixes for v6.19
 2026-01-28  8:06 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/14] folio support for sync I/O in RAID
 2026-01-28  7:57 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/14] md/raid1,raid10: clean up of RESYNC_SECTORS
` [PATCH v2 02/14] md: introduce sync_folio_io for folio support in RAID
` [PATCH v2 03/14] md/raid1: use folio for tmppage
` [PATCH v2 04/14] md/raid10: "
` [PATCH v2 05/14] md/raid1,raid10: use folio for sync path IO
` [PATCH v2 06/14] md: Clean up folio sync support related code
` [PATCH v2 07/14] md/raid1: clean up useless sync_blocks handling in raid1_sync_request
` [PATCH v2 08/14] md/raid1: fix IO error at logical block size granularity
` [PATCH v2 09/14] md/raid10: "
` [PATCH v2 10/14] md/raid1,raid10: clean up resync_fetch_folio
` [PATCH v2 11/14] md: clean up resync_free_folio
` [PATCH v2 12/14] md/raid1: clean up sync IO size calculation in raid1_sync_request
` [PATCH v2 13/14] md/raid10: clean up sync IO size calculation in raid10_sync_request
` [PATCH v2 14/14] md/raid1,raid10: fall back to smaller order if sync folio alloc fails

[PATCH v4 ath-current 0/2] wifi: ath11k: add usecase firmware handling based on device compatible
 2026-01-28  8:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name' property

[PATCH bpf-next v3 00/17] mm: BPF OOM
 2026-01-28  8:06 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v3 07/17] mm: introduce BPF OOM struct ops

[PATCH v2 1/1] drm/xe/gsc: Fix GSC proxy cleanup on early initialization failure
 2026-01-28  8:05 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.Full: failure for series starting with [v2,1/1] "

[brgl:gpio/for-current] BUILD SUCCESS d02f20a4de0c498fbba2b0e3c1496e72c630a91e
 2026-01-28  8:04 UTC 

[Patch v2 0/3] Perf tools: remove arch-specific __weak
 2026-01-28  8:04 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [Patch v2 2/3] perf regs: Remove __weak attributive arch__xxx_reg_mask() functions

[PATCH] perf vendor events arm64: Add Tegra410 Olympus PMU events
 2026-01-28  8:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/6] perf sched stats: Fixes and improvements
 2026-01-28  8:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bcain:bcain/boot_qemu 27/38] arch/hexagon/platform/sm8150/v66_debug.c:10:15: sparse: sparse: symbol 'clock_lval_dentry' was not declared. Should it be static?
 2026-01-28  8:03 UTC 

[jpirko-mlxsw:combined_queue 10/10] drivers/firewire/ohci.c:527:31: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (10000 becomes 0)
 2026-01-28  8:03 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] iio: dac: ds4424: add DS4402/DS4404 support and scale
 2026-01-28  8:01 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/8] dt-bindings: iio: dac: maxim,ds4424: add maxim,rfs-ohms property

[PATCH v5 0/3] PCI: dwc: Clean up iATU index mess
 2026-01-28  8:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] doc/ground_rules: Add Kernel features check rules
 2026-01-28  8:01 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/2] Add-CoreCourse-socfpga-Boards
 2026-01-28  8:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/2] Add CoreCourse socfpga Board AC550

[PATCH platform-next v3 0/2] Introduce new Nvidia systems
 2026-01-28  7:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH platform-next v3 1/2] platform: mellanox: mlx-platform: Add support for new Nvidia DGX system based on class VMOD0010


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