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[PATCH v2 1/8] net/netvsc: secondary ignore promiscuous enable/disable
 2026-02-21  5:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v1 0/6] Replace gtk-doc with cdoc(MkDocs) for API reference
 2026-02-21 10:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: "

[PATCH] wifi: rt2x00: use non of nvmem_cell_get
 2026-02-21 10:07 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC v4 00/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Support Secure state for SMMUv3
 2026-02-21 10:02 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [RFC v4 01/31] hw/arm/smmuv3-common: Fix incorrect reserved mask for SMMU CR0 register
` [RFC v4 02/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Correct SMMUEN field name in CR0
` [RFC v4 03/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Introduce secure registers
` [RFC v4 04/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Introduce banked registers for SMMUv3 state
` [RFC v4 05/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Thread SEC_SID through helper APIs
` [RFC v4 06/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Track SEC_SID in configs and events
` [RFC v4 07/31] hw/arm/smmu-common: Add security-aware address space selector
` [RFC v4 08/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Plumb transaction attributes into config helpers
` [RFC v4 09/31] hw/arm/smmuv3: Enforce Secure stage 2 capability check when decoding STE

[PATCH] staging:iio:impedance-analyzer rename camel case text
 2026-02-21 10:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[BUG] AB-BA deadlock between net and led-trigger module
 2026-02-21 10:01 UTC 

[PATCH 0/6] fw_env: cleanup flash_write_buf()
 2026-02-21 10:00 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] fw_env: use "erasesize" variable in writing loop
` [PATCH 2/6] fw_env: allocate buffer of proper size in flash_write_buf()
` [PATCH 3/6] fw_env: add ROUND_UP() helper
` [PATCH 4/6] fw_env: unify calculation of "blockstart" in flash_write_buf()
` [PATCH 5/6] fw_env: move "erasesize" calculation up in a code
` [PATCH 6/6] fw_env: drop unneeded variables from flash_write_buf()

[PATCH 0/2] i2c: i801: Detect SPD Write Disable and expose as adapter quirk
 2026-02-21  9:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] bpf: Introduce 64-bit bitops kfuncs
 2026-02-21  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] xdiff: re-diff shifted change groups when using histogram algorithm
 2026-02-21  9:56 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v3] selftests: hid: tests: test_wacom_generic: add tests for display devices and opaque devices
 2026-02-21  9:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] HID: multitouch: new class MT_CLS_EGALAX_P80H84
 2026-02-21  9:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] HID: magicmouse: fix battery reporting for Apple Magic Trackpad 2
 2026-02-21  9:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] HID: uhid: Fix out-of-bounds write caused by raw events mismanagement
 2026-02-21  9:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] HID: quirks: really enable the intended work around for appledisplay
 2026-02-21  9:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 11/11] staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_ieee80211: Reduce global symbols
 2026-02-21  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] HID: pidff: Fix condition effect bit clearing
 2026-02-21  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH mm-new v8 0/4] Improve khugepaged scan logic
 2026-02-21  9:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH mm-new v8 1/4] mm: khugepaged: add trace_mm_khugepaged_scan event
` [PATCH mm-new v8 2/4] mm: khugepaged: refine scan progress number
` [PATCH mm-new v8 3/4] mm: add folio_test_lazyfree helper
` [PATCH mm-new v8 4/4] mm: khugepaged: skip lazy-free folios

[PATCH v2 0/8] video: support Rocktech RK050HR345-CT106A panel
 2026-02-21  9:42 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] spi: add support for bits-per-word setting
` [PATCH v2 2/8] spi: sandbox_spi: support wordlen setup
` [PATCH v2 3/8] test: spi: add sandbox_spi_get_wordlen interface
` [PATCH v2 4/8] test: dm: spi: add testcase for spi_set_wordlen()
` [PATCH v2 5/8] spi: stm32: clean up buffer length assignment
` [PATCH v2 6/8] spi: stm32: add support for bits-per-word setting
` [PATCH v2 7/8] spi: stm32: extend support to STM32MP25
` [PATCH v2 8/8] video: support Rocktech RK050HR345-CT106A panel

[android-common:android14-5.15 1/1] arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c:493:15: warning: no previous prototype for function 'kvm_arch_vcpu_get_ip'
 2026-02-21  9:43 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] video: support Rocktech RK050HR345-CT106A panel
 2026-02-21  9:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: Fixes user data length for H6
 2026-02-21  9:33 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nand_ooblayout_free
` [PATCH 2/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nfc_hw_ecc_read_extra_oob
` [PATCH 3/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: do not count BBM bytes twice
` [PATCH 4/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: replace hard coded value by a define - take2
` [PATCH 5/6] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: make the code mode self-explanatory

[RFC PATCH v3 0/5] rust: Add RTC driver support
 2026-02-21  9:31 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 1/5] rtc: add device selector for rtc_class_ops callbacks

[PATCH RFC 00/15] mm, swap: swap table phase IV with dynamic ghost swapfile
 2026-02-21  9:30 UTC  (4+ messages)

serial console on Mikrotik RB532 non-working
 2026-02-21  9:23 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] update the stolen memory allocation preference
 2026-02-21  9:24 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for update the stolen memory allocation preference (rev2)

[android-common:android17-6.18 5/5] ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: vfio_file_iommu_group
 2026-02-21  9:23 UTC 

[norov:for-620 11/15] drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c:1302:65: error: expected ';' before 'for'
 2026-02-21  9:18 UTC 

[GIT PULL] kmalloc_obj treewide refactor for v7.0-rc1
 2026-02-21  9:18 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/1] send-email: add client certificate options
 2026-02-21  9:16 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/1] send-mail: "

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] User space RAID5 with ublk and io_uring BPF
 2026-02-21  9:11 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/4] KVM: nSVM: Sync next_rip to cached vmcb12 after VMRUN of L2
 2026-02-21  9:11 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH 0/12] drm/tyr: firmware loading and MCU boot support
 2026-02-21  9:09 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/12] drm/tyr: move clock cleanup into Clocks Drop impl
` [PATCH 03/12] drm/tyr: rename TyrObject to BoData
` [PATCH 04/12] drm/tyr: set DMA mask using GPU physical address
` [PATCH 05/12] drm/tyr: add MMU address space registers

[PATCH v5 0/4] introduce new option `--auto-advance`
 2026-02-21  9:06 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening
 2026-02-21  9:06 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 09/26] KVM: nSVM: Call enter_guest_mode() before switching to VMCB02

[PATCH v2 00/11] ACPI: APEI: share GHES CPER helpers and add DT FFH provider
 2026-02-21  9:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 11/11] RAS: add DeviceTree firmware-first CPER provider

[PATCH v2] usb: ehci-orion: remove optional PHY handling code remnants
 2026-02-21  9:02 UTC 

[PATCH v10 0/8] Preparatory patches for nova-core memory management
 2026-02-21  8:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 5/8] rust: clist: Add support to interface with C linked lists

[PATCH i-g-t v4 0/5] Improve eudebug test cleanup
 2026-02-21  8:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for Improve eudebug test cleanup (rev4)

[PATCH 0/2] Some small improvements to reserve_mem
 2026-02-21  8:52 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] mm/memblock: Add reserve_mem debugfs info

dummy net iface?
 2026-02-21  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] rust: atomic: add `fetch_sub` and update docs
 2026-02-21  8:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] rust: atomic: update a safety comment in impl of `fetch_add`

=?y?q?=5BPATCH=200/3=5D=20media=3A=20qcom=3A=20camss=3A=20Add=20PIX=20support=20for=20CSID/VFE=E2=80=91340?=
 2026-02-21  8:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] media: qcom: camss: vfe-340: Support for PIX client

[PATCH v4 0/6] Rust GPUVM immediate mode
 2026-02-21  8:46 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/6] rust: gpuvm: add GpuVm::obtain()

[PATCH v6 0/9] rust: add `register!` macro
 2026-02-21  8:43 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/9] rust: io: add IoRef and IoWrite types

[PATCH 1/6] conf: Switch to systemd by default and simplify init manager selection
 2026-02-21  8:42 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/6] bitbake.conf: Enable opengl ptest multiarch wayland vulkan in DISTRO_FEATURES by default
` [PATCH 3/6] defaultsetup: Enable uninative "
` [PATCH 4/6] distro/defaultsetup: Enable no-static-libs "
` [PATCH 5/6] distro/defaultsetup: Enable security flags "
` [PATCH 6/6] distro/defaultsetup: Enable space optimization tweaks

[PATCH 0/3] tests/kms_pipe_crc_basic: add mst suspend-resume test
 2026-02-21  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for tests/kms_pipe_crc_basic: add mst suspend-resume test (rev4)

[norov:for-620 11/15] drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c:1302:65: error: expected ';' before 'for'
 2026-02-21  8:32 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/2] setup: allow cwd/.git to be a symlink to a directory
 2026-02-21  8:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8] "
  ` [PATCH v9] setup: improve error diagnosis for invalid .git files

[OE-core][meta][PATCH] uki.bbclass: make DTB packaging optional
 2026-02-21  8:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: use kzalloc_obj() in rtw_wlan_util.c
 2026-02-21  8:23 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] Oe-selftest for Clang, LLVM, LLD
 2026-02-21  8:23 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[norov:for-620 5/15] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:3711:19: error: use of undeclared identifier 'flow_id'
 2026-02-21  8:22 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH v2] inotify: cleanup - limit masks, use SAFE_ wrappers
 2026-02-21  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v3] inotify: modernize with "

[PATCH 1/3] nativesdk/crosssdk: Fix DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL handling
 2026-02-21  8:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] binutils: Drop unneeded and problematic vardeps explict value and immediate expansion
` [PATCH 3/3] conf/distro: Drop default-versions.inc

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libmpeg2: fix build with GCC 15
 2026-02-21  8:14 UTC 

[PATCH v1] mtd: rawnand: cafe: Use generic power management
 2026-02-21  8:11 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v1] mtd: rawnand: cafe: Use generic power management'
` [PATCH v2] mtd: rawnand: cafe: Use generic power management

[drm-xe:drm-xe-next 1/5] drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c:168 xe_sync_entry_parse() warn: missing unwind goto?
 2026-02-21  8:10 UTC 

[android-common:android12-kiwi-5.10 204/204] mm/hmm.c:379:7: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
 2026-02-21  8:10 UTC 

[PATCH] smb/client: make SMB2 maperror KUnit tests a separate module
 2026-02-21  8:07 UTC 

[norov:for-620 5/15] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:3711:26: error: 'flow_id' undeclared; did you mean 'flowi'?
 2026-02-21  8:06 UTC 

[PATCH v4 linux-next] perf parse-events: Fix big-endian 'overwrite' by writing correct union member
 2026-02-21  8:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
  ` PING "

[PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons
 2026-02-21  8:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] drm/xe: Enable Wa_14025515070, Enable indirect ring state for XE2+
 2026-02-21  7:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for drm/xe: Enable Wa_14025515070, Enable indirect ring state for XE2+ (rev6)

[rafael-pm:bleeding-edge] BUILD SUCCESS 618af498f0dd83a001d344973f8ebaaf94e9f960
 2026-02-21  7:53 UTC 

[oe][meta-oe][whinlatter][PATCH 1/8] cryptsetup: upgrade 2.8.3 -> 2.8.4
 2026-02-21  7:48 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [oe][meta-oe][whinlatter][PATCH 8/8] tomoyo-tools: update SRC_URI

[android-common:android14-6.1 1/1] net/bridge/br_input.c:250:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'nf_hook_state_init'; did you mean 'ethtool_stats_init'?
 2026-02-21  7:39 UTC 

[norov:for-620 5/15] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:3711:19: error: use of undeclared identifier 'flow_id'
 2026-02-21  7:34 UTC 

[PATCH v4] iio: core: Clean up device correctly on viio_trigger_alloc() failure
 2026-02-21  7:32 UTC 

[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in restrict_one_thread_callback
 2026-02-21  7:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/nfs-utils: bump version to 2.8.5
 2026-02-21  7:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-02-21  7:22 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/15] target/arm: Allow SME-only TCG CPUs
 2026-02-21  7:19 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/15] target/arm: Account for SME in aarch64_sve_narrow_vq() assertion
` [PATCH v3 05/15] target/arm: Don't let 'sme=on' downgrade SME

[norov:for-620 5/15] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:3711:26: error: 'flow_id' undeclared; did you mean 'flowi'?
 2026-02-21  7:18 UTC 

[PATCH] regulator: tps65185: check devm_kzalloc() result in probe
 2026-02-21  7:17 UTC 

[PATCH] EDAC/versalnet: Fix resource leaks and NULL derefs in init_versalnet()
 2026-02-21  7:16 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v3 0/3] drm/panel: sitronix-st7789v: Convert to mipi_dbi and add tinydrm
 2026-02-21  7:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] drm/mipi-dbi: Provide option to invert reset GPIO logic
` [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] drm/panel: sitronix-st7789v: Convert to mipi_dbi
` [RFC PATCH v3 3/3] drm/panel: sitronix-st7789v: add standalone tinydrm support

[PATCH v9 00/17] ntfs filesystem remake
 2026-02-21  7:10 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 02/17] fs: add generic FS_IOC_SHUTDOWN definitions

[RFC PATCH v3 0/6] drm/amd: Add support for non-4K page size systems
 2026-02-21  7:09 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 1/6] drm/amdgpu: Change AMDGPU_VA_RESERVED_TRAP_SIZE to 2 PAGE_SIZE pages
` [RFC PATCH v3 2/6] drm/amdkfd: Align expected_queue_size to PAGE_SIZE
` [RFC PATCH v3 3/6] drm/amdgpu: Handle GPU page faults correctly on non-4K page systems
` [RFC PATCH v3 4/6] drm/amdgpu: Fix AMDGPU_GTT_MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE for non-4K page size
` [RFC PATCH v3 5/6] drm/amd: Fix MQD and control stack alignment for non-4K
` [RFC PATCH v3 6/6] drm/amdkfd: Fix queue preemption/eviction failures by aligning control stack size to GPU page size

[PATCH net] ovpn: tcp - fix packet extraction from stream
 2026-02-21  7:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

drivers/power/supply/max77705_charger.c:626:7-32: WARNING: Threaded IRQ with no primary handler requested without IRQF_ONESHOT (unless it is nested IRQ)
 2026-02-21  7:07 UTC 

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Where is fuse going? API cleanup, restructuring and more
 2026-02-21  7:07 UTC  (8+ messages)
      ` [Lsf-pc] "

[PATCH V2 0/3] hwmon: INA234
 2026-02-21  7:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [trace?] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bpf_trace_run2 (3)
 2026-02-21  6:58 UTC 

migration: stable machine types?
 2026-02-21  6:55 UTC 

[PATCH] kernel/panic: increase buffer size for verbose taint logging
 2026-02-21  6:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] cgroup: ensure stable pid sorting in cmppid()
 2026-02-21  6:55 UTC  (4+ messages)

[Bug] WARNING in pt_iommu_amdv1_init
 2026-02-21  6:53 UTC 

[meta-security][scarthgap][PATCH] sssd: Upgrade to 2.9.8
 2026-02-21  6:50 UTC 

[PATCH RFC 5/8] iio: frequency: ad9910: add digital ramp generator support
 2026-02-21  6:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] nstree: fix func. parameter kernel-doc warnings
 2026-02-21  6:46 UTC 

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] VFS idmappings support in NFS
 2026-02-21  6:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [trace?] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bpf_trace_run2 (3)
 2026-02-21  6:42 UTC  (4+ messages)
` Forwarded: [PATCH] bpf: Fix use-after-free in bpf_raw_tp_link_dealloc
` Forwarded: [PATCH] bpf: Fix use-after-free in bpf_raw_tp_link_release

[PATCH i-g-t 00/21] tests/kms: More igt_crtc_t conversions
 2026-02-21  6:32 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in restrict_one_thread_callback
 2026-02-21  6:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: "

[PATCH net v1] net: defer __dev_set_promiscuity() to avoid sleeping in atomic context
 2026-02-21  6:23 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2] cpupower: Add support for setting EPP via systemd service
 2026-02-21  6:21 UTC 

[PATCH v5] hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size
 2026-02-21  6:16 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v2 0/5] mm/swap, memcg: Introduce swap tiers for cgroup based swap control
 2026-02-21  6:07 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 3/8] iio: frequency: ad9910: add simple parallel port mode support
 2026-02-21  6:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Improving MGLRU
 2026-02-21  6:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] format-patch: better commit list for cover letter
 2026-02-21  6:02 UTC  (5+ messages)

[syzbot] [trace?] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bpf_trace_run2 (3)
 2026-02-21  5:58 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] Reapply "rcu: Unify force quiescent state"
 2026-02-21  5:54 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] target/alpha: Reset CPU

[PATCH] HID: sony: add support for Rock Band 2 instruments
 2026-02-21  5:52 UTC  (5+ messages)

[syzbot] [hfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in hfsplus_strcasecmp (2)
 2026-02-21  5:47 UTC 

[PATCH v3 1/3] gpu/buddy: fix module_init() usage
 2026-02-21  5:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH iproute2-next 0/3] ip mptcp monitor: add JSON support
 2026-02-21  5:39 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH iproute2-next 2/3] utils: timestamp: "
` [PATCH iproute2-next 3/3] mptcp: monitor: "

[syzbot] [trace?] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bpf_trace_run2 (3)
 2026-02-21  5:37 UTC 

[Linux PPC] KVM PR and KVM HV do not work if the kernel was compiled with PREEMPT
 2026-02-21  5:30 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] Documentation: polish Executive Summary and Intro in stable-api-nonsense.rst
 2026-02-21  5:28 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 2/8] iio: frequency: ad9910: initial driver implementation
 2026-02-21  5:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bluetooth-next:master] BUILD SUCCESS fa5643fbc394ad551252eb5512c303ff30733085
 2026-02-21  5:23 UTC 

Request for review for 4.19-st13, 4.19-cip129
 2026-02-21  5:21 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [cip-dev] "

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Enable DPG support for VCN5
 2026-02-21  5:19 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] cxl/region: fix region leak when attach_target fails in cxl_add_to_region
 2026-02-21  5:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] spdx-common: Documentation and extensibility improvements
 2026-02-21  5:16 UTC 

[PATCH 00/14] spdx30: SBOM enrichment for PURL, metadata, and compliance
 2026-02-21  5:16 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] spdx30: Lifecycle scope variable declarations and test
 2026-02-21  5:16 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/vcn5: Add SMU dpm interface type
 2026-02-21  5:14 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/18] spdx30: SBOM enrichment, lifecycle scope, and documentation
 2026-02-21  5:10 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 14/18] cve_check: Escape special characters in CPE 2.3 formatted strings


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