messages from 2026-03-13 02:42:04 to 2026-03-13 05:16:27 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v2 0/3] Arm China Linlon-D6 display controller support
2026-03-13 3:31 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: display: arm,komeda: add Arm China Linlon D6 compatible
[PATCH v6 0/5] Add i.MX943 PCIe supports
2026-03-13 5:17 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/5] dt-bindings: PCI: imx6q-pcie: Change maxItems of clocks and clock-names to 6
` [PATCH v6 2/5] dt-bindings: PCI: imx6q-pcie: Add i.MX94 and i.MX943 PCIe compatible strings
` [PATCH v6 3/5] arm64: dts: imx94: add pcie0 and pcie0-ep supports
[RFC PATCH] mm: filemap: fix nr_pages calculation overflow in filemap_map_pages()
2026-03-13 5:14 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t v1] tests/kms_rotation_crc: Drain queued CRCs to avoid stale comparisons
2026-03-13 5:12 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v2] "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for tests/kms_rotation_crc: Drain queued CRCs to avoid stale comparisons (rev2)
[PATCH 0/5] drm/{i915,xe}: move bo stuff to parent interface
2026-03-13 5:12 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/5] drm/{i915,xe}: move framebuffer bo "
` [PATCH 5/5] drm/{i915, xe}: "
[PATCH] PCI: sysfs: Suppress FW_BUG warning when NUMA node already matches
2026-03-13 5:08 UTC
[PATCH v3 2/3] PCI: dwc: Add helper to Program T_POWER_ON
2026-03-13 5:09 UTC
[kvm-unit-tests PATCH 1/2] riscv: sbi: dbtr: fix enable trigger return code check
2026-03-13 5:08 UTC (6+ messages)
` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 2/2] riscv: dbtr: Add initial API corner case / error handling tests
[PATCH v2] mm/mempolicy: track page allocations per mempolicy
2026-03-13 5:07 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] PSR parameters handling fixes
2026-03-13 5:07 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for "
[PATCH] drm/display: Increase DP_RECEIVER_CAP_SIZE from 15 to 16 bytes
2026-03-13 5:07 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/display: Increase DP_RECEIVER_CAP_SIZE from 15 to 16 bytes (rev2)
[PATCH v4 0/8] media: qcom: iris: rework platform data handling
2026-03-13 5:07 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/8] media: qcom: iris: drop pas_id from the iris_platform_data struct
` [PATCH v4 2/8] media: qcom: iris: use common set_preset_registers function
` [PATCH v4 3/8] media: qcom: iris: don't use function indirection in gen2-specific code
` [PATCH v4 4/8] media: qcom: iris: split HFI session ops from core ops
` [PATCH v4 5/8] media: qcom: iris: merge hfi_response_ops and hfi_command_ops
` [PATCH v4 6/8] media: qcom: iris: move get_instance to iris_hfi_sys_ops
` [PATCH v4 7/8] media: qcom: iris: split firmware_data from raw platform data
` [PATCH v4 8/8] media: qcom: iris: split platform data from firmware data
[PATCH 0/2] drm/i915/dmc: Update PIPEDMC interrupt mask
2026-03-13 5:04 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/dmc: Enable PIPEDMC_ERROR interrupt
[PATCH v2 0/5] migration-test: Plumbing
2026-03-13 5:01 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/5] tests/qtest/migration: Force exit-on-error=false
[PATCH] t0410: modernize delete_object helper
2026-03-13 4:58 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH v3 0/3] amd_iommu: Support Generation of IOMMU XT interrupts
2026-03-13 4:49 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] amd_iommu: Use switch case to determine mmio register name
[PATCH v8 0/9] rpm: 4.20.1 -> 6.0.1
2026-03-13 4:54 UTC (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Avoid one round of bounds deduction
2026-03-13 4:54 UTC (9+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/1] ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid
2026-03-13 4:53 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion
[PATCH] printk: add early_counter_ns routine for printk blind spot
2026-03-13 4:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps in early boot
[PATCH V2 0/4] KVM: X86: Correctly populate nested page fault
2026-03-13 4:50 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/4] KVM: SVM: Fix nested NPF injection to set PFERR_GUEST_{PAGE,FINAL}_MASK
[PATCH] drm/xe: Fix missing runtime PM reference in ccs_mode_store
2026-03-13 4:47 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v9 0/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add system controller component for Xe3p dGPU platforms
2026-03-13 4:47 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 3/6] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add mailbox communication headers
ペットを愛する、経営者様へ
2026-03-13 4:44 UTC
[PATCH] mm/damon/stat: monitor all System RAM resources
2026-03-13 4:44 UTC
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Avoid PIPE_B conflict on dual-eDP systems
2026-03-13 4:42 UTC (2+ messages)
ペットを愛する、経営者様へ
2026-03-13 4:31 UTC
[PATCH v2] apply.c: fix -p argument parsing
2026-03-13 4:39 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
` [PATCH v4] "
[PATCH v3 1/7] selftests/cgroup: skip test_zswap if zswap is globally disabled
2026-03-13 4:35 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/7] selftests/cgroup: avoid OOM in test_swapin_nozswap
` [PATCH v3 3/7] selftests/cgroup: use runtime page size for zswpin check
` [PATCH v3 4/7] selftests/cgroup: rename PAGE_SIZE to BUF_SIZE in cgroup_util
` [PATCH v3 5/7] selftests/cgroup: replace hardcoded page size values in test_zswap
` [PATCH v3 6/7] selftest/cgroup: fix zswap test_no_invasive_cgroup_shrink on large pagesize system
` [PATCH v3 7/7] selftest/cgroup: fix zswap attempt_writeback() on 64K "
[PATCH v7 0/3] Panel Replay BW optimization
2026-03-13 4:33 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for "
[akpm-mm:mm-new 367/381] htmldocs: Documentation/filesystems/mmap_prepare.rst: WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree [toc.not_included]
2026-03-13 4:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[Buildroot] [autobuild.buildroot.org] Daily results for 2026-03-12
2026-03-13 4:30 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/3] fast-import: add mode to re-sign invalid commit signatures
2026-03-13 4:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 "
[PATCH v1 1/2] drm/amdgpu/userq: Only look up for gem objects when count is non zero
2026-03-13 4:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC mptcp-next v9 00/10] MPTCP KTLS support
2026-03-13 4:27 UTC (2+ messages)
What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #05)
2026-03-13 4:24 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] nvme-tcp.h: correct kernel-doc comments
2026-03-13 4:22 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix line over 80 chars in ioctl_cfg80211.c
2026-03-13 4:22 UTC
[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update maintainers for Hyper-V DRM driver
2026-03-13 4:21 UTC
[PATCH] drm/i915/display: fail compilation on intel_display_wa() with invalid enums
2026-03-13 4:21 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for "
[PATCH v2 0/3] lib/bootconfig: three bug fixes
2026-03-13 4:18 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] lib/bootconfig: check bounds before writing in __xbc_open_brace()
` [PATCH] bootconfig: Add bootconfig tests about braces
[RFC mptcp-next v5 0/7] VME over MPTCP
2026-03-13 4:12 UTC (8+ messages)
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 1/7] mptcp: add sk_is_msk helper
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 2/7] mptcp: add sock_set_nodelay
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 3/7] mptcp: add sock_set_reuseaddr
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 4/7] nvmet-tcp: add mptcp support
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 5/7] mptcp: add sock_set_syncnt
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 6/7] nvme-tcp: add mptcp support
` [RFC mptcp-next v5 7/7] selftests: mptcp: add NVMe over MPTCP test
[PATCH v2 00/19] PCI/TSM: TEE I/O infrastructure
2026-03-13 4:11 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/19] device core: Introduce confidential device acceptance
[PATCH v2] ASoC: sma1307: fix double free of devm_kzalloc() memory
2026-03-13 4:06 UTC
[PATCH 6.19 00/13] 6.19.8-rc1 review
2026-03-13 4:04 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v4 0/2] net: dsa: mxl862xx: add support for bridge offloading
2026-03-13 4:02 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 2/2] net: dsa: mxl862xx: implement "
[PATCH 0/2] hw/misc/allwinner-cpucfg: single-binary
2026-03-13 3:58 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] target/arm/cpu.h: restrict cpu-defs.h to target specific code
[PATCH] Revert "usb: cdns3: use VBUS Valid to determine role for dr_mode OTG"
2026-03-13 3:59 UTC (4+ messages)
[axboe:rw_iter 357/471] drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c:931 tool_peer_mw_trans_write() warn: potential spectre issue 'buf' [w]
2026-03-13 3:56 UTC
[PATCH] machine/qemux86-64: Recommend extra kernel modules
2026-03-13 3:53 UTC (5+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH 0/2] cpufreq: governor: Apply limits with target_freq instead of policy->cur
2026-03-13 3:51 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: add sysfs interface to override NUMA node bandwidth
2026-03-13 3:51 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2] sched/psi: Skip CPUs with zero non-idle jiffies in per-CPU aggregation
2026-03-13 3:48 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
[PATCH net] l2tp: ppp: use max L2TP header size for PPP channel hdrlen
2026-03-13 3:47 UTC
[PATCH] selftests/bpf: modify_return: isolate fmod_ret hooks by pid
2026-03-13 3:45 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[RFC v3 00/27] lib: Rust implementation of SPDM
2026-03-13 3:44 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RFC v3 08/27] lib: rspdm: Initial commit of Rust SPDM
[moderation/CI] Re: fs: Replace user_access_{begin/end} by scoped user access
2026-03-13 3:43 UTC
[PATCH] smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option
2026-03-13 3:40 UTC
[PATCH 1/2] remoteproc: qcom: pas: Fix the dtb PAS context creation
2026-03-13 3:40 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] remoteproc: qcom: pas: Map/unmap subsystem region before auth_and_reset
[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: add sysfs interface to override NUMA node bandwidth
2026-03-13 3:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] memory: Set mr->ram before RAM Block allocation
2026-03-13 3:36 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2 1/7] selftests/cgroup: skip test_zswap if zswap is globally disabled
2026-03-13 3:35 UTC (7+ messages)
✅ PASS: Test report for master (7.0.0-rc3, upstream-mainline, 0257f64b)
2026-03-13 3:32 UTC
[PATCH 0/8] hw/vfio: single-binary
2026-03-13 3:30 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] hw/vfio/listener.c: remove CONFIG_KVM
` [PATCH 2/8] hw/vfio/helpers.c: extract kvm helpers in kvm-helpers.c
` [PATCH 3/8] hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c: remove CONFIG_VFIO_IGD
` [PATCH 5/8] hw/vfio/pci.c: eradicate CONFIG_KVM
` [PATCH 6/8] hw/vfio/ap.c: use full path for target specific header
` [PATCH 7/8] hw/vfio/spapr.c: extract vfio_spapr_kvm_attach_tce to hw/vfio/kvm-spapr.c
` [PATCH 8/8] hw/vfio: all vfio files can now be common files
Need update to libbpf/bpftool for bpf_stream_vprintk() removal (kernel sha 0cecd492f516)
2026-03-13 3:29 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/3] lib/crypto: x86/sha: Add PHE Extensions support
2026-03-13 3:28 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] lib/crypto: x86/sha1: PHE Extensions optimized SHA1 transform function
[PATCH 1/3] xfs: add write pointer to xfs_rtgroup_geometry
2026-03-13 3:28 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] man/xfs_rtgroup_geometry: add rg_writepointer field description
` [PATCH 3/3] xfs_io: report rg_writepointer in report rg_info()
[PATCH v3 0/2] drm/i915/dmc: Update PIPEDMC interrupt mask
2026-03-13 3:27 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] drm/i915/dmc: Remove invalid PIPEDMC interrupt bits
` [PATCH v3 2/2] drm/i915/dmc: Enable PIPEDMC_ERROR interrupt
[Regression] mm:slab/sheaves: severe performance regression in cross-CPU slab allocation
2026-03-13 3:26 UTC (6+ messages)
[oe][meta-oe][PATCH] sysdig: upgrade 0.28.0 -> 0.39.0
2026-03-13 3:26 UTC
[RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 00/11] Dynptr cleanup and bugfixes
2026-03-13 3:25 UTC (10+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 01/11] bpf: Set kfunc dynptr arg type flag based on prototype
[android-common:android16-6.12-desktop 17/17] arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_pkvm.h:280:37: error: field 'iommu_map_param' has incomplete type
2026-03-13 3:25 UTC
[PATCH 6.1.y] net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error
2026-03-13 3:20 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/3] PCI: qcom: Program T_POWER_ON value for L1.2 exit timing
2026-03-13 2:49 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] PCI/ASPM: Add helper to encode L1SS T_POWER_ON fields
` [PATCH v3 2/3] PCI: dwc: Add helper to Program T_POWER_ON
` [PATCH v3 3/3] PCI: qcom: "
[PATCH 6.12 000/265] 6.12.77-rc1 review
2026-03-13 3:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 6.18 00/13] 6.18.18-rc1 review
2026-03-13 3:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[Question]nfs: never returned delegation
2026-03-13 3:22 UTC (8+ messages)
` [Question]nfs: should nfs timeout even with NFS_CS_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT ?
[PATCH v6 1/4] dt-bindings: soc: rockchip: grf: Add RV1103B compatibles
2026-03-13 3:16 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/4] ARM: dts: rockchip: Add support for RV1103B
` [PATCH v6 3/4] dt-bindings: arm: rockchip: Add Omega4 Evaluation board
` [PATCH v6 4/4] ARM: dts: rockchip: Add Onion Omega4 Evaluation Board
[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: add blank lines after variable declarations
2026-03-13 3:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf v3 2/3] bpf: switch task_vma iterator from mmap_lock to per-VMA locks
2026-03-13 3:19 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Support AYN QCS8550 Devices
2026-03-13 3:19 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add AYN QCS8550 Common
[PATCH v2 0/5] md/md-llbitmap: fixes and proactive parity building support
2026-03-13 3:16 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/5] md/md-llbitmap: add CleanUnwritten state for RAID-5 proactive parity building
[PATCH bpf v2 0/2] bpf: Fix unsound scalar forking for BPF_OR
2026-03-13 3:14 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add tests for maybe_fork_scalars() OR vs AND handling
[PATCH v6] unpack-trees: suggesting 'git checkout -m' with its repercussions
2026-03-13 3:13 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7] unpack-trees: suggest using 'git stash' when checkout fails
[PATCH] b4: allow using xoauth2/bearer token to authenticate to SMTP servers
2026-03-13 2:05 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490-rb3gen2: Enable CAN bus controller
2026-03-13 3:11 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/3] virtio-gpu: enable Venus/Vulkan without OpenGL display
2026-03-13 3:09 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
` [PATCH v3 1/3] ui: introduce GRAPHIC_FLAGS_VK for Vulkan scanout
` [PATCH v3 2/3] virtio-gpu: decouple Venus from CONFIG_OPENGL
` [PATCH v3 3/3] virtio-gpu: advertise VIRTIO_GPU_F_BLOB_ALIGNMENT
[auh][PATCH V2 01/12] upgrade-helper.py: remove unused self.poky_git settings
2026-03-13 3:09 UTC (6+ messages)
` [auh][PATCH V2 06/12] modules/utils/git.py: include repo_dir information in the raised exception
` [yocto-patches] "
[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490-rb3gen2-industrial-mezzanine: disable wcn6750 and wpss
2026-03-13 3:09 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490-rb3gen2-industrial-mezzanine: disable WCN6750 and WPSS
` [PATCH v3] "
[PATCH] btrfs: reject root with mismatched level between root_item and node header
2026-03-13 3:09 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Remove dead code
2026-03-13 3:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[syzbot] [kernfs?] possible deadlock in lookup_slow (3)
2026-03-13 3:08 UTC (2+ messages)
+ zram-optimize-lz4-dictionary-compression-performance-v2.patch added to mm-new branch
2026-03-13 3:06 UTC
[PATCH i-g-t v1] lib/igt_kms: Fix joiner force debugfs entry and expected value
2026-03-13 3:05 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for lib/igt_kms: Fix joiner force debugfs entry and expected value (rev3)
[PATCH V2 0/4] record non-slab shrinkers for non-root memcgs when kmem is disabled
2026-03-13 3:04 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 3/4] mm: shrinker: optimize the allocation of shrinker_info when setting cgroup_memory_nokmem
[PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: move netdev_compute_master_upper_features to ndo_set_features
2026-03-13 3:03 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: use ndo_set_features to set offload features for bonding/bridge/team
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] macsec: move netdev_upper_dev_link() after macsec_changelink_common()
` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] failover: use ndo_set_features for failover offload compute
` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: no need to disable LRO specifically
[PATCH v2] zram: Optimize LZ4 dictionary compression performance
2026-03-13 3:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/5] selftests/cgroup: detect and handle global zswap state in test_zswap
2026-03-13 2:59 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] selftests/cgroup: avoid OOM in test_swapin_nozswap
[PATCH] riscv: mm: Verify per-hart ASID bits when using ASID allocator
2026-03-13 2:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] EDAC: sb_edac: use kzalloc_flex
2026-03-13 2:56 UTC (5+ messages)
Question about the cpu_uid parameter of acpi_evaluate_dsm() in PCI/TPH
2026-03-13 2:53 UTC
Applied "ASoC: tlv320aic32x4: Model CODEC_CLKIN in CCF" to the asoc tree
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
` [alsa-devel] "
[PATCH net-next] net: page_pool: scale alloc cache with PAGE_SIZE
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] qlcnic: update outdated comment
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] netlink: update outdated comment
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next] net: add skb_defer_disable_key static key
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net v2] net/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net] mpls: add missing unregister_netdevice_notifier to mpls_init
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net] ip_tunnel: adapt iptunnel_xmit_stats() to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS
2026-03-13 2:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] selftests/bpf: Fix read_iter buffer termination in test_bpffs
2026-03-13 2:49 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/bpf: Skip bpffs debug iter checks when unavailable "
[PATCH] drm/i915/hdcp: Take force_hdcp14 into account during check_link
2026-03-13 2:47 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for drm/i915/hdcp: Take force_hdcp14 into account during check_link (rev3)
[PATCH v4] wifi: ath12k: fix endianness handling for SRNG ring pointer accesses
2026-03-13 2:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v9 0/4] riscv: spacemit: Add ethernet support for K3
2026-03-13 2:43 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v9 3/4] net: stmmac: Add glue layer for Spacemit K3 SoC
[PATCH 0/4] selftests/mm: skip several tests when thp is not available
2026-03-13 2:43 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RESEND PATCH 4/4] selftests/mm: transhuge_stress: skip the test when thp "
[bcachefs:bcachefs-testing 334/405] Warning: fs/bcachefs/fs/check.c:555 function parameter 'trans' not described in 'bch2_key_visible_in_snapshot'
2026-03-13 2:42 UTC
[axboe:rw_iter 282/471] kernel/user_namespace.c:1258 proc_setgroups_write() warn: potential spectre issue 'kbuf' [w]
2026-03-13 2:42 UTC
[syzbot] [usb?] general protection fault in usb_gadget_udc_reset (4)
2026-03-13 2:42 UTC (2+ messages)
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