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[PATCH v12 0/1] Rust GPU buddy allocator bindings
 2026-03-17  1:58 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v12.1 "
  ` [PATCH v12.1 1/1] rust: gpu: Add "

[RFC PATCH v3 0/4] wifi: rtl8xxxu: implement AP mode for 8188EU
 2026-03-17  2:52 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 1/4] wifi: rtl8xxxu: move dynamic_tx_rpt_timing_counter from ra_info to priv

[PATCH net-next v33 0/8] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba Elastic Ethernet Adaptor
 2026-03-17  2:52 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v33 1/8] eea: introduce PCI framework
` [PATCH net-next v33 2/8] eea: introduce ring and descriptor structures
` [PATCH net-next v33 3/8] eea: probe the netdevice and create adminq
` [PATCH net-next v33 4/8] eea: create/destroy rx,tx queues for netdevice open and stop
` [PATCH net-next v33 5/8] eea: implement packet receive logic
` [PATCH net-next v33 6/8] eea: implement packet transmit logic
` [PATCH net-next v33 7/8] eea: introduce ethtool support
` [PATCH net-next v33 8/8] eea: introduce callback for ndo_get_stats64

[PATCH 6.1.y] ALSA: usb-audio: Kill timer properly at removal
 2026-03-17  2:51 UTC 

[PATCH 0/6] liveupdate: Fix module unloading and unregister API
 2026-03-17  2:50 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] liveupdate: Protect file handler list with rwsem
` [PATCH 2/6] liveupdate: Protect FLB lists "
` [PATCH 3/6] liveupdate: Defer file handler module refcounting to active sessions
` [PATCH 4/6] liveupdate: Defer FLB "
` [PATCH 5/6] liveupdate: Make unregister functions return void
` [PATCH 6/6] liveupdate: Remove luo_session_quiesce()

[PATCH 1/2] hwmon/pmbus: (isl68137) Add support for Renesas RAA228942 and RAA228943
 2026-03-17  2:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net v5] net/smc: fix NULL dereference and UAF in smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock()
 2026-03-17  2:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net] bonding: prevent potential infinite loop in bond_header_parse()
 2026-03-17  2:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net 1/1] net/sched: teql: Fix double-free in teql_master_xmit
 2026-03-17  2:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/12] Introduce DRM dep queue
 2026-03-17  2:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 02/12] drm/dep: Add DRM dependency queue layer

[PATCH RFC] riscv: disable local interrupts and stop other CPUs before restart
 2026-03-17  2:45 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: Clear VTCR_EL2 in __init_el2_stage2()
 2026-03-17  2:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] net/smc: cap allocation order for SMC-R physically contiguous buffers
 2026-03-17  2:45 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [net-next] "

[PATCH 00/15] PCI: endpoint: Remote DMA support via vNTB
 2026-03-17  2:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/ast: DisplayPort edid supports 256 bytes
 2026-03-17  2:44 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH RFC bpf-next 0/4] audit: Expose audit subsystem to BPF LSM programs via BPF kfuncs
 2026-03-17  2:43 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/4] audit: Implement bpf_audit_log_*() wrappers

[PATCH v6 0/9] dax/hmem, cxl: Coordinate Soft Reserved handling with CXL and HMEM
 2026-03-17  2:42 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/9] cxl/region: Skip decoder reset on detach for autodiscovered regions
` [PATCH v6 8/9] dax/hmem, cxl: Defer and resolve ownership of Soft Reserved memory ranges

[PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: improve inet6_ehashfn() entropy
 2026-03-17  2:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next] xsk: remove repeated defines
 2026-03-17  2:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/15] mm/kasan: make kasan=on|off work for all three modes
 2026-03-17  2:39 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 09/15] arch/powerpc: don't initialize kasan if it's disabled

[PATCH 5.15.y] f2fs: fix to wait on block writeback for post_read case
 2026-03-17  2:39 UTC 

[PATCH] erofs-utils: lib: validate h_shared_count in erofs_init_inode_xattrs()
 2026-03-17  2:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC] liveupdate: prevent double preservation
 2026-03-17  2:38 UTC 

[patch 0/8] futex: Address the robust futex unlock race for real
 2026-03-17  2:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [patch 1/8] futex: Move futex task related data into a struct
` [patch 3/8] futex: Provide UABI defines for robust list entry modifiers

[PATCH 0/3] xfs: fixes and clean up for attr item
 2026-03-17  2:33 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] xfs: fix possible null pointer dereference in xfs_attri_recover_work
` [PATCH 2/3] xfs: fix ri_total validation in xlog_recover_attri_commit_pass2
` [PATCH 3/3] xfs: simplify iovec "

[PATCH v3] reset: spacemit: k3: Decouple composite reset lines
 2026-03-17  2:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] Add "preparing" phase to reference-transaction hook
 2026-03-17  2:36 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/1] refs: add 'preparing' phase to the "
  ` [PATCH v3 1/1] "

[PATCH] drm/bridge: Fix refcount shown via debugfs for encoder_bridges_show()
 2026-03-17  2:35 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/5] Print AGESA version at bootup
 2026-03-17  2:33 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 5/5] x86/CPU/AMD: Print AGESA string from DMI additional information entry

[PATCH net-next v2] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add HSR multicast FDB port membership management
 2026-03-17  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] selftests: net: py: give bpftrace more time to start
 2026-03-17  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v11] virtio_net: add page_pool support for buffer allocation
 2026-03-17  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v25 0/9] Simple Donor Migration for Proxy Execution
 2026-03-17  2:29 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v25 8/9] sched: Move attach_one_task and attach_task helpers to sched.h

Post-facto backport request: USB: serial: f81232: fix incomplete serial port generation
 2026-03-17  2:21 UTC 

[PATCH v2] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: restore IRQ trigger fallback
 2026-03-17  2:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] riscv: add userspace interface to voluntarily release vector state
 2026-03-17  2:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] line-log: route -L output through the standard diff pipeline
 2026-03-17  2:21 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/4] line-log: fix crash when combined with pickaxe options
  ` [PATCH v2 2/4] line-log: route -L output through the standard diff pipeline
  ` [PATCH v2 3/4] t4211: add tests for -L with standard diff options
  ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: note that -L supports patch formatting and pickaxe options

[PATCH] RFC: mailbox: Fix NULL message support in mbox_send_message()
 2026-03-17  2:21 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v2] console: Prefer currently selected serial console as stdio device
 2026-03-17  2:17 UTC 

[PATCH] ksmbd: fix use-after-free and NULL deref in smb_grant_oplock()
 2026-03-17  2:18 UTC 

[PATCH v3] io_uring/poll: fix multishot recv missing EOF on wakeup race
 2026-03-17  2:17 UTC 

[PATCH mm-new v8 0/4] Improve khugepaged scan logic
 2026-03-17  2:16 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH mm-new v8 4/4] mm: khugepaged: skip lazy-free folios

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: rework how we handle TLB fences
 2026-03-17  2:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/5] Add debugfs support for ARM SMMUv3
 2026-03-17  2:14 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 2/5] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add register display to debugfs
` [RFC PATCH 4/5] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add stream table directory structure "
` [RFC PATCH 5/5] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add Context Descriptor display "

[PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc-pltfm: Use phase_map for SoCFPGA clock phase configuration
 2026-03-17  2:14 UTC 

[PATCH v5 net 0/3] net: enetc: safely reinitialize TX BD ring when it has unsent frames
 2026-03-17  2:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 net 3/3] net: enetc: do not access non-existent registers on pseudo MAC

arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_sbi_sta.c:59:13: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __le32
 2026-03-17  2:13 UTC 

[PATCH v4 00/10] clk: realtek: Add RTD1625 Clock Support
 2026-03-17  2:12 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/10] dt-bindings: clock: Add Realtek RTD1625 Clock & Reset Controller
` [PATCH v4 03/10] clk: realtek: Add basic reset support

[RFC v2 0/2] ptp: Move non-NIC PHC drivers from netdev to clock/timekeeping maintainership
 2026-03-17  2:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] cxl: Consolidate cxlmd->endpoint accessing
 2026-03-17  2:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/7] cxl/region: Hold memdev lock during region poison injection/clear

[PATCH v1 0/2] erofs-utils: lib: fix ZSTD decompression safety issues
 2026-03-17  2:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] erofs-utils: lib: validate ZSTD frame content size in decompression

OPTEE on i.MX8MP
 2026-03-17  2:07 UTC 

[PATCH v8 0/5] arm64: support FEAT_BBM level 2 and large block mapping when rodata=full
 2026-03-17  2:06 UTC  (5+ messages)

[meta-ti][master][PATCH] CI/CD Auto-Merger: cicd.master.202603161800
 2026-03-17  2:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: Add alignment flag for test_verifier 190 testcase
 2026-03-17  2:05 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] drm/i915/gmbus: fix bugs
 2026-03-17  2:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH v3 0/4] xfs: close crash window in attr dabtree inactivation
 2026-03-17  1:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] xfs: only assert new size for datafork during truncate extents
` [PATCH v3 2/4] xfs: factor out xfs_attr3_node_entry_remove
` [PATCH v3 3/4] xfs: factor out xfs_attr3_leaf_init
` [PATCH v3 4/4] xfs: close crash window in attr dabtree inactivation

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] f2fs: refactor f2fs_move_node_folio function
 2026-03-17  2:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] PCI/IOV: Fix deadlock when removing PF with enabled SR-IOV
 2026-03-17  1:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV enable/disable and hotplug

[PATCH bpf-next v1 0/2] Modify some code about test_verifier
 2026-03-17  1:56 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/2] selftests/bpf: Check alignment flag if expected result is REJECT

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to freeze GC and discard threads quickly
 2026-03-17  1:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/7] futex: Use runtime constants for futex_hash computation
 2026-03-17  1:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 5/7] s390/runtime-const: Introduce runtime_const_mask_32()

[PATCH net-next v2] virtio-net: enable NETIF_F_GRO_HW only if GRO-related offloads are supported
 2026-03-17  1:55 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH 0/9] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add RM control command infrastructure
 2026-03-17  1:55 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/9] gpu: nova-core: generalize `flush_into_kvec` to `flush_into_vec`

[meta-ti][master][PATCH] ti-extras: Update SRCREV for Jailhouse
 2026-03-17  1:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC net-next 0/3] tls_sw: add tx record zero padding
 2026-03-17  1:53 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [RFC net-next 1/3] net/tls_sw: support randomized "

[PATCH v9 0/6] gpu: nova-core: expose the logging buffers via debugfs
 2026-03-17  1:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] add driver for max16150
 2026-03-17  1:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: input: add adi,max16150.yaml

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix to skip empty sections in f2fs_get_victim
 2026-03-17  1:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v26 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2600 I2C controller driver
 2026-03-17  1:48 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v26 2/4] dt-bindings: i2c: ast2600-i2c.yaml: Add global-regs and transfer-mode properties

[PATCH v2 0/2] zswap pool per-CPU acomp_ctx simplifications
 2026-03-17  1:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: zswap: Remove redundant checks in zswap_cpu_comp_dead()
` [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: zswap: Tie per-CPU acomp_ctx lifetime to the pool

[PATCH v6 00/13] Remove device private pages from physical address space
 2026-03-17  1:47 UTC  (3+ messages)

[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v1 0/3] arm64: Add Stage-2 MMU and Nested Guest Framework
 2026-03-17  1:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v1 2/3] lib: arm64: Add bare-metal guest execution framework

[PATCH v10 00/18] Apply drm_bridge_connector and panel_bridge helper for the Analogix DP driver
 2026-03-17  1:40 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 11/18] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Apply drm_bridge_connector helper

[PATCH v2 00/19] PCI/TSM: TEE I/O infrastructure
 2026-03-17  1:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 08/19] PCI/TSM: Add "evidence" support

[PATCH] perf build: Avoid argument list too long in orphan pruning
 2026-03-17  1:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v2] lib/igt_kms: Fix invalid mode timing in igt_kms_get_full_edid()
 2026-03-17  1:44 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for lib/igt_kms: Fix invalid mode timing in igt_kms_get_full_edid() (rev2)

[PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: dts: broadcom-bcmbca: Fixes amd I2C buses
 2026-03-17  1:42 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/7] ARM: dts: bcm6846: Add I2C bus block
` [PATCH v2 4/7] ARM: dts: bcm6855: Add I2C bus blocks
` [PATCH v2 5/7] ARM: dts: bcm6878: Add I2C bus block
` [PATCH v2 6/7] ARM: dts: bcm63138: Add I2C block
` [PATCH v2 7/7] ARM: dts: bcm63148: "

[PATCH v2 0/4] xfs: close crash window in attr dabtree inactivation
 2026-03-17  1:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/4] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] tests/qtest: Add Intel IOMMU bare-metal test using iommu-testdev
 2026-03-17  1:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] tests/qtest/libqos: Add Intel IOMMU helper library

[PATCH] t2203: avoid suppressing git status exit code
 2026-03-17  1:15 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: rtw89: retry efuse physical map dump on transient failure
 2026-03-17  1:37 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/4] Add eDP support for RK3576
 2026-03-17  1:37 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/4] arm64: dts: rockchip: Add eDP node "
` [PATCH v1 3/4] drm/bridge: analogix_dp: Add support "

[PATCH] io_uring/poll: fix multishot recv missing EOF on wakeup race
 2026-03-17  1:36 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH v2] coresight: tpdm: add traceid_show for checking traceid
 2026-03-17  1:33 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH V2] hw/loongarch: add rtc acpi table
 2026-03-17  1:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] PCI: hv: Set default NUMA node to 0 for devices without affinity info
 2026-03-17  1:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH rtw-next] wifi: rtw88: add quirks to disable PCI ASPM and deep LPS for HP P3S95EA#ACB
 2026-03-17  1:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] serial: 8250_dw: Add support for UltraRISC DP1000 uart
 2026-03-17  1:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: update bindings of ultrarisc dp1000 uart

[PATCH 5.15 000/410] 5.15.202-rc2 review
 2026-03-17  1:30 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] linux-firmware: Add ISH firmware file for Intel Wildcat Lake platform
 2026-03-17  1:30 UTC 

Weird Dell SMM bug since 6.18
 2026-03-17  1:29 UTC  (8+ messages)

[BUG] wifi: rtw88: Hard system freeze on RTL8821CE when power_save is enabled (LPS/ASPM conflict)
 2026-03-17  1:28 UTC  (17+ messages)

[PATCH] test: Correct dependencies for SPL_UNIT_TEST
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] optee: Correct dependencies for BOOTM_OPTEE
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] EFI Loader: Correct dependencies for EFI_HTTP_BOOT
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH net 0/2] net: macb: Fix two lock warnings when WOL is used
 2026-03-17  1:27 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/2] net: macb: Move devm_{free,request}_irq() out of spin lock area
` [PATCH net 2/2] net: macb: Protect access to net_device::in_ptr with RCU lock

[PATCH] watchdog: Correct dependencies for WDT_MAX6370
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] timer: Correct Kconfig entry for XILINX_TIMER
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] timer: Correct dependencies for SPL_TIMER
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] reset: Correct dependencies for RESET_RZG2L_USBPHY_CTRL
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe: use %z format string for ptrdiff_t
 2026-03-17  1:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH] pinctrl: Correct dependencies for PINCTRL_TH1520
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] misc: Correct dependencies on QCOM_GENI
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] input: Correct dependencies for BUTTON_KEYBOARD
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] dfu: Correct dependencies for DFU_TFTP
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] usb: gadget: Move USB_GADGET_DUALSPEED to be slightly more visible
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] SPL: Rework logic around SPL_BLK_FS (and SPL_NVME)
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] boot: Update dependencies for some UPL options
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] boot: Update tests around network symbols in BOOT_DEFAULTS_CMDS
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] sandbox: Add missing select's to the architecture symbol
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] sysreset: Rework tests around SYSRESET_CMD_POWEROFF
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] net: Rework some symbol dependencies
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] xPL FIT: Rework SPL_FIT dependencies
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] core: Rework REGMAP symbols implementation
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] usb: isp1760: Correct dependencies for USB_ISP1760
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] scmi: Rework SCMI_FIRMWARE implementation
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] microblaze: Rework TARGET_MICROBLAZE_GENERIC implementation
 2026-03-17  1:24 UTC 

[PATCH] app/testpmd: fix DCB forwarding TC mask and queue guard
 2026-03-17  1:23 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
` [PATCH v3] "

[PATCH bpf v1 1/2] bpf: Fix exception exit lock checking for subprogs
 2026-03-17  1:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 bpf-next] xsk: use __xsk_rcv_zc_safe for ZC multi-buffer Rx processing
 2026-03-17  1:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] vdpa: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()
 2026-03-17  1:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH][v2] PCI: sysfs: Suppress FW_BUG warning when NUMA node already matches
 2026-03-17  1:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/2] io_uring: add IPC channel infrastructure
 2026-03-17  1:18 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] drm/amdgpu: validate fence_count in wait_fences ioctl
 2026-03-17  1:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/amdgpu: replace WARN with DRM_ERROR for invalid sched priority
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/amdgpu: harden SIGNAL/WAIT ioctl argument validation

[RFC PATCH] mm: filemap: fix nr_pages calculation overflow in filemap_map_pages()
 2026-03-17  1:16 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] cifs: smb1: fix comment typo
 2026-03-17  1:13 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/3] amd_iommu: Support Generation of IOMMU XT interrupts
 2026-03-17  1:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v1 00/17] Improve CRC test robustness with stop-on-fail and cleanup helpers
 2026-03-17  1:10 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH] hw/nvme: remove unreachable default cases in nvme_directive_receive()
 2026-03-17  1:07 UTC 

[PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Only handle IOPF for SVA when PRI is supported
 2026-03-17  1:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/14] iommu: Add live update state preservation
 2026-03-17  1:06 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/14] iommu: Implement IOMMU LU FLB callbacks


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