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[PATCH 0/7] Rust abstractions for shmem-backed GEM objects
 2026-04-02 16:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] drm/shmem-helper: Add lockdep asserts to vmap/vunmap

[RFC PATCH 0/6] rust: net: introduce minimal rtnl/netdevice abstractions and nlmon reference driver
 2026-04-02 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 4/6] rust: net: add minimal rtnl registration and netlink tap support

[PATCH RESEND 1/2] stm class: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user
 2026-04-02 16:59 UTC 

[GIT PULL] PCI: tegra: Changes for v7.1-rc1
 2026-04-02 16:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] virtio-net: allow vhost-user backends to provide config space
 2026-04-02 16:58 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/amdgpu/amd_fuzzing: Remove unused variable
 2026-04-02 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for "

[PATCH] power: sequencing: pcie-m2: add SERIAL_DEV_BUS dependency
 2026-04-02 16:58 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3] PCI: imx6: Don't remove MSI capability for i.MX7D/i.MX8M
 2026-04-02 16:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND] thermal/drivers/brcmstb_thermal: Use max to simplify brcmstb_get_temp
 2026-04-02 16:56 UTC 

[PATCH] x86/shstk: Provide kernel command line knob to disable
 2026-04-02 16:57 UTC  (6+ messages)

[REGRESSION] amdgpu with Thunderbolt eGPU bracket fails since new bridge window alignment calculation code
 2026-04-02 16:56 UTC  (7+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/cryptsetup: bump version to 2.8.5
 2026-04-02 16:55 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/bind: security bump to version 9.18.48
 2026-04-02 16:55 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: Add PMIC regulators usb pcie
 2026-04-02 16:54 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: Enable i2c8 adapter for OrangePi RV2
` [PATCH v5 2/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: Define the P1 PMIC regulators "
` [PATCH v5 3/3] riscv: dts: spacemit: Enable USB3.0/PCIe on "

[PATCH] xen/device-tree: Fix off-by-one bounds check in make_memory_node()
 2026-04-02 16:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net v4 0/2] stmmac crash/stall fixes when under memory pressure
 2026-04-02 16:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND] block: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
 2026-04-02 16:50 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/2] firmware_loader: allow firmware_class.path to take multiple paths
 2026-04-02 16:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] iommu: Always fill in gather when unmapping
 2026-04-02 16:51 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/4] VRF support in FIB library
 2026-04-02 16:51 UTC  (10+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: publish jinode after initialization" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
 2026-04-02 16:51 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] ext4: publish jinode after initialization

[PATCH 0/4] xen/arm: ITS quirk handling fixes and board-specific matches
 2026-04-02 16:50 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] xen/arm: its: add platform match callback for ITS quirks

[PATCH 0/3] drm: lcdif: FIFO underrun/solid color bug fix
 2026-04-02 16:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] drm: lcdif: Wait for vblank before disabling DMA

[PATCH bpf v3 1/2] bpf: Reject sleepable kprobe_multi programs at attach time
 2026-04-02 16:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

QA notification for completed autobuilder build (yocto-5.0.17.rc1)
 2026-04-02 16:50 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [qa-build-notification] "

[PATCH] drm/xe: expose multi_lrc_mask in debugfs info
 2026-04-02 16:49 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/2] "
  ` [PATCH v5 1/2] drm/xe: improve readability of debugfs engine info output
  ` [PATCH v5 2/2] drm/xe: expose multi-lrc engine classes in debugfs info
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe: expose multi_lrc_mask in debugfs info (rev5)

[PATCH] s5p4418_nanopi2: Drop unnecessary BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F usage
 2026-04-02 16:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] firmware: sysfb: Consolidate config/code wrt. sysfb_primary_screen
 2026-04-02 16:47 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/8] firmware: sysfb: Make CONFIG_SYSFB a user-selectable option

[PATCH 0/2] gpio: Add EIO GPIO support
 2026-04-02 16:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: gpio: Add eio gpio node to gpio-zynq
` [PATCH 2/2] gpio: zynq: Add eio gpio support

[PATCH v9 0/4] tests/intel/xe_vm: Add drm_xe_vm_get_property tests
 2026-04-02 16:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[PATCH v3 0/6] staging: rtl8723bs: cleanup code and style
 2026-04-02 16:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] staging: rtl8723bs: core: simplify boolean comparisons
` [PATCH v3 5/6] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: style cleanup

[PATCH net] net: hamradio: 6pack: fix uninit-value in sixpack_receive_buf
 2026-04-02 16:45 UTC 

[net-next v7 00/10] Add TSO map-once DMA helpers and bnxt SW USO support
 2026-04-02 16:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [net-next v7 07/10] net: bnxt: Implement software USO

25.11.1 patches review and test
 2026-04-02 16:44 UTC 

[PATCH for-11.1 00/10] Deprecate the qemu-system-i386 binary
 2026-04-02 16:44 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/2] Add TPS68470 power supply support for ov13b10 sensor
 2026-04-02 16:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/2] platform/x86: int3472: Add TPS68470 board data for Intel nvl
` [PATCH v8 2/2] media: ov13b10: Support multiple regulators

[PATCH bpf v3 0/2] bpf: reject direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF pointers
 2026-04-02 16:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf v3 1/2] "
` [PATCH bpf v3 2/2] selftests/bpf: add test for nullable PTR_TO_BUF access

✅ PASS: Test report for for-kernelci (7.0.0-rc6, upstream-arm-next, 2465c01b)
 2026-04-02 16:43 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] trusted-firmware-a: support genericarm64 like qemuarm64
 2026-04-02 16:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] u-boot: enable tf-a support for genericarm64
  ` [meta-arm] "

[libgpiod][PATCH 1/9] bindings: python: build_tests: do not fallback to distutils
 2026-04-02 16:42 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [libgpiod][PATCH 9/9] bindings: python: update linter configuration

[PATCH v2] drm/arcpgu: fix device node leak
 2026-04-02 16:42 UTC 

[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.54.0-rc0
 2026-04-02 16:42 UTC 

[patch V5 00/15] Improve /proc/interrupts further
 2026-04-02 16:41 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [patch V5 05/15] x86/irq: Suppress unlikely interrupt stats by default
` [patch V5 06/15] x86/irq: Move IOAPIC misrouted and PIC/APIC error counts into irq_stats

[4/4] doc: fit: add dm-verity boot parameter documentation
 2026-04-02 16:40 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: omap1: use real firmware node lookup for GPIOs on Nokia 770
 2026-04-02 16:40 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/4] kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier
` [PATCH v5 2/4] software node: remove software_node_exit()
` [PATCH v5 3/4] driver core: make software nodes available earlier
` [PATCH v5 4/4] ARM: omap1: enable real software node lookup of GPIOs on Nokia 770

[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf: Migrate bpf_task_work and file dynptr to kmalloc_nolock
 2026-04-02 16:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[3/4] tools: mkimage: add dm-verity Merkle-tree generation
 2026-04-02 16:39 UTC 

[PATCH] platform/x86: barco-p50-gpio: attach software node to its target GPIO device
 2026-04-02 16:39 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v5] tests: use test_path_is_missing instead of '! test -f'
 2026-04-02 16:39 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v6] "

[PATCH] media: ipu-bridge: Add upside-down sensor quirk for Dell 16 Premium DA16250
 2026-04-02 16:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/3] PCI: AtomicOps: Fix pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root()
 2026-04-02 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] Add support for Adreno 810 GPU
 2026-04-02 16:38 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] arm64: dts: qcom: milos: Add Adreno 810 GPU and GMU nodes

bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: round up nr_irqs to a power of two
 2026-04-02 16:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] fit: dm-verity support
 2026-04-02 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] image: fit: add dm-verity property name constants
  ` [1/4] "
` [PATCH 2/4] boot: fit: support generating DM verity cmdline parameters
  ` [2/4] "

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
 2026-04-02 16:37 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y] ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount

[RFC PATCH] mm/hmm: Add userfaultfd support to fault handling
 2026-04-02 16:37 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] usb: dwc3: xilinx: Add Versal2 MMI USB 3.2 controller support
 2026-04-02 16:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: usb: dwc3-xilinx: Add MMI USB support on Versal Gen2 platform

[PATCH net] net: airoha: Add dma_rmb() and READ_ONCE() in airoha_qdma_rx_process()
 2026-04-02 16:36 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/8] Add support for TQMa7x
 2026-04-02 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] t/pack-refs-tests: drop '-f' from test_path_is_missing
 2026-04-02 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] tests: use test_path_is_missing instead of '! test -f'

[0/4] fit: dm-verity support
 2026-04-02 16:35 UTC 

[PATCH] [BlueZ,v1,1/1] avdtp: ignore Discover cmd when host sends before
 2026-04-02 16:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 00/11] net: macb: implement context swapping
 2026-04-02 16:34 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 10/11] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam()

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/amd/amd_fuzzing: Fix compilation error on fedora
 2026-04-02 16:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH BlueZ 1/3] shared: Add single-link list implementation
 2026-04-02 16:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH BlueZ 2/3] shared: Remove glib dependency from src/shared/ad.c
` [BlueZ,1/3] shared: Add single-link list implementation

[PATCH 0/7] mshv: Reduce memory consumption for unpinned regions
 2026-04-02 16:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/7] mshv: Rename mshv_mem_region to mshv_region

[PATCH bpf-next v3 4/6] bpf: Simulate branches to prune based on range violations
 2026-04-02 16:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCh v3 0/8] arm64: dts: renesas: Add RZ/G3E audio enablement
 2026-04-02 16:31 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCh v3 1/8] dt-bindings: clock: renesas: Add audio clock inputs for RZ/V2H family
` [PATCh v3 2/8] clk: renesas: r9a09g047: Add audio clock and reset support
` [PATCh v3 3/8] arm64: dts: renesas: rzv2h: Add audio clock inputs
` [PATCh v3 4/8] arm64: dts: renesas: r9a09g047: Add RZ/G3E Sound support
` [PATCh v3 5/8] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3e-smarc-som: Add Versa3 clock generator
` [PATCh v3 6/8] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3e-smarc-som: Add I2C1 support
` [PATCh v3 7/8] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3e-smarc-som: add audio pinmux definitions
` [PATCh v3 8/8] arm64: dts: renesas: r9a09g047e57-smarc: add DA7212 audio codec support

[GIT PULL] Please pull u-boot-imx-next-20260402
 2026-04-02 16:32 UTC 

[PATCH RFC net-next v2 2/2] af_packet: Add port specific handling for HSR
 2026-04-02 16:32 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v1] fuse: fix io-uring background queue stall on request completion
 2026-04-02 16:32 UTC  (5+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
 2026-04-02 16:31 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: fix the might_sleep() warnings in kvfree()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
 2026-04-02 16:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/4] ext4: factor out ext4_percpu_param_init() and ext4_percpu_param_destroy()
  ` [PATCH 6.1.y 2/4] ext4: use ext4_group_desc_free() in ext4_put_super() to save some duplicated code
  ` [PATCH 6.1.y 3/4] ext4: factor out ext4_flex_groups_free()
  ` [PATCH 6.1.y 4/4] ext4: fix the might_sleep() warnings in kvfree()

[RFC PATCH 1/3] sbom-cve-check: refactor do_sbom_cve_check
 2026-04-02 16:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 2/3] sbom-cve-check: move to classes from classes-recipe
  ` Patchtest results for "
` [RFC PATCH 3/3] sbom-cve-check: add prototype recipe scanning task

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: invalidate block device page cache on umount
 2026-04-02 16:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[f2fs-dev] Patchwork summary for: f2fs
 2026-04-02 16:30 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v3 0/2] bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace
 2026-04-02 16:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/14] fuse: add io-uring buffer rings and zero-copy
 2026-04-02 16:28 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/14] fuse: separate next request fetching from sending logic
` [PATCH v2 02/14] fuse: refactor io-uring header copying to ring
` [PATCH v2 03/14] fuse: refactor io-uring header copying from ring
` [PATCH v2 04/14] fuse: use enum types for header copying
` [PATCH v2 05/14] fuse: refactor setting up copy state for payload copying
` [PATCH v2 06/14] fuse: support buffer copying for kernel addresses
` [PATCH v2 07/14] fuse: use named constants for io-uring iovec indices
` [PATCH v2 08/14] fuse: move fuse_uring_abort() from header to dev_uring.c
` [PATCH v2 09/14] fuse: rearrange io-uring iovec and ent allocation logic
` [PATCH v2 10/14] fuse: add io-uring buffer rings
` [PATCH v2 11/14] fuse: add pinned headers capability for "
` [PATCH v2 12/14] fuse: add pinned payload buffers "
` [PATCH v2 13/14] fuse: add zero-copy over io-uring
` [PATCH v2 14/14] docs: fuse: add io-uring bufring and zero-copy documentation

[PATCH v2 00/14] Add ARM64 support for MSHV accelerator
 2026-04-02 16:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/14] accel/mshv: add arch-specific accelerator init hook

[GIT PULL] RTLA changes for v7.1
 2026-04-02 16:28 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] drm/bridge: convert users of of_drm_find_bridge(), part 4
 2026-04-02 16:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/4] drm: renesas: rz-du: rzg2l_du_encoder: convert to of_drm_find_and_get_bridge()
` [PATCH v4 2/4] drm/kmb/dsi: "
` [PATCH v4 3/4] drm: rcar-du: encoder: "
` [PATCH v4 4/4] drm/omap: dss: "

[PATCH v3 00/10] liveupdate: Fix module unloading and unregister API
 2026-04-02 16:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 05/10] liveupdate: Defer FLB module refcounting to active sessions
` [PATCH v3 06/10] liveupdate: Remove luo_session_quiesce()

[PATCH v3] Add support for OpenSSL Provider API
 2026-04-02 16:27 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCh v3 00/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E audio driver support
 2026-04-02 16:24 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCh v3 01/14] ASoC: dt-bindings: renesas,rsnd: Split into generic and SoC-specific parts
` [PATCh v3 02/14] ASoC: dt-bindings: Add RZ/G3E (R9A09G047) sound binding
` [PATCh v3 03/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add reset controller support to rsnd_mod
` [PATCh v3 04/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E SoC probing and register map
` [PATCh v3 05/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add audmacpp clock and reset support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCh v3 06/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E DMA address calculation support
` [PATCh v3 07/14] ASoC: rsnd: ssui: Add RZ/G3E SSIU BUSIF support
` [PATCh v3 08/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add SSI reset support for RZ/G3E platforms
` [PATCh v3 09/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add ADG reset support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCh v3 10/14] ASoC: rsnd: adg: Add per-SSI ADG and SSIF supply clock management
` [PATCh v3 11/14] ASoC: rsnd: src: Add SRC reset and clock support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCh v3 12/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add rsnd_adg_mod_get() for PM support
` [PATCh v3 13/14] ASoC: rsnd: Export rsnd_ssiu_mod_get() "
` [PATCh v3 14/14] ASoC: rsnd: Add system suspend/resume support

[PATCH 0/3] driver core: make struct device_driver and bus_type groups members constant arrays
 2026-04-02 16:25 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] driver core: constify group arrays arguments in driver_add_groups and driver_remove_groups

[GIT PULL] Networking for v7.0-rc7
 2026-04-02 16:25 UTC 

[PATCH] lib: sbi: Fix hw a/d updating defaults
 2026-04-02 16:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] staging: rtl8723bs: cleanup rtw_io.c
 2026-04-02 16:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead code in rtw_io.c
` [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: rtl8723bs: replace tabs used as separators with spaces

[PATCH RFC can-next 0/3] Introduce diag support for CAN
 2026-04-02 16:24 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC can-next 3/3] can: add can diag interface

[PATCH 3/3] fpga: microchip-spi: add bounds checks in mpf_ops_parse_header()
 2026-04-02 16:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
` [PATCH v3] "

[PATCh v3 0/2] Add DMA ACK signal routing for RZ/V2H family
 2026-04-02 16:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCh v3 1/2] irqchip/renesas-rzv2h: Add DMA ACK signal routing support
` [PATCh v3 2/2] dma: sh: rz-dmac: "

[OE-core] [PATCH v1] pulseaudio: split pactl into a dedicated client subpackage
 2026-04-02 16:21 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v11 0/6] tls: Add TLS 1.3 hardware offload support
 2026-04-02 16:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 6/6] selftests: net: add TLS hardware offload test

[PATCH RFC v4 00/44] guest_memfd: In-place conversion support
 2026-04-02 16:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v4 10/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Add support for KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2

[PATCH 00/13] drm/xe/pf: Improve EQ/PT provisioning
 2026-04-02 16:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v2] cpupower: remove extern declarations in cmd functions
 2026-04-02 16:15 UTC 

[PATCH v4] uio: fix unregister_device
 2026-04-02 16:19 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/4] io_uring: extend bvec registration
 2026-04-02 16:09 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/4] io_uring/rsrc: split io_buffer_register_request() logic

[PATCH v2 0/4] platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: use real firmware node references with intel drivers
 2026-04-02 16:18 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] devtools: align trailer checks with kernel convention
 2026-04-02 16:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC 3/4] devtools: remove blank line requirement between trailers
` [RFC 4/4] devtools: demote tag ordering to warning

[PATCH net-next v2 3/3] gve: implement PTP gettimex64
 2026-04-02 16:15 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/3] fwu: Call EFI stack initialization after preboot
 2026-04-02 16:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/3] fwu: Move boottime checks to EVT_POST_PREBOOT
  ` [v4,3/3] "

[PATCH 0/2] Subject: [PATCH 0/2] iio: light: cm3323: fix and cleanup
 2026-04-02 16:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] iio: light: cm3323: fix reg_conf not being initialized correctly

[PATCH 0/6] Hyper-V: kexec fixes for L1VH (mshv)
 2026-04-02 16:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/6] mshv: limit SynIC management to MSHV-owned resources

[PATCH v10 0/3] Panel Replay BW optimization
 2026-04-02 16:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 1/3] drm/display: Add drm helper to check pr optimization support

[PATCH 6.6.y 0/4] Fix CVE-2024-27022: fork/hugetlb race with vfio prerequisites
 2026-04-02 16:13 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/4] vfio: Create vfio_fs_type with inode per device
` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/4] vfio/pci: Use unmap_mapping_range()
` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/4] vfio/pci: Insert full vma on mmap'd MMIO fault
` [PATCH 6.6.y 4/4] fork: defer linking file vma until vma is fully initialized


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