messages from 2026-04-14 09:06:29 to 2026-04-14 09:53:31 UTC [more...]
[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: fix integer overflow in amdgpu_gem_align_pitch()
2026-04-14 9:26 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH 0/2] Fix active-low handling of MIPI CSI resets on i.MX8MQ
2026-04-14 9:55 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: reset: imx8mq: Add _N suffix to IMX8MQ_RESET_MIPI_CSI*_RESET
[PATCH 0/6] hugetlb: normalize exported interfaces to use base-page indices
2026-04-14 9:53 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/6] hugetlb: drop vma_hugecache_offset() in favor of linear_page_index()
[PATCH] selftests/mm: Simplify byte pattern checking in mremap_test
2026-04-14 9:53 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t v2 0/4] Enable and Add new tests for DC3CO
2026-04-14 9:50 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 1/4] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Replace require with proper assertion
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 2/4] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Enable DC3CO test for PSR2/PR modes
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 3/4] tests/kms_vrr: Add new test for DC3CO validation with LOBF
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 4/4] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Add new test for dc3co framedrop validation
[PATCH v2 0/6] Atomic write test fixes & refactoring
2026-04-14 9:52 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] ext4/061,062: Minor fixes and refactoring
[GIT PULL 00/12 for v7.1] v7.1
2026-04-14 9:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [GIT PULL 05/12 for v7.1] vfs fs_struct
[PATCH v4 0/9] Qualcomm Sahara protocol enhancements
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/9] bus: mhi: Move sahara protocol driver under drivers/bus/mhi
` [PATCH v4 4/9] bus: mhi: Centralize firmware image table selection at probe time
` [PATCH v4 5/9] bus: mhi: Add QDU100 variant and image_id firmware fallback
[PATCH v3 00/38] drm/msm/dp: Add MST support for MSM chipsets
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 31/38] drm/msm/dp: add HPD callback for dp MST
[PATCH v4 0/1] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/1] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps in early boot
[PATCH 00/11] media: iris: Add support for glymur platform
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] dt-bindings: media: qcom,glymur-iris: Add glymur video codec
` [PATCH 05/11] media: iris: Enable Secure PAS support with IOMMU managed by Linux
` [PATCH 06/11] media: iris: Fix VM count passed to firmware
` [PATCH 08/11] media: iris: Add power sequence for Glymur
` [PATCH 09/11] media: iris: Add support to select core for dual core platforms
[PATCH] mm/migrate_device: fix double unlock and remove dead code
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t v10 0/8] tests/xe: Add purgeable memory madvise tests for system allocator
2026-04-14 9:50 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for tests/xe: Add purgeable memory madvise tests for system allocator (rev10)
[PATCH v3 0/2] iio: frequency: ad9832: cleanups
2026-04-14 9:51 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] iio: frequency: ad9832: remove kernel.h proxy header
` [PATCH v3 2/2] iio: frequency: ad9832: simplify bitwise math
[PATCH v7 00/22] Runtime TDX module update support
2026-04-14 9:50 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 07/22] coco/tdx-host: Implement firmware upload sysfs ABI for TDX module updates
` [PATCH v7 08/22] x86/virt/seamldr: Allocate and populate a module update request
[PATCH] [RFC] hwmon: nct6775: Register fan PWMs as PWM chip
2026-04-14 9:48 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] iio: frequency: ad9834: driver cleanup
2026-04-14 9:47 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] iio: frequency: ad9834: clean up includes
` [PATCH 2/3] iio: frequency: ad9834: change sprintf() to sysfs_emit()
` [PATCH 3/3] iio: frequency: ad9834: add mutex_lock() when reading st->control
[PATCH net] net: usb: cdc-phonet: fix skb frags[] overflow in rx_complete()
2026-04-14 9:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] iov_iter: use kmemdup_array for dup_iter to harden against overflow
2026-04-14 9:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/10] ARM: qcom: msm8960: enable WCNSS (Bluetooth & Wi-Fi)
2026-04-14 9:46 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/10] ARM: dts: qcom: msm8960: add SCM
` [PATCH 07/10] ARM: dts: qcom: msm8960: add SMEM & hwmutex
` [PATCH 10/10] ARM: dts: qcom: msm8960: huashan: enable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Kconfig olddefconfig nukes 32-bit
2026-04-14 9:40 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/7] netfs: Miscellaneous fixes
2026-04-14 9:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] rust: add `num` module
2026-04-14 9:45 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] rust: add `num` module with `PowerOfTwo` type
[PATCH] mm/memblock: fix off-by-one page leak in reserve_mem_release_by_name()
2026-04-14 9:44 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/13] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd()
2026-04-14 9:44 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 13/13] mm/huge_memory: add and use has_deposited_pgtable()
[PATCH RFC] ACPI: processor: idle: Do not propagate acpi_processor_ffh_lpi_probe() -ENODEV
2026-04-14 9:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] media: i2c: Add os02g10 camera sensor driver
2026-04-14 9:43 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] media: i2c: add os02g10 image "
✅ PASS (MISSED 88 of 97): Test report for master (7.0.0-0, upstream-mainline, d60bc140)
2026-04-14 9:43 UTC
[PATCH 00/53] selftests/mm: make MM selftests more CI friendly
2026-04-14 9:41 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 14/53] selftests/mm: ksm_tests: use kselftest framework
[PATCH] net: wwan: t7xx: validate port_count against message length in t7xx_port_enum_msg_handler
2026-04-14 9:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] xfs_quota: display default limits for users with zero usage
2026-04-14 9:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/3] pinctrl: aspeed: Add AST2700 SoC0 support
2026-04-14 9:39 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add aspeed,ast2700-soc0-pinctrl
` [PATCH v6 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed,ast2x00-scu: Describe AST2700 SCU0
` [PATCH v6 3/3] pinctrl: aspeed: Add AST2700 SoC0 support
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 0/10] ice: misc cleanups and improvements
2026-04-14 9:39 UTC (19+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 4/10] ice: reorder ice_flash_info fields to eliminate padding
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 6/10] ice: increase OICR interrupt moderation rate to 20K interrupts/sec
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 7/10] ice: emit user-visible info message for non-contiguous ETS TC config
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 8/10] ice: move ice_phy_get_speed_eth56g() from ice_ptp_hw.c to ice_common.c
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 9/10] ice: use inline helpers instead of memcmp() for IPv6 mask checks in ice_ethtool_fdir
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 10/10] ice: promote Tx FIFO drain timeout message from dev_dbg to dev_warn
` "
SVSM Observability and Configuration Protocol draft
2026-04-14 9:38 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf, arm64/riscv: Remove redundant icache flush after pack allocator finalize
2026-04-14 9:38 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf, arm64: Remove redundant bpf_flush_icache() "
[RFC PATCH v3 0/5] dma-mapping: Fixes for memory encryption
2026-04-14 9:37 UTC (7+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 1/5] swiotlb: Return state of memory from swiotlb_alloc()
` [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] dma-mapping: Decrypt memory on remap
` [RFC PATCH v3 5/5] dma-mapping: Fix memory decryption issues
[PATCH] net: Optimize flush calculation in inet_gro_receive()
2026-04-14 9:36 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/5] RFC: Add attachments support
2026-04-14 9:35 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 5/5] runner/resultgen: Insert attachments list into results.json
[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/4] tool/intel_hdcp: Fix flickering and show actual HDCP status
2026-04-14 9:35 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for tool/intel_hdcp: Fix flickering and show actual HDCP status (rev3)
[PATCH v2 0/8] repo_config_values: migrate more globals
2026-04-14 9:35 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] environment: move "trust_ctime" into `struct repo_config_values`
` [PATCH v2 5/8] environment: move "precomposed_unicode" "
[PATCH v4 00/11] liveupdate: Fix module unloading and unregister API
2026-04-14 9:35 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 11/11] liveupdate: fix return value on session allocation failure
[PATCH net 1/1] net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers
2026-04-14 9:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 1/1] iio: adc: ad7191: Don't check for specific errors when parsing properties
2026-04-14 9:33 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH] strace: Remove -std=gnu23 from ptests makefile to fix reproducibility
2026-04-14 9:33 UTC
[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix missing error handling for get_min_max*()
2026-04-14 9:33 UTC
[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Fix error handling in amdgpu_vmid_alloc_reserved()
2026-04-14 9:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] arm-smmu-v3: Add PMCG child support and update PMU MMIO mapping
2026-04-14 9:32 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v3] mm/memory hotplug/unplug: Optimize zone contiguous check when changing pfn range
2026-04-14 9:32 UTC (10+ messages)
[PATCH 00/11] vmstate: Implement VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC
2026-04-14 9:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH V3 0/2] Add post change sequence for link start notify
2026-04-14 9:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V3 1/2] ufs: core: Configure only active lanes during link
` [PATCH V3 2/2] ufs: ufs-qcom: Enable Auto Hibern8 clock request support
[PATCH 6.1.y-cip 1/7] drm: renesas: rz-du: Add atomic_pre_enable
2026-04-14 9:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y-cip 2/7] drm: renesas: rz-du: Implement MIPI DSI host transfers
[PATCH v2] iio: hid-sensors: Use software trigger
2026-04-14 9:30 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] iio: adc: xilinx-ams: refactor alarm handling to table-driven design
2026-04-14 9:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] iio: adc: xilinx-ams: fix out-of-bounds channel lookup in event handling
` [PATCH 2/3] iio: adc: xilinx-ams: use guard(mutex) for automatic locking
` [PATCH 3/3] iio: adc: xilinx-ams: refactor alarm mapping to table-driven approach
[PATCH 6.6 00/50] 6.6.135-rc1 review
2026-04-14 9:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ati-vga: fix unsigned integer overflow in cursor bounds checks
2026-04-14 14:14 UTC (2+ messages)
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 5/10] ice: improve Add/Update VSI error messages in ice_vsi_init()
2026-04-14 9:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` "
[PATCH v4 0/2] hwmon: Add support for MPS mp2985
2026-04-14 9:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add "
` [PATCH v4 2/2] hwmon: add MP2985 driver
zloop fixes
2026-04-14 9:30 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] zloop: fix write pointer calculation in zloop_forget_cache
` [PATCH 2/6] zloop: use vfs_truncate
` [PATCH 3/6] zloop: improve the unaligned write pointer warning
` [PATCH 4/6] zloop: set RQF_QUIET when completing requests on deleted devices
` [PATCH 5/6] zloop: factor out zloop_mark_{full,empty} helpers
` [PATCH 6/6] zloop: remove irq-safe locking
[PATCH 00/25] xhci features for usb-next
2026-04-14 9:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` Question on follow-up work for secondary interrupters
[PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc
2026-04-14 9:09 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
[LTP] AI review agent
2026-04-14 9:29 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/jpeg: Fix sprintf buffer overflow warning in jpeg_v2_5
2026-04-14 9:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: use kvmalloc_objs() for overflow-safe allocations
2026-04-14 9:27 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/4] Enable audio over HDMI and
2026-04-14 9:28 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490: Enable DP audio
[PATCH i-g-t 0/6] add test to validate dock/undock and switch
2026-04-14 9:27 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/6] lib/igt_edid: add EDID serial extraction helpers
` [PATCH i-g-t 3/6] lib/igt_serial: add generic serial communication helper
` [PATCH i-g-t 5/6] tests/kms_feature_discovery: add basic usb4 switch discovery
` [PATCH i-g-t 6/6] tests/intel/kms_usb4_switch: Add USB4 switch test suite
[PATCH 0/3] pmdomain: qcom: rpmhpd: Add power domains for Nord SoC
2026-04-14 9:27 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: power: qcom,rpmhpd: Add RPMh power domain "
` [PATCH 3/3] pmdomain: qcom: rpmhpd: Add power domains "
[PATCH v1] gnutls: Add p11-kit for native builds
2026-04-14 9:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH] hw: q35: fix VGA text console with SMM disabled
2026-04-14 9:26 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH-for-11.0] "
[CI] drm: Ensure ioctls are drained before device unplug
2026-04-14 9:25 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "
[bug report] ALSA: usb-audio: Add error checks against get_min_max*()
2026-04-14 9:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[BUG] librdmacm: Accessing out-of-bounds memory
2026-04-14 9:24 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2] docs: Draft Design Document for NUMA-aware claim sets
2026-04-14 9:21 UTC
[PATCH v1 00/27] [RISC-V] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 14/27] xen/riscv: introduce per-vCPU IMSIC state
[PATCH v2 00/17] hw/usb/ehci: Add 64-bit descriptor addressing support
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/17] hw/usb/hcd-ehci: Change descriptor addresses to 64-bit
[REGRESSION] GPU passes into VM improperly after c376a3456d8b or a98db518dde2
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/3] iio: dac: mcp4821: add configurable gain support
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] iio: dac: mcp4821: fix spelling mistake in enum name
` [PATCH v5 2/3] iio: dac: mcp4821: move state initialization outside switch
` [PATCH v5 3/3] iio: dac: mcp4821: add configurable gain support
[PATCH] ALSA: control: Validate buf_len before strnlen() in snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names()
2026-04-14 9:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3] drm/amdgpu: drop userq fence driver refs out of fence process()
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[meta-security][PATCH] isic: fix RDEPNEDS typo
2026-04-14 9:22 UTC
[PATCH v3] mpt3sas: Limit NVMe request size to 2 MiB
2026-04-14 9:19 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix null-ptr-deref in nf_osf_ttl
2026-04-14 9:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v3 0/3] xl: Allow PCI devices to be passthrough'd via Qemu command line
2026-04-14 9:18 UTC (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] libxl: Allow PCI device passthrough using -device "
` [RFC PATCH v3 3/3] docs: provide description for pci hotplug option
[PATCH RFC 0/9] mm/virtio: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed reported pages
2026-04-14 9:18 UTC (14+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/9] mm: page_alloc: propagate PageReported flag across buddy splits
` [PATCH RFC 2/9] mm: page_reporting: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed reported pages
` [PATCH RFC 3/9] mm: add __GFP_PREZEROED flag and folio_test_clear_prezeroed()
[LTP] [PATCH 0/2] Add infiniband testing suite
2026-04-14 9:17 UTC (7+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH 2/2] device-drivers/rdma: Add ucma_uaf01 test
[PATCH] board: stm32pm1: Fix board_check_usb_power()
2026-04-14 9:17 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: add missing syncookie statistics for BPF custom syncookies
2026-04-14 9:17 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: verify syncookie statistics in tcp_custom_syncookie
[PATCH 0/5] bsd-user: Generate system call numbers
2026-04-14 9:16 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] bsd-user: Add syscall header generator for FreeBSD
[PATCH v2 0/3] Fix CS35L56 amplifier on Intel LPSS SPI with broken ACPI cs-gpios
2026-04-14 9:16 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] platform/x86: serial-multi-instantiate: Fix SPI chip select on platforms with incomplete "
[PATCH 00/35] irqchip/qcom-pdc: Clean up register mapping and DT descriptions
2026-04-14 9:16 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] mm/vmstat: simplify folio stat APIs
2026-04-14 9:15 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] mm/vmstat: use node_stat_add_folio/sub_folio for folio_nr_pages operations
` [PATCH 2/4] mm/vmstat: use zone_stat_add_folio/sub_folio "
` [PATCH 3/4] mm/vmstat: remove unused __node_stat_* wrappers
` [PATCH 4/4] mm/vmstat: remove unused __zone_stat_* wrappers
[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Filesystem inode reclaim
2026-04-14 9:15 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH for-11.0 v3] accel/kvm: return early from kvm_irqchip_create if kvm does not support irqchip
2026-04-14 9:15 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/5] tracing/fprobe: Fix fprobe_ip_table related bugs
2026-04-14 9:15 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/5] tracing/fprobe: Reject registration of a registered fprobe before init
` [PATCH v6 2/5] tracing/fprobe: Remove fprobe from hash in failure path
` [PATCH v6 3/5] tracing/fprobe: Avoid kcalloc() in rcu_read_lock section
` [PATCH v6 4/5] tracing/fprobe: Check the same type fprobe on table as the unregistered one
` [PATCH v6 5/5] tracing/fprobe: Fix to unregister ftrace_ops if it is empty on module unloading
[PATCH] misc: Add RZG2L OTP support
2026-04-14 9:14 UTC
Firmware for reverse engineering b43?
2026-04-14 9:14 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/2] NFS: fix RCU and tracing pointer safety
2026-04-14 9:14 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] NFS: use unsigned long for req field in nfs_page_class
[PATCH v1 00/13] hw/usb/ehci: Add 64-bit descriptor addressing support
2026-04-14 9:14 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 07/13] hw/usb/hcd-ehci: Implement 64-bit QH descriptor addressing
[syzbot] [ppp?] KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_sync_receive (4)
2026-04-14 9:14 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/3] ksz87xx: add support for low-loss cable equalizer errata
2026-04-14 9:12 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] net: dsa: microchip: implement KSZ87xx Module 3 low-loss cable errata
` [PATCH v3 2/3] net: ethtool: add KSZ87xx low-loss PHY tunable
` [PATCH v3 3/3] net: phy: micrel: expose KSZ87xx low-loss erratum via "
[PATCH net-next v11 00/10] bng_en: add link management and statistics support
2026-04-14 9:11 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v11 05/10] bng_en: add support for link async events
[PATCH 0/3] mm: split the file's i_mmap tree for NUMA
2026-04-14 9:11 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] tracing/hist: bound expression string construction
2026-04-14 9:10 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] tracing/hist: bound expression strings with seq_buf
[PATCH] docs: rust: fix grammar in testing documentation
2026-04-14 9:07 UTC
[PATCH] KVM: Drop kvm_vcpu.ready to squash race where "ready" can get stuck "true"
2026-04-14 9:09 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] arm64: dts: exynos850: Add SRAM node
2026-04-14 9:08 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] tools/cgroup: add memcg_cacheinfo.py tool
2026-04-14 9:08 UTC
[QUESTION] rtc: zynqmp: CALIB_RD reset behavior differs between ZynqMP and Versal
2026-04-14 9:08 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Reject unknown opcodes before ICRC processing
2026-04-14 9:07 UTC
[meta-virtualization][PATCH] libvirt-dbus: disable -Werror=inline to fix build error
2026-04-14 9:06 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH] "
[PATCH 6.1 00/55] 6.1.169-rc1 review
2026-04-14 9:06 UTC (2+ messages)
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