messages from 2026-04-14 14:21:03 to 2026-04-14 15:26:07 UTC [more...]
[RFC] Proposal: Add sysfs interface for PCIe TPH Steering Tag retrieval and configuration
2026-04-14 15:11 UTC (14+ messages)
[PATCH bpf] bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()
2026-04-14 15:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] dts: ConfigurationError not thrown due to lack of next default value
2026-04-14 15:21 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/5] iio: ssp_sensors: improve resource cleanup
2026-04-12 16:45 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/5] iio: ssp_sensors: use devm APIs for mutex and IRQ resources
Linux 6.12.75
2026-04-14 15:24 UTC (8+ messages)
` [regression] "
[PATCH v3 0/6] hw/sd: Improve performance of read/write/erase
2026-04-14 15:23 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 5/6] hw/sd/sdcard: Add erase-blocks-as-zero option
[PATCH 00/11] vmstate: Implement VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC
2026-04-14 15:23 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCHv5 00/15] Adding comprehensive support for i.MX8MM EVK board
2026-04-14 15:18 UTC (3+ messages)
` [EXT] "
Phandles
2026-04-14 15:24 UTC (12+ messages)
[PATCH V10 00/10] famfs: port into fuse
2026-04-14 15:23 UTC (10+ messages)
[PATCH] erofs: validate nameoff for all dirents in erofs_fill_dentries()
2026-04-14 15:20 UTC
[PATCH 00/11] media: iris: Add support for glymur platform
2026-04-14 15:23 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/11] media: iris: Add iris vpu bus support and register it with iommu_buses
` [PATCH 03/11] media: iris: Add context bank hooks for platform specific initialization
` [PATCH 04/11] media: iris: Add helper to create a context bank device on iris vpu bus
` [PATCH 06/11] media: iris: Fix VM count passed to firmware
` [PATCH 08/11] media: iris: Add power sequence for Glymur
[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2 0/2] Introduce IDPF PCI callbacks
2026-04-14 15:13 UTC (13+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2 1/2] idpf: remove conditonal MBX deinit from idpf_vc_core_deinit()
` "
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2 2/2] idpf: implement pci error handlers
` "
[PATCH] i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers exceeding I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX
2026-04-14 15:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.54.0-rc2
2026-04-14 15:22 UTC
arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8395-genio-1200-evk-ufs.dtb: jpeg-decoder@1a040000 (mediatek,mt8195-jpgdec): 'jpgdec@0,0', 'jpgdec@0,10000', 'jpgdec@1,0' do not match any of the regexes: '^jpgdec@[0-9a-f]+$', '^pinctrl-[0-9]+$'
2026-04-14 15:21 UTC
[PATCH] common: spl: nand: improve u-boot offsets overriding
2026-04-14 15:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] wireguard: device: use exit_rtnl callback instead of manual rtnl_lock in pre_exit
2026-04-14 15:18 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/10] xen: Add NUMA-aware memory claims for domains
2026-04-14 15:17 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 05/10] xen/domain: Add DOMCTL handler for claiming memory with NUMA awareness
[PATCH RFC 00/17] monitor: turn QMP and HMP into QOM objects
2026-04-14 15:15 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/17] monitor: replace 'common' with 'parent' in MonitorQMP
[PATCH rc v1 0/4] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix device crash on kdump kernel
2026-04-14 15:16 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH rc v1 3/4] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Retain SMMUEN during kdump device reset
[PATCH bpf v4 0/5] bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update
2026-04-14 14:13 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf v4 4/5] "
` [PATCH bpf v4 5/5] bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: mana: Avoid queue struct allocation failure under memory fragmentation
2026-04-14 15:13 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: mana: Use per-queue allocation for tx_qp to reduce allocation size
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: mana: Use kvmalloc for large RX queue and buffer allocations
[PATCH rdma-next v2 0/8] RDMA/bnxt_re: Support QP uapi extensions
2026-04-14 15:14 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-next v2 8/8] RDMA/bnxt_re: Enable app allocated QPs
[PATCH v3 00/13] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd()
2026-04-14 15:14 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 13/13] mm/huge_memory: add and use has_deposited_pgtable()
[PATCH] drm/msm/dpu: fix UV scanlines calculation for YUV UBWC formats
2026-04-14 15:14 UTC
[PATCH v2] cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access
2026-04-14 15:14 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] tools/testing/memblock: fix stale NUMA reservation tests
2026-04-14 15:14 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net] net: pse-pd: fix out-of-bounds bitmap access in pse_isr() on 32-bit
2026-04-14 15:13 UTC
[PULL 0/3] Misc HW patches for 2026-04-14
2026-04-14 15:11 UTC (3+ messages)
[GIT PULL] SOC FSL for 6.20
2026-04-14 15:13 UTC (4+ messages)
kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1292:6: error: use of undeclared identifier 'tick_nohz_full_running'
2026-04-14 15:11 UTC
[GIT PULL] ksmbd server fixes
2026-04-14 15:11 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rxrpc: proc: size address buffers for %pISpc output" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
2026-04-14 15:11 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y] rxrpc: proc: size address buffers for %pISpc output
[PATCH v6 00/90] x86: Introduce a centralized CPUID data model
2026-04-14 15:10 UTC
[PATCH RFC bpf-next 0/8] bpf: add support for KASAN checks in JITed programs
2026-04-14 15:10 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/8] kasan: expose generic kasan helpers
` [PATCH RFC bpf-next 3/8] bpf: add BPF_JIT_KASAN for KASAN instrumentation of JITed programs
[PATCH net] net: pse-pd: fix kernel-doc function name for pse_control_find_by_id()
2026-04-14 15:09 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/16] perf arm64: Support data type profiling
2026-04-14 15:10 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-dell-xps13-9345: enable onboard accelerometers
2026-04-14 15:09 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] xen/arm64: flushtlb: Optimize ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI
2026-04-14 15:09 UTC (3+ messages)
[net,PATCH v3 1/2] net: ks8851: Reinstate disabling of BHs around IRQ handler
2026-04-14 15:09 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH BlueZ v5 0/3] Add initial Channel Sounding Reflector
2026-04-14 15:08 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH BlueZ v5 1/3] shared: rap: Introduce Channel Sounding HCI raw interface support
` [PATCH BlueZ v5 2/3] main.conf: Add Channel Sounding config parsing support
Reg dm thin pool metadata inconsistency
2026-04-14 15:07 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v1] arm64: dts: qcom: Enable CAN RX via GPIO expander
2026-04-14 15:07 UTC (2+ messages)
Flood of Event data for report XX was too short (X vs X) messages in 7.0
2026-04-14 14:57 UTC
nvme: fix handling of tls alerts
2026-04-14 15:05 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v7 00/18] media: Add support for R-Car ISP using Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP
2026-04-14 15:05 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 02/18] media: uapi: Add extensible param and stats blocks for RPPX1
[PATCH] tracefs: Removed unused 'ret' variable in eventfs_iterate()
2026-04-14 15:03 UTC
[PATCH v7 0/6] iio: adc: ad4691: add driver for AD4691 multichannel SAR ADC family
2026-04-14 15:02 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 5/6] iio: adc: ad4691: add oversampling support
[PATCH 6.6 00/50] 6.6.135-rc1 review
2026-04-14 15:01 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] of: gracefully handle empty dummy DT
2026-04-14 14:57 UTC
[PATCH 3/4] mm/vmstat: remove unused __node_stat_* wrappers
2026-04-14 14:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[jlayton:bakeathon 29/31] fs/locks.c:1650:54: warning: & has lower precedence than ==; == will be evaluated first
2026-04-14 14:59 UTC
[PATCH net v2 1/1] net: hsr: avoid learning unknown senders for local delivery
2026-04-14 14:59 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/4] Enable audio over HDMI and
2026-04-14 14:58 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Enable secondary mi2s
` [PATCH v1 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490: Enable DP audio
` [PATCH v1 3/4] ASoC: qcom: q6dsp: Update bit format support for secondary i2s
[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Re-allow hyp tracing HVCs for [nh]VHE
2026-04-14 14:58 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/xe/xe_survivability: Fix runtime survivability error handling
2026-04-14 14:55 UTC (5+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "
[PATCH 1/2] erofs-utils: tar: fix out-of-bounds access when trimming pax path
2026-04-14 14:55 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH erofs-utils 0/2] tar: fix parsing issues for pax and GNU extensions
[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap overflow in OnAuthClient shared key path
2026-04-14 14:53 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix frame length underflow in OnAuthClient
` [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing frame length checks "
[PATCH v4 0/7] x86,fs/resctrl: Pave the way for MPAM counter assignment
2026-04-14 14:55 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/7] fs/resctrl: Continue counter allocation after failure
` [PATCH v4 6/7] fs/resctrl: Document that automatic counter assignment is best effort
[PATCH v2 0/7] Exynos-pmu: Generalise cpu{hotplug,idle},PMU intr gen and add Exynos850 CPU hotplug
2026-04-14 14:54 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/7] dt-bindings: soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: add samsung,pmu-intr-gen phandle
[PATCH v3 0/3] ksz87xx: add support for low-loss cable equalizer errata
2026-04-14 14:54 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] net: dsa: microchip: implement KSZ87xx Module 3 low-loss cable errata
[PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (pmbus/max20830) add driver for max20830
2026-04-14 14:54 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] misc: Add RZG2L OTP support
2026-04-14 14:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH mptcp-net v4 00/20] mptcp: pm: increase limits, and related fixes and cleanup
2026-04-14 14:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/userq: gnome shell uses max priority
2026-04-14 14:50 UTC (6+ messages)
[broonie-ci:regmap-7.1 12/12] drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:340:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types)
2026-04-14 14:49 UTC
[PATCH 1/1] HID: magicmouse: Prevent out-of-bounds (OOB) read during DOUBLE_REPORT_ID
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC
Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026 (WW16)
2026-04-14 14:48 UTC
[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf, arm64/riscv: Remove redundant icache flush after pack allocator finalize
2026-04-14 14:48 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/2] bpf, riscv: Remove redundant bpf_flush_icache() "
[PATCH 0/6] qcom: Refactor GPU GX GDSC handling and IFPC behavior on A8x GPUs
2026-04-14 14:48 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] clk: qcom: gdsc: Add custom disable callback for GX GDSC
` [PATCH 3/6] clk: qcom: common: ensure runtime PM suspend completes on probe
` [PATCH 4/6] clk: qcom: gxclkctl: Remove GX/GMxC rail votes to align with IFPC
` [PATCH 6/6] drm/msm/a6xx: Limit GXPD votes to recovery in A8x
[PATCH] [CI] drm/i915/dmc: Test Xe3LPD_3002 DMC v2.29
2026-04-14 14:47 UTC
[PATCH v5] Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix OOB read and infinite loop in hci_le_create_big_complete_evt
2026-04-14 14:46 UTC
[PATCH] [CI] drm/i915/dmc: Test Xe3LPD DMC v2.34
2026-04-14 14:46 UTC
[PATCH v3] Bluetooth: l2cap: defer conn param update to avoid conn->lock/hdev->lock inversion
2026-04-14 14:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/8] Rework device probing
2026-04-14 14:45 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/7] "
` [PATCH v4 7/7] eal: configure initial "
[PATCH] cpufreq: fix race between hotplug and suspend
2026-04-14 14:44 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] cpufreq: Fix hotplug-suspend race during reboot
[PATCH 0/2] NVMe namespace hotplug and drive reconnection support
2026-04-14 14:42 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/6] fix pthread mutexes for multi-process
2026-04-14 14:39 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/6] fix process shared pthread mutexes
` [PATCH v2 1/6] ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex for multi-process
` [PATCH v2 2/6] net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex "
` [PATCH v2 3/6] net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex "
` [PATCH v2 4/6] net/axgbe: fix mutexes "
` [PATCH v2 5/6] net/bnxt: "
` [PATCH v2 6/6] net/hinic: "
[RFC PATCH v2 4/4] perf tests: Test annotate with data type profiling and C
2026-04-14 14:42 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1] perf test type profiling: Remote typedef on struct
[PATCH v3 00/12] drm/msm/dpu: rework format handling code
2026-04-14 14:40 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 11/12] drm/msm/dpu: rewrite _dpu_format_populate_plane_sizes_ubwc()
[Patch v4 02/22] sched/cache: Limit the scan number of CPUs when calculating task occupancy
2026-04-14 15:07 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] sched/cache: Reduce the overhead of task_cache_work by only scan the visisted cpus
[PATCH 1/3 v2] fuse: {io-uring} drop kernel-doc notation for a comment
2026-04-14 14:39 UTC (2+ messages)
linux-next: manual merge of the bpf-next tree with the origin tree
2026-04-14 14:38 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] vfs: get rid of BUG_ON() in d_mark_tmpfile_name()
2026-04-14 14:37 UTC
[PATCH v3] fstests: test premature ENOSPC in zoned garbage collection
2026-04-14 14:33 UTC
[RFC PATCH 2/2] kernel/module: Decouple klp and ftrace from load_module
2026-04-14 14:33 UTC
[PATCH bpf] bpf,tcp: avoid infinite recursion in BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB
2026-04-14 14:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] mpg123: set status for CVE-2006-3355
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/8] repo_config_values: migrate more globals
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/8] environment: move `zlib_compression_level` into repo_config_values
[PATCH v2] staging: vme_user: add blank lines to struct fake_driver
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/5] drm/i915/reset: Expose "display_reset_count" in debugfs
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] drm/i915/reset: Reorganize display reset code
` [PATCH v2 2/5] drm/i915/reset: Move pending_fb_pin handling to i915
` [PATCH v2 3/5] drm/xe/display: Add init_clock_gating.h stubs
` [PATCH v2 4/5] drm/i915/reset: Add "display_reset_count" debugfs file
` [PATCH v2 5/5] drm/i915/reset: Disable execlist per-engine reset for display reset tests
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/i915/reset: Expose "display_reset_count" in debugfs (rev2)
[yocto-patches] [meta-security][PATCH] wic: move to files/wic
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] PM: hibernate: preserve uswsusp swap pin across SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA re-set failures
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC
[PATCH 00/10] drm/i915: Some fixes/cleanups to the BIOS FB stuff
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 04/10] drm/i915: Make plane_config->fb a struct drm_framebuffer*
maintainer profiles
2026-04-14 14:32 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH 5.15 000/570] 5.15.203-rc1 review
2026-04-14 14:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] PM: hibernate: preserve uswsusp swap pin across SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA re-set failures
2026-04-14 14:31 UTC
[RFC PATCH 0/2] s390/mm: Batch PTE updates in lazy MMU mode
2026-04-14 14:30 UTC (9+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/2] mm: make lazy MMU mode context-aware
[PATCH RFC bpf-next 0/4] selftests/bpf: Update atomics test
2026-04-14 14:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/4] selftests/bpf: Only define ENABLE_ATOMICS_TESTS for cpuv4 runner
[PATCH] EDAC/i10nm: don't fail probing if ADXL is missing
2026-04-14 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC 0/4] Auto-generate maintainer profile entries
2026-04-14 14:29 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/4] docs: maintainers_include: auto-generate maintainer profile TOC
` [PATCH RFC 2/4] MAINTAINERS: add an entry for media maintainers profile
` [PATCH RFC 3/4] MAINTAINERS: add maintainer-tip.rst to X86
` [PATCH RFC 4/4] docs: auto-generate maintainer entry profile links
[PATCH bpf-next] s390/bpf: inline smp_processor_id and current_task
2026-04-14 14:29 UTC
[REGRESSION] amdgpu fails to load eGPU after 6.19
2026-04-14 14:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6] drm/i915/display: change pipe allocation order for discrete platforms
2026-04-14 14:27 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for drm/i915/display: change pipe allocation order for discrete platforms (rev6)
[RFC PATCH v4 00/19] Support socket access-control
2026-04-14 14:27 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v2] fstests: test premature ENOSPC in zoned garbage collection
2026-04-14 14:27 UTC (3+ messages)
[patch V2 00/11] hrtimers: Prevent hrtimer interrupt starvation
2026-04-14 14:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [patch V2 11/11] alarmtimer: Remove unused interfaces
[PATCH 1/2] efi: payload: image: exit if kernel image returned
2026-04-14 14:26 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] efi: payload: bootm: fix potential double-unload for image
[PATCH v5] hw/net/virtio-net: add support for notification coalescing
2026-04-14 14:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC] net/9p: raise MAX_SOCK_BUF beyond 1 MiB for fd/tcp/unix transports?
2026-04-14 14:26 UTC
[PATCH] iio: dac: Fix passing uninitialized vref1_uV for no Vref1 case
2026-04-14 14:26 UTC (3+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rxrpc: proc: size address buffers for %pISpc output" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
2026-04-14 14:26 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] rxrpc: proc: size address buffers for %pISpc output
[PATCH v2 0/6] ASoC: renesas: fsi: Fix system hang by adding SPU clock
2026-04-14 14:25 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/6] ASoC: renesas: fsi: refactor clock initialization
[PATCH] lib/vsprintf: use bool for local decode variable
2026-04-14 14:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] tools/headers: Sync stddef.h with include/uapi to fix BPF
2026-04-14 14:23 UTC
[RFC, PATCH 00/12] userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM guest memory
2026-04-14 14:23 UTC (13+ messages)
` [RFC, PATCH 01/12] userfaultfd: define UAPI constants for anonymous minor faults
` [RFC, PATCH 02/12] userfaultfd: add UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_ANON registration support
` [RFC, PATCH 03/12] userfaultfd: implement UFFDIO_DEACTIVATE ioctl
` [RFC, PATCH 04/12] userfaultfd: UFFDIO_CONTINUE for anonymous memory
` [RFC, PATCH 05/12] mm: intercept protnone faults on VM_UFFD_MINOR anonymous VMAs
` [RFC, PATCH 06/12] userfaultfd: auto-resolve shmem and hugetlbfs minor faults in async mode
` [RFC, PATCH 07/12] sched/numa: skip scanning anonymous VM_UFFD_MINOR VMAs
` [RFC, PATCH 08/12] userfaultfd: enable UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_ANON
` [RFC, PATCH 09/12] mm/pagemap: add PAGE_IS_UFFD_DEACTIVATED to PAGEMAP_SCAN
` [RFC, PATCH 10/12] userfaultfd: add UFFDIO_SET_MODE for runtime sync/async toggle
` [RFC, PATCH 11/12] selftests/mm: add userfaultfd anonymous minor fault tests
` [RFC, PATCH 12/12] Documentation/userfaultfd: document working set tracking
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/kms_invalid_mode: Allow clock-too-high test on non-Intel platforms
2026-04-14 14:23 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for "
[PATCH] oeqa/selftest/devtool: add vulkan feature check for test needing it
2026-04-14 14:22 UTC
[PATCH v6 00/43] btrfs: add fscrypt support
2026-04-14 14:23 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 24/43] btrfs: add extent encryption context tree item type
[PATCH v3 net] vsock: fix buffer size clamping order
2026-04-14 14:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] mm/migrate_device: fix double unlock and remove dead code
2026-04-14 14:21 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH rc v6] iommu: Fix nested pci_dev_reset_iommu_prepare/done()
2026-04-14 14:20 UTC (2+ messages)
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