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[PATCH v2] drm/xe/xe_survivability: Fix runtime survivability error handling
 2026-04-14 20:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for drm/xe/xe_survivability: Fix runtime survivability error handling (rev2)

[RFC PATCH] hw/i386/pc: split ram-below-4g at 1MB and prevent cross-boundary merging
 2026-04-14 20:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] add a refresh_rate option to virtio-gpu
 2026-04-14 18:39 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] docs/website: add Calian as a bronze sponsor
 2026-04-14 20:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] docs/website: add Calian as a bronze sponsor
 2026-04-14 20:32 UTC 

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Towards Unified and Extensible Memory Reclaim (reclaim_ext)
 2026-04-14 20:35 UTC  (11+ messages)

[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.54.0-rc2
 2026-04-14 20:35 UTC 

[PATCH] kbuild/btf: Remove broken module relinking exclusion
 2026-04-14 20:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/5] RFC: Add attachments support
 2026-04-14 20:33 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 2/5] runner: Create attachments directory to use by hooks
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 3/5] scripts/hooks: Example guc log copy script and allowlist
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 5/5] runner/resultgen: Insert attachments list into results.json

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/5] package/strongswan: remove unneeded wolfSSL fix
 2026-04-14 20:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/wolfssl: fix build with libcurl >= 8.19.0
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/strongswan: security bump version to 6.0.5
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/wolfssl: security bump version to 5.9.1
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/wolftpm: security bump version to 3.10.0
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/strongswan: remove unneeded wolfSSL fix
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC 

[PATCH v4] Bluetooth: l2cap: defer conn param update to avoid conn->lock/hdev->lock inversion
 2026-04-14 20:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [v4] "

[PATCH RFC v4 1/3] block: add BIO_COMPLETE_IN_TASK for task-context completion
 2026-04-14 20:29 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/6] btf: Extend vlen, kind in struct btf_type
 2026-04-14 20:29 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] bpf: Extend BTF UAPI vlen, kinds to use unused bits
` [PATCH bpf-next 2/6] libbpf: Adjust btf_vlen() to return a __u32
` [PATCH bpf-next 3/6] libbpf: Add feature for kernel extended vlen/kind support
` [PATCH bpf-next 4/6] bpftool: Support 24-bit vlen
` [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] selftests/bpf: Test BTF sanitization rejection for invalid vlen
` [PATCH bpf-next 6/6] selftests/bpf: Fix up btf/invalid test for extended kind

[PATCH bpf 1/2] libbpf: Fix btf object leak in load_module_btfs
 2026-04-14 20:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf 2/2] libbpf: Prevent double close of btf objects

[PATCH v2 0/4] Firmware LSM hook
 2026-04-14 20:27 UTC  (14+ messages)

[PATCH BlueZ v1] bass: Fix crashing on BT_BASS_MOD_SRC
 2026-04-14 20:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [BlueZ,v1] "

[PATCH v2] mm/percpu, memcontrol: Per-memcg-lruvec percpu accounting
 2026-04-14 20:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] package/mtd: bump to version 2.3.1
 2026-04-14 20:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/23] Add SMMUv3 Stage 1 Support for Xen guests
 2026-04-14  8:18 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 03/23] xen/arm: smmuv3: Alloc io_domain for each device
` [PATCH v3 04/23] xen/arm: vIOMMU: add generic vIOMMU framework
` [PATCH v3 05/23] xen/arm: vsmmuv3: Add dummy support for virtual SMMUv3 for guests
` [PATCH v3 07/23] xen/arm: vIOMMU: Add cmdline boot option "viommu = <string>"
` [PATCH v3 09/23] xen/arm: vsmmuv3: Add support for cmdqueue handling
` [PATCH v3 08/23] xen/arm: vsmmuv3: Add support for registers emulation

[PATCH v1 00/27] [RISC-V] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-04-14  6:26 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 02/27] xen/riscv: Implement construct_domain()

[GIT PULL] Apple SoC fixes for v7.0
 2026-04-14 20:24 UTC 

[RFC 0/3] mm: process_mrelease: expedited reclaim and auto-kill support
 2026-04-14 20:22 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [RFC 1/3] mm: process_mrelease: expedite clean file folio reclaim via mmu_gather
` [RFC 2/3] mm: process_mrelease: skip LRU movement for exclusive file folios

[PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce Topology NUMA grouping for lcores
 2026-04-14 20:22 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/3] eal/topology: introduce topology-aware lcore grouping
  ` [PATCH v5 v5 1/3] eal/topology: add Topology grouping for lcores
  ` [PATCH v5 v5 2/3] app: add topology aware test case
  ` [PATCH v5 v5 3/3] doc: add new section topology

[PATCH 0/2] Update Sasha Finkelstein's email address
 2026-04-14 20:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND] arm64: dts: apple: fix spelling error
 2026-04-14 20:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v13 00/13] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux
 2026-04-14 20:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 "
  ` [PATCH v14 12/13] fsmonitor: add tests "

[PATCH] hfsplus: remove xattr error message
 2026-04-14 20:19 UTC  (3+ messages)

drbd-9.3.2-rc.1 and drbd-9.2.18-rc.2
 2026-04-14 20:19 UTC 

[PATCH] crash: Support high memory reservation for range syntax
 2026-04-14 20:16 UTC 

[PATCH v12 0/4] checkout: 'autostash' for branch switching
 2026-04-14 20:16 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option "

[PATCH v12 4/4] checkout: -m (--merge) uses autostash when switching branches
 2026-04-14 20:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix missing SMA pin initialization in DPLL subsystem
 2026-04-14 20:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] btrfs: remove 32bit compat code for VFS inode number
 2026-04-14 20:12 UTC 

[RFC PATCH] Documentation: Add managed interrupts
 2026-04-14 20:10 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3] staging: vme_user: add blank lines to struct fake_driver
 2026-04-14 20:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] time: fix time accounting for x86 HVM guests
 2026-04-14 20:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] rust-i2c-next for v8.0
 2026-04-14 20:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] pack-bitmap: fix various pseudo-merge bugs
 2026-04-14 20:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] t/helper: add 'test-tool bitmap write' subcommand

[PATCH 1/3] drm/vmwgfx: Store cursor source mappings in plane_state
 2026-04-14 20:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/vmwgfx: Check for cursor plane changes earlier in prepare_fb
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/vmwgfx: Cache cursor MOB mappings

[PATCH v12 1/4] stash: add --label-ours, --label-theirs, --label-base for apply
 2026-04-14 20:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching

[PATCH v7 0/4] devtools: add AI-assisted code review tools
 2026-04-14 20:07 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 0/6] Add AGENTS.md and scripts for AI code review
  ` [PATCH v13 1/6] doc: add AGENTS.md for AI code review tools
  ` [PATCH v13 2/6] devtools: add multi-provider AI patch review script
  ` [PATCH v13 3/6] devtools: add compare-reviews.sh for multi-provider analysis
  ` [PATCH v13 4/6] devtools: add multi-provider AI documentation review script
  ` [PATCH v13 5/6] doc: add AI-assisted patch review to contributing guide
  ` [PATCH v13 6/6] MAINTAINERS: add section for AI review tools

[PATCH 0/4] vfio/virtio: Fix list_lock type and modernize locking
 2026-04-14 20:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] vfio/virtio: Convert list_lock from spinlock to mutex
` [PATCH 2/4] vfio/virtio: Use guard() for list_lock where applicable
` [PATCH 3/4] vfio/virtio: Use guard() for migf->lock "
` [PATCH 4/4] vfio/virtio: Use guard() for bar_mutex in legacy I/O

[RFC 00/15] drm/xe: Access counter consumer layer
 2026-04-14 20:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC 03/15] drm/xe: Stub out new access_counter layer

[PATCH v2] clk: eyeq: fix memory leak in eqc_auxdev_create() error path
 2026-04-14 20:06 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3] clk: starfive: jh7110: fix memory leak in jh7110_reset_controller_register() error path
 2026-04-14 20:05 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] liveupdate: Remove limits on the number of files and sessions
 2026-04-14 20:02 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of sessions
` [PATCH 2/5] liveupdate: Remove limit on the number of files per session
` [PATCH 3/5] selftests/liveupdate: Test session and file limit removal
` [PATCH 4/5] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-sessions kexec test
` [PATCH 5/5] selftests/liveupdate: Add stress-files "

[PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: document scope of irqaffinity= parameter
 2026-04-14 20:02 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: add missing syncookie statistics for BPF custom syncookies
 2026-04-14 20:02 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: verify syncookie statistics in tcp_custom_syncookie

[PATCH 0/2] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock and dangling rule removal
 2026-04-14 20:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()
` [PATCH 2/2] audit: fix removal of dangling executable rules

[Intel-wired-lan] [tnguy-next-queue:dev-queue] BUILD SUCCESS 406fd85acf6b161401b6f214e3620d3ddca5e681
 2026-04-14 20:00 UTC 

[RFC PATCH 0/4] nfs: Enable PCI Peer-to-Peer DMA (P2PDMA) support
 2026-04-14 20:00 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 2/4] nfs: add NFS_CAP_P2PDMA and detect transport support
` [RFC PATCH 3/4] nfs: make nfs_page pin-aware
` [RFC PATCH 4/4] nfs: allow P2PDMA in direct I/O path

[PATCH v7 00/22] Runtime TDX module update support
 2026-04-14 19:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 17/22] x86/virt/tdx: Avoid updates during update-sensitive operations

[PATCH] drm/i915: Fix VMA UAF in execbuf setup
 2026-04-14 19:57 UTC 

[PATCH v5 00/24] ARM64 PMU Partitioning
 2026-04-14 19:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] PXA1908 clock controller resets
 2026-04-14 19:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: clock: marvell,pxa1908: Add #reset-cells
` [PATCH 2/4] clk: mmp: pxa1908-apbc: Add reset cells
` [PATCH 3/4] clk: mmp: pxa1908-apbcp: "
` [PATCH 4/4] arm64: dts: marvell: mmp: pxa1908: "

[bluez/bluez] 25ba1c: bass: Fix crashing on BT_BASS_MOD_SRC
 2026-04-14 19:54 UTC 

[bluez/bluez] 64916d: bass: Fix crashing on BT_BASS_MOD_SRC
 2026-04-14 19:54 UTC 

[linux-next:master 12400/13443] drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c:174 heartbeat() error: we previously assumed 'rq' could be null (see line 152)
 2026-04-14 19:53 UTC 

[PATCH] mm/migrate_device: fix double unlock and remove dead code
 2026-04-14 19:53 UTC 

[PATCH 00/10] ARM: qcom: msm8960: enable WCNSS (Bluetooth & Wi-Fi)
 2026-04-14 18:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/10] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: add qcom,msm8960-sps-sic

[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: fix redundant MQD iterations in GFX v12.1
 2026-04-14 19:53 UTC 

[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix remote heap information disclosure in issue_assocreq
 2026-04-14 19:49 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Place psp pri_fw bo to VRAM on A+A
 2026-04-14 19:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: make driver manages local vram allocations for for gmc v12.1 A+A

[GIT PULL] i2c-host for v7.1, part 1
 2026-04-14 19:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/4] drm/amdgpu/mes: change gfx_hqd mask set for mes v12_1
 2026-04-14 19:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] drm/amd/amdgpu : Distribute inv_tlbs on individual XCC
` [PATCH 3/4] drm/amdgpu: Move get mes version info to the end of set_hw_resource
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/amdgpu: update cp cmd pkt for gfx v12_1 v2

[PATCH] wifi: rtw88: Add NULL check for chip->edcca_th
 2026-04-14 19:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v6 00/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Implement Runtime/System Sleep ops
 2026-04-14 19:47 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Refactor arm_smmu_setup_irqs
` [PATCH v6 02/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add a helper to drain cmd queues
` [PATCH v6 03/10] iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Add a helper to drain VCMDQs
` [PATCH v6 04/10] iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Restore PROD and CONS after resume
` [PATCH v6 05/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Cache and restore MSI config
` [PATCH v6 06/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add CMDQ_PROD_STOP_FLAG to gate CMDQ submissions
` [PATCH v6 07/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Implement pm_runtime & system sleep ops
` [PATCH v6 08/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Handle gerror during suspend
` [PATCH v6 09/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Enable pm_runtime and setup devlinks
` [PATCH v6 10/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Invoke pm_runtime before hw access

[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: support rlc_1 fw load for gc 12_1
 2026-04-14 19:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/amdgpu: support toc_1 fw load for mp0 v15_0_8

[PATCH 1/4] drm/amd/pm: Enable thermal alert on SMUv15.0.8
 2026-04-14 19:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] drm/amd/pm: Add partition metrics support
` [PATCH 3/4] drm/amd/pm: Add mem temp to gpu metrics for smu_v15_0_8
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/amd/pm: Add thermal alert logging to smu15.0.8

include/linux/ieee80211-eht.h:1138:25: error: 'IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EMLSR_PADDING_DELAY_256US' undeclared; did you mean 'IEEE80211_EML_CAP_EML_PADDING_DELAY_256US'?
 2026-04-14 19:45 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server: security bump version to 21.1.22
 2026-04-14 19:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v4 00/19] Support socket access-control
 2026-04-14 19:45 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/gfx12_1: Increase reserved memory size to 150M
 2026-04-14 19:44 UTC 

[PATCH v13 0/7] Error recovery for vfio-pci devices on s390x
 2026-04-14 19:43 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 5/7] vfio-pci/zdev: Add a device feature for error information

[RFC v1 0/5] Hyper-V: Add para-virtualized IOMMU support for Linux guests
 2026-04-14 19:43 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [RFC v1 1/5] PCI: hv: Create and export hv_build_logical_dev_id()

[PATCH 0/2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916-panasonic-eluga-u2: add initial device tree
 2026-04-14 19:41 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] "

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/x11r7/xwayland: security bump version to 24.1.10
 2026-04-14 19:25 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server: security bump version to 21.1.22
 2026-04-14 19:25 UTC 

[PATCH 6.18 00/83] 6.18.23-rc1 review
 2026-04-14 19:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 5.10 000/491] 5.10.253-rc1 review
 2026-04-14 19:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.10 012/491] bus: omap-ocp2scp: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

[PULL 00/31] Next patches
 2026-04-14 19:34 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PULL 19/31] migration: Normalize tls arguments

[PATCH v1] tests/data/acpi: Update SPCR golden-ref for RISC-V virt
 2026-04-14 19:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[DISCUSSION] Drive-level power control support in phosphor-state-manager
 2026-04-14 19:33 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] Networking for 7.1
 2026-04-14 19:33 UTC 

[PATCH bpf] bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()
 2026-04-14 19:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/5] media: qcom: camss: Add PIX support for CSID/VFE-340
 2026-04-14 19:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

Phandles
 2026-04-14 19:31 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH v2] hfsplus: fix ignored error return in hfsplus_delete_cat
 2026-04-14 19:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Intel-wired-lan] [tnguy-net-queue:dev-queue] BUILD SUCCESS 7d42ffb979fa89770a7f45e66b100e7f9b212515
 2026-04-14 19:27 UTC 

[PATCH v2] migration: validate page_size in mapped-ram header before use
 2026-04-14 19:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] pmdomain: qcom: rpmhpd: Add power domains for Nord SoC
 2026-04-14 19:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] "

[RFC PATCH 1/1] dt-bindings: iommu: riscv: Add bindings for Tenstorrent RISC-V IOMMU
 2026-04-14 19:26 UTC  (6+ messages)

[ANNv4] Media Summit on May 26th in Nice, France
 2026-04-14 19:25 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v7 00/15] net: sleepable ndo_set_rx_mode
 2026-04-14 19:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

BUG: workqueue lockup - SRCU schedules work on not-online CPUs during size transition
 2026-04-14 19:24 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] Add virtio-mmio support to m68k virt machine
 2026-04-14 19:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/6] virtio: cmd: Depend on VIRTIO_BLK

[norov:FIELD_GET_SIGEXT 28/30] drivers/iio/adc/intel_dc_ti_adc.c:294:18: error: call to undeclared function 'FIELD_GET_SIGEXTT'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
 2026-04-14 19:22 UTC 

[PATCH 1/1] virt: arm-cca-guest: fix error check for RSI_INCOMPLETE
 2026-04-14 19:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64/hwcap: Include kernel-hwcap.h in list of generated files
 2026-04-14 19:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Question] Sched: Severe scheduling latency (>10s) observed on kernel 6.12 with specific workload
 2026-04-14 19:21 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] iio: accel: mma8452: use pm_ptr() for dev_pm_ops
 2026-04-14 19:20 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/catch2: bump to version 3.14.0
 2026-04-14 19:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/catch2: bump to version 3.14.0
 2026-04-14 19:16 UTC 

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v5] ice: fix missing dpll notifications for SW pins
 2026-04-14 19:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
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[PATCH V3 0/8] nvme: Refactor and expose per-controller timeout configuration
 2026-04-14 19:14 UTC  (4+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/{python-}protobuf: bump to version 34.1
 2026-04-14 19:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/{python-}protobuf: bump to version 34.1
 2026-04-14 19:15 UTC 

[PATCH RFC bpf-next 0/8] bpf: add support for KASAN checks in JITed programs
 2026-04-14 19:16 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/8] kasan: expose generic kasan helpers

[PATCH v3] dt-bindings: sound: Convert pcm3060 to DT Schema
 2026-04-14 19:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4] ASoC: dt-bindings: ti,pcm3060: add descriptions and rename binding

[PATCH] [v2] mm/vmscan: avoid false-positive -Wuninitialized warning
 2026-04-14 19:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] ksmbd: harden IPC response arithmetic and ACE walk
 2026-04-14 19:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] ksmbd: cap response sizes in ipc_validate_msg()
` [PATCH 2/3] ksmbd: reject negative ngroups in ksmbd_alloc_user()
` [PATCH 3/3] ksmbd: require minimum ACE size in smb_check_perm_dacl()

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/tinycbor: bump to v7.0
 2026-04-14 19:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] perf/x86: Don't write PEBS_ENABLED on KVM transitions
 2026-04-14 19:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/intel: Make @data a mandatory param for intel_guest_get_msrs()
` [PATCH 4/4] perf/x86: KVM: Have perf define a dedicated struct for getting guest PEBS data


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