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[PATCH] NFSD: Report whether fh_key was actually updated
 2026-04-21 19:20 UTC 

[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Improve tracing for job lifecycle and mailbox RX worker
 2026-04-21 19:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

CPU Lockups in KVM with deferred hrtimer rearming
 2026-04-21 19:18 UTC  (17+ messages)

[PATCH] generate-configlist: collapse depfile for older Ninja
 2026-04-21 19:17 UTC 

kcsan -Wmaybe-uninitialized warning in ntfs3
 2026-04-21 19:12 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] Compiler Attributes: Add __access macro
 2026-04-21 19:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] kcsan: Silence -Wmaybe-uninitialized when calling __kcsan_check_access()

[PATCH v3] dt-bindings: iio: gyroscope: add mount-matrix for bmg160
 2026-04-21 19:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] imx: Switch watchdog addressing from macros to devicetree
 2026-04-21 15:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] net: migrate NO_NET out of the networking stack choice
 2026-04-21 15:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/9] bpf: Prepare to support stack arguments
 2026-04-21 19:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning
 2026-04-21 19:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH mptcp-next v2 0/3] mptcp: MSG_ERRQUEUE support on the parent socket
 2026-04-21 19:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 1/3] mptcp: propagate RECVERR sockopts to subflows
` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 2/3] mptcp: support MSG_ERRQUEUE on the parent socket
` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 3/3] selftests: mptcp: cover RECVERR and MSG_ERRQUEUE

[RESEND v4 00/14] sc5xx Environment Cleanup and Fixes
 2026-04-21 19:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RESEND v4 04/14] mach-sc5xx: Switch from tftp to wget

[PATCH v5] iio: adc: ad7280a: replace mutex_lock() with guard(mutex)
 2026-04-21 19:08 UTC 

[PATCH] RDMA/siw: use kzalloc_flex
 2026-04-21 19:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/9] add memdup_nul(), use it and memdup() in a few places
 2026-04-21 19:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 9/9] test: lib: add test of memdup_nul()

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/squid: bump version to 7.5
 2026-04-21 19:08 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/perl-net-ssleay: bump version to 1.96
 2026-04-21 19:07 UTC 

[PATCH] fs: smb: server: stop sending fake security descriptors
 2026-04-21 19:06 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/1] tests/kms_color: Add 10-bit color depth support to gamma test for MediaTek
 2026-04-21 19:05 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/haproxy: bump version to 2.6.25
 2026-04-21 19:05 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/cpp-httplib: bump version to 0.43.1
 2026-04-21 19:04 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/7] PCI: intel-gw: Fixes to make the driver working again
 2026-04-21 19:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 7/7] dt-bindings: PCI: intel,lgm-pcie: Add atu resource

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/grpc: bump version to 1.80.0
 2026-04-21 19:03 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/24] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO device files
 2026-04-21 19:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 07/24] vfio/pci: Preserve vfio-pci device files across Live Update

[PATCH 5.10.y] bpf, sockmap: Fix an infinite loop error when len is 0 in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser()
 2026-04-21 19:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [kvm?] [net?] [virt?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in vhost_get_avail_idx
 2026-04-21 19:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/git: bump version to 2.54.0
 2026-04-21 19:02 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/cog: fix build with weston 15.x
 2026-04-21 19:02 UTC 

[PATCH] copyfilerange(man): fix swapped offsets in command example
 2026-04-21 18:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/libspdm: security bump version to 3.8.2
 2026-04-21 19:00 UTC 

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/ruby: security bump version to 4.0.3
 2026-04-21 18:59 UTC 

[PATCH V10 00/10] famfs: port into fuse
 2026-04-21 18:59 UTC  (12+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/2] seccomp: drop syscall exit events for rejected syscalls
 2026-04-21 18:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 2/2] "

[PATCH v3] drm/xe: Convert stolen memory over to ttm_range_manager
 2026-04-21 18:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Convert stolen memory over to ttm_range_manager (rev3)

[PATCH 6.19 000/220] 6.19.14-rc1 review
 2026-04-21 18:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[master][PATCH] mesa-demos: set default PREFERRED_VERSION
 2026-04-21 18:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [meta-arago] "

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/nginx: security bump version to 1.30.0
 2026-04-21 18:55 UTC 

[PATCH 0/8] pack-bitmap: fix various pseudo-merge bugs
 2026-04-21 18:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] t/helper: add 'test-tool bitmap write' subcommand

[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 1/1] package/gettext-gnu: bump version to 1.0
 2026-04-21 18:51 UTC 

[GIT PULL] erofs fixes for 7.1-rc1
 2026-04-21 18:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] Crypto library fix and documentation update for 7.1
 2026-04-21 18:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] crypto: Drop unused cipher_null crypto_alg
 2026-04-21 18:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.10] ASoC: tas2552: Allow audio enable GPIO to sleep
 2026-04-21 18:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-6.18] ima: Define and use a digest_size field in the ima_algo_desc structure

[RFC PATCH 00/20] DCD: Remove support for sparse regions & add tags
 2026-04-21 18:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/opensc: security bump version to 0.27.1
 2026-04-21 18:48 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/openscap: bump version to 1.4.4

[PATCH v8 0/2] Introduce Synology Microp driver
 2026-04-21 18:46 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/2] platform: Add initial synology microp driver

[PATCH] x86/mm: Revert INVLPGB optimization for set_memory code
 2026-04-21 18:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/4] Refactor kms_sharpness_filter tests
 2026-04-21 18:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for Refactor kms_sharpness_filter tests (rev3)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH-next 00/23] cgroup/cpuset: Enable runtime update of nohz_full and managed_irq CPUs
 2026-04-21 18:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 18/23] cpu/hotplug: Add a new cpuhp_offline_cb() API

[PATCH v5 00/23] PCI: Convert all dynamic sysfs attributes to static
 2026-04-21 18:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 13/23] alpha/PCI: Use PCI resource accessor macros

[RESEND-2 RFC PATCH v6 00/43] altp2m: Move altp2m routines to common code and add ARM support
 2026-04-21 18:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v6 42/43] arm/altp2m: Add support for altp2m_flush

[PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family
 2026-04-21 18:41 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] "
` [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: RCU: "
` [PATCH v2 3/3] Documentation: deprecated.rst: kmalloc-family: mark argument as optional

[android-common:android16-6.12 3/3] error[E0063]: missing field `__kabi_reserved1` in initializer of `kunit_loc`
 2026-04-21 18:40 UTC 

[PATCH] dt-bindings: Remove the redundant 'type: boolean'
 2026-04-21 18:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [net?] [nfs?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in cache_seq_start_rcu
 2026-04-21 18:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/3] pinctrl: aspeed: Add AST2700 SoC0 support
 2026-04-21 18:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed,ast2x00-scu: Describe AST2700 SCU0

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: drop xdping tool
 2026-04-21 18:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/intel: ctx_restore rollback on invalid input
 2026-04-21 18:39 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v1] net: liquidio: resolve VF pci_dev on demand for FLR requests
 2026-04-21 18:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/davfs2: bump version to 1.7.3
 2026-04-21 18:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/neon: fix build with zlib
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] package/neon: bump version to 0.37.1

[PATCH nf,v5] netfilter: arp_tables: fix IEEE1394 ARP payload parsing
 2026-04-21 18:35 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/16] s390/vfio-ap: Add live guest migration support
 2026-04-21 18:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHSET sched_ext/for-7.2] sched_ext: Topological CPU IDs and cid-form struct_ops
 2026-04-21 18:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] ACPI: APEI: EINJ: Fix EINJV2 memory error injection
 2026-04-21 18:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] "

[PATCH net 1/2] net/mlx5e: psp: Fix invalid access on PSP dev registration fail
 2026-04-21 18:32 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH RFC bpf-next 3/4] bpf: replace min/max fields with struct cnum{32,64}
 2026-04-21 18:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Negative tests for VM_BIND decompression
 2026-04-21 18:31 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[meta-security][PATCH 0/7] Assorted updates 04/15
 2026-04-21 18:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [yocto-patches] "

[RFC PATCH] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore
 2026-04-21 18:30 UTC 

tpm: spi: do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; during shutdown
 2026-04-21 18:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/2] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: clamp rx length before skb_put
 2026-04-21 18:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Bluetooth: virtio_bt: harden rx against untrusted backend

[PATCH 0/7] Core sharing validation for CPU isolation
 2026-04-21 18:26 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] rteval: Add CoreSiblings class for CPU core topology queries
` [PATCH 2/7] rteval: Add core sharing validation for CPU isolation
` [PATCH 3/7] rteval: Include core sharing warnings in XML report
` [PATCH 4/7] rteval: Add temporary test for core sharing validation with mocked isolated CPUs
` [PATCH 5/7] rteval: Display core sharing warnings in text report
` [PATCH 6/7] rteval: Add --warn-non-isolated-core-sharing option for measurement vs load warnings
` [PATCH 7/7] rteval: Include --warn-non-isolated-core-sharing warnings in XML report

[PATCH v11 01/20] gpu: nova-core: gsp: Return GspStaticInfo from boot()
 2026-04-21 18:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: failure for series starting with [v11,01/20] gpu: nova-core: gsp: Return GspStaticInfo from boot() (rev3)

[PATCH v6 0/3] assorted ->i_count changes + extension of lockless handling
 2026-04-21 18:25 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] fs: add icount_read_once() and stop open-coding ->i_count loads
` [PATCH v6 2/3] fs: relocate and tidy up ihold()
` [PATCH v6 3/3] fs: allow lockless ->i_count bumps as long as it does not transition 0->1

[PATCH v3 0/2] Fix clk_divider_bestdiv() to get max clk rate supported and add some kunit test suites
 2026-04-21 18:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] clk: divider: Add KUnit tests for clk_divider_bestdiv() ULONG_MAX handling
` [PATCH v3 2/2] clk: divider: Fix clk_divider_bestdiv() returning min rate for large rate requests

[RFC PATCH v2 0/4] mm/zsmalloc: reduce zs_free() latency on swap release path
 2026-04-21 18:25 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2] tpm: restore timeout for key creation commands
 2026-04-21 18:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] KVM: irqfd: fix deadlock by moving synchronize_srcu out of resampler_lock
 2026-04-21 18:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] KVM: eventfd: Use WQ_UNBOUND workqueue for irqfd cleanup - New logs confirm preemption race

[PATCH v2 00/16] fs,x86/resctrl: Add kernel-mode (e.g., PLZA) support to the resctrl subsystem
 2026-04-21 18:19 UTC  (21+ messages)

next sync updates
 2026-04-21 18:19 UTC 

[mark:stacktrace/tests 2/4] stacktrace_kunit.c:undefined reference to `__kunit_do_failed_assertion'
 2026-04-21 18:17 UTC 

[PATCH nf 1/3] netfilter: replace skb_try_make_writable() by skb_ensure_writable()
 2026-04-21 18:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH nf 2/3] netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: drop packet if no device found when forwarding via neigh
` [PATCH nf 3/3] netfilter: nft_fwd_netdev: use recursion counter in neigh egress path

[PATCH V11 0/4] Rust support for powerpc
 2026-04-21 18:16 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH V11 1/4] rust: Fix "multiple candidates for rmeta dependency core" error

[RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Add buffered write-through support to iomap & xfs
 2026-04-21 18:15 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 2/5] iomap: Add initial support for buffered RWF_WRITETHROUGH

[PATCH v3 bpf-next] bpf, x86: Granlund-Montgomery optimization for 64-bit div/mod by immediate
 2026-04-21 18:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI/P2PDMA: Avoid returning a provider for non_mappable_bars
 2026-04-21 18:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

Garfield Peak 4 trouble on TigerLake
 2026-04-21 18:14 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH/RFC 00/14] R-Car X5H Ironhide SCMI CPG/MDLC remapping
 2026-04-21 18:11 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH/RFC 01/14] firmware: arm_scmi: quirk: Handle bad power domains on R-Car X5H
` [PATCH/RFC 02/14] firmware: arm_scmi: quirk: Handle bad clocks "
` [PATCH/RFC 03/14] firmware: arm_scmi: quirk: Handle critical "
` [PATCH/RFC 04/14] arm64: dts: renesas: ironhide: Enable SCMI devpd, sys, and reset
` [PATCH/RFC 05/14] firmware: arm_scmi: Add scmi_get_base_info()
` [PATCH/RFC 06/14] of: property: fw_devlink: Add support for firmware
` [PATCH/RFC 07/14] pmdomain: Make genpd_get_from_provider() public
` [PATCH/RFC 08/14] reset: Add reset_controller_get_provider()
` [PATCH/RFC 09/14] dt-bindings: clock: Document Renesas R-Car X5H Clock Pulse Generator
` [PATCH/RFC 10/14] dt-bindings: power: Document Renesas R-Car X5H Module Controller
` [PATCH/RFC 11/14] clk: renesas: Add R-Car X5H CPG SCMI remapping driver
` [PATCH/RFC 12/14] pmdomain: renesas: Add R-Car X5H MDLC "
` [PATCH/RFC 13/14] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a78000: Add CPG/MDLC nodes
` [PATCH/RFC 14/14] arm64: dts: renesas: ironhide: Add CPG/MDLC firmware properties

[PATCH i-g-t] lib/igt_sriov_device: Update igt_sriov_enable_vfs helper
 2026-04-21 18:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[syzbot] [net?] [nfs?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in cache_seq_start_rcu
 2026-04-21 18:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH rc v7 0/6] iommu: Fix pci_dev_reset_iommu_prepare/done()
 2026-04-21 18:10 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH rc v7 6/6] iommu: Fix UAF in pci_dev_reset_iommu_done() due to concurrent detach

[PATCH] docs: add guidelines for submitting new filesystems
 2026-04-21 18:10 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] media: atomisp: use kmalloc_objs for array allocations
 2026-04-21 18:09 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH bpf] bpf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_sk_storage_clone and diag paths
 2026-04-21 18:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gtp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()
 2026-04-21 18:08 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v3] drm/amd/display: Restore analog connector support
 2026-04-21 18:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/11] drm/amdgpu: Add WAIT_EVENT ioctl for render-node events
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 01/11] drm/amdgpu/uapi: Add WAIT_EVENT ioctl and metadata structures
` [PATCH v5 02/11] drm/amdgpu: Add wait-event manager and per-file lifetime plumbing
` [PATCH v5 03/11] drm/amdgpu: Register WAIT_EVENT ioctl
` [PATCH v5 04/11] drm/amdgpu/gfx11: Queue USERQ_EOP records for WAIT_EVENT
` [PATCH v5 05/11] drm/amdgpu/uapi: Extend WAIT_EVENT with optional condition wait fields
` [PATCH v5 06/11] drm/amdgpu: Add userspace condition support to WAIT_EVENT
` [PATCH v5 07/11] drm/amdgpu: Document WAIT_EVENT condition semantics
` [PATCH v5 08/11] drm/amdgpu: Add queue reset records to WAIT_EVENT
` [PATCH v5 09/11] drm/amdgpu: Detect queue reset in WAIT_EVENT
` [PATCH v5 10/11] drm/amdgpu: Add memory exception records to WAIT_EVENT
` [PATCH v5 11/11] drm/amdgpu: Add scratch "

[PATCH v3 0/5] Add get-error-counter and clear-error-counter support for CRI
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for Add get-error-counter and clear-error-counter support for CRI (rev2)

[PATCH bpf-next 2/9] bpf: Fix tail_call_reachable leak
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v11 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests for sleepable tracepoint programs
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCH] networkmanager: re-implement the vala detection
 2026-04-21 18:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [oe] "

[PATCH 0/4] fetch: add --must-have and remote.*.mustHave
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/7] fetch: rework negotiation tip options
  ` [PATCH v2 5/7] fetch: add --negotiation-require option for negotiation

[PATCH v1] PCI: Remove MPS/MRRS Kconfig settings
 2026-04-21 18:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/amdkfd: validate SVM ioctl nattr against buffer size
 2026-04-21 18:05 UTC 

RCU warning off ublk_buf_cleanup() -> mas_for_each()
 2026-04-21 18:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

Debian maintainer does not forward bug reports
 2026-04-21 18:01 UTC 

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] xsk: validate MTU against usable frame size on bind
 2026-04-21 18:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/1] hw/s390x/ccw: Disable legacy mode
 2026-04-21 18:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] hw/s390x/ccw: Disable legacy virtio-pci by default (v11.1+)

[PATCH] kbuild: document generation of offset header files
 2026-04-21 17:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH rc v6] iommu: Fix nested pci_dev_reset_iommu_prepare/done()
 2026-04-21 18:00 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/11] drm/amdgpu: Render-node EVENTFD subscriptions (toward KFD/KGD event unification)
 2026-04-21 17:59 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/11] drm/amdgpu: Add render-node EVENTFD manager core
` [PATCH v8 02/11] drm/amdgpu: Embed eventfd manager in amdgpu_fpriv
` [PATCH v8 03/11] drm/amdgpu: Wire userq manager to fpriv eventfd manager
` [PATCH v8 04/11] drm/amdgpu/uapi: Add unified EVENTFD ioctl for render node
` [PATCH v8 05/11] drm/amdgpu/uapi: Define kernel event types for EVENTFD subscriptions
` [PATCH v8 06/11] drm/amdgpu: Make EVENTFD subscriptions queue-aware
` [PATCH v8 07/11] drm/amdgpu: Store user queue qid in amdgpu_usermode_queue
` [PATCH v8 08/11] drm/amdgpu/gfx11: Signal USERQ EOP eventfds via userq manager
` [PATCH v8 09/11] drm/amdgpu: Signal QUEUE_RESET eventfds
` [PATCH v8 10/11] drm/amdgpu: Signal MEMORY_EXCEPTION eventfds
` [PATCH v8 11/11] drm/amdgpu: Signal SCRATCH eventfds

[PATCH net] seg6: fix seg6 lwtunnel output redirect for L2 reduced encap mode
 2026-04-21 17:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] migration: Fix crash on second migration when cancel early
 2026-04-21 17:58 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/4] Update Landlock docs to Landlock ABI v8
 2026-04-21 17:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/4] man/man[27]/{landlock_restrict_self.2,landlock.7}: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC (ABI v8)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] man/man2/landlock_restrict_self.2: Document ABI requirement for logging flags


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