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[PATCH v6 00/24] PCI: Convert all dynamic sysfs attributes to static
 2026-04-22 16:14 UTC  (21+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/24] PCI/sysfs: Use PCI resource accessor macros
` [PATCH v6 02/24] PCI: Add pci_resource_is_io() and pci_resource_is_mem() helpers
` [PATCH v6 03/24] PCI/sysfs: Only allow supported resource types in I/O and MMIO helpers
` [PATCH v6 04/24] PCI/sysfs: Use BAR length in pci_llseek_resource() when attr->size is zero
` [PATCH v6 05/24] PCI/sysfs: Add CAP_SYS_ADMIN check to __resource_resize_store()
` [PATCH v6 06/24] PCI/sysfs: Add static PCI resource attribute macros
` [PATCH v6 07/24] PCI/sysfs: Convert PCI resource files to static attributes
` [PATCH v6 08/24] PCI/sysfs: Warn about BAR resize failure in __resource_resize_store()
` [PATCH v6 09/24] PCI/sysfs: Add stubs for pci_{create,remove}_sysfs_dev_files()
` [PATCH v6 10/24] PCI/sysfs: Limit pci_sysfs_init() late_initcall compile scope
` [PATCH v6 11/24] alpha/PCI: Add security_locked_down() check to pci_mmap_resource()
` [PATCH v6 12/24] alpha/PCI: Use BAR index in sysfs attr->private instead of resource pointer
` [PATCH v6 13/24] alpha/PCI: Use PCI resource accessor macros
` [PATCH v6 14/24] alpha/PCI: Fix __pci_mmap_fits() overflow for zero-length BARs
` [PATCH v6 15/24] alpha/PCI: Remove WARN from __pci_mmap_fits()
` [PATCH v6 16/24] alpha/PCI: Add static PCI resource attribute macros
` [PATCH v6 17/24] alpha/PCI: Convert resource files to static attributes
` [PATCH v6 18/24] PCI/sysfs: Remove pci_{create,remove}_sysfs_dev_files()
` [PATCH v6 19/24] PCI: Add macros for legacy I/O and memory address space sizes
` [PATCH v6 20/24] alpha/PCI: Compute legacy size in pci_mmap_legacy_page_range()

[PATCH net v2 0/6] rxrpc: Miscellaneous fixes
 2026-04-22 16:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 1/6] rxrpc: Fix memory leaks in rxkad_verify_response()
` [PATCH net v2 2/6] rxrpc: Fix rxkad crypto unalignment handling
` [PATCH net v2 3/6] rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure
` [PATCH net v2 4/6] rxrpc: Fix conn-level packet handling to unshare RESPONSE packets

[PATCH v4 0/5] phy: qcom: edp: Add DP/eDP switch for phys
 2026-04-22 16:14 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/5] phy: qcom: edp: Unify generic DP/eDP swing and pre-emphasis tables
` [PATCH v4 2/5] phy: qcom: edp: Add eDP/DP mode switch support

[PATCH] man7, man2: document SCHED_EXT policy
 2026-04-22 16:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH RFC bpf-next 0/4] bpf: replace min/max fields with struct cnum{32,64}
 2026-04-22 16:13 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] sched/fair: Reduce nohz_idle_balance CPU overhead on large systems
 2026-04-22 16:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: scale nohz.next_balance according to number of idle CPUs

[meta-selinux][PATCH] refpolicy_common: enable PARALLEL_MAKE
 2026-04-22 16:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] migration/multifd: fix channel count TOCTOU race on cancel and retry
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

[PATCH] tty: serial: qcom-geni: re-arm RX DMA on spurious zero-length interrupt
 2026-04-22 16:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/5] microchip core-qspi gpio-cs fixes + cleanup
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/3] platform/x86: uniwill-laptop: Another improvement and another feature
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC] [QUESTION] Stuff to do for string
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] balloon: fix PAGE_POISON feature bit description
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC 

[PATCH net v2 0/2] net: airoha: Fix NULL pointer derefrences in airoha_qdma_cleanup()
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: airoha: Move ndesc initialization at end of airoha_qdma_init_rx_queue()
` [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: airoha: Add size check for TX NAPIs in airoha_qdma_cleanup()

[PATCH V5 0/2] Add post change sequence for link start notify
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] support device init for balloon pages
 2026-04-22 16:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] balloon: add VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEVICE_INIT_REPORTED
` [PATCH 2/2] balloon: add VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEVICE_INIT_DEFLATED

any value in clarifying PROVIDES "=" versus "+="?
 2026-04-22 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [docs] "

QA notification for completed autobuilder build (yocto-5.3.4.rc2)
 2026-04-22 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [qa-build-notification] "

[PATCH net v3 0/8] xsk: fix bugs around xsk skb allocation
 2026-04-22 16:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 8/8] xsk: don't support AF_XDP on 32-bit architectures

[PATCH v3] libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in crush_decode()
 2026-04-22 16:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/8] drm/panthor: Localize register access by component
 2026-04-22 16:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/8] drm/panthor: Store IRQ register base iomem pointer in panthor_irq

[PATCH] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add support for RTL8367SB
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC 

[BUG] rxrpc: Client connection leak and BUG() call during kernel IO thread exit
 2026-04-22 16:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/3] Add StarFive JHB100 soc UFS platform driver
 2026-04-22 16:07 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] scsi: ufs: dt-bindings: starfive: Add UFS Host Controller for JHB100 soc

[PATCH v3 00/12] RISCV: enable DOMAIN_BUILD_HELPERS
 2026-04-22 16:06 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 08/12] xen/riscv: rework G-stage mode handling

[PATCH bpf-next v7 2/3] bpf: Fix s16 truncation for large bpf-to-bpf call offsets
 2026-04-22 16:05 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] nfp: fix swapped arguments in nfp_encode_basic_qdr() calls
 2026-04-22 16:05 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v12 2/6] bpf: Add bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable()
 2026-04-22 16:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] selftests/resctrl: Add dynamic linked list management for IMC counters
 2026-04-22 16:05 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] selftests/resctrl: Introduced "
` [PATCH v2 2/6] selftests/resctrl: Refactor the discovery of IMC counters using linked list
` [PATCH v2 3/6] selftests/resctrl: Refactor the initialization of IMC's perf_event_attr "
` [PATCH v2 4/6] selftests/resctrl: Refactor perf event open/close "
` [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests/resctrl: Remove the definition of the IMC counter config array and imcs

[PATCH v1] rpmsg: char: fix use-after-free on probe error path
 2026-04-22 16:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] gpio: 74x164: seed the chain from DT at probe time
 2026-04-22 16:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: gpio: fairchild,74hc595: add registers-default property
` [PATCH v1 2/2] gpio: 74x164: support 'registers-default' DT property for initial state

[PATCH net 0/6] net/ncsi: harden packet parsing against malformed BMC replies
 2026-04-22 16:03 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/6] net/ncsi: validate response packet lengths against the skb
` [PATCH net 2/6] net/ncsi: bound filter table state to software limits
` [PATCH net 3/6] net/ncsi: validate GMCMA address counts against the payload
` [PATCH net 4/6] net/ncsi: validate OEM response payloads before parsing
` [PATCH net 5/6] net/ncsi: validate AEN packet lengths against the skb
` [PATCH net 6/6] net/ncsi: validate GP payload lengths before parsing

[PATCH v2] mptcp: do not drop partial packets
 2026-04-22 16:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V4 00/10] iommufd: Enable noiommu mode for cdev
 2026-04-22 16:03 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH V4 01/10] iommufd: Support a HWPT without an iommu driver for noiommu

[Bug 221402] New: eGPU breaks permanently after hibernate with TB4 tunnel active on AMD Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) — Linux-specific
 2026-04-22 16:03 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/5] Defer the IOMMU translation and support access_type
 2026-04-22 16:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 00/14] Support cooling device with ID in the OF
 2026-04-22 16:01 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 07/14] hwmon:: Use non-OF thermal cooling device register function
` [PATCH v1 14/14] dt-bindings: thermal: cooling-devices: Update support for 3 cells cooling device

[PATCH v3 0/2] Bluetooth: virtio_bt: harden rx against untrusted backend
 2026-04-22 16:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] KASAN: HW_TAGS: Disable tagging for stack and page-tables
 2026-04-22 15:59 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] vmalloc: add __GFP_SKIP_KASAN support

[PATCH v1 1/1] string: Group zero related memory APIs in the header
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC 

How to express "externally managed" IOMMU domains for VFIO/IOMMUFD ?
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC 

[PATCH] exfat: fix potential use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry()
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe/mcr: Remove unused xe_gt_mcr_steering_info_to_dss_id()
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH bpf-next v11 0/6] bpf: Add support for sleepable tracepoint programs
 2026-04-22 15:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v11 3/6] bpf: Add sleepable support for classic "

[PATCH] xfs/227: fix bad variable expansion
 2026-04-22 15:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/13] Add initial Xen Suspend-to-RAM support on ARM64
 2026-04-22 15:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 03/13] xen/arm: gic-v3: tolerate retained redistributor LPI state across CPU_OFF

[PATCH net v4 0/2] tcp: fix listener wakeup after reuseport migration
 2026-04-22 15:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 1/2] tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration

[PATCH] ARM: dts: socfpga: AXE5-Eagle: fix phy reset
 2026-04-22 15:56 UTC 

[PATCH v8 0/2] Enable secondary USB controller in host mode
 2026-04-22 15:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: lemans-evk: "

[PATCH 1/2] common/dmlogwrites: add _require_logwrites_size helper
 2026-04-22 15:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] clk: meson: do not fail when setting SD_EMMC_x_CLK0
 2026-04-22 15:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[BUG] WARNING in workingset_activation triggered by KVM page fault path on Linux 7.0.0-08391-g1d51b370a0f8
 2026-04-22 15:54 UTC  (8+ messages)
    ` 回复: "

[PATCH] io_uring: fix missing submitter_task ownership check in bpf_io_reg()
 2026-04-22 15:53 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: Terminate queues on surprise unplug with running processes
 2026-04-22 15:53 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix Audio Advantage Micro II SPDIF switch
 2026-04-22 15:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Avoid false E-MU sample-rate notifications
 2026-04-22 15:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630/660 FastRPC fixes
 2026-04-22 15:52 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm660: set cdsp compute-cbs' regs properly
` [PATCH v3 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630: set adsp "
` [PATCH v3 3/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630: describe adsp_mem region properly
` [PATCH v3 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630: assign adsp_mem region to ADSP FastRPC node

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Filesystem breakout sessions
 2026-04-22 15:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] docs: add guidelines for submitting new filesystems
 2026-04-22 15:50 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Expose instance ID in the sysfs
 2026-04-22 15:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Rename instance_id

[PATCH nf 1/1] netfilter: ipset: keep comment extensions private on resize
 2026-04-22 15:41 UTC 

[PATCH v1] Bluetooth: HIDP: Fix possible UAF
 2026-04-22 15:49 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH] Bluetooth: HIDP: guard session->conn in hidp_connection_del

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: drop xdping tool
 2026-04-22 15:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7] tests/intel/xe_exec_system_allocator: Expect UC PAT madvise rejection
 2026-04-22 15:48 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for tests/intel/xe_exec_system_allocator: Expect UC PAT madvise rejection (rev7)

[PATCH v9 0/4] misc: fastrpc: Add polling mode support
 2026-04-22 15:48 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/4] misc: fastrpc: Move fdlist to invoke context structure
` [PATCH v9 2/4] misc: fastrpc: Replace hardcoded ctxid mask with GENMASK
` [PATCH v9 4/4] misc: fastrpc: Add polling mode support for fastRPC driver

[PATCH net 1/1] net/smc: avoid early lgr access in smc_clc_wait_msg
 2026-04-22 15:40 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v7 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test for large offset bpf-to-bpf call
 2026-04-22 15:47 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2] mm: Improve pgdat_balanced() to avoid over-reclamation for higher-order allocation
 2026-04-22 15:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v2 0/5] Various fixes for prime_udl test
 2026-04-22 15:44 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 1/5] tests/prime_udl: Fix opening
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 2/5] tests/prime_udl: Create subtests
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 3/5] tests/prime_udl: Fix error handling
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 4/5] tests/prime_udl: Fix i915 device opening
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 5/5] tests/prime_udl: Rename into i915_prime_udl

[PATCH qemu v3 00/10] Update opentitan uart (part of supporting opentitan version 1)
 2026-04-22 15:44 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH qemu v3 01/10] Rename ibex_uart to ot_uart
` [PATCH qemu v3 10/10] ot_uart: switch from clock driven transmission to reg R/W driven transmission
` [PATCH qemu v3 06/10] ot_uart: implement RX fifo and loopback

[PATCH v2 00/16] migration/vfio: Fix a few issues on API misuse or statistic reports
 2026-04-22 15:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 05/16] migration/treewide: Merge @state_pending_{exact|estimate} APIs

[PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Allow disabling Stage 1 translation
 2026-04-22 15:44 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: fix regex pattern in CORE MM category
 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] Enable EFI Capsule on Disk on Libre Computer LePotato & LaFrite
 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] arm: mach-meson: provide reset_cpu only when SYSRESET is disabled
` [PATCH v3 2/4] arm: meson: enable SYSRESET_PSCI
` [PATCH v3 3/4] configs: libretech-ac_defconfig: enable EFI Capsule on Disk
` [PATCH v3 4/4] configs: libretech-cc_defconfig: "

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC 

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC 

[bluez/bluez] e4a8b6: input: Fix checking LE bonding on HIDP
 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC 

[PATCH] bcache: fix uninitialized closure object
 2026-04-22 15:42 UTC 

[RESEND-2 RFC PATCH v6 00/43] altp2m: Move altp2m routines to common code and add ARM support
 2026-04-22 15:41 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v6 08/43] altp2m: Rename p2m_*_altp2m functions and move declarations out of p2m.h

[PATCH v2 0/4] Enable EFI Capsule on Disk on Libre Computer LePotato & LaFrite
 2026-04-22 15:40 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] arm: mach-meson: provide reset_cpu only when SYSRESET is disabled
` [PATCH v2 2/4] arm: meson: enable SYSRESET_PSCI
` [PATCH v2 3/4] configs: libretech-ac_defconfig: enable EFI Capsule on Disk
` [PATCH v2 4/4] configs: libretech-cc_defconfig: "

[PATCH] spi: mpc52xx: fix use-after-free on registration failure
 2026-04-22 15:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ipv6: udp: fix memory leak in udpv6_sendmsg error path
 2026-04-22 15:41 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [syzbot ci] "

[PATCH v6 0/3] mm: Free contiguous order-0 pages efficiently
 2026-04-22 15:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] migration: Fix crash on second migration when cancel early
 2026-04-22 15:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] phy: qualcomm: qmp-combo: update DP PHY PLL programming on Glymur
 2026-04-22 15:40 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] thermal: core: Simplifications related to governor handling
 2026-04-22 15:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] thermal: core: Remove dead code from two functions
` [PATCH v1 2/2] thermal: core: Simplify unregistration of governors

[moderation/CI] Re: ipv6: udp: fix memory leak in udpv6_sendmsg error path
 2026-04-22 15:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

Max number of descriptors in a virtio-blk chain
 2026-04-22 15:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] content: clarify feature negotiation terminology and init sequence
 2026-04-22 15:38 UTC 

[PATCH v13 00/48] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM
 2026-04-22 15:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Improve tracing for job lifecycle and mailbox RX worker
 2026-04-22 15:38 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] tree-wide: fix 'allow[s] to' grammar
 2026-04-22 15:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v2 7/9] bpf: Prepare verifier logs for upcoming kfunc stack arguments
 2026-04-22 15:37 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] dcache: use QSTR() instead of QSTR_INIT()
 2026-04-22 15:41 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] smb: smbdirect: move fs/smb/common/smbdirect/ to fs/smb/smbdirect/
 2026-04-22 15:36 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] ntfs: use page allocation for resident attribute inline data
 2026-04-22 15:36 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH test-artifacts v3 00/13] Changes for several CI improvements
 2026-04-22 15:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH test-artifacts v3 09/13] Add trigger-test job, to run test on a Linux built from a branch/tag

[PATCH] hw/remote: update libvfio-user subproject
 2026-04-22 15:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] xen/mm: normalize page count types to unsigned long
 2026-04-22 15:33 UTC 

[RFC PATCH 1/2] xhci: prevent automatic endpoint restart after stall or error
 2026-04-22 15:35 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH mptcp-net] mptcp: fastclose msk when linger time is 0
 2026-04-22 15:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] libceph: switch ceph-msgr workqueue from WQ_PERCPU to WQ_UNBOUND
 2026-04-22 15:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] comedi: comedi_test: fix check for valid scan_begin_src in waveform_ai_cmdtest()
 2026-04-22 15:26 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] sbom-cve-check: Update to version 1.3.0
 2026-04-22 15:31 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] python3-shacl2code: Update to version 1.0.1
` [PATCH 2/3] python3-spdx-python-model: Update to version 0.0.5
` [PATCH 3/3] python3-sbom-cve-check: Update to version 1.3.0

[PATCH 1/2] sched/fair: Prefer fully-idle SMT cores in asym-capacity idle selection
 2026-04-22 15:29 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630/660 FastRPC fixes
 2026-04-22 15:29 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm630: describe adsp_mem region properly

[PATCH 6/9] smb: client: allow nolease option to be reconfigured on remount
 2026-04-22 15:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe_survivability: Update category and mega feature
 2026-04-22 15:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH v1 0/4] ACPI: TAD: Fixes and cleanups on top of recent changes
 2026-04-22 15:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/4] ACPI: TAD: Use __ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro
` [PATCH v1 2/4] ACPI: TAD: Use devres for all driver cleanup
` [PATCH v1 3/4] ACPI: TAD: RTC: Refine timer value computations and checks
` [PATCH v1 4/4] ACPI: TAD: Fix up a comment in acpi_tad_probe()

[PATCH bpf-next v12 0/6] bpf: Add support for sleepable tracepoint programs
 2026-04-22 15:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v12 5/6] libbpf: Add section handlers for sleepable tracepoints
` [PATCH bpf-next v12 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests for sleepable tracepoint programs


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