messages from 2026-04-29 22:30:03 to 2026-04-30 00:07:37 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v2 00/40] fpu: Export some internals for targets
2026-04-30 0:05 UTC (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/40] fpu: Inline float8_e4m3_pack_raw to single caller
` [PATCH v2 02/40] fpu: Inline float8_e5m2_pack_raw into "
` [PATCH v2 03/40] fpu: Inline float16_pack_raw into callers
` [PATCH v2 05/40] fpu: Inline float32_pack_raw "
` [PATCH v2 06/40] fpu: Inline float64_pack_raw "
` [PATCH v2 07/40] fpu: Mark unpack_raw64 QEMU_ALWAYS_INLINE
` [PATCH v2 08/40] fpu: Mark pack_raw64 QEMU_ALWAYS_INLINE
` [PATCH v2 10/40] fpu: Export FloatFmt structures
` [PATCH v2 13/40] fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_silence_nan
` [PATCH v2 15/40] fpu: Sink exp_bias adjustment in float64r32_pack_raw
` [PATCH v2 16/40] fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_pick_nan
` [PATCH v2 17/40] fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_div
` [PATCH v2 19/40] fpu: Use parts64_round_to_int in parts_s390_divide_to_integer
` [PATCH v2 20/40] fpu: Export default_nan, pick_nan, return_nan routines
[gustavoars:testing/wfamnae-next20260407 13/19] mm/mmu_gather.c:90:25: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different base types):
2026-04-30 0:06 UTC
[avpatel:riscv_iommu_irqbypass_v2 3/18] drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.h:24:42: error: field 'riscvpt' has incomplete type
2026-04-30 0:06 UTC
[PATCH v4 00/13] hw/riscv: Add the Tenstorrent Atlantis machine
2026-04-30 0:04 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 03/13] hw/riscv/boot: Account for discontiguous memory when loading firmware
` [PATCH v4 04/13] hw/riscv/boot: Provide a simple halting payload
` [PATCH v4 07/13] target/riscv: tt-ascalon: Enable Zkr extension
` [PATCH v4 08/13] target/riscv: tt-ascalon: Enable Svadu by removing Svade
` [PATCH v4 09/13] hw/riscv: Add Tenstorrent Atlantis machine
` [PATCH v4 10/13] hw/riscv/atlantis: Add PCIe controller
[PATCH v2 0/7] lsm: Replace security_sb_mount with granular mount hooks
2026-04-30 0:03 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] lsm: Add granular mount hooks to replace security_sb_mount
` [PATCH v2 2/7] apparmor: Remove redundant MS_MGC_MSK stripping in apparmor_sb_mount
` [PATCH v2 3/7] apparmor: Convert from sb_mount to granular mount hooks
` [PATCH v2 4/7] selinux: "
` [PATCH v2 5/7] landlock: "
` [PATCH v2 6/7] tomoyo: "
` [PATCH v2 7/7] lsm: Remove security_sb_mount and security_move_mount
[PATCH v4 00/11] Add support to boot TI K3 HSM M4 core
2026-04-30 0:02 UTC (22+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 02/11] arm: mach-k3: Use FIT image data addr as fallback if 'load' prop is missing
` [PATCH v4 03/11] arm: mach-k3: Explicitly identify TIFSSTUB images when discarding buffers
` [PATCH v4 04/11] arm: mach-k3: Add config option for packaging HSM firmware
` [PATCH v4 05/11] arm: dts: k3-binman: Add template for packing "
` [PATCH v4 06/11] arm: dts: k3-{j721s2/j722s/j784s4}-binman: Pack HSM firmware inside tispl.bin
` [PATCH v4 07/11] binman: openssl: Add boot and load extensions to x509 cert
` [PATCH v4 08/11] tools: binman: Add a test for boot and load extensions
` [PATCH v4 09/11] arm: dts: k3-{j721s2/j722s/j784s4}-r5.dtsi: Enable HSM core
` [PATCH v4 10/11] remoteproc: k3-hsm: Introduce a remoteproc driver for K3 "
` [PATCH v4 11/11] arm: mach-k3: r5: common: Invoke boot of HSM M4 core
` [v4,00/11] Add support to boot TI K3 "
[RFC PATCH 00/12] dax: Add DAX to guest memfd support for KVM
2026-04-29 23:58 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] [PATCH] PM: docs: Add comprehensive wakeup_count documentation
2026-04-29 23:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[v6 09/10] selftests/hornet: Add a selftest for the Hornet LSM
2026-04-29 23:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH nf,v3 1/2] netfilter: flowtable: fix inline vlan encapsulation in xmit path
2026-04-29 23:56 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH nf,v3 2/2] netfilter: flowtable: fix inline pppoe "
[PATCH v2] drm/xe/xe_exec: Avoid potential lockdep cycle with xe_pm_block_map
2026-04-29 23:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/xe_exec: Avoid potential lockdep cycle with xe_pm_block_map (rev2)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
[PATCH net v4] net: dsa: mt7530: fix .get_stats64 sleeping in atomic context
2026-04-29 23:55 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t 0/3] Fix incorrect skips and improve cleanup
2026-04-29 23:51 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: "
[PATCH RFC v5 00/53] guest_memfd: In-place conversion support
2026-04-29 23:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[pci:sysfs] BUILD SUCCESS 842c96e80e883e8b2a70e9e6196d636804576cb0
2026-04-29 23:50 UTC
[PATCH] net: Unify user-visible "Qualcomm" name
2026-04-29 23:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[v6 08/10] hornet: Add a light skeleton data extractor scripts
2026-04-29 23:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] Defer the IOMMU translation and support access_type
2026-04-29 23:45 UTC (9+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] cxl: Add CXL type2 accelerator support for cxl_test
2026-04-29 23:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 7/7] cxl: Fix double unregistration of CXL regions for type2 devices
[PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: ov2722: clean up ov2722_startup()
2026-04-29 23:41 UTC
[amir73il:fan_mark_userns 9/11] kernel/nscommon.c:149:2: error: call to undeclared function 'fsnotify_ns'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2026-04-29 23:39 UTC
[PATCH 00/16] repack: incremental MIDX/bitmap-based repacking
2026-04-29 23:39 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
` [PATCH v2 10/16] repack-midx: extract `repack_fill_midx_stdin_packs()`
` [PATCH v2 14/16] repack: implement incremental MIDX repacking
[westeri-thunderbolt:next] BUILD SUCCESS babaad95670d1871860306beddd7ef1c4f114ffe
2026-04-29 23:36 UTC
[PATCH RFC 0/3] hw/mips: add Microchip PIC32MK GPK/MCM board emulation
2026-04-29 21:51 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/3] hw/mips: add Microchip PIC32MK GPK/MCM board
` [PATCH RFC 2/3] tests: add PIC32MK functional and qtest coverage
` [PATCH RFC 3/3] docs: document the PIC32MK machine in target-mips.rst
[PATCH net] rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
2026-04-29 23:35 UTC
[PATCH net-next] selftests/net: packetdrill: add tcp_syncookies_ip6_9k
2026-04-29 23:33 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] populate_sdk: Execute populate_sdk before rm_work if rm_work.bbclass active
2026-04-29 23:31 UTC
[PATCH v12 00/13] blk: honor isolcpus configuration
2026-04-29 23:32 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 02/13] lib/group_cpus: remove dead !SMP code
[PATCH v2] libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt()
2026-04-29 23:32 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/kms_rotation_crc: Add MTK device support
2026-04-29 23:31 UTC (6+ messages)
[v6 07/10] hornet: Introduce gen_sig
2026-04-29 23:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/1] RDMA/rxe: Fix unsafe socket release during namespace cleanup
2026-04-29 23:31 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH] lmb: Reinstate access to memory above ram_top
2026-04-29 23:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[rdma:wip/jgg-for-rc] BUILD SUCCESS c488df06bd552bb8b6e14fa0cfd5ad986c6e9525
2026-04-29 23:29 UTC
Rust builds don't use link_args
2026-04-29 23:28 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH net 00/11] Intel Wired LAN Update 2026-04-27 (ice, iavf)
2026-04-29 23:28 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net 11/11] ice: add dpll peer notification for paired SMA and U.FL pins
[PATCH v8 RESEND] Introduce Cray ClusterStor E1000 NVMe slot LED driver
2026-04-29 23:22 UTC
[PATCH net-next] net: phy: broadcom: Save PHY counters during suspend
2026-04-29 23:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC v4 00/44] guest_memfd: In-place conversion support
2026-04-29 23:21 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v4 10/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Add support for KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2
[PATCH] rust: module_param: use `pr_warn_once!` for null pointer warning
2026-04-29 23:21 UTC (2+ messages)
Suggest me a cost effective SATA SSD?
2026-04-29 23:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: bcmasp: Keep PHY link during WoL sleep cycle
2026-04-29 23:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: bcmasp: Divide init to allow partial bring up
2026-04-29 23:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH][next] ASoC: soc-topology: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
2026-04-29 23:19 UTC
[ANNOUNCEMENT] libcamera workshop 2026 - Nice, May 29th
2026-04-29 23:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] netfilter: fix NULL ops race in iptable lazy init
2026-04-29 23:19 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/2] netfilter: fix NULL ops dereference "
` [PATCH v2 1/2] netfilter: ip_tables: guard ipt_unregister_table_pre_exit against NULL ops
` [PATCH v2 2/2] netfilter: ip6_tables: guard ip6t_unregister_table_pre_exit "
[v6 06/10] security: Hornet LSM
2026-04-29 23:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING: ODEBUG bug in lane_ioctl (3)
2026-04-29 23:17 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v8 00/21] Runtime TDX module update support
2026-04-29 23:17 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 07/21] coco/tdx-host: Implement firmware upload sysfs ABI for TDX module updates
[PATCH net-next v9 0/5] TLS read_sock performance scalability
2026-04-29 23:15 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v0 0/3] PCI passthru on Hyper-V (Part II)
2026-04-29 23:15 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v0 1/3] mshv: Import declarations for irq remap and add irqbypass support
` [PATCH v0 2/3] hyperv: Implement irq remap for passthru devices
` [PATCH v0 3/3] mshv: Implement guest irq migration for passthru'd devices
[PATCH v5 00/10] hw/tpm: CRB chunking capability to handle PQC
2026-04-29 23:14 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 06/10] hw/tpm: Add support for VM migration with TPM CRB chunking
[PATCH 0/2] Fix MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID access for TDX guests
2026-04-29 23:14 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] x86/cpu: Skip reading MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID in virtualized environment
Git maintenance fails without meaningful error message if any remote is no longer available
2026-04-29 23:13 UTC
[geert-renesas-drivers:renesas-pinctrl-for-v7.2] BUILD SUCCESS 11873859c95b57a6276aa19915416051cfd77bd4
2026-04-29 23:11 UTC
[PATCH v1] tests/qtest/migration: Fix A-B file build
2026-04-29 23:10 UTC
[PATCH 0/4] MemoryRegionOps .impl cleanups
2026-04-29 23:09 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] hw/riscv: iommu-trap: remove .impl.unaligned = true
` [PATCH 3/4] hw/xtensa/mx_pic: Specify xtensa_mx_pic_ops .impl settings
[PATCH v1 0/3] tests/qtest: Tweak env variables
2026-04-29 23:08 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/3] tests/qtest: Individual verbose switches
[PATCH v4 0/7] Add RMPOPT support
2026-04-29 23:07 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/17] bsd-user: upstream ioctl
2026-04-29 23:06 UTC (37+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD tty ioctl definitions
` [PATCH v2 02/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD file I/O "
` [PATCH v2 03/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD socket "
` [PATCH v2 04/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD cryptodev "
` [PATCH v2 05/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD disk "
` [PATCH v2 06/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD IPv6 "
` [PATCH v2 07/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD ioctl type definitions
` [PATCH v2 08/17] bsd-user: Add FreeBSD ioctl command table
` [PATCH v2 09/17] bsd-user: Add bsd-ioctl.h header
` [PATCH v2 10/17] bsd-user: Add target_sockaddr and safe_ioctl to syscall_defs.h
` [PATCH v2 11/17] bsd-user: Add bsd-ioctl.c infrastructure and termios conversion
` [PATCH v2 12/17] bsd-user: Add log_unsupported_ioctl function
` [PATCH v2 13/17] bsd-user: Add do_ioctl_unsupported function
` [PATCH v2 14/17] bsd-user: Add target_to_host_sockaddr_in6 function
` [PATCH v2 15/17] bsd-user: Add do_ioctl_in6_ifreq_sockaddr_int function
` [PATCH v2 16/17] bsd-user: Add do_bsd_ioctl main function
` [PATCH v2 17/17] bsd-user: Add init_bsd_ioctl function
[PATCH 00/15] drm/i915: refactor display funcs, add display irq hooks
2026-04-29 23:07 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "
[PATCH] smb: client: hide unused cifs_debug_dirs_proc_ops
2026-04-29 23:06 UTC (2+ messages)
[mtd:mtd/spi-mem-cont-read 4/6] drivers/spi/spi-mxic.c:406:74: error: 'desc->info.op_tmpl' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?
2026-04-29 23:06 UTC
[mtd:mtd/spi-mem-cont-read 4/6] drivers/spi/spi-intel.c:817:37: error: incompatible pointer types passing 'struct spi_mem_op **' to parameter of type 'const struct spi_mem_op *'; remove &
2026-04-29 23:06 UTC
[PATCH] badblocks: fix infinite loop due to incorrect rounding and overflow
2026-04-29 23:06 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: Check if there are kfd porcesses using adev by kfd_processes_count
2026-04-29 23:04 UTC (2+ messages)
[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] Improve this_cpu_ops performance for ARM64 (and potentially other architectures)
2026-04-29 23:03 UTC (3+ messages)
[GIT PULL FOR v7.2] FCP and VSP1 DT bindings for RZ/G3E and RZ/G3L
2026-04-29 23:00 UTC
[kernel-cve-report] New CVE entries this week
2026-04-29 22:58 UTC
[PATCH v1] kbuild: rpm-pkg: provide kernel{-devel}-uname-r
2026-04-29 22:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] Documentation: sound: fix TAS675x doc build warnings
2026-04-29 22:57 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/3] Hyper-V: kexec fixes for L1VH (mshv)
2026-04-29 22:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 00/11] PCI: liveupdate: PCI core support for Live Update
2026-04-29 22:56 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 05/11] PCI: liveupdate: Inherit bus numbers during "
[PATCH v5 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Refresh old_microcode defines with Nov 2025 release
2026-04-29 22:57 UTC (2+ messages)
` [tip: x86/microcode] "
[PATCH v5 2/2] scripts/x86/intel: Add a script to update the old microcode list
2026-04-29 22:57 UTC (2+ messages)
` [tip: x86/microcode] "
[PATCH bpf-next 00/18] bpf: Support stack arguments for BPF functions and kfuncs
2026-04-29 22:55 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 01/18] bpf: Support stack arguments for bpf functions
` [PATCH bpf-next 03/18] bpf: Refactor record_call_access() to extract per-arg logic
` [PATCH bpf-next 04/18] bpf: Extend liveness analysis to track stack argument slots
[avpatel:riscv_iommu_irqbypass_v2 13/18] drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu-ir.c:329:43: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct riscv_iommu_ir_vcpu_info'
2026-04-29 22:53 UTC
[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v1] arm64: update ESR_ELx definitions to match Linux kernel
2026-04-29 22:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH net-next 0/2] net: napi: Fix timer arming during busy poll timeout
2026-04-29 22:52 UTC (7+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/2] net: napi: Fix interrupts permanently disabled during busy poll
[PATCH net-next v8 5/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP_REDIRECT and ndo_xdp_xmit support
2026-04-29 22:50 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/26] ui: add standalone VNC server over D-Bus
2026-04-29 22:49 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 12/26] ui: move FONT_WIDTH/HEIGHT to vgafont.h
[PATCH v2 2/6] scsi: Protect INQUIRY sysfs attributes with mutex
2026-04-29 22:49 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
[PATCH] drm/xe/guc: Test GuC v70.65.0 for BMG, LNL, PTL
2026-04-29 22:49 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe/guc: Test GuC v70.65.0 for BMG, LNL, PTL (rev4)
[PATCH][next] media: xilinx: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warning
2026-04-29 22:46 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/2] iio: adc: mcp3422: apply bit manipulation macros
2026-04-29 22:44 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] iio: adc: mcp3422: rewrite mask macros with help of bits.h APIs
` [PATCH v4 2/2] iio: adc: mcp3422: write bit operations using bitfield.h APIs
[RFC PATCH v2 0/4] mm/zsmalloc: reduce zs_free() latency on swap release path
2026-04-29 22:44 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 11/11] selftests: drv-net: add netkit devmem tests
2026-04-29 22:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 10/11] selftests: drv-net: add primary_rx_redirect support to NetDrvContEnv
2026-04-29 22:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 09/11] selftests: drv-net: refactor devmem command builders into lib module
2026-04-29 22:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 07/11] net: devmem: support TX over NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA devices
2026-04-29 22:43 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] bsd-user: Generate system call numbers
2026-04-29 22:41 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] bsd-user: Add syscall header generator for FreeBSD
` [PATCH v2 2/5] bsd-user: Delete sbrk and sstk system calls
` [PATCH v2 3/5] bsd-user: Create os-syscall.h
` [PATCH v2 4/5] bsd-user: Switch to generated syscall_nr.h
` [PATCH v2 5/5] bsd-user: Regnerate strace.list
[PATCH] zonefs: handle integer overflow in zonefs_fname_to_fno
2026-04-29 22:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] x86/rtc: fix failed fallback RTC device registration handling
2026-04-29 22:40 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] Two semi-related perf throttling fixes
2026-04-29 22:41 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] perf: Don't throttle based on NMI watchdog events
[PATCH] net:mctp: split mctp hdr version to ver and rsvd
2026-04-29 22:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[akpm-mm:mm-new 117/130] include/asm-generic/fixmap.h:77:2: error: call to undeclared function '__set_fixmap'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2026-04-29 22:39 UTC
[PATCH] mshv: Add dedicated ioctl for GVA to GPA translation
2026-04-29 22:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v8 6/7] net: bcmgenet: add XDP statistics counters
2026-04-29 22:39 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] Documentation: riscv: cmodx: fix typos
2026-04-29 22:38 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] devfreq: event: rockchip-dfi: fix missing clk_disable_unprepare() on error
2026-04-29 22:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v8 7/7] net: bcmgenet: reject MTU changes incompatible with XDP
2026-04-29 22:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/8] x86/resctrl: Support for AMD Global (Slow) Memory Bandwidth Allocation
2026-04-29 22:34 UTC (2+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/psmisc: bump to version 23.7
2026-04-29 22:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH v3] "
[syzbot] [mm?] WARNING: lock held when returning to user space in do_fault
2026-04-29 22:30 UTC
[PULL 00/48] fpu patch queue
2026-04-29 22:24 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PULL 45/48] fpu: Return struct from float128_unpack_raw
` [PULL 46/48] fpu: Return struct from float128_unpack_canonical
` [PULL 47/48] fpu: Change parts_float_to_float_narrow to parts128_to_parts64
` [PULL 48/48] fpu: Change parts_float_to_float_widen to parts64_to_parts128
[PATCH net 0/7] net: tls: fix a few random bugs
2026-04-29 22:29 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/7] net: tls: fix silent data drop under pipe back-pressure
` [PATCH net 2/7] selftests: tls: add test for data loss on small pipe
` [PATCH net 3/7] net: tls: fix page pin leak on sendpage_ok() failure
` [PATCH net 4/7] net: tls: fix off-by-one in sg_chain entry count for wrapped sk_msg ring
` [PATCH net 5/7] selftests: bpf: cover wrapped sk_msg ring chaining in ktls TX path
` [PATCH net 6/7] net: tls: fix use-after-free in tls_sw_sendmsg_locked after bpf verdict
` [PATCH net 7/7] selftests: bpf: cover tls_sw_sendmsg UAF after bpf_exec_tx_verdict split
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