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[PATCH v1 0/1] dm-inlinecrypt: move to HW-wrapped key
 2026-05-12 18:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/1] dm-inlinecrypt: initialize blk-crypto key as "

[PATCH RFC 0/5] memcg: dma-buf per-cgroup accounting via pid_fd
 2026-05-12 18:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 2/5] dma-heap: charge dma-buf memory via explicit memcg

[PATCH 0/1] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix checkpatch line length warnings in xmit_linux.c
 2026-05-12 18:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix line length "

[PATCH v3 0/7] gpio: realtek: Add support for Realtek DHC RTD1625
 2026-05-12 18:50 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 6/7] gpio: realtek: Add driver for Realtek DHC RTD1625 SoC

[PATCH v3 0/3] Add camera clock controller support on Glymur platform
 2026-05-12 18:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: glymur: Add camera clock controller support

[PATCH] fpga: altera-cvp: Extend wrapped HW credit counter in software
 2026-05-12 18:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/11] PCI: liveupdate: PCI core support for Live Update
 2026-05-12 18:48 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 01/11] PCI: liveupdate: Set up FLB handler for the PCI core
` [PATCH v5 02/11] PCI: liveupdate: Track outgoing preserved PCI devices
` [PATCH v5 03/11] PCI: liveupdate: Track incoming "
` [PATCH v5 04/11] PCI: liveupdate: Document driver binding responsibilities
` [PATCH v5 05/11] PCI: liveupdate: Keep bus numbers constant during Live Update
` [PATCH v5 06/11] PCI: liveupdate: Auto-preserve upstream bridges across "
` [PATCH v5 07/11] PCI: liveupdate: Inherit ACS flags in incoming preserved devices
` [PATCH v5 08/11] PCI: liveupdate: Inherit ARI Forwarding Enable on preserved bridges
` [PATCH v5 09/11] PCI: liveupdate: Freeze preservation status during shutdown
` [PATCH v5 10/11] PCI: liveupdate: Do not disable bus mastering on preserved devices during kexec
` [PATCH v5 11/11] Documentation: PCI: Add documentation for Live Update

[PATCH] nvmem: layouts: onie-tlv: fix read_post_process assignment
 2026-05-12 18:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/opendoas: fix permissions
 2026-05-12 18:48 UTC 

[PATCH 14/16] tests: add QEMU_TEST_IO_SKIP for skipping I/O tests
 2026-05-12 18:46 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH 00/14] drm/{i915,xe}: BIOS FB takeover fixes
 2026-05-12 18:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v5] iio: light: vcnl4000: use lock guard()
 2026-05-12 18:46 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] irqchip/irq-realtek-rtl: Add multicore support
 2026-05-12 18:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] irqchip/irq-realtek-rtl: Add/simplify register helpers
` [PATCH 2/2] irqchip/irq-realtek-rtl: Add multicore support

[PATCH 0/4] strbuf: add and use strbuf_add_uint()
 2026-05-12 18:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] strbuf: add strbuf_add_uint()
` [PATCH 2/4] cat-file: use strbuf_add_uint()

[PATCH v2] lib: free pagelist on error in iov_iter_extract_pages()
 2026-05-12 18:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/10] sched: Flatten the pick
 2026-05-12 18:45 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix Raptor Lake-E cpufreq limits
 2026-05-12 18:45 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/8] Add support for Microsoft Surface Pro 12in 1st Edition (Snapdragon)
 2026-05-12 18:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 4/8] firmware: qcom: scm: Allow QSEECOM on Surface Pro 12in
` [PATCH v1 8/8] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Microsoft "

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v3] idpf: fix xdp crash in soft reset error path
 2026-05-12 18:43 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] drm/xe/memirq: Update interrupt handler logic
 2026-05-12 18:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v2 00/11] drm/panthor: Reduce dma_fence signalling latency
 2026-05-12 18:41 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/11] drm/panthor: Make panthor_irq::state a non-atomic field
` [PATCH v2 02/11] drm/panthor: Move the register accessors before the IRQ helpers

[PATCH rdma-next v4 00/16] RDMA: Introduce generic buffer descriptor infrastructure for umem
 2026-05-12 18:40 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-next v4 06/16] RDMA/uverbs: Push out CQ buffer umem processing into a helper
` [PATCH rdma-next v4 11/16] RDMA/mlx4: Use ib_umem_get_cq_buf() for user CQ buffer

[PATCH] Enable wifi on the BeagleV-Ahead
 2026-05-12 18:39 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] RDMA/irdma: Fix out-of-bounds write in irdma_copy_user_pgaddrs
 2026-05-12 18:38 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/2] hwmon: (pmbus/mp2869) Two cleanups about device ids
 2026-05-12 18:38 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] hwmon: (pmbus/mp2869) Remove unused driver data
` [PATCH v1 2/2] hwmon: (pmbus/mp2869) Drop unjustified __maybe_unused

Fwd: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
 2026-05-12 18:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

git clone fails when using --dissociate together with a reference repository that contains a commit-graph
 2026-05-12 18:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC] mm: restrict zero-page remapping to underused THP splits
 2026-05-12 18:36 UTC  (5+ messages)

Status of CVE-2025-24857 in U-Boot
 2026-05-12 18:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[powerpc:fixes-test] BUILD SUCCESS dbc30a57bd8e026995e9fa8e8c31cffd18542c01
 2026-05-12 18:35 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] ARM: dts: aspeed: Add ASRock Rack B650D4U support
 2026-05-12 18:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: aspeed: Add ASRock Rack B650D4U BMC

[PATCH 0/2] approxidate: tweak special date formats
 2026-05-12 18:35 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/3] "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/3] t0006: add support for approxidate test date adjustment

[RFC net-next 0/4] devlink: Add boot-time defaults
 2026-05-12 18:35 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH] sandbox/seunshare: pass O_NOFOLLOW to openat()
 2026-05-12 18:34 UTC 

[PATCH 0/7] drm/xe: Make drm_driver const
 2026-05-12 18:33 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] drm/xe: Drop unused drm/drm_atomic_helper.h include
` [PATCH 2/7] drm/xe/display: Drop xe_display_driver_remove() stub
` [PATCH 3/7] drm/xe/display: Prefer forward declarations
` [PATCH 4/7] drm/xe/display: Add macro with display driver ops
` [PATCH 5/7] drm/xe/display: Add macro with display driver features
` [PATCH 6/7] drm/xe/display: Drop xe_display_driver_set_hooks()
` [PATCH 7/7] drm/xe: Make drm_driver const

[PATCH v1] hwmon: (asus_atk0110) Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
 2026-05-12 18:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/28] perf: Harden perf.data parsing against crafted/corrupted files
 2026-05-12 18:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 26/28] perf timechart: Bounds check cpu_id and fix topology_map allocation

[PATCH v1] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
 2026-05-12 18:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PULL 0/5] Target-info update for 2026-05-12
 2026-05-12 18:30 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PULL 1/5] qom/object: register OBJECT and INTERFACE QOM types before main
` [PULL 2/5] qom/object: initialize type_table in static ctor with fundamental QOM types
` [PULL 3/5] target-info: introduce TargetInfo in QOM
` [PULL 4/5] target-info-qom: detect target from QOM
` [PULL 5/5] target-info: replace target_info() in system-mode

[PATCH bpf-next v4 00/12] Refactor verifier object relationship tracking
 2026-05-12 18:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v4 06/12] bpf: Remove redundant dynptr arg check for helper

[PATCH v3] migration: Fix possible division by zero on calc expected downtime
 2026-05-12 18:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v4 00/10] AD9910 Direct Digital Synthesizer
 2026-05-12 18:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v4 01/10] dt-bindings: iio: frequency: add ad9910

[PATCH v1] watchdog: ni903x_wdt: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
 2026-05-12 18:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH sched_ext/for-7.1-fixes] sched_ext: Drop %NONE early return in scx_disable_and_exit_task()
 2026-05-12 18:30 UTC 

[PATCH v2] staging: fbtft: convert sysfs attributes to use ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS
 2026-05-12 18:30 UTC 

[PATCH rdma-next v2 0/2] RDMA: detect and handle CoCo DMA bounce buffering
 2026-05-12 18:30 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-next v2 1/2] RDMA/uverbs: expose CoCo DMA bounce requirement to userspace

[PATCH 0/2] drm/bridge: lt9211: Add drive-strength-microamp DT property
 2026-05-12 18:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] "

[PATCH 0/2] block: fix two missed-wakeup hangs on shutdown path
 2026-05-12 18:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/4] drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages
 2026-05-12 18:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/amdgpu: restart the CS if some parts of the VM are still invalidated

[PATCH nf-next v2] netfilter: add option for GCOV profiling
 2026-05-12 18:29 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E audio driver support
 2026-05-12 18:26 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/16] ASoC: dt-bindings: sound: Add DT binding for RZ/G3E sound
` [PATCH v6 02/16] ASoC: rsnd: Fix RSND_SOC_MASK width to single nibble
` [PATCH v6 03/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add reset controller support to rsnd_mod
` [PATCH v6 04/16] ASoC: rsnd: Support hyphen or dot in indexed clock and reset names
` [PATCH v6 05/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E SoC probing and register map
` [PATCH v6 06/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add audmacpp clock and reset support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCH v6 07/16] ASoC: rsnd: Refactor DMA address tables with named structs
` [PATCH v6 08/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add RZ/G3E DMA address calculation support
` [PATCH v6 09/16] ASoC: rsnd: ssui: Add RZ/G3E SSIU BUSIF support
` [PATCH v6 10/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add SSI reset support for RZ/G3E platform
` [PATCH v6 11/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add ADG reset support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCH v6 12/16] ASoC: rsnd: adg: Add per-SSI ADG and SSIF supply clock management
` [PATCH v6 13/16] ASoC: rsnd: adg: Look up RZ/G3E clkin under audio-clk{a,b,c,i}
` [PATCH v6 14/16] ASoC: rsnd: src: Add SRC reset and clock support for RZ/G3E
` [PATCH v6 15/16] ASoC: rsnd: Support unprefixed DT node names "
` [PATCH v6 16/16] ASoC: rsnd: Add system suspend/resume support

[PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: acpi: Disable on devices with broken firmware
 2026-05-12 18:28 UTC  (6+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] ovl: keep merged and impure readdir caches separate
 2026-05-12 18:27 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/7] Introduce Kernel Control Flow Integrity ABI [PR107048]
 2026-05-12 18:25 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/7] typeinfo: Introduce KCFI typeinfo mangling API

[PATCH 1/2 net v4] ipv6: addrconf: fix temp address generation after prefix deprecation
 2026-05-12 18:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/amdgpu: add USERPTR PTE invalidation regression test
 2026-05-12 18:21 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] vfio: Fix racy bitfields and tighten struct layout
 2026-05-12 18:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] vfio/pci: "

[PATCH 1/1] dt-bindings: display: imx: add deprecated property 'port' and 'display-timings'
 2026-05-12 18:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: Ignore <inttypes.h> format macros
 2026-05-12 18:20 UTC  (5+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v5 00/29] Hierarchical Constant Bandwidth Server
 2026-05-12 18:20 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v5 20/29] sched/deadline: Allow deeper hierarchies of RT cgroups

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: fpga: altr,socfpga-fpga-mgr: convert to DT schema
 2026-05-12 18:20 UTC 

[PATCH v2 2/2] locking: mutex: Fix proxy-exec potentially deactivating tasks marked TASK_RUNNING
 2026-05-12 18:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v3] ice: fix packet corruption due to extraneous page flip
 2026-05-12 18:19 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH rdma-next v3 00/17] RDMA: Introduce generic buffer descriptor infrastructure for umem
 2026-05-12 18:18 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH rdma-next v3 08/17] RDMA/efa: Use ib_umem_get_cq_buf() for user CQ buffer

[asahilinux:bits/200-dcp 111/178] drivers/gpu/drm/apple/dptxep.c:201:24: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC 

[sean-jc:x86/gpc_fixes_and_guards 10/20] include/linux/kvm_types.h:78:23: error: 'PAGE_SHIFT' undeclared
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC 

[tglx-devel:irq/proc 2/16] kernel/irq/proc.c:466:31: sparse: sparse: label 'continue' already bound
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC 

[PATCH V3 00/16] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: DMA abort, recovery and related improvements
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH V3 15/16] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Consolidate DMA ring allocation
` [PATCH V3 16/16] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Increase DMA transfer ring size to maximum

[PATCH 7.0 000/307] 7.0.7-rc1 review
 2026-05-12 17:41 UTC  (40+ messages)
` [PATCH 7.0 246/307] sched_ext: idle: Recheck prev_cpu after narrowing allowed mask
` [PATCH 7.0 250/307] selftests: mptcp: pm: restrict unknown check to pm_nl_ctl
` [PATCH 7.0 251/307] mptcp: fastclose msk when linger time is 0
` [PATCH 7.0 252/307] mptcp: use MPJoinSynAckHMacFailure for SynAck HMAC failure
` [PATCH 7.0 253/307] mptcp: use MPTCP_RST_EMPTCP for ACK HMAC validation failure
` [PATCH 7.0 254/307] mptcp: sockopt: set timestamp flags on subflow socket, not msk
` [PATCH 7.0 255/307] mptcp: sockopt: increase seq in mptcp_setsockopt_all_sf
` [PATCH 7.0 276/307] f2fs: fix inline data not being written to disk in writeback path
` [PATCH 7.0 277/307] f2fs: fix fsck inconsistency caused by FGGC of node block
` [PATCH 7.0 278/307] KVM: arm64: Wake-up from WFI when iqrchip is in userspace
` [PATCH 7.0 279/307] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix IIDR revision field extracted from wrong value
` [PATCH 7.0 280/307] KVM: arm64: Fix initialisation order in __pkvm_init_finalise()
` [PATCH 7.0 281/307] KVM: arm64: Fix FEAT_SPE_FnE to use PMSIDR_EL1.FnE, not PMSVer
` [PATCH 7.0 282/307] KVM: arm64: Fix FEAT_Debugv8p9 to check DebugVer, not PMUVer
` [PATCH 7.0 283/307] KVM: arm64: Fix pin leak and publication ordering in __pkvm_init_vcpu()
` [PATCH 7.0 284/307] LoongArch: Fix potential ADE in loongson_gpu_fixup_dma_hang()
` [PATCH 7.0 285/307] LoongArch: KVM: Cap KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS by KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS
` [PATCH 7.0 286/307] LoongArch: KVM: Fix "unreliable stack" for kvm_exc_entry
` [PATCH 7.0 287/307] LoongArch: KVM: Fix HW timer interrupt lost when inject interrupt by software
` [PATCH 7.0 288/307] LoongArch: KVM: Move unconditional delay into timer clear scenery
` [PATCH 7.0 289/307] LoongArch: KVM: Use kvm_set_pte() in kvm_flush_pte()
` [PATCH 7.0 290/307] LoongArch: Use per-root-bridge PCIH flag to skip mem resource fixup
` [PATCH 7.0 291/307] bpf: Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork
` [PATCH 7.0 292/307] octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()
` [PATCH 7.0 293/307] mmc: core: Adjust MDT beyond 2025
` [PATCH 7.0 294/307] mmc: core: Add quirk for incorrect manufacturing date
` [PATCH 7.0 295/307] mmc: core: Optimize time for secure erase/trim for some Kingston eMMCs
` [PATCH 7.0 296/307] crypto: qat - fix indentation of macros in qat_hal.c
` [PATCH 7.0 297/307] crypto: qat - fix firmware loading failure for GEN6 devices
` [PATCH 7.0 298/307] hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size
` [PATCH 7.0 299/307] hfsplus: fix held lock freed on hfsplus_fill_super()
` [PATCH 7.0 300/307] 8021q: use RCU for egress QoS mappings
` [PATCH 7.0 301/307] 8021q: delete cleared "
` [PATCH 7.0 302/307] printk: add print_hex_dump_devel()
` [PATCH 7.0 303/307] crypto: caam - guard HMAC key hex dumps in hash_digest_key
` [PATCH 7.0 304/307] net: stmmac: rename STMMAC_GET_ENTRY() -> STMMAC_NEXT_ENTRY()
` [PATCH 7.0 305/307] net: stmmac: Prevent NULL deref when RX memory exhausted
` [PATCH 7.0 306/307] rust: pin-init: fix incorrect accessor reference lifetime
` [PATCH 7.0 307/307] x86/CPU/AMD: Prevent improper isolation of shared resources in Zen2s op cache

[PATCH v5 0/7] driver core: remove software node from platform devices on device release
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 3/7] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_add_software_node()

[PATCH v12 02/11] lib: kstrtox: add kstrtoudec64() and kstrtodec64()
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH net v3] ice: fix packet corruption due to extraneous page flip
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net/sched: refine fq_codel memory limits
 2026-05-12 18:15 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/sched: fq_codel: local packets no longer count against memory limit

[PATCH i-g-t v4 0/7] Enable and Add new tests for DC3CO
 2026-05-12 18:14 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for Enable and Add new tests for DC3CO (rev5)

[PATCH 00/38] lockd: Convert NLMv3 server-side procedures to xdrgen
 2026-05-12 18:14 UTC  (30+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/38] lockd: Rename struct nlm_res to lockd_res
` [PATCH 11/38] lockd: Rename struct nlm_reboot to lockd_reboot
` [PATCH 12/38] lockd: Rename struct nlm_share to lockd_share
` [PATCH 13/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 NULL procedure
` [PATCH 14/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 TEST procedure
` [PATCH 15/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 LOCK procedure
` [PATCH 16/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 CANCEL procedure
` [PATCH 17/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 UNLOCK procedure
` [PATCH 18/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 GRANTED procedure
` [PATCH 19/38] lockd: Refactor nlmsvc_callback()
` [PATCH 20/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 TEST_MSG procedure
` [PATCH 21/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 LOCK_MSG procedure
` [PATCH 22/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 CANCEL_MSG procedure
` [PATCH 23/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 UNLOCK_MSG procedure
` [PATCH 24/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 GRANTED_MSG procedure
` [PATCH 25/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 TEST_RES procedure
` [PATCH 26/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 LOCK_RES procedure
` [PATCH 27/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 CANCEL_RES procedure
` [PATCH 28/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 UNLOCK_RES procedure
` [PATCH 29/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 GRANTED_RES procedure
` [PATCH 30/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 SM_NOTIFY procedure
` [PATCH 31/38] lockd: Convert NLMv3 server-side undefined procedures to xdrgen
` [PATCH 32/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 SHARE procedure
` [PATCH 33/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 UNSHARE procedure
` [PATCH 34/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 NM_LOCK procedure
` [PATCH 35/38] lockd: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NLMv3 FREE_ALL procedure
` [PATCH 36/38] lockd: Remove C macros that are no longer used
` [PATCH 37/38] lockd: Remove dead code from fs/lockd/xdr.c
` [PATCH 38/38] lockd: Unify cast_status


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