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[PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: Add k3-am62l3-beaglebadge
 2026-05-14 11:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] strbuf: add and use strbuf_add_uint()
 2026-05-14 11:53 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] strbuf: add strbuf_add_uint()

[PATCH v7 00/31] mm/virtio: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed pages
 2026-05-14 11:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 02/31] mm: page_alloc: propagate PageReported flag across buddy splits
` [PATCH v7 04/31] mm: hugetlb: remove dead alloc_hugetlb_folio stub

[PATCH 0/2] Document LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX
 2026-05-14 11:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] man/man7/landlock.7: Adapt compatibility in code example to ABI v8

[PATCH v3 1/2] tools/nolibc: fcntl: Add fallocate()
 2026-05-14 11:51 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] drm/i915/dp: Adaptive Sync SDP readback fixes
 2026-05-14 11:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/4] HID: hid-msi: Add MSI Claw configuration driver
 2026-05-14 11:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] RDMA/nldev: add mutual exclusion in nldev_dellink()
 2026-05-14 11:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 00/64] drivers: usb: dwc3: sync code with Linux v6.16-rc7
 2026-05-14 11:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] process_vm_readv.2: correct partial transfer granularity
 2026-05-14 11:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/13] dma-mapping: Use DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED through direct, pool and swiotlb paths
 2026-05-14 11:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 04/13] dma: swiotlb: track pool encryption state and honor DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED

[PATCH] dt-bindings: PCI: mediatek-gen3: Allow memory-region for restricted DMA buffer
 2026-05-14 11:48 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/3] Add driver support for ESWIN EIC7700 HSP clock and reset generator
 2026-05-14 11:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: Add ESWIN eic7700 "
` [PATCH v5 2/3] clk: eswin: Add eic7700 HSP clock driver
` [PATCH v5 3/3] reset: eswin: Add eic7700 HSP reset driver

[PATCH net-next] net/sched: sch_dualpi2: annotate data-races in dualpi2_dump_stats()
 2026-05-14 11:47 UTC 

U-Boot patch submit standard and requirement
 2026-05-14 11:46 UTC  (5+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: uniphier: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
 2026-05-14 11:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] spi: uniphier: switch to use modern name
  ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] spi: uniphier: Simplify clock handling with devm_clk_get_enabled()
  ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] spi: uniphier: fix controller deregistration

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: tegra20-sflash: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
 2026-05-14 11:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] spi: tegra20-sflash: fix controller deregistration

[PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: dts/bindings: Add support for BeagleBadge
 2026-05-14 11:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: ti: Add am62l3-beaglebadge

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: tegra114: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
 2026-05-14 11:45 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y] spi: tegra114: fix controller deregistration

[PATCH] dt-bindings: remoteproc: mtk,scp: Allow multiple memory regions
 2026-05-14 11:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/1] dt-bindings: remoteproc: mtk,scp: Allow multiple memory regions for MT8188
  ` [PATCH v3 1/1] "

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: debugfs: fix out-of-bounds read in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
 2026-05-14 11:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: core: fix implicit declaration warning
  ` [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] mtd: spi-nor: debugfs: fix out-of-bounds read in spi_nor_params_show()

[PATCH v2 net] net: core: dev: add reprocess depth limit for another_round in __netif_receive_skb_core
 2026-05-14 11:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC v7 0/7] ext4: fast commit: snapshot inode state for FC log
 2026-05-14 11:43 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC v7 6/7] ext4: fast commit: add lock_updates tracepoint

[PATCH 0/2] interconnect: qcom: eliza: Add missing SDCC1 slave
 2026-05-14 11:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: interconnect: qcom,eliza-rpmh: Add "

[PATCH] staging: sm750fb: Add suspend checks to copyarea and imageblit
 2026-05-14 11:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH stable 7.0] perf build: fix "argument list too long" in second location
 2026-05-14 11:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] RDMA/nldev: add resource summary max values for usage rate display
 2026-05-14 11:44 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] spdx30: default SPDX_PACKAGE_SUPPLIER to OpenEmbedded
 2026-05-14 11:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] hwmon: Add Murata D1U74T-W PSU driver
 2026-05-14 11:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: trivial-devices: Add Murata D1U74T PSU

[syzbot] [net?] unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (9)
 2026-05-14 11:43 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/3] nolibc: Add fallocate()
 2026-05-14 11:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/3] tools/nolibc: Add statfs()

[PATCH v1 02/14] perf pmu-events: Add API to get metric table name and iterate tables
 2026-05-14 11:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: timer: econet: Update EN751627 for multi-IRQ
 2026-05-14 11:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC V6 0/8] arm_scmi: vendors: Qualcomm Generic Vendor Extensions
 2026-05-14 11:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix use-after-free in probe error path
 2026-05-14 11:40 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2] net/sched: sch_dualpi2: annotate lockless stats reads in dump path
 2026-05-14 11:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add Rockchip RK3576 PWM Support Through MFPWM
 2026-05-14 11:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/6] mfd: Add Rockchip mfpwm driver

[PATCH 0/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Enable SMMU and add DMA coherency for XGMAC
 2026-05-14 11:41 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Enable the SMMU for SoCFPGA device trees
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Add dma-coherent to XGMAC nodes

[PATCH v3] RDMA/rtrs: Fix use-after-free in path file creation cleanup
 2026-05-14 11:38 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] Fixes for mkfs.xfs with high amount of CPUs and SSDs
 2026-05-14 11:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] common/rc: Add helper to calculate percentage of free space available
` [PATCH v2 2/4] common/xfs: helper function to check if -l/-d/-r concurrecy flags
` [PATCH v2 3/4] generic/{102,172,347}: Adapt test for XFS on systems with 128+CPUs + SSDs
` [PATCH v2 4/4] xfs/21{6,7} Use default -l concurrency=0 on mkfs.xfs that supports it

[PATCH bpf-next v3 0/3] bpf: Maximum combined stack depth
 2026-05-14 11:40 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] veristat: Report max "

[PATCH v4 7/7] arm64: dts: qcom: eliza: Add support for MM clock controllers
 2026-05-14 11:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] efi_loader: Remove authentication header in GetVariable()
 2026-05-14 11:39 UTC  (4+ messages)

[syzbot] [usb?] INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe
 2026-05-14 11:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: [PATCH] media: dvb-usb-v2: abort probe on power-on failure

[PATCH v3 0/4] remoteproc: add Cortex-A Core remoteproc support on i.MX platforms
 2026-05-14 11:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: add imx-rproc-psci

[PATCH] iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak
 2026-05-14 11:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] media: sun8i-a83t-mipi-csi2: Use V4L2 subdev active state
 2026-05-14 11:38 UTC 

[PATCH v5] thermal: qcom: tsens: atomic temperature read with hardware-guided retries
 2026-05-14 11:36 UTC 

[android-common:android15-6.6 2/2] arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/iommu/iommu.c:62:6: sparse: sparse: symbol '__kvm_iommu_reclaim_pages' was not declared. Should it be static?
 2026-05-14 11:35 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/vcn5.0.0: enable secure submission on unified ring
 2026-05-14 11:35 UTC 

[linux-next:master 325/4394] drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/of-display-mode-bridge.c:54:25: sparse: sparse: symbol 'of_display_mode_bridge_funcs' was not declared. Should it be static?
 2026-05-14 11:35 UTC 

[koverstreet-bcachefs:bcachefs-rebalance_v2 458/799] fs/bcachefs/btree/node_scan.c:63 found_btree_node_to_key() error: __memcpy() 'bp->v.start' too small (40 vs 1960)
 2026-05-14 11:35 UTC 

[PATCH v6 2/2] PCI: mediatek: Add support for EcoNet EN7528 SoC
 2026-05-14 11:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] EDAC/versalnet: Report PFN and page offset for DDR errors
 2026-05-14 11:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/svm: work around Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE bug on Naples and Rome
 2026-05-14 11:34 UTC 

[PATCH v2] net/mlx5: don't printk garbage when transceiver overheats
 2026-05-14 11:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 15/16] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62p-j722s-common-main: Add support for DSS
 2026-05-14 11:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] RDMA/rtrs: Fix use-after-free in path files cleanup
 2026-05-14 11:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

MT7922 does not work in 7.1-rc3, works ok in 7.0
 2026-05-14 11:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] Incorporate DRAM address in EDAC messages
 2026-05-14 11:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] EDAC/amd64: Include DRAM address in output

[PATCH] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a78000: Add PSCI node
 2026-05-14 11:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] kbuild: pacman-pkg: make "rc" releases adhere to pacman versioning scheme
 2026-05-14 11:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v2 0/4] net: tls: net: tls: fix a few random bugs
 2026-05-14 11:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 4/4] net: tls: remove bad rollback and UAF on ENOSPC

[PATCH i-g-t v3 0/1] Improve kms_cursor_legacy robustness on MTK
 2026-05-14 11:29 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 1/1] tests/kms_cursor_legacy: relax checks "
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for Improve kms_cursor_legacy robustness "

clumsy cast in dlopen.3
 2026-05-14 11:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/22] Add basic pinctrl drivers for JHB100 SoC
 2026-05-14 11:12 UTC  (44+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/22] dt-bindings: pincfg-node: Add property 'input-debounce-nanoseconds'
` [PATCH v2 02/22] pinctrl: pinconf-generic: "
` [PATCH v2 03/22] pinctrl: pinctrl-generic: Make the "function" property optional
` [PATCH v2 04/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-sys0-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 05/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 sys0 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 06/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-sys0h-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 07/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 sys0h controller driver
` [PATCH v2 08/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-sys1-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 09/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 sys1 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 10/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-sys2-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 11/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 sys2 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 12/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-per0-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 13/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 per0 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 14/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-per1-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 15/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 per1 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 16/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-per2-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 17/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 per2 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 18/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-per2pok-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 19/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 per2pok controller driver
` [PATCH v2 20/22] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Add starfive,jhb100-per3-pinctrl
` [PATCH v2 21/22] pinctrl: starfive: Add StarFive JHB100 per3 controller driver
` [PATCH v2 22/22] riscv: dts: starfive: jhb100: Add pinctrl nodes

[PATCH v2 1/1] RAS/AMD/ATL: Drop malformed default N from Kconfig
 2026-05-14 11:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] pps: make number of PPS devices configurable
 2026-05-14 11:26 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/2] intel_iommu: fix guest-triggerable assert in MMIO handlers
 2026-05-14 18:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-05-14 11:24 UTC 

[bluez/bluez] f2d501: shared/bap: set QoS state when CIS is lost
 2026-05-14 11:24 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] tests/kms_colorspace: Add Colorspace connector property test
 2026-05-14 11:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] "

[PATCH] ASoC: sun4i-spdif: Use guard() for spin locks
 2026-05-14 11:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/15] intel_iommu: Enable PASID support for passthrough device
 2026-05-14 11:30 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 05/15] intel_iommu: Rename pasid property to "pasid-bits" and define it as type uint8
` [PATCH v5 07/15] intel_iommu: Use IOMMU_NO_PASID and delete PASID_0
` [PATCH v5 08/15] intel_iommu: Refactor PASID processing to use IOMMU_NO_PASID internally
` [PATCH v5 09/15] intel_iommu_accel: Handle PASID entry addition for pc_inv_dsc request
` [PATCH v5 10/15] intel_iommu_accel: Handle PASID entry removal "
` [PATCH v5 11/15] intel_iommu_accel: Bypass PASID entry addition for just deleted entry
` [PATCH v5 14/15] intel_iommu_accel: Add pasid bits size check
` [PATCH v5 15/15] intel_iommu: Expose flag VIOMMU_FLAG_PASID_SUPPORTED and VIOMMU_FLAG_WANT_PASID_ATTACH

[koverstreet-bcachefs:bcachefs-rebalance_v2 518/799] fs/bcachefs/init/chardev.c:249 bch2_ioctl_disk_remove() warn: 'ca' can also be NULL
 2026-05-14 11:21 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] bpf: arena: fix use-after-free in VMA tracking on fork
 2026-05-14 11:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] drm/bridge: lt9211: Add drive-strength-microamp DT property
 2026-05-14 11:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] "

[PATCH] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62l: Enable HDMI & DSI display
 2026-05-14 11:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 14/16] arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62p-j722s-common-main: Make main_conf a syscon
 2026-05-14 11:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

drivers/pci/liveupdate.h:31:1: error: expected identifier or '(' before '{' token
 2026-05-14 11:18 UTC 

[PATCH v3 7/7] arm64: dts: qcom: eliza: Add support for MM clock controllers
 2026-05-14 11:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5] IB/mlx4: Fix refcount leak in add_port() error path
 2026-05-14 11:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/4] ata: fix deferred QC handling for port multipliers
 2026-05-14 11:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 6/7] clk: qcom: camcc: Add support for camera clock controller for Eliza
 2026-05-14 11:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 5/5] phy: qualcomm: add MSM8974 HDMI PHY support
 2026-05-14 11:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] clocksource: move NXP timer selection to drivers/clocksource
 2026-05-14 11:14 UTC 

[PATCH] ovl: keep err zero after successful ovl_cache_get()
 2026-05-14 11:13 UTC 

[PATCH 6/7] hid-asus: Allow adding custom hotkey handler logic
 2026-05-14 11:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] mm/damon/vaddr: attempt per-vma lock during page table walk
 2026-05-14 11:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] phy: renesas: rcar-gen3-usb2: Avoid long delay in atomic context
 2026-05-14 11:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [net?] unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (9)
 2026-05-14 11:12 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: [syzbot] test WARN_ON for addrconf on unregistering devices

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net/mlx5e: simplify and optimize napi poll flow
 2026-05-14 11:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net/mlx5e: Reduce branches in napi poll
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Let kTLS RX get async ICOSQ param "

[PATCH] accel: ethosu: Add performance counter support
 2026-05-14 11:11 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH liburing] tests: add cBPF filter tests for IORING_OP_CONNECT
 2026-05-14 11:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] mptcp: pm: fix extra_subflows underflow for userspace PM
 2026-05-14 11:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 4/4] ata: libata-scsi: do not needlessly defer commands when using PMP with FBS
 2026-05-14 11:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

Spurious task resume due to SIGSHADOW
 2026-05-14 11:08 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/4] kunit: Add support for suppressing warning backtraces
 2026-05-14 11:06 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/4] bug/kunit: Core "
` [PATCH v11 2/4] kunit: Add backtrace suppression self-tests
` [PATCH v11 3/4] drm: Suppress intentional warning backtraces in scaling unit tests
` [PATCH v11 4/4] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API

[PATCH liburing v2] tests: add cBPF filter tests for IORING_OP_CONNECT
 2026-05-14 11:07 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/6] mm/memory-failure: add panic option for unrecoverable pages
 2026-05-14 11:06 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 4/6] mm/memory-failure: short-circuit PG_reserved before get_hwpoison_page()

[PATCH v4 1/1] media: v4l2-common: Add helper function media_bus_fmt_to_csi2_(bpp|dt)()
 2026-05-14 11:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ASoC: ti: omap-mcbsp: Remove mixed goto/scoped cleanup handling
 2026-05-14 11:06 UTC 

[OE-core][PATCH] xrandr: upgrade 1.5.3 -> 1.5.4
 2026-05-14 11:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/3] Switch Arm CCA to use an auxiliary device instead of a platform device
 2026-05-14 11:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] firmware: smccc: coco: Manage arm-smccc platform device and CCA auxiliary drivers

[PATCH v6] IB/mlx4: Fix refcount leak in add_port() error path
 2026-05-14 11:01 UTC 

[PATCH] ci: ECLAIR: avoid intercepting intermediate linking steps
 2026-05-14 11:04 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] smbdirect: Fix error cleanup in smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter()
 2026-05-14 11:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/7] mfd: Add support for Asus Transformer embedded controller
 2026-05-14 11:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/7] mfd: Add driver for ASUS "

[PATCH] iio: magnetometer: ak8975: ensure device is awake for buffered capture
 2026-05-14 11:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 6/7] clk: qcom: camcc: Add support for camera clock controller for Eliza
 2026-05-14 11:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v4 05/11] bpf: Allow special fields in resizable hashtab
 2026-05-14 11:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH] perl: link to the system zlib instead of a vendored copy
 2026-05-14 11:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink()
 2026-05-14 10:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v4 03/11] bpf: Implement resizable hashmap basic functions
 2026-05-14 10:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] doc: setversions.py fixes
 2026-05-14 10:53 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] doc/setversions.py: use older lts series to check tag existence

[PATCH 0/5] leds: is31fl319x: Fix shutdown GPIO and update DT bindings
 2026-05-14 10:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] ARM: dts: qcom: msm8974-oneplus-bacon: Fix sn3193 shutdown GPIO polarity


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