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[PATCH] spinlock: remove volatile qualifier
 2026-05-18 15:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] "
  ` [PATCH v2 2/2] spinlock: fix API comments

[PATCH v11 0/6] iio: adc: ad4691: add driver for AD4691 multichannel SAR ADC family
 2026-05-18 15:14 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 2/6] iio: adc: ad4691: add initial driver for AD4691 family
` [PATCH v11 4/6] iio: adc: ad4691: add SPI offload support

[PATCH v2 00/26] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-05-18 15:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/26] xen/riscv: Implement ARCH_PAGING_MEMPOOL

[PATCH] tests/core_hotunplug: add *-with-load subtests exercising GPU workload during hotplug
 2026-05-18 15:48 UTC 

[PATCH v9 00/23] Runtime TDX module update support
 2026-05-18 15:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 11/23] x86/virt/seamldr: Allocate and populate a module update request

[PATCH v1] man/man2/quotactl.2: tfix
 2026-05-18 15:12 UTC  (5+ messages)

[Patch v4 00/16] Cache aware scheduling enhancements
 2026-05-18 15:11 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [Patch v4 13/16] sched/cache: Fix cache aware scheduling enabling for multi LLCs system
` [Patch v4 15/16] sched/cache: Fix possible overflow when invalidating the preferred CPU

[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: userq_va_mapped should remain true once done
 2026-05-18 15:11 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] writeback: fix race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs()
 2026-05-18 15:11 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] writeback: drop now-unnecessary rcu_barrier() in cgroup_writeback_umount()

[PATCH 2/2] power: supply: qcom_battmgr: Add support batteryless boards as MAINS
 2026-05-18 15:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] nfc: Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-05-18 15:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: fpga: altr,socfpga-fpga-mgr: convert to DT schema
 2026-05-18 14:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/17] kvm/arm: Introduce a customizable aarch64 KVM host model
 2026-05-18 15:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 12/17] target/arm/kvm: Introduce kvm_arm_expose_idreg_properties

[PATCH] dt-bindings: fpga: altr,a10-pr-ip: convert to DT schema
 2026-05-18 14:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] arm64: Implement support for 2025 dpISA extensions
 2026-05-18 15:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64/cpufeature: Define hwcaps for 2025 dpISA features
` [PATCH v2 2/2] kselftest/arm64: Add 2025 dpISA coverage to hwcaps

RTDS scheduler patches
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/6] Add es9356 focused SoundWire CODEC
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/6] Add es9356 focused SoundWire CODEC
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/16] iommu: Add live update state preservation
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/16] iommu: Implement IOMMU Live update FLB callbacks

[PATCH 0/6] Add es9356 focused SoundWire CODEC
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v14 14/19] unwind_user: Flexible FP/RA recovery rules
 2026-05-18 15:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] fpga: bounds checks and input validation fixes
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] fpga: dfl: add bounds check in dfh_get_param_size()
` [PATCH v6 3/3] fpga: microchip-spi: fix zero header_size OOB read in mpf_ops_parse_header()

[PATCH 13/15] arm64: dts: st: support Engicam MicroGEA-STM32MP257-RMM board
 2026-05-18 15:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

Pull request efi-2026-07-rc3
 2026-05-18 15:07 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/4] staging: rtl8723bs: fix several style issues in hal/sdio_halinit.c
 2026-05-18 15:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/4] staging: rtl8723bs: remove excessive whitespace "
  ` [PATCH v4 4/4] staging: rtl8723bs: fix lines ending in parentheses "

[PATCH 00/12] misc/syncobj: add /dev/syncobj device
 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC  (6+ messages)

[bug report] dma-buf: heaps: Rework heap allocation hooks to return struct dma_buf instead of fd
 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] sched: Fix cluster scheduling in the presence of asymmetric capacity
 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] sched/fair: Check CPU capacity before comparing group types during load balance
` [PATCH v3 2/4] sched/fair: Skip misfit load accounting when the destination CPU cannot help

[PATCH kvmtool 0/6] x86 compilation fixes and arm64 PMU improvements
 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH kvmtool 5/6] util: Allow die_perror() to take a variable list of argument

[PATCH v2 0/3] arm64: perf: Skip device memory during user callchain unwinding
 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v14 0/8] arm64: add ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC support
 2026-05-18 15:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

qcom: add CDSP firmware for shikra platform
 2026-05-18 15:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Add support for Baijie Helper A133 board
 2026-05-18 15:04 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: dts: allwinner: A133: add "

[hch-misc:swap_ops 3/6] Warning: mm/shmem.c:1594 function parameter 'ctx' not described in 'shmem_writeout'
 2026-05-18 15:03 UTC 

[PATCH v8 00/35] target/mips: add missing Octeon user-mode support
 2026-05-18 15:02 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 24/35] target/mips: add Octeon COP2 crypto state
` [PATCH v8 31/35] target/mips: decode Octeon COP2 selectors explicitly
` [PATCH v8 32/35] tests/tcg/mips: cover Octeon COP2 selector readback

[PATCH 0/4] drm/imagination: Multiple enhancement
 2026-05-18 15:02 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] drm/imagination: Populate FW common context ID before passing to the FW
` [PATCH 2/4] drm/imagination: Don't timeout job if its fence has been signaled
` [PATCH 3/4] drm/imagination: Rename FW booted to FW initialised
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/imagination: Access FW initialised state with READ/WRITE_ONCE

[PATCH 0/4] crypto: Port ecc.c fixes from kernel
 2026-05-18 13:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 06/11] drm: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
 2026-05-18 15:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] hw/nvme: add monitor commands for inspecting state
 2026-05-18 15:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] hw/nvme: add 'info nvme' HMP command

[PATCH v13 3/4] gpio: rpmsg: add generic rpmsg GPIO driver
 2026-05-18 15:01 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH] locking/osq_lock: Use READ_ONCE() for node->prev
 2026-05-18 15:00 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/5] PCI: Add support for resetting the Root Ports in a platform specific way
 2026-05-18 14:59 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/5] PCI: dwc: ep: Clear MSI iATU mapping in dw_pcie_ep_cleanup()
` [PATCH v8 2/5] PCI/ERR: Add support for resetting the Root Ports in a platform specific way
` [PATCH v8 3/5] PCI: host-common: Add link down handling for Root Ports
` [PATCH v8 4/5] PCI: qcom: Add support for resetting the Root Port due to link down event
` [PATCH v8 5/5] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Add AER error handlers

[PATCH v2] x86/MCE: adjust ID2COOKIE() for Misra C:2012 rule 11.2
 2026-05-18 14:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net 0/5] netlink: fixes for cross-namespace nsid reporting
 2026-05-18 14:59 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/5] net: rtnetlink: fix link nsid reported when the link is local

[PATCH 0/2] fetch2: harden deb/ipk unpack command argument
 2026-05-18 14:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] fetch2: validate deb/ipk data member names
` [PATCH 2/2] fetch2: validate striplevel parameter

[PATCH v2] x86/shim: adjust for Misra C:2012 rule 20.12
 2026-05-18 14:58 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v14 13/19] unwind_user: Enable archs that pass RA in a register
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] drm/amdgpu: Improve retry fault handling
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] drm/amdgpu: Use gmc->noretry instead of amdgpu_noretry directly

[PATCH bpf-next 0/5] bpf: Follow-up fixes for BPF syscall common attributes
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_common_attr using offsetofend
` [PATCH bpf-next 2/5] bpf: Fix concurrent regression in map_create()
` [PATCH bpf-next 3/5] libbpf: Add OPTS_VALID() for log_opts in bpf_map_create
` [PATCH bpf-next 4/5] selftests/bpf: Use -1 as token_fd in map create failure test
` [PATCH bpf-next 5/5] selftests/bpf: Add test to verify checking padding bytes for BPF syscall common attributes

[PATCH 0/8] per-memcg-per-node kmem accounting
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/15] arm64: support Engicam MicroGEA-STM32MP257-RMM board
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/15] arm64: dts: st: add CAN1 support on stm32mp25

[PATCH v2] drm/radeon: fix internal display on iMac11, 1 (RV770/DCE3.1)
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH] drm/radeon: fix eDP resume from suspend on iMac11, 1 / DCE3.1 systems

[PATCH net v5 2/2] selftests/bpf: add regression test for ktls+sockmap verdict UAF
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] KVM: irqchip: KVM: Reduce allocation overhead in kvm_set_irq_routing()
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net v5 1/2] bpf, skmsg: fix verdict sk_data_ready racing with ktls rx
 2026-05-18 14:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] USB: serial: belkin_sa: validate interrupt status length
 2026-05-18 14:56 UTC  (5+ messages)

Modifying SRC_URI before it is parsed by the fetcher
 2026-05-18 14:56 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [yocto] "

[PATCH v2] btrfs: zoned: always set max_active_zones for zoned devices
 2026-05-18 14:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/27] rust: device: Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types for device drivers
 2026-05-18 14:55 UTC  (23+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/27] rust: alloc: remove `'static` bound on `ForeignOwnable`
` [PATCH v3 02/27] rust: driver: move 'static bounds to constructor
` [PATCH v3 03/27] rust: driver: decouple driver private data from driver type
` [PATCH v3 04/27] rust: driver core: drop drvdata before devres release
` [PATCH v3 05/27] rust: pci: implement Sync for Device<Bound>
` [PATCH v3 06/27] rust: platform: "
` [PATCH v3 07/27] rust: auxiliary: "
` [PATCH v3 08/27] rust: usb: "
` [PATCH v3 09/27] rust: device: "
` [PATCH v3 10/27] rust: pci: make Driver trait lifetime-parameterized
` [PATCH v3 11/27] rust: platform: "

[PATCH v2 00/10] mci: rockchip-dwcmshc: add HS400(ES) support
 2026-05-18 13:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 10/10] mci: sdhci: rockchip: support HS400 Enhanced Strobe

[PATCH] iio: pressure: rohm-bm1390: notify trigger on all error paths
 2026-05-18 14:55 UTC  (6+ messages)

[asahilinux:bits/000-devicetree 14/114] arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-j413.dtb: power-management@23b700000 (apple,t8112-pmgr): power-controller@2c0: 'apple,externally-clocked' does not match any of the regexes: '^pinctrl-[0-9]+$'
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC 

[PATCH] media: rkvdec: fix PM runtime teardown ordering in remove
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH net 0/4] xsk: fix meta and publish of cq issues
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH net 3/4] xsk: drain continuation descs after overflow in xsk_build_skb()

[PATCH 00/18] Wangxun Fixes
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 00/20] "

[PATCH v4] drm/gem: Make the GEM LRU lock part of drm_device
 2026-05-18 14:54 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 2/2] nvmem: airoha: Add support for SMC eFUSE
 2026-05-18 14:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] boot: cedit: Check ofnode_read_prop return value
 2026-05-18 14:39 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] mailbox: mpfs-mbox: fixes and syscon support
 2026-05-18 14:17 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] mailbox: mpfs-mbox: fix MMIO mapping calculation
` [PATCH 2/4] mailbox: mpfs-mbox: fix Driver Model private data handling
` [PATCH 3/4] mailbox: mpfs-mbox: fix driver bug and cleanup
` [PATCH 4/4] mailbox: mpfs-mbox: support new syscon based devicetree configuration

[PATCH] nvme-multipath: set BIO_REMAPPED on bios remapped to per-path namespace disks
 2026-05-18 14:52 UTC 

[PATCH v2] io_uring: propagate array_index_nospec opcode into req->opcode
 2026-05-18 14:52 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] mm: move offset_in_page() to page_helpers.h
 2026-05-18 14:52 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] mm: add bytes_to_page_end() helper

[PATCH v8 00/12] Add SPL support for Qualcomm platforms, starting with sdm845
 2026-05-18  8:46 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/12] Makefile: add SPL_REMAKE_ELF_LDSCRIPT feature
` [PATCH v8 04/12] mach-snapdragon: boot0.h: split out msm8916_boot0.h
` [PATCH v8 07/12] mach-snapdragon: Kconfig: changes / additions to support SPL

[PATCH] drm/i915/display: use set_context_latency for DSB W2-line waits
 2026-05-18 14:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: validate PE-COFF relocation data
 2026-05-18  8:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND net] net: airoha: Fix NPU RX DMA descriptor bits
 2026-05-18 14:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] err_ptr.h: introduce ERR_PTR_SAFE()
 2026-05-18 14:51 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] leds: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
 2026-05-18 14:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bitbake][wrynose][2.18][PATCH 0/3] Pull request (cover letter only)
 2026-05-18 14:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] mmc: sdhci-of-dwcmshc: Minor cleanups
 2026-05-18 14:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] mmc: sdhci-of-dwcmshc: improve delay handling with fsleep()

[PATCH v5] drm/xe: Unify fault injection hooks for CSC, GT reset
 2026-05-18 14:50 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Unify fault injection hooks for CSC, GT reset (rev6)

[PATCH mm-unstable v17 02/14] mm/khugepaged: generalize alloc_charge_folio()
 2026-05-18 14:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] python3targetconfig: pull in nativesdk python when building nativesdk recipes
 2026-05-18 14:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2 00/15] qcom: smem: modernize SMEM in U-Boot
 2026-05-18 14:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 12/15] mach-snapdragon: move memory parsing to its own file
` [PATCH v2 13/15] mach-snapdragon: support parsing memory map from SMEM

[PATCH v2 0/4] iio: light: add support for veml6031x00 ALS series
 2026-05-18 14:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] iio: light: veml6030: fix channel type when pushing events

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/esp-hosted: fix build failure with Linux >= 7.1.0
 2026-05-18 14:48 UTC 

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
 2026-05-18 14:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
 2026-05-18 14:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

[PATCH net-next 6/9] net: atlantic: implement AQC113 L2/L3/L4 RX filter management filter management management
 2026-05-18 14:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [EXTERNAL] "

[PATCH 0/2] usb: atm: ueagle-atm: cosmetic changes to .probe()
 2026-05-18 14:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] usb: atm: ueagle-atm: add missing uea_leaves() in uea_probe()

[PATCH] KVM: x86: Fix array_index_nospec() protection in kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_mce()
 2026-05-18 14:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] fuse: wait for aborted connection before releasing last fuse_dev
 2026-05-18 14:46 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 00/13] rv: Convert rvgen to Lark
 2026-05-18 14:45 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/13] verification/rvgen: Introduce a parse tree for automata using Lark
` [PATCH 06/13] verification/rvgen: Convert __fill_verify_guards_func() to Lark

[PATCH v3 0/8] Fix some clean up during userq create/destroy
 2026-05-18 14:45 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: Fix doorbell cleanup on queue creation fail
` [PATCH v3 2/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: Fix the mutex_init cleanup for fence_drv_lock
` [PATCH v3 3/8] drm/amdgpu: simplify return value in amdgpu_userq_get_doorbell_index
` [PATCH v3 4/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: dont override return value of xa_alloc
` [PATCH v3 5/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: clean up wptr_obj along with mqd_destroy
` [PATCH v3 6/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: add amdgpu_bo_unpin when amdgpu_ttm_alloc_gart fails
` [PATCH v3 7/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: reserve root bo without interruption
` [PATCH v3 8/8] drm/amdgpu/userq: make sure queue is valid in the hang_detect_work

[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: add missing 'port' property
 2026-05-18 14:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 2/2] ASoC: codecs: nau8360: Add support for NAU83G60 amplifier
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/8] Fix some clean up during userq create/destroy
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/9] fstests: add test coverage for cloned filesystem ids
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/9] fstests: verify fanotify isolation on cloned filesystems
` [PATCH v4 9/9] fstests: btrfs: test UUID consistency for clones with metadata_uuid

[PATCHv2] blk-mq: check for stale cached request in blk_mq_submit_bio
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] dma-fence: Clarify external lock use case in dma_fence_init() docs
 2026-05-18 14:44 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH V2 net 0/2] hibmcge: fix RX packet corruption issue
 2026-05-18 14:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 net 1/2] net: hibmcge: disable Relaxed Ordering to fix RX packet corruption
` [PATCH V2 net 2/2] net: hibmcge: move dma_rmb() after dma_sync_single_for_cpu() in RX path

[DRAFT][PATCH] scsi: fcoe: reject FIP descriptors with zero fip_dlen in CVL walker
 2026-05-18 14:43 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCHv2 0/4] media: cec: add CEC LIP support
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv2 1/4] media: include/uapi/linux/cec*.h: "
` [PATCHv2 2/4] Documentation: media: add CEC opcodes
` [PATCHv2 3/4] media: cec: core: add LIP support
` [PATCHv2 4/4] media: include/uapi/linux/cec*: clarify which msgs are CEC 2.0

[PATCH v3 0/5] gpu/buddy: Per-order free and used block scoreboards
 2026-05-18 14:41 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for gpu/buddy: Per-order free and used block scoreboards (rev4)

[PATCH 2/2] phy: econet: Add EcoNet USB PHY
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last

[PATCH v2 0/9] Remove SMMUv3 struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 7/9] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Directly encode CMDQ_OP_ATC_INV

[kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86/svm: work around Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE bug on Naples and Rome
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (5+ messages)

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: fix potential data-race" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y] mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: fix potential data-race

[PATCH] scsi: target: iscsi: validate CHAP_R length before base64 decode
 2026-05-18 14:40 UTC  (2+ messages)


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