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[PATCH v2 00/17] Rework frame descriptors
 2026-05-18 16:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/17] media: v4l2-subdev: Align frame descriptor error codes with routing
` [PATCH v2 04/17] media: v4l2-subdev: Allow releasing frame descriptors on return

[PATCH v2 2/4] PCI: rzg3s-host: Use shared reset controls for power domain resets
 2026-05-18 16:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/7] fetch: rework negotiation tip options
 2026-05-18 16:42 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/8] "
  ` [PATCH v4 1/8] t5516: fix test order flakiness
  ` [PATCH v4 2/8] fetch: add --negotiation-restrict option
  ` [PATCH v4 3/8] transport: rename negotiation_tips

[PATCH v2 0/2] Add trng driver to JHB100
 2026-05-18 16:42 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: Add bindings for StarFive JHB100 SoC trng controller

[PATCH v22 00/13] Implement PSCI reboot mode driver for PSCI resets
 2026-05-18 16:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v22 08/13] mfd: core: Add firmware-node support to MFD cells

[PATCH] squashfs-tools: add another CPE
 2026-05-18 16:41 UTC 

general protection fault in skb_release_data (2)
 2026-05-18 16:41 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded:

[PATCH v2 0/2] Add OVS packet family YNL spec and unicast notification support
 2026-05-18 16:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] netlink: specs: add OVS packet family specification
` [PATCH v2 2/2] tools: ynl: add unicast notification receive support

[PATCH net-next 0/6] bpf-timetamp: support rx side
 2026-05-18 16:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 5/6] bpf: enable bpf timestamping rx in TCP layer

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btmtk: accept too short WMT FUNC_CTRL events
 2026-05-18 16:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[linus:master] [mm] 01b9da291c: stress-ng.switch.ops_per_sec 67.7% regression
 2026-05-18 16:39 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] uprobes/x86: Fix red zone issue for optimized uprobes
 2026-05-18 16:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] uprobes/x86: Move optimized uprobe from nop5 to nop10

[PATCH] nfsd: fix use-after-free in nfsd4_lock() when releasing new lock stateid
 2026-05-18 16:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/2] rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink()
 2026-05-18 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [syzbot ci] "

[PATCH RFC] usb: cdc-wdm: close race between workqueue and release
 2026-05-18 16:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/page_alloc: fix defrag_mode for non-reclaimable allocations
 2026-05-18 16:37 UTC 

[PATCH] tg3: guard napi_disable and pci_disable_device calls
 2026-05-18 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/16] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO
 2026-05-18 16:37 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 02/16] vfio/pci: Preserve vfio-pci device files across Live Update

[PATCH 0/4] fuse: Fix several io-uring race conditions
 2026-05-18 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] fuse: Avoid use-after-free in fuse_uring_async_stop_queues
` [PATCH 2/4] fuse: Avoid queue->stopped races and set/read that value under lock
` [PATCH 3/4] fuse: {io-uring} Make a fuse_req on SQE commit only findable after memcpy
` [PATCH 4/4] fuse: clear ent->fuse_req in commit_fetch error path to prevent UAF

[PATCH v3 00/38] drm/msm/dp: Add MST support for MSM chipsets
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 31/38] drm/msm/dp: add HPD callback for dp MST

[PATCH iproute2-next] iplink: bridge: add stp_mode support
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC 

[syzbot] [v9fs?] WARNING in __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: Re: [PATCH RFC] drm/lease: Fix warning on large user-controlled allocations

[PATCH RFC] drm/lease: Fix warning on large user-controlled allocations
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v3] net/mana: Fix auxiliary device double-delete race
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [EXTERNAL] "

[moderation/CI] Re: rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink()
 2026-05-18 16:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/16] drm/msm: Add PERFCNTR_CONFIG ioctl
 2026-05-18 16:35 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 13/16] "

[PATCH 0/2] scsi: ufs: Add quirk EXTENDED_TX_EQTR_ADAPT_LENGTH_L0L1L2L3
 2026-05-18 16:23 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] scsi: ufs: core: Add a quirk for extended TX EQTR Adapt L0L1L2L3 length
` [PATCH 2/2] scsi: ufs: ufs-qcom: Use quirk EXTENDED_TX_EQTR_ADAPT_LENGTH_L0L1L2L3

[PATCH 0/2] proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock
 2026-05-18 16:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part 1)
` [PATCH 2/2] proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (FD links)

[PATCH RFC] wifi: cfg80211: replace WARN_ON() with pr_err() in netns switch
 2026-05-18 16:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC] eal: enable thread safety analysis for recursive lock
 2026-05-18 16:34 UTC 

[PATCH 00/11] HID: storing pointers in 'hid_device_id::driver_data'
 2026-05-18 16:35 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] HID: hid-input: use named initializer for 'hid_battery_quirks[]'
` [PATCH 02/11] HID: hid-quirks: use named initializer in 'hid_quirks[]'
` [PATCH 03/11] HID: hid-asus: use named initializer for 'asus_devices[]'
` [PATCH 04/11] HID: i2c-hid-dmi-quirks: use named initializer for 'i2c_hid_elan_flipped_quirks[]'
` [PATCH 05/11] HID: hid-belkin: clean up usage of 'driver_data'
` [PATCH 06/11] HID: hid-cypress: "
` [PATCH 07/11] HID: hid-gfrm: "
` [PATCH 08/11] HID: hid-ite: "
` [PATCH 09/11] HID: mod_devicetable: 'hid_device_id::driver_data' add union
` [PATCH 10/11] HID: hid-tmff: use 'hid_device_id::driver_data_ptr'
` [PATCH 11/11] HID: wacom: "

[PATCH] PCI: mediatek: Fix operator precedence in PCIE_FTS_NUM_L0 macro
 2026-05-18 16:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` 答复: [外部邮件] "

[PATCH v2] system/rtc: Fix a possible year-2038 integer overflow problem
 2026-05-18 16:34 UTC 

[PATCH] eal: silence -Wconstant-logical-operand in RTE_IS_POWER_OF_2
 2026-05-18 16:33 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] iommu: Add PCI vendor:device ID to IOMMU fault logs
 2026-05-18 16:33 UTC 

linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree
 2026-05-18 16:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/3] Add eDP lane mapping support
 2026-05-18 16:31 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: display: rockchip: analogix-dp: Expose inherited properties

[PATCH v5 0/5] liveupdate: serialization safety and race fixes
 2026-05-18 16:31 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/5] liveupdate: fix TOCTOU race in luo_session_retrieve()
` [PATCH v5 3/5] liveupdate: block session mutations during reboot
` [PATCH v5 4/5] liveupdate: fix u-a-f in luo_file_unpreserve_files() and luo_file_finish()
` [PATCH v5 5/5] liveupdate: Remove unused ser field from struct luo_session

[PATCH v14 13/19] unwind_user: Enable archs that pass RA in a register
 2026-05-18 16:31 UTC  (5+ messages)

Patchwork summary for: spi-devel-general
 2026-05-18 16:31 UTC 

[PATCH] system/rtc: Fix a possible year-2038 integer overflow problem
 2026-05-18 16:30 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v6 mptcp-next 0/7] mptcp: address stall under memory pressure
 2026-05-18 16:30 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] squota delete fstests
 2026-05-18 16:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] btrfs: test qgroup deletion races with squota writes

[PATCH] spinlock: remove volatile qualifier
 2026-05-18 16:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] "

[PATCH] target/riscv: Convert priv_spec property from string to enum
 2026-05-18 16:27 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Add Meta Rainiera6 BMC support
 2026-05-18 16:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: aspeed: Add Meta Rainiera6 board

[PATCH v8 2/5] PCI/ERR: Add support for resetting the Root Ports in a platform specific way
 2026-05-18 16:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/intel/display: Add support for pipe background color (v4)
 2026-05-18 16:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for drm/intel/display: Add support for pipe background color (v4) (rev2)

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Fix test for refinement of single-value tnum
 2026-05-18 16:26 UTC 

[PATCH] x86/resctrl: Only check Intel systems for SNC
 2026-05-18 16:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: devmem: reject TX dma-buf with non-page-aligned size or SG length
 2026-05-18 16:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] Usermode Indirect Branch Tracking
 2026-05-18 16:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v6 0/4] bpf: add icmp_send kfunc
 2026-05-18 16:25 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 3/6] bpf: add bpf_icmp_send kfunc

[PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Clarify that in English "reviewer" is a person
 2026-05-18 16:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] Add StarFive SAR-ADC driver
 2026-05-18 16:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] bindings: iio: adc: Add StarFive JHB100 SARADC

[PATCH v2] regulator: tps65219: fix irq_data.rdev not being assigned
 2026-05-18 10:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/12] spi: switch to managed controller allocation (part 3/3)
 2026-05-18  9:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] drm/panel: Add driver for DLC DLC0697 DSI panel
 2026-05-18 16:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: display: panel: add Ilitek ILI7807S panel controller

[PATCH v2] cxl/mbox: Support Media Operation
 2026-05-18 16:23 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: add `CacheAligned` for easy cache line alignment of values
 2026-05-18 16:22 UTC  (5+ messages)

[RFC] fs/ioctl.c: FIBMAP requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO while FIEMAP exposes identical data unprivileged
 2026-05-18 16:22 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] curl: Remove absolute paths when mbedtls is enabled
 2026-05-18 16:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v4 0/5] drm/i915/bw: Split bandwidth params into platform- and display-IP-specific structs
 2026-05-18 16:22 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/5] drm/i915/bw: Don't call intel_dram_info() too early
` [PATCH v4 2/5] drm/i915/bw: Extract platform-specific parameters
` [PATCH v4 3/5] drm/i915/bw: Deduplicate intel_sa_info instances
` [PATCH v4 4/5] drm/i915/bw: Rename struct intel_sa_info to intel_display_bw_params
` [PATCH v4 5/5] drm/i915/bw: Extract get_display_bw_params()
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/i915/bw: Split bandwidth params into platform- and display-IP-specific structs (rev3)

linux-next: build failure in final build
 2026-05-18 16:21 UTC 

[2]Yazışmada 2 ileti var[RFC] fs/ioctl.c: FIBMAP requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO while FIEMAP exposes identical data unprivileged
 2026-05-18 16:21 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] pbl: cleanup early malloc
 2026-05-18 16:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: rockchip: initialize PBL malloc

[PATCH v2] module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages()
 2026-05-18 16:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: remove .txt binding and fix schema
 2026-05-18 16:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: remove deprecated .txt file
` [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: add missing 'port' property

[PATCH v1 3/4] iio: adc: ltc2378: Enable high-speed data capture
 2026-05-18 16:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] tools/xenstore: fix issue related to XSA-417
 2026-05-18 16:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] ftrace: fix race in __modify_ftrace_direct() between tmp_ops registration and direct_functions update
 2026-05-18 16:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] af_unix: unix_stream_data_wait() fix and improvements
 2026-05-18 16:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] af_unix: Fix UAF read of tail->len in unix_stream_data_wait()

[PATCH v2 0/5] mm: reduce mmap_lock contention and improve page fault performance
 2026-05-18 16:17 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/16] tests: do more testing of block drivers
 2026-05-18 16:17 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/16] python: bump qemu.qmp to v0.0.6
` [PATCH v8 02/16] gitlab: ensure all meson jobs capture build/meson-logs by default
` [PATCH v8 03/16] iotests: print reason when I/O test is skipped in TAP mode
` [PATCH v8 04/16] iotests: remove redundant meson suite for iotests
` [PATCH v8 05/16] iotests: ensure all qcow2 I/O tests are able to be run via make
` [PATCH v8 06/16] scripts/mtest2make: ensure output has stable sorting
` [PATCH v8 07/16] scripts/mtest2make: support optional tests grouping
` [PATCH v8 08/16] iotests: add a meson suite / make target per block I/O tests format
` [PATCH v8 09/16] docs/devel/testing: expand documentation for 'make check-block'
` [PATCH v8 10/16] iotests: add nbd and luks to the I/O test suites
` [PATCH v8 11/16] iotests: use 'driver' as collective term for either format or protocol
` [PATCH v8 12/16] iotests: validate dmsetup result in test 128
` [PATCH v8 13/16] iotests: fix check for sudo access in LUKS I/O test
` [PATCH v8 14/16] iotests: mark 185 as a flaky test
` [PATCH v8 15/16] gitlab: add jobs for thorough block tests
` [PATCH v8 16/16] gitlab: remove I/O tests from build-tcg-disabled job

[PATCH 0/3] target/arm: add support for Cortex-M pointer authentication code
 2026-05-18 16:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] target/arm/tcg: define cortex-m85 cpu
` [PATCH 2/3] target/arm/tcg: add PAC related instructions
` [PATCH 3/3] target/arm: implement v8.1-m PAC support

[PATCH v9 0/2] arm64/sve: Performance improvements with SVE state saving
 2026-05-18 16:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/2] arm64/fpsimd: Suppress SVE access traps when loading FPSIMD state
` [PATCH v9 2/2] arm64/sve: Disable TIF_SVE on syscall once per second

Git
 2026-05-18 16:15 UTC 

[PATCH] fbdev: sunxvr2500: replace printk with device-aware logging functions
 2026-05-18 16:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] fbdev: chipsfb: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro
 2026-05-18 16:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/5] bpf: Follow-up fixes for BPF syscall common attributes
 2026-05-18 16:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_common_attr using offsetofend

[PATCH v3 0/4] sched: Fix cluster scheduling in the presence of asymmetric capacity
 2026-05-18 16:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/4] sched/fair: Skip misfit load accounting when the destination CPU cannot help

[PATCH -next v1 00/12] Candidate patches for the v7.2 merge window
 2026-05-18 16:13 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH -next v1 05/12] srcu: Don't queue workqueue handlers to never-online CPUs

[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: add missing 'port' property
 2026-05-18 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: PCI: renesas,r9a08g045-pcie: Add RZ/V2H(P) support
 2026-05-18 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] HID: lg-g15: Add support for the Logitech G710/G710+ gaming keyboards
 2026-05-18 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 5/9] ARM: dts: sun8i: v3s: Add nodes for MIPI CSI-2 support
 2026-05-18 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

linux-next: build failure in final buil
 2026-05-18 16:11 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/27] rust: device: Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types for device drivers
 2026-05-18 16:10 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 10/27] rust: pci: make Driver trait lifetime-parameterized

linux-next: manual merge of the kbuild tree with the origin tree
 2026-05-18 16:11 UTC 

linux-next: manual merge of the cgroup tree with the mm-unstable tree
 2026-05-18 16:10 UTC 

linux-next: manual merge of the kvm-x86 tree with the tip tree
 2026-05-18 16:10 UTC 

[PATCH v2] i2c: i2c-gpio: Enhance driver for buses with shared SCL
 2026-05-18 16:10 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/3] regulator: Add support for Unisoc SC2730 PMIC regulators
 2026-05-18 15:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: sprd,sc2731: Include SC2730 regulator bindings
` [PATCH v2 3/3] regulator: Add regulator driver for Unisoc SC2730 PMIC

[PATCH v17 00/11] Enable CXL PCIe Port Protocol Error handling and logging
 2026-05-18 16:09 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v17 02/11] cxl/ras: Unify Endpoint and Port AER trace events

[PATCH V2] accel/amdxdna: Add expandable device heap support
 2026-05-18 16:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] exfat: preserve benign secondary entries during rename and move
 2026-05-18 16:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

[PATCH] system/qtest: Fix length parameter in the b64write code
 2026-05-18 16:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/13] Add initial Xen Suspend-to-RAM support on ARM64
 2026-05-18 16:08 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 09/13] xen/arm: smmu-v3: add suspend/resume handlers

[PATCH 0/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Improve interrupt handling for loaded systems
 2026-05-18 16:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Convert to hard IRQ with high-priority workqueue
` [PATCH 2/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Cache TRANS_STATUS in ISR for timeout handler
` [PATCH 3/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Process small PIO transfers in hard IRQ context

[PATCH v1] fbdev: Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-05-18 16:08 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/2] Incorporate DRAM address in EDAC messages
 2026-05-18 16:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] RAS/AMD/ATL: Translate UMC normalized address to DRAM address using PRM
` [PATCH v5 2/2] EDAC/amd64: Include DRAM address in output

[PATCH v4 0/6] Improve FIT signature handling
 2026-05-18 16:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [v4,0/6] "

[PATCH v2 0/6] tools/build: Allow versioning of all LLVM tools
 2026-05-18 16:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/6] tools/build: Allow versioning LLVM readelf

[PATCH RFC] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: fix mesh CSA parsing and BSS tree collision
 2026-05-18 16:05 UTC 

[PATCH] hw/intc/mips_gic: Avoid Coverity complaint in VP writes
 2026-05-18 16:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

RTDS scheduler patches
 2026-05-18 16:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/28] vfs/nfsd: add support for CB_NOTIFY callbacks in directory delegations
 2026-05-18 16:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCHv2 02/11] uprobes/x86: Allow to copy uprobe trampolines on fork
 2026-05-18 16:04 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/functional/aarch64: Bump up timeout on vbsa
 2026-05-18 16:04 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] drm/i915/dp: Sanitize link capability change handling
 2026-05-18 16:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v8 1/5] PCI: dwc: ep: Clear MSI iATU mapping in dw_pcie_ep_cleanup()
 2026-05-18 16:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/11] exfat: convert to iomap
 2026-05-18 16:03 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/11] iomap: introduce IOMAP_F_ZERO_TAIL flag

[PATCH 0/5] buildsys: Remove support for MIPS host
 2026-05-18 16:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/14] target/arm/ptw: Flip sense of get_phys_addr* function return values
 2026-05-18 16:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 14/14] target/arm/ptw: Flip sense of get_phys_addr return value

[PATCH v3 0/5] gpu/buddy: Per-order free and used block scoreboards
 2026-05-18 16:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 5/5] gpu/buddy: Track per-order used blocks with a scoreboard

[RFC PATCH 0/1] batch page copies in folio_copy() and folio_mc_copy()
 2026-05-18 16:01 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/1] mm: "

[ndctl PATCH 0/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: fix builtin-driver false failure on enable
 2026-05-18 16:01 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [ndctl PATCH 2/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: skip module probe-insert when driver is builtin or live


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