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[PATCH] IB/cache: Check GID table references before attempting deletion
 2026-05-18 17:58 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/6] Add get-error-counter and clear-error-counter support for CRI
 2026-05-18 17:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Add support to get error counter in CRI
` [PATCH v6 3/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Add support to clear error counter

[PATCH v4 0/5] drm/i915/bw: Split bandwidth params into platform- and display-IP-specific structs
 2026-05-18 17:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/5] drm/i915/bw: Extract get_display_bw_params()
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915/bw: Split bandwidth params into platform- and display-IP-specific structs (rev3)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915/bw: Split bandwidth params into platform- and display-IP-specific structs (rev4)

[PATCH] thermal: armada: replace msleep with usleep_range for short durations
 2026-05-18 17:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] Add tracepoints support for Qualcomm GENI Serial drivers
 2026-05-18 17:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] serial: qcom-geni: trace: Add tracepoint support for Qualcomm GENI serial
` [PATCH v3 2/2] serial: qcom-geni: Add tracepoints for Qualcomm GENI serial driver

[PATCH v2 00/10] bpf: introduce extensible load API
 2026-05-18 17:56 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
  ` [PATCH v3 02/10] "

Patchwork housekeeping for: spi-devel-general
 2026-05-18 17:57 UTC 

[PATCH 6.12 000/143] 6.12.90-rc2 review
 2026-05-18 17:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] thermal: imx: do not split quoted string across lines
 2026-05-18 17:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/8] unwind, arm64: add sframe unwinder for kernel
 2026-05-18 17:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v8 5/5] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Add AER error handlers
 2026-05-18 17:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] drm/drm_blend: allow blend mode property without PREMULTI
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] "
` [PATCH v3 2/2] drm: ensure blend mode supported if alpha exposed

[PATCH] thermal: of: fix trailing whitespace and repeated word
 2026-05-18 17:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] dts: add sleep to trex setup
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] dts: add retry loop to trex traffic generation

[PATCH 0/3] iommu: Add PCI vendor:device ID to IOMMU fault logs
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC  (3+ messages)

[linus:master] [mm] 01b9da291c: stress-ng.switch.ops_per_sec 67.7% regression
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC  (11+ messages)

[to-be-updated] percpu-fix-hint-invariant-breakage.patch removed from -mm tree
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC 

[to-be-updated] percpu-introduce-struct-pcpu_region.patch removed from -mm tree
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC 

[to-be-updated] percpu-do-not-trust-hint-starts-when-they-are-not-set.patch removed from -mm tree
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC 

[to-be-updated] percpu-fix-wrong-chunk-hints-update.patch removed from -mm tree
 2026-05-18 17:54 UTC 

[PATCH] scsi: core: wake eh reliably when using scsi_schedule_eh
 2026-05-18 17:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] iommu: Allow device driver to use its own PASID space for SVA
 2026-05-18 17:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH dpdk] net/tap: use offsets provided by rte_net_get_ptype
 2026-05-18 17:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH dpdk v5] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] Packages upgrade
 2026-05-18 17:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] strace: upgrade 6.19 -> 7.0

(subset) [PATCH v1 0/8] Add support for Microsoft Surface Pro 12in 1st Edition (Snapdragon)
 2026-05-18 17:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/7] Add support for the Microsoft Surface Pro 12in 1st Edition (Snapdragon),
  ` [PATCH v2 5/7] drm/panel-edp: Add panel for Surface Pro 12in

[PATCH] rust: cpu: use `unsafe_precondition_assert!`
 2026-05-18 17:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: memory: tegra264: Add full set of MC client IDs
 2026-05-18 17:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/dp/mst: fix OOB reads in remote DPCD/I2C sideband reply parsers
 2026-05-18 17:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] fuse: wait for aborted connection before releasing last fuse_dev
 2026-05-18 17:49 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] target/arm: Implement FEAT_CMPBR
 2026-05-18 17:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] target/arm: Add feature predicate for FEAT_CMPBR
` [PATCH v2 2/4] target/arm: Implement CB, CBB, CBH
` [PATCH v2 3/4] target/arm: Implement CB (immediate)
` [PATCH v2 4/4] target/arm: Enable FEAT_CMPBR for -cpu max

[PATCH v2 0/3] mm/hmm: Add mmap lock-drop support for userfaultfd-backed mappings
 2026-05-18 17:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v5] rds: filter RDS_INFO_* getsockopt by caller's netns
 2026-05-18 17:46 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/9] Add virtio-mmio support to m68k virt machine
 2026-05-18 17:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/9] sysreset: qemu virt: Use map_sysmem()

[PATCH 00/11] Move test/py image creation into separate per-OS modules
 2026-05-18 17:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/1] i2c: designware: fix probe ordering for AMD GPIO on Lenovo Yoga 7 14AGP11
 2026-05-18 17:44 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: module_param: use `pr_warn_once!` for null pointer warning
 2026-05-18 17:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 1/2] perf: Reveal PMU type in fdinfo
 2026-05-18 17:41 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/2] perf evsel: Find process with busy PMUs for EBUSY

qcom: add CDSP firmware for shikra platform
 2026-05-18 17:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] chrony: add group argument to useradd command
 2026-05-18 17:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [oe] "

[PATCH v1] kernel-fit-image: Check signing key files based on algorithm
 2026-05-18 17:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHv2 00/11] uprobes/x86: Fix red zone issue for optimized uprobes
 2026-05-18 17:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCHv2 05/11] libbpf: Detect uprobe syscall with new error

[PATCH v8 4/5] PCI: qcom: Add support for resetting the Root Port due to link down event
 2026-05-18 17:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: devmem: reject TX dma-buf with non-page-aligned size or SG length
 2026-05-18 17:37 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: kernel: module_param: replace pr_warn with pr_warn_once
 2026-05-18 17:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/python-google-api-core: propagate python-google-auth dependencies
 2026-05-18 17:36 UTC 

[PATCH v2] libbpf: fix UAF in strset__add_str()
 2026-05-18 17:36 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

[PATCH 5/5] RFC: pci: Migrate pci_mmcfg_{read,write} to pci.c
 2026-05-18 17:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 0/5] Small PCI refactoring

[PATCH 0/2] Fix S0i3 wakeup with alarmtimer
 2026-05-18 17:35 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] rtc: Add rtc_read_next_alarm() to read next expiring timer

[PATCH v5] drm/xe: Unify fault injection hooks for CSC, GT reset
 2026-05-18 17:34 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for drm/xe: Unify fault injection hooks for CSC, GT reset (rev6)

[PATCH v0 1/1] iio: Convert IIO_CHAN_SOFT_TIMESTAMP() to be compound literal
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[tglx-devel:locking/futex 1/15] include/linux/compiler_types.h:638:10: fatal error: asm/percpu_types.h: No such file or directory
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC 

[PATCH net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_ethtool: expose per-PG rx_discards
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v4] rds: filter RDS_INFO_* getsockopt by caller's netns
 2026-05-18 17:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] s390: enable Rust support and add required arch glue
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] s390: enable Rust support

[PATCH bpf-next v3] m68k, bpf: Add initial BPF JIT compiler support
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Fix test for refinement of single-value tnum
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/16] iommu: Add live update state preservation
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/16] iommu: Implement IOMMU Live update FLB callbacks
` [PATCH v2 05/16] iommu/pages: Add APIs to preserve/unpreserve/restore iommu pages

[PATCH 0/2] block: fix two missed-wakeup hangs on shutdown path
 2026-05-18 17:26 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] block/qcow2: fix hangup in cache_clean_timer cancellation

[GIT PULL for v7.1-rc5] media fixes
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL for v7.1] vfs fixes
 2026-05-18 17:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/3] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Vicharak Axon Mini
 2026-05-18 17:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
` [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add prefix for Vicharak
` [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Add Vicharak Axon Mini
` [PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: dts: "

[PATCH] Makefile: binman: Search board directory before srctree
 2026-05-18 17:30 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH V1 0/3] Add Hawi UFS PHY and Controller support
 2026-05-18 17:29 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH V1 3/3] phy: qcom-qmp-ufs: Add UFS PHY support on Hawi

[PATCH v3 0/2] Fix GCC 16 const-correctness violations
 2026-05-18 17:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] target/ppc/kvm: Fix const violation when trimming CPU alias suffix
` [PATCH v3 2/2] tests/qtest/libqtest: Fix const violation in qtest_verbose()

[PATCH v15 11/11] net/sxe2: implement Tx done cleanup
 2026-05-18 17:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 00/11] net/sxe2: fix logic errors and address feedback

[PATCH v3 0/7] fetch: rework negotiation tip options
 2026-05-18 17:24 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/8] "
  ` [PATCH v4 5/8] negotiator: add have_sent() interface
  ` [PATCH v4 6/8] fetch: add --negotiation-include option for negotiation
  ` [PATCH v4 7/8] remote: add remote.*.negotiationInclude config
  ` [PATCH v4 8/8] send-pack: pass negotiation config in push

[Bug 221546] New: Fujitsu u727 notebook lid close does nothing kernel 7.x - normal triggered suspend/sleep working
 2026-05-18 17:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Bug 221546] "

[PATCH v1] pwm: pca9685: Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-05-18 17:23 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/2] cpufreq: CPPC: add autonomous mode boot parameter support
 2026-05-18 17:22 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] "

[5][RFC] fs/ioctl.c: FIBMAP requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO while FIEMAP exposes identical data unprivileged
 2026-05-18 17:22 UTC 

[PATCH v1] virt: arm-cca-guest: use raw variant of smp_processor_id() in arm_cca_report_new()
 2026-05-18 17:21 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v8] PCI: loongson: Override PCIe bridge supported speeds for Loongson-3C6000 series
 2026-05-18 17:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ptrace: keep task's mm around in separate exit_mm field post-exit
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC  (5+ messages)

Stop false review statements
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND] gdrom: use strscpy in probe_gdrom_{setupcd,setupdisk}
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC 

non-standard const-preserving string APIs
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v1] watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-05-18 17:19 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] Implement -run-with exit-with-parent=on
 2026-05-18 17:18 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] "

[PATCH bpf-next v6 0/4] bpf: add icmp_send kfunc
 2026-05-18 17:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 3/6] bpf: add bpf_icmp_send kfunc

[PATCH mptcp-next 00/12] mptcp: pm: drop TCP TS with ADD_ADDRv6 + port
 2026-05-18 17:17 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next 03/12] "

[PATCH v4 0/3] PCI: Add d3cold/soft reset methods for devices with limited reset capability
 2026-05-18 17:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/3] PCI: Add soft reset method as last resort

[PATCH v1] w1: ds2482: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
 2026-05-18 17:14 UTC 

[PATCH 1/1] block/linux-aio: bound ioq_submit() recursion depth
 2026-05-18 17:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Make liveupdate selftests util as a library
 2026-05-18 17:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/liveupdate: Add helpers to preserve/retrieve FDs

[meta-oe][PATCH 0/6] dnsmasq: fix multiple CVEs
 2026-05-18 17:13 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH 1/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-2291
` [meta-oe][PATCH 2/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-4890
` [meta-oe][PATCH 3/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-4891
` [meta-oe][PATCH 4/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-4892
` [meta-oe][PATCH 5/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-4893
` [meta-oe][PATCH 6/6] dnsmasq: fix CVE-2026-5172

[PATCH v1] regulator: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
 2026-05-18 17:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v13 0/5] Support add/remove memory region and get-max-slots
 2026-05-18 17:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs-brauner tree
 2026-05-18 17:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] media: qcom: iris: avoid double free on video register failure
 2026-05-18 17:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] perf inject intel-PT LBR/brstack synthesis fixes
 2026-05-18 17:12 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 "
  ` [PATCH v5 1/2] perf event: Fix size of synthesized sample with branch stacks
  ` [PATCH v5 2/2] perf inject: Fix itrace branch stack synthesis

[PATCH v7 0/7] KVM: SVM: Add Page Modification Logging (PML) support
 2026-05-18 17:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 7/7] KVM: SVM: Add Page modification logging support

[BUG] mlxsw: Driver/Firmware disagreement about max headroom size
 2026-05-18 16:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH blktests v2 0/3] introduce command trace feature
 2026-05-18 17:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] sh: dma-sysfs: use sysfs_emit{_at} in show functions
 2026-05-18 17:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] sh: dma-sysfs: use strscpy in dma_store_dev_id
` [PATCH 3/3] sh: dma: drop redundant size argument from strscpy in request_dma

[PATCH v9 9/9] ARM: dts: sun8i-a83t: Add BananaPi M3 OV8865 camera overlay
 2026-05-18 17:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] eal: silence -Wconstant-logical-operand in RTE_IS_POWER_OF_2
 2026-05-18 17:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH V1 2/3] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-ufs-phy: Document the Hawi UFS controller
 2026-05-18 17:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] target/riscv: Fix PMP address alignment
 2026-05-18 17:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] target/riscv: Use macros for "

[PATCH bpf-next v6 6/6] selftests/bpf: add bpf_icmp_send recursion test
 2026-05-18 17:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] PCI: meson: Add missing remove callback
 2026-05-18 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/4] iio: adc: Add support for LTC2378 and similar ADCs
 2026-05-18 17:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/4] dt-bindings: iio: adc: Add ltc2378

[PATCH 1/2] PCI: dwc: Guard RAS DES debugfs deinit
 2026-05-18 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] spi: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
 2026-05-18 17:05 UTC 

[PATCH -next v1 00/12] Candidate patches for the v7.2 merge window
 2026-05-18 17:05 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH -next v1 05/12] srcu: Don't queue workqueue handlers to never-online CPUs

[PATCH v8 3/5] PCI: host-common: Add link down handling for Root Ports
 2026-05-18 17:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/12] kho: make boot time huge page allocation work nicely with KHO
 2026-05-18 17:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/12] kho: extended scratch

[syzbot] [net?] [nfc?] KMSAN: uninit-value in nci_dev_up (3)
 2026-05-18 17:04 UTC 

linux-next: Tree for May 18
 2026-05-18 17:03 UTC 

-next status as at v7.1-rc4
 2026-05-18 17:03 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: fix monitor mode frame capture for real chanctx drivers
 2026-05-18 17:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/1] "
  ` [PATCH v3] "

[REGRESSION] mm: MADV_PAGEOUT THP/no-swap refault takes ~1.7x longer on v6.19 than v6.12
 2026-05-18 17:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [REGRESSION] mm/mprotect: shared dirty PTE toggle takes ~1.6x "

[PATCH v3 0/2] Add trace events for Qualcomm GENI SPI drivers
 2026-05-18 17:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] spi: qcom-geni: trace: Add trace events for Qualcomm GENI SPI
` [PATCH v3 2/2] spi: qcom-geni: Add trace events for Qualcomm GENI SPI driver

[PATCH V1 1/3] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-ufs-phy: Add Hawi UFS PHY compatible
 2026-05-18 17:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: add tracepoints for zone->lock acquisitions
 2026-05-18 17:01 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/7] Performance counter implementation with single manual client support
 2026-05-18 17:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 7/7] drm/panthor: Expose the panthor perf ioctls

[PATCH mm-unstable v17 06/14] mm/khugepaged: generalize collapse_huge_page for mTHP collapse
 2026-05-18 17:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu: pass smmu->dev to report_iommu_fault
 2026-05-18 17:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amd/display: Consult MCCS FreeSync cap only if requested & supported
 2026-05-18 15:48 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/i915/display: use set_context_latency for DSB W2-line waits
 2026-05-18 16:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "

[PATCH v2] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks"
 2026-05-18 16:57 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] clk: Rework initialization of i2c_device_ids
 2026-05-18 16:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] clk: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data

[PATCH v2] system/rtc: Fix a possible year-2038 integer overflow problem
 2026-05-18 16:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/23] Runtime TDX module update support
 2026-05-18 16:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 02/23] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDX_FEATURES0 bits to asm/tdx.h

[PATCH] drm: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
 2026-05-18 16:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND v3 1/6] drm/connector: report IRQ_HPD events to drm_connector_oob_hotplug_event()
 2026-05-18 16:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/3] vxlan: vnifilter: fix VNI add/update notifications
 2026-05-18 16:57 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/3] vxlan: vnifilter: send notification on VNI add
` [PATCH net-next 2/3] vxlan: vnifilter: fix spurious notification on VNI update
` [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: net: add vxlan vnifilter notification test

[PATCH v16 0/7] Error recovery for vfio-pci devices on s390x
 2026-05-18 16:56 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 4/7] s390/pci: Store PCI error information for passthrough devices

[PATCH 0/7] Accelerate page migration with batch copying and hardware offload
 2026-05-18 16:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] mm/migrate: rename PAGE_ migration flags to FOLIO_
` [PATCH 2/7] mm/migrate: use migrate_info field instead of private

[PATCH v2 0/3] Batch prefetching
 2026-05-18 16:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/4] "

[PATCH 0/9] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs
 2026-05-18 16:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/9] vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation

[PATCH v1] ufs: core: decouple CQE processing from spinlock critical section
 2026-05-18 16:54 UTC  (8+ messages)


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