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[PATCH] u-boot: move DT validation yaml removal patch to common SRC_URI
 2026-05-20  8:10 UTC  (9+ messages)
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH RFC net-next 0/4] bonding: support LAG IPsec offload with replicated SAs
 2026-05-20  8:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC net-next 1/4] xfrm: add a lower-device offload handle resolver
` [PATCH RFC net-next 2/4] bonding: replicate XFRM offload state across LAG slaves
` [PATCH RFC net-next 3/4] bonding: expose user-controlled IPsec features for LAG
` [PATCH RFC net-next 4/4] bonding: handle replicated IPsec SAs across LAG changes

[PATCH 0/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Fix protocol parsing and validation
 2026-05-20  8:10 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Validate Powercap domains before state access

[CI 0/6] drm/atomic: track individual colorop updates
 2026-05-20  8:10 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [CI 1/6] drm/atomic: only add colorop state from active color pipeline
` [CI 2/6] drm/atomic: reject colorop update from inactive "
` [CI 3/6] drm/colorop: Remove read-only comments from interpolation fields
` [CI 4/6] drm/colorop: make lut(1/3)d_interpolation mutable
` [CI 5/6] drm/atomic: track individual colorop updates
` [CI 6/6] drm/amd/display: use plane color_mgmt_changed to track colorop changes
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/atomic: track individual colorop updates
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[PATCH v2 0/4] cpufreq: Set policy->min and max as real QoS constraints
 2026-05-20  8:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] cpufreq: Extract cpufreq_policy_init_qos() function

[PATCH v3 0/3] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Unify SAM PLL configuration macros
 2026-05-20  8:09 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Simplify SAM PLL configuration macro
` [PATCH v3 2/3] clk: renesas: rzg3s/rzg3l: Simplify "
` [PATCH v3 3/3] clk: renesas: rzg2l: Rename RZG3L-prefixed PLL macros to CPG-prefixed ones

[PATCH v2 00/11] drm/panthor: Reduce dma_fence signalling latency
 2026-05-20  8:09 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/11] drm/panthor: Prepare the scheduler logic for FW events in IRQ context

[PATCH net v2 0/2] Fix race condition between TCP_REPAIR dump and data receive
 2026-05-20  8:09 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] Revert "drm/i915/backlight: Remove try_vesa_interface"
 2026-05-20  8:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

Bitsystem (Low-JItter, Fair Pay Unification)
 2026-05-20  7:45 UTC 

[PATCH 00/12] misc/syncobj: add /dev/syncobj device
 2026-05-20  8:08 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/kms_hdr: Skip unsupported formats in bpc-switch test
 2026-05-20  8:07 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/1] u-boot-tools: drop yaml in DT validation
 2026-05-20  8:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: fix recursive ww_mutex acquire in amdgpu_devcoredump_format
 2026-05-20  8:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[ANNOUNCE] xfsprogs: v7.0.1 released
 2026-05-20  8:07 UTC 

[PATCH next] soc: qcom: llcc-qcom: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() bug in qcom_llcc_get_fw_config()
 2026-05-20  8:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v12 00/17] media: cadence,ti: CSI2RX Multistream Support
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 09/17] media: cadence: csi2rx: add get_frame_desc wrapper
` [PATCH v12 10/17] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: add support for processing virtual channels
` [PATCH v12 11/17] media: cadence: csi2rx: add multistream support
` [PATCH v12 15/17] media: cadence: csi2rx: Support runtime PM
` [PATCH v12 16/17] media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: Support runtime suspend

[PATCH v14 0/3] of: parsing of multi #{iommu,msi}-cells in maps
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/5] mm: support zswap-backed anonymous large folio swapin
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC  (5+ messages)

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v5 0/4] Fix i40e/ice/iavf VF bonding after netdev lock changes
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v5 1/4] iavf: return EBUSY if reset in progress or not ready during MAC change
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v5 2/4] i40e: skip unnecessary VF reset when setting trust
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v5 4/4] ice: "

[PATCH 1/1] can: bcm: defer rx_op deallocation to workqueue to fix thrtimer UAF
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC 

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v5 3/4] iavf: send MAC change request synchronously
 2026-05-20  8:05 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/3] iio: add Open Sensor Fusion UART driver
 2026-05-20  8:04 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: imu: add Open Sensor Fusion UART binding
` [PATCH RFC 2/3] iio: osf: add Open Sensor Fusion UART IIO driver
` [PATCH RFC 3/3] MAINTAINERS: add Open Sensor Fusion IIO driver entry

[PATCH v1] platform: arm64 Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-05-20  8:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] cpufreq: conservative: Fix incorrect frequency decrease due to stale target
 2026-05-20  8:04 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v15 0/3] of: parsing of multi #{iommu,msi}-cells in maps
 2026-05-20  8:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v15 1/3] of: Add convenience wrappers for of_map_id()
` [PATCH v15 2/3] of: Factor arguments passed to of_map_id() into a struct
` [PATCH v15 3/3] of: Respect #{iommu,msi}-cells in maps

[agd5f:amd-staging-drm-next 2698/2741] drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_color_test.c:549:13: warning: assignment to 'const struct drm_color_lut *' from 'int' makes pointer from integer without a cast
 2026-05-20  8:01 UTC 

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix stats array overflow when VF requests more queues
 2026-05-20  8:03 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] LoongArch : Add KVM DINTC support
 2026-05-20  8:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] target/loongarch: Add kvm support dintc

[PATCH v8 3/4] perf test: Add inject ASLR test
 2026-05-20  8:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/1] wifi: mac80211: fix monitor mode frame capture for real chanctx drivers
 2026-05-20  8:02 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "
  ` [PATCH v4] "

[OE-core][wrynose][PATCH 1/2] busybox: patch CVE-2024-58251
 2026-05-20  8:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH 2/2] busybox: fix CVE-2026-29004

[PULL 0/5] ufs queue
 2026-05-20  7:59 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PULL 1/5] hw/ufs: Apply UFS 4.1 Specification
` [PULL 2/5] hw/ufs: Modify flag handling operation
` [PULL 3/5] hw/ufs: Add idle operation
` [PULL 4/5] hw/ufs: Add UFS Write Booster Support
` [PULL 5/5] tests/qtest: Add UFS Write Booster QTest

[PATCH nf] netfilter: ebtables: fix OOB read in compat_mtw_from_user
 2026-05-20  8:01 UTC 

[PATCH] tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR
 2026-05-20  7:57 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/4] Fix ftrace and kprobes issues for LoongArch
 2026-05-20  7:58 UTC  (4+ messages)

[Bug 221552] New: btmtk: MT7921 (USB 0e8d:e020 / PCI 14c3:7920) Bluetooth broken since 7.0.7 - fix for 0489:e0e2 does not cover this PID
 2026-05-20  7:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 221552] "

[PATCH v2 0/3] mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add OF entries for RZ/G2H, RZ/G2N, and RZ/G2E SoCs
 2026-05-20  7:57 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add OF entry for RZ/G2H SoC
` [PATCH v2 2/3] mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add OF entry for RZ/G2N SoC
` [PATCH v2 3/3] mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add OF entry for RZ/G2E SoC

[PATCH v8 0/4] mm/page_owner: add per-fd filter infrastructure for print_mode and NUMA filtering
 2026-05-20  7:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/4] mm/page_owner: add print_mode filter
` [PATCH v8 2/4] mm/page_owner: add NUMA node filter
` [PATCH v8 3/4] tools/mm: add page_owner_filter userspace tool
` [PATCH v8 4/4] mm/page_owner: document page_owner filter

[PATCH v1 0/3] UBSAN fixes
 2026-05-20  7:56 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 3/3] xen/libfdt: fix UBSAN null pointer in fdt_property()

[PATCH] drm/xe: Fix return type of disable_late_binding_set() in debugfs
 2026-05-20  7:56 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[OE-core][wrynose 00/28] Patch review
 2026-05-20  7:56 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [OE-core][wrynose 11/28] libsdl2: set status for CVE-2026-35444

[PATCH i-g-t V2 0/3] Update VPE blit test
 2026-05-20  7:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/3] tests/amdgpu/vpe: add VPE2 "
` [PATCH i-g-t 2/3] tests/amdgpu/vpe: set blit test based on IP version
` [PATCH i-g-t 3/3] tests/amdgpu/vpe: refactor VPE1 blit test

[PATCH] drivers: hv: use kmalloc_array in mshv_root_scheduler_init
 2026-05-20  7:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] mm/vmalloc: Speed up ioremap, vmalloc and vmap with contiguous memory
 2026-05-20  7:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 6/7] mm/vmalloc: align vm_area so vmap() can batch mappings

[PATCH] dt-bindings: mmc: sdhci-msm: qcom: Add Hawi compatible
 2026-05-20  7:54 UTC 

[PATCH] OPP: of: Fix potential memory leak in opp_parse_supplies()
 2026-05-20  7:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] docs/devel: Fix typo (s/exist paths/exit paths/)
 2026-05-20  7:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 00/32] hw/arm/virt: Introduce Tegra241 CMDQV support for accelerated SMMUv3
 2026-05-20  7:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 16/32] hw/arm/tegra241-cmdqv: Emulate VCMDQ register writes

[PATCH v10 0/4] riscv: spacemit: enable SD card support with UHS modes for OrangePi RV2
 2026-05-20  7:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] PCI: rcar-gen4: Limit Max_Read_Request_Size and Max_Payload_Size to 256 Bytes
 2026-05-20  7:52 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: st: Fix lock leak in st_ioctl()
 2026-05-20  7:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/intel/display: Add support for pipe background color (v4)
 2026-05-20  7:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for drm/intel/display: Add support for pipe background color (v4) (rev2)

[Bug 221521] New: Bluetooth: btusb/mt7921 - Failed to send wmt func ctrl (-22) on MediaTek MT7921 combo adapter
 2026-05-20  7:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 221521] "

[Bug 221547] New: MT7902 Bluetooth: Failed to send wmt func ctrl (-22) regression in 6.18.31 and 6.12.32
 2026-05-20  7:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 221547] "

[PATCH 0/8] drm/display: hdmi: Add common TMDS character rate constants
 2026-05-20  7:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] "

[PATCH] bpf: avoid padding in struct bpf_common_attr
 2026-05-20  7:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] pinctrl: avoid duplicate function definitions
 2026-05-20  7:51 UTC 

[ardb:arm64-remap-linear-data-alias-v5 2/13] arch/sh/mm/init.c:335:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different modifiers)
 2026-05-20  7:50 UTC 

[net-next v4 0/5] Add StarFive jhb100 soc SGMII GMAC support
 2026-05-20  7:18 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [net-next v4 3/5] dt-bindings: net: starfive,jh7110-dwmac: Add jhb100 sgmii rx clk
` [net-next v4 4/5] net: stmmac: starfive: Add jhb100 SGMII interface

[PATCH v2 0/5] mm: reduce mmap_lock contention and improve page fault performance
 2026-05-20  7:50 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] align the "# FS QA Test" format
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] tools/mvtest: align the output format between new and mvtest
` [PATCH 2/2] tests: unify "FS QA Test" comment format

[PATCH v2 0/3] crypto - Rework i2c_device_id initialisation
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] crypto: atmel-sha204a - Drop of_device_id data

[PATCH 0/2] enhance telemetry list endpoint with device name
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] gpiolib: acpi: Fix resource leak in OpRegion cleanup path
 2026-05-20  7:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/2] gpiolib: acpi: Fix bounds-checking and connection leak
  ` [PATCH v3 1/2] gpiolib: acpi: Add robust bounds-checking for GPIO pin resources
  ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Fixes: gpiolib: acpi: resource leak in OpRegion

[PATCH v8 2/4] perf inject/aslr: Add aslr tool to remap/obfuscate virtual addresses
 2026-05-20  7:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PACTH v2] i2c: imx: mark I2C adapter when hardware is powered down
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] media: vivid: check vb2_is_busy before calling vivid_update_format_cap/out
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (5+ messages)

Test result / finding of "drm/amd/display: Consult MCCS FreeSync cap only if requested & supported"
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [block?] general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
 2026-05-20  7:49 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH] loop: Fix NULL pointer dereference by synchronizing lo_release and loop_queue_rq
        ` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] gpio: Initialize all i2c_device_id arrays using member names
 2026-05-20  7:48 UTC 

[PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: fsl: add TQMa8MPxS board
 2026-05-20  7:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: dts: freescale: add initial device tree for TQMa8MPQS with i.MX8MP

[PATCH v2] rust-analyzer: update generate_rust_analyzer to pass cfg to macros crate
 2026-05-20  7:47 UTC 

[PATCH] s390: crypto: add select CRYPTO_AEAD for aes
 2026-05-20  7:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] USB: serial: digi_acceleport: fix memory corruption with small endpoints
 2026-05-20  7:46 UTC 

[PATCH] ext4: Fix ERR_PTR(0) in ext4_mkdir()
 2026-05-20  7:46 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH v6 0/4] futex: Add error coverage tests for wait, wake and cmp_requeue
 2026-05-20  7:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 1/4] futex_wait06: Add EFAULT error coverage test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 2/4] futex_wait07: Add EINTR "
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 3/4] futex_wake05: Add EFAULT "
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 4/4] futex_cmp_requeue03: "

[PATCH] iommu/riscv: prefer WSI on IGS=BOTH when wired IRQs are described
 2026-05-20  7:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp: correct usb phy power supply
 2026-05-20  7:45 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/8] remove use of rte_memcpy from net/intel
 2026-05-20  7:44 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] of: reserved_mem: fixes and cleanups
 2026-05-20  7:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] of: reserved_mem: avoid unnecessary memory allocation when __reserved_mem_check_root() fails

[PATCH v2 0/3] Enhance RPMsg buffer management
 2026-05-20  7:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] rpmsg: virtio_rpmsg_bus: get buffer size from config space

[PATCH 6.1.y] ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card()
 2026-05-20  7:44 UTC 

[PATCH] ui/gtk: Fix focus loss on re-attachment with single VC
 2026-05-20  7:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] ipv6: route: Unregister netdevice notifier on BPF init failure
 2026-05-20  7:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[ath:master] BUILD SUCCESS be9efe24c3c0902234ee1d0a36be4f7f60780048
 2026-05-20  7:40 UTC 

[ath:for-next] BUILD SUCCESS afa1bd86eddd9f395bfa3d5cb3c7b5158e1383e0
 2026-05-20  7:40 UTC 

[PATCH v2] gpio: cdev: check if uAPI v2 config attributes are correctly zeroed
 2026-05-20  7:42 UTC 

[PATCH v2] mmc: mmc_test: Fix counter tracking in mmc_test_alloc_mem()
 2026-05-20  7:41 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: add procedural macro for declaring configfs attributes
 2026-05-20  7:40 UTC 

[PATCH] mshv: add vmbus dependency
 2026-05-20  7:40 UTC 

[PATCH v6 2/3] clk: eswin: Add eic7700 HSP clock driver
 2026-05-20  7:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
  `  "

About Kernel limitation HCI_MAX_FRAME_SIZE (1024 + 4)
 2026-05-20  7:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
  ` 转发: 回复: "

[PATCH v2] iopoll: use udelay() for initial polling
 2026-05-20  7:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/cma_debug: fix invalid accesses for inactive CMA areas
 2026-05-20  7:37 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/8] Add initial device trees for Nord SA8797P
 2026-05-20  7:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 7/8] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Document SA8797P Ride board

[PATCH 00/10] Add support for A9 family clock controller
 2026-05-20  7:37 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH 07/10] clk: amlogic: Support POWER_OF_TWO for PLL pre-divider
` [PATCH 08/10] clk: amlogic: Add A9 PLL clock controller driver
` [PATCH 10/10] clk: amlogic: Add A9 AO "

[PATCH] hw/nvme: FDP set FDP events - fixes
 2026-05-20  7:35 UTC 

[PATCH] arm64: Add user and kernel page-fault tracepoints
 2026-05-20  7:36 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 3/3] RISC-V: add bss section to kernel text elf header
 2026-05-20  7:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t 0/2] Add CPU idle state control for accurate vblank timing
 2026-05-20  7:35 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH] dt-bindings: arm-smmu: qcom: Constrain clocks for Hawi SoC
 2026-05-20  7:34 UTC 

[PATCH] powerpc/code-patching: Avoid r/w mapping of the zero page
 2026-05-20  7:34 UTC 

[PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: richtek,rt1711h: add missing 'port' property
 2026-05-20  7:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/5] btrfs: zoned: fix deadlock and space reporting issues for zoned filesystems
 2026-05-20  7:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/5] btrfs: zoned: always set data_relocation_bg

[PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: arm64: nv: Implement nested stage-2 reverse map
 2026-05-20  7:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

lava: qemu-renesas-01: "client version 1.41 is too old"
 2026-05-20  7:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
  ` [cip-dev] "

[PATCH v12 00/86] Generic line based metadata support, internal pads
 2026-05-20  7:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 13/86] media: Documentation: v4l: Document internal sink pads

[PATCH i-g-t 1/4] lib/igt_kms: Add support for the BACKGROUND_COLOR property
 2026-05-20  7:28 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/26] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-05-20  7:28 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 05/26] xen/riscv: introduce guest riscv,isa string

[PATCH net-next v10 0/9] net: phy_port: SFP modules representation and phy_port listing
 2026-05-20  7:28 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v10 6/9] net: phy: phy_port: Store information about a MII port's vacant state

[PATCH RFC 0/5] block: validate bios against queue limits in the entered context
 2026-05-20  7:27 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 3/5] block: validate bio bounds in the queue "
` [PATCH RFC 4/5] block: move bio validation into __bio_split_to_limits
` [PATCH RFC 5/5] block, nvme: add failed_bio callback for multipath bio failover

[PATCH ipsec v2] esp: fix page frag reference leak on skb_to_sgvec failure
 2026-05-20  7:27 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/3] PCI: cadence: Add LTSSM debugfs
 2026-05-20  7:26 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/3] PCI: cadence: Add HPA IP debugfs for LTSSM status

[PATCH net-next v7 0/2] tcp: rehash onto different local ECMP path on retransmit timeout
 2026-05-20  7:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v7 1/2] "

[PATCH 0/4] memcg: shrink obj_stock_pcp and cache multiple objcgs
 2026-05-20  7:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] memcg: int16_t for cached slab stats

[GIT PULL] KVM/arm64 fixes for 7.1, take #3
 2026-05-20  7:25 UTC 

[PATCH] smc: Use flexible array for SMCD connections
 2026-05-20  7:25 UTC  (4+ messages)


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