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Is it intended behaviour that 'git gc' ignores the 'commitGraph.changedPaths' setting?
 2026-06-04 11:24 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t] lib/igt_kms: treat equal limits as bigjoiner
 2026-06-04 11:23 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for "

[PATCH v8 0/5] thermal: samsung: Add support for Google GS101 TMU
 2026-06-04 11:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/5] dt-bindings: thermal: Add "

[PATCH 01/11] iio: accel: change from %ld to %pe for PTR_ERR() printing
 2026-06-04 11:19 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/11] iio: adc: "
` [PATCH 03/11] iio: chemical: "
` [PATCH 04/11] iio: common: "
` [PATCH 05/11] iio: dac: "
` [PATCH 06/11] iio: gyro: "
` [PATCH 07/11] iio: humidity: "
` [PATCH 08/11] iio: imu: "
` [PATCH 09/11] iio: light: "
` [PATCH 10/11] iio: proximity: "
` [PATCH 11/11] iio: resolver: "

[PATCH v3 0/3] iio: flow: Sensirion SLF3S liquid flow sensor
 2026-06-04 11:22 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] dt-bindings: iio: flow: add "

[PATCH v6 00/31] hw/arm/virt: Introduce Tegra241 CMDQV support for accelerated SMMUv3
 2026-06-04 11:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 19/31] hw/arm/tegra241-cmdqv: Use mmap'd VINTF page0 as VCMDQ backing

[PATCH BlueZ v2] profiles/ranging: Read measured_freq_offset field-16 bit as per Core Spec
 2026-06-04 11:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] soc: realtek: Add Realtek DHC I/O level detector support
 2026-06-04 11:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: soc: realtek: Add Realtek DHC I/O level detector
` [PATCH 2/3] soc: realtek: Add driver for "
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: realtek: Add "

[PATCH 0/2] module: Remove unnecessary module::args
 2026-06-04 11:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] xtensa/simdisk: Avoid referring to module::args
` [PATCH 2/2] module: Remove unnecessary module::args

[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Sanitise host vCPU fields in flush_hyp_vcpu()
 2026-06-04 11:18 UTC 

[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree
 2026-06-04 11:18 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/40] KVM: x86: GPR accessors and x86.{c,h} spring cleaning
 2026-06-04 11:18 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 22/40] KVM: x86/hyperv: Eliminate an unnecessary include of x86.h in hyperv.h
` [PATCH v3 23/40] KVM: x86: Move kvm_{load,put}_guest_fpu() to fpu.h
` [PATCH v3 24/40] KVM: x86: Extract get/set MSR (list) ioctl logic to helpers

[PATCH 0/2] rust: clk: Add ExclusiveClk and use it in pwm-th1520
 2026-06-04 11:17 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] rust: clk: Add ExclusiveClk wrapper for clk_rate_exclusive_get
` [PATCH 2/2] pwm: th1520: Lock clock rate with clk_rate_exclusive_get

[PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Novatek NT726xx SoC i2c driver
 2026-06-04 11:17 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] ipmi: si: Use platform_get_irq() to retrieve interrupt
 2026-06-04 11:17 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] selftests/bpf: fix token tests for bpf_object__prepare() probe_loading
 2026-06-04 11:16 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] libbpf: fix implicit BPF token handling in loading and feature probes
  ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] libbpf: Skip bpf_object__probe_loading() when BPF token is in use

[PATCH v3 0/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Enable SMMU and add DMA coherency for XGMAC
 2026-06-04 11:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex5: Enable the SMMU
` [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex5: Add dma-coherent to XGMAC nodes

[PATCH v2 0/2] device property: fix child iteration issues with secondary fwnodes
 2026-06-04 11:15 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] software node: fix refcount leak in software_node_get_next_child()
` [PATCH v2 2/2] device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()

[PATCH] drm/xe: Fix UAF in xe_gem_prime_import() on attach failure
 2026-06-04 11:14 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Enable SMMU and add DMA coherency for XGMAC
 2026-06-04 11:15 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: socfpga: Enable the SMMU for SoCFPGA device trees

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Fix UAF in amdgpu_gem_prime_import() on attach failure
 2026-06-04 11:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH v2 0/2] riscv: mm: Avoid spurious fault after hotplugging vmemmap
 2026-06-04 11:11 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/vmemmap: Add a post-population hook for architectures
` [PATCH v2 2/2] riscv: mm: Avoid spurious fault after hotplugging vmemmap

[PATCH 0/2] leds: pwm-multicolor: Fix default-trigger by allowing default-intensity
 2026-06-04 11:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: Add default-intensity property
` [PATCH 2/2] leds: pwm-multicolor: Introduce "

[PATCH] sh: sq: use str_plural helper in sq_remap
 2026-06-04 11:12 UTC 

[PATCH v3] media: qcom: iris: guard IRQ handler with runtime PM check
 2026-06-04 11:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/9] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Add support for RZ/G3S I3C
 2026-06-04 11:12 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 9/9] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3s-smarc-som: Enable I3C

[PATCH] binder: cache secctx size before release zeroes it
 2026-06-04 11:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] Rework index projection syntax
 2026-06-04 11:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[dtor-input:next] BUILD SUCCESS c6f1363abbff69e5bd1cd1fcf060e1510e8d6d31
 2026-06-04 11:09 UTC 

[PATCH] vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake
 2026-06-04 11:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[OE-core][PATCH] qemu: upgrade 10.2.0 -> 11.0.0
 2026-06-04 11:09 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH for-4.22 0/2] x86/mcfg: relax checking of MCFG position
 2026-06-04 11:08 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH for-4.22 1/2] x86/mcfg: sort header includes
` [PATCH for-4.22 2/2] x86/mcfg: relax memory map checks on newer firmware

[PATCH 0/5] arm: socfpga: agilex5: cleanup SDRAM initialization
 2026-06-04 11:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] arm: socfpga: agilex5: separate EL3 init function
` [PATCH 2/5] arm: socfpga: agilex5: panic if DDR init failed
` [PATCH 3/5] arm: socfpga: iossm: add delay to wait for firmware
` [PATCH 4/5] arm: socfpga: agilex5: drop dual port hack

[PATCH 1/1] tools/rv: ensure monitor name and desc are NUL-terminated
 2026-06-04 11:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/10] Expand SoundWire enumeration helper coverage
 2026-06-04 11:07 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/10] mfd: cs42l43: Use new SoundWire enumeration helper
` [PATCH 04/10] ASoC: rt5682: "

[PATCH net 1/3] net: phy: as21xxx: handle corner case with link and autoneg complete
 2026-06-04 11:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net 3/3] net: phy: as21xxx: force C45 OPs for AUTONEG

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: always emit the job vm fence
 2026-06-04 11:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

configurable block error injection
 2026-06-04 11:06 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 1/4] python3-qemu-qmp: add a recipe
 2026-06-04 11:05 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] qemu: upgrade 10.2.0 -> 11.0.0
` [PATCH 3/4] qemu: disable SDL UI frontend
` [PATCH 4/4] templates/default: adjust instructions for qemu UI frontends

[PATCH 00/11] mmc: power: convert ofnode API to dev_read API
 2026-06-04 12:20 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/11] mmc: fsl_esdhc_imx: "
` [PATCH 02/11] mmc: msm_sdhci: "
` [PATCH 03/11] mmc: octeontx_hsmmc: "
` [PATCH 04/11] power: domain: meson-ee-pwrc: use dev_read_phandle_with_args for ao-sysctrl
` [PATCH 05/11] power: domain: meson-gx-pwrc-vpu: use dev_read_phandle_with_args for hhi-sysctrl
` [PATCH 06/11] power: domain: imx8m: convert ofnode API to dev_read API
` [PATCH 07/11] power: pmic: pca9450: "
` [PATCH 08/11] power: pmic: qcom: "
` [PATCH 09/11] power: regulator: anatop: "
` [PATCH 10/11] power: regulator: qcom-rpmh: "
` [PATCH 11/11] power: regulator: scmi: "

[PATCH v3 0/2] mm: improve folio refcount scalability
 2026-06-04 11:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: drop page refcount zero state semantics

[PATCH v8 0/2] phy: qcom-mipi-csi2: Add a CSI2 MIPI DPHY driver
 2026-06-04 11:04 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: qcom: Add CSI2 C-PHY/DPHY schema

[PATCH 0/3] iio: dac: ad3530r: Add support for AD3532R/AD3532
 2026-06-04 10:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3] mm/mempool: Untangle CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON abuse and switch to static key
 2026-06-04 11:03 UTC 

Error in manual page memcpy(3)
 2026-06-04 11:03 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t v2 0/1] lib: s/GEN_VER/GFX_VER/ for Intel platform
 2026-06-04 11:02 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for lib: s/GEN_VER/GFX_VER/ for Intel platform (rev2)

[PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Add Max Channel Switch Time (MCST) in channel switch started notify event
 2026-06-04 11:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH wireless-next 1/2] wifi: nl80211: Add NL80211_ATTR_MAX_CH_SWITCH_TIME attribute

[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls: skip ntfs3 in ioctl_fiemap01 and mount03
 2026-06-04 11:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v2] lib: treat ntfs3 as ntfs in filesystem skiplists

[PATCH i-g-t v1] tests/xe_debugfs: Add debugfs entry read/write validation in root-dir
 2026-06-04 11:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "

better block swap batching and a different take on swap_ops v2
 2026-06-04 10:59 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/8] mm/swap: introduce struct swap_io_ctx
` [PATCH 4/8] mm/swap: also use struct swap_iocb for block I/O

BUG: mm: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE in post_alloc_hook() via __ClearPagePrezeroed() on compound pages
 2026-06-04 10:59 UTC 

[PATCH wireless-next 0/3] wifi: mac80211: Add 802.3 multicast encapsulation offload support
 2026-06-04 10:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH wireless-next 3/3] "

[PATCH v3 0/6] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Add support for RZ/G3S I3C
 2026-06-04 10:58 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Use raw_spinlock_irqsave() on power source update

[PATCH v1] KVM: arm64: Restore POR_EL0 access to host EL0
 2026-06-04 10:54 UTC 

[Bug 218901] New: LG Gram Laptop Extra Features not working on 2024 models (16Z90S)
 2026-06-04 10:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Bug 218901] "

[PATCH net] vhost/net: complete zerocopy ubufs only once
 2026-06-04 10:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] pinctrl: sunxi: a523: fix GPIO IRQ operation
 2026-06-04 10:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/4] Switch Arm SMCCC firmware services to an SMCCC bus
 2026-06-04 10:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/4] firmware: smccc: arm-cca-guest: Bind the TSM provider to an SMCCC device

[PATCH] net/mlx5: fix the eCPRI match on HWS root table
 2026-06-04 10:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] block: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users
 2026-06-04 10:53 UTC 

USB: Request for guidance investigating configuration descriptor enumeration failure
 2026-06-04 10:53 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH v7 3/5] i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: add microchip sama7d65 SoC compatible with the required quirk
 2026-06-04 10:53 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: typec: tcpm: Fix VDM type for Enter Mode commands
 2026-06-04 10:50 UTC 

[GIT PULL] nvme updates for Linux 7.2
 2026-06-04 10:52 UTC 

[PATCH 00/76] drm/bridge: Convert all reset users to create_state
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 61/76] drm/renesas: rz-du: mipi_dsi: Switch to atomic_create_state

[PATCH 0/2] cxl/pci: Fix the incorrect check of pci_config_read/write*() returns
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] cxl/pci: Fix the incorrect check of pci_read_config_word() return
` [PATCH 2/2] cxl/pci: Convert PCIBIOS errors to errno on DVSEC config accesses

[PATCH] drm/xe: Fix UAF in xe_gem_prime_import() on attach failure
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Fix UAF in xe_gem_prime_import() on attach failure (rev2)

[PATCH v2 00/39] KVM: arm64: Add GICv5 IRS support
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 31/39] KVM: arm64: gic-v5: Add GICv5 SPI injection to irqfd

[PATCH net-next] bonding: annotate data-races in sysfs and procfs
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] More work supporting objects larger than 4GB on Windows
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] compat/msvc: use _chsize_s for ftruncate
` [PATCH 2/7] patch-delta: use size_t for sizes
` [PATCH 3/7] pack-objects(check_pack_inflate()): use size_t instead of unsigned long
` [PATCH 4/7] packfile: widen unpack_entry()'s size out-parameter to size_t
` [PATCH 5/7] pack-objects: use size_t for in-core object sizes
` [PATCH 6/7] packfile,delta: drop the `cast_size_t_to_ulong()` wrappers
` [PATCH 7/7] odb: use size_t for object_info.sizep and the size APIs

[PATCH v2] iio: dac: mcp47feb02: refactor MCP47FEB02 I2C driver into two modules
 2026-06-04 10:51 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 00/11] bridge: prepare lockless br_port_fill_attrs() (I)
 2026-06-04 10:50 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 net-next 05/11] bridge: provide lockless access to p->path_cost
` [PATCH v2 net-next 06/11] bridge: provide lockless access to p->designated_cost

[PATCH net] sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing
 2026-06-04 10:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v6 03/11] bpf: Implement resizable hashmap basic functions
 2026-06-04 10:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
    ` [PATCH] rhashtable: Use irq work for shrinking

[PATCH wireless-next v3 0/4] wifi: nl80211: introduce PROBE_PEER for AP and STA
 2026-06-04 10:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH wireless-next v3 2/4] wifi: cfg80211/nl80211: add STA-mode peer probing
` [PATCH wireless-next v3 3/4] wifi: mac80211: implement "

[PATCH v2 0/2] thermal: qcom: add support for PMIC5 Gen3 ADC thermal monitoring
 2026-06-04 10:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: adc: qcom-spmi-adc5-gen3: Share SDAM0 IRQ with ADC_TM auxiliary driver

[PATCH v5] dma: qcom: bam_dma: Fix command element mask field for BAM v1.6.0+
 2026-06-04 10:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net v3] net: mana: Optimize irq affinity for low vcpu configs
 2026-06-04 10:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

v4.19.325-cip133 pipeline failure question
 2026-06-04 10:44 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [cip-dev] "

[PATCH v3 0/8] iio: tcs3472: cleanups, devm conversion and wait time
 2026-06-04 10:42 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/8] iio: tcs3472: use ! instead of explicit NULL check
` [PATCH v3 8/8] iio: tcs3472: implement wait time and sampling frequency

[PATCH v3 1/2] Add support for extlinux.conf
 2026-06-04 10:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] iio: backend: fix uninitialized data in debugfs
 2026-06-04 10:42 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake
 2026-06-04 10:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] docs/devel: relax policy on AI-generated contributions
 2026-06-04 10:37 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/slub: preserve original size in _kmalloc_nolock_noprof retry path
 2026-06-04 10:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add support for dcb pcp app
 2026-06-04 10:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] soc/tegra: fuse: Fix spurious straps warning on SMCCC platforms
 2026-06-04 10:36 UTC 

[LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC][RFC PATCH v4 00/27] Private Memory Nodes (w/ Compressed RAM)
 2026-06-04 10:35 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH -qemu 0/4] hw/cxl: Host-only default CFMW restrictions and per-window options
 2026-06-04 10:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] hw/cxl: Add per-capability CXL Fixed Memory Window restriction flags

[RFC v3 0/7] drm/xe/svm: Add MMU notifier-based madvise autoreset on munmap
 2026-06-04 10:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/xe/svm: Add MMU notifier-based madvise autoreset on munmap (rev3)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[PATCH] wireless: wlcore: enable the right set of ciphers
 2026-06-04 10:33 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] hwmon: (cros_ec) Add support for fan curves
 2026-06-04 10:33 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/5] hwmon: (cros_ec) Allow modification of "

[PATCH v1 1/1] coda: Remove set but unused variables
 2026-06-04 10:33 UTC 

[RFC PATCH 00/25] target/riscv/debug: Sdtrig fixes and TT Ascalon support
 2026-06-04 10:32 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 05/25] target/riscv/debug: Update itrigger_enabled after changing privilege
` [RFC PATCH 06/25] target/riscv/debug: Implement get_trigger_action for icount type trigger
` [RFC PATCH 07/25] target/riscv/debug: Fix migration post_load icount_enabled() test
` [RFC PATCH 08/25] target/riscv/debug: Fix icount privilege matching "
` [RFC PATCH 09/25] target/riscv/debug: Implement icount trigger textra matching
` [RFC PATCH 10/25] target/riscv/debug: Maintain itrigger_enabled in helper_itrigger_match()
` [RFC PATCH 25/25] target/riscv/debug: Fix minor comment typos

[PATCH 0/2] hw/nvme: support online resize
 2026-06-04 10:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] hw/nvme: initialize ns->subsys for n->namespace
` [PATCH 2/2] hw/nvme: support online resize

[PATCH 0/6] Various patches to improve Secure Boot support
 2026-06-04 10:32 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/6] x86/efi: discard .text.header for PE binary
` [PATCH 4/6] x86/efi: discard multiboot related entry code "

[LTP] [PATCH v4 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C
 2026-06-04 10:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v4 1/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permissions test

[PATCH v2] USB: serial: option: add new usb-id for Dell Wireless DW5826e-m
 2026-06-04 10:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [External Mail] "

[PATCH mm-hotfixes-unstable v18 00/14] khugepaged: add mTHP collapse support
 2026-06-04 10:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH mm-unstable v18 06/14] mm/khugepaged: generalize collapse_huge_page for mTHP collapse

[PATCH v2] dma: at_hdmac: Fix use-after-free by proper tasklet cleanup
 2026-06-04 10:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[tip:timers/ptp 5/25] arch/arm64/kvm/hyp_trace.c:121:24: error: incompatible pointer to integer conversion passing 'struct system_time_snapshot *' to parameter of type 'clockid_t' (aka 'int')
 2026-06-04 10:30 UTC 

[PATCH v3] spi: cadence-xspi: Support 32bit and 64bit slave dma interface
 2026-06-04 10:30 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] locking/lockdep: Simplify data output in lockdep_stats_show()
 2026-06-04 10:30 UTC 

[PATCH v3] USB: serial: option: add new usb-id for Dell Wireless DW5826e-m
 2026-06-04 10:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/28] target/ppc: Moving instructions to decodetree specification
 2026-06-04 10:29 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/slub: preserve original size in _kmalloc_nolock_noprof retry path
 2026-06-04 10:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] RDMA/irdma: Fix typo in SQ completions generation
 2026-06-04 10:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v7 0/7] r8169: add RSS support for RTL8127
 2026-06-04 10:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v7 7/7] r8169: support setting rx queue numbers via ethtool


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