messages from 2026-06-04 15:10:56 to 2026-06-04 15:57:51 UTC [more...]
[PATCH] mfd: cros_ec: Read EC features during probe to catch transfer error
2026-06-04 15:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[tip: x86/microcode] x86/microcode/AMD: Move the no-revision fixup to get_patch_level()
2026-06-04 15:57 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/24] Fix various QOM object life-cycle issues
2026-06-04 15:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/24] ui/vt100: add vt100_fini() check
[PATCH 0/2] cxl/pci: Fix the incorrect check of pci_config_read/write*() returns
2026-06-04 15:57 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v14 00/44] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM
2026-06-04 15:55 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 10/44] arm64: RMI: Add support for SRO
` [PATCH v14 13/44] arm64: RMI: Define the user ABI
` [PATCH v14 14/44] arm64: RMI: Basic infrastructure for creating a realm
[Buildroot] [PATCH next 1/2] package/iwd: install upstream main.conf
2026-06-04 15:54 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 2/2] package/iwd: make openresolv optional
[PATCH 0/3] vmsplice: make vmsplice a trivial wrapper for preadv2/pwritev2
2026-06-04 15:53 UTC (10+ messages)
[PATCH v3] Have clang-format ignore auto-generated files
2026-06-04 15:53 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/4] Add SCDC information to connector debugfs
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/4] drm/scdc-helper: Don't use ssize_t return type for scdc_read/write
` [PATCH v5 2/4] drm/scdc-helper: Add scdc_status debugfs entry
` [PATCH v5 3/4] drm/display: bridge_connector: init scdc debugfs for HDMI
` [PATCH v5 4/4] drm/scdc-helper: Implement parsing and printing HDMI 2.1 fields
[PATCH v9 0/1] Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb()
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/1] "
[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_h5: reset hci_uart::priv in the close() method
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] Bluetooth: btmtk: fix URB leak in alloc_mtk_intr_urb error path
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Add support for smart trigger dump
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/5] Bluetooth: btusb: fix wakeup irq devres lifetime
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] x86: pmem: Add NULL check for platform_device_alloc
2026-06-04 15:52 UTC (2+ messages)
` [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/pmem: Check for platform_device_alloc() retval
[PATCH] scsi: core: Remove dead code export of scsi_device_from_queue
2026-06-04 15:51 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/6] Remove remaining references to the pktcdvd driver
` [PATCH v3 1/6] scsi: core: Remove remaining reference "
` [PATCH v3 2/6] scsi: core: Move scsi_device_from_queue() to scsi_priv.h
[PATCHv10 0/4] various memory related fixups
2026-06-04 15:50 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv10 1/4] boot: image-fdt: free old dtb reservations
` [PATCHv10 2/4] test_ut: add a ut_ubman fixture to clean up tests
` [PATCHv10 3/4] test: boot: add a fdt reserved region check
` [PATCHv10 4/4] memory: reserve from start_addr_sp to initial_relocaddr
[PATCH v6 00/27] Add common flow attr/action parsing infrastructure to Intel PMD's
2026-06-04 15:50 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 03/27] net/intel/common: add common flow action parsing
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/disp.c:671:42-46: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 660
2026-06-04 15:49 UTC
[PATCH net v2 3/3] selftests: net: add vxlan vnifilter notification test
2026-06-04 15:49 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/2] Incorporate DRAM address in EDAC messages
2026-06-04 15:48 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/15] riscv: hwprobe: Expose RVA23U64 base behavior
2026-06-04 15:48 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 08/15] riscv: Add Zic64b to cpufeature and hwprobe
mm/memory-failure tracepoint change breaks userspace rasdaemon
2026-06-04 15:48 UTC (3+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon: add DAMON-based Hugepage Management
2026-06-04 15:48 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] hw/audio/fmopl.c: Convert malloc, free to g_malloc0, g_new and g_free
2026-06-04 15:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Add arena direct-value one-past-end reject test
2026-06-04 15:46 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] cxl/region: Fix NULL pointer within p->targets[]
2026-06-04 15:45 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_map_info
2026-06-04 15:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_prog_info
2026-06-04 15:45 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net v2 0/4] net: mvpp2: fix XDP RX buffer handling
2026-06-04 15:45 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 3/4] net: mvpp2: do not return retired RX buffers to BM
[PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: add tests for PTR_TO_FLOW_KEYS constant offset bounds
2026-06-04 15:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] checkpatch: Check WQ_PERCPU or WQ_UNBOUND presence in alloc_workqueue() users
2026-06-04 15:44 UTC
[PATCH v6 00/31] hw/arm/virt: Introduce Tegra241 CMDQV support for accelerated SMMUv3
2026-06-04 15:44 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 30/31] hw/arm/tegra241-cmdqv: Document the CMDQV design and lifecycle
[Bug 218901] New: LG Gram Laptop Extra Features not working on 2024 models (16Z90S)
2026-06-04 15:43 UTC (2+ messages)
` [Bug 218901] "
[PATCH 0/5] ring: convert to C11 atomics where practical
2026-06-04 15:43 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] ring: use GCC builtin as alternative to rte_atomic32
` [PATCH 3/5] ring: use C11 for update_tail
` [PATCH 4/5] ring: drop unused arg to update_tail
` [PATCH 5/5] ring: use C11 for single thread move head
mm/memory-failure tracepoint change breaks userspace rasdaemon
2026-06-04 15:43 UTC (8+ messages)
[REGRESSION] Sino Wealth 258a:002a keyboard enters stuck shift state on USB disconnect
2026-06-04 15:43 UTC
[PATCH -qemu 0/4] hw/cxl: Host-only default CFMW restrictions and per-window options
2026-06-04 15:42 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] hw/cxl: Add per-capability CXL Fixed Memory Window restriction flags
[PATCH] add a note on -shim to direct kernel boot docs
2026-06-04 15:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] PCI/P2PDMA: Add Intel QAT, DSA, IAA devices to whitelist
2026-06-04 15:42 UTC (3+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v3 3/4] mm/damon: introduce DAMON_HUGEPAGE for hot region hugepage collapsing
2026-06-04 15:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/8] perf/x86/intel/uncore: PMU setup robustness fixes
2026-06-04 15:41 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/8] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix refcnt and other cleanups
1.2.16 upgrade: could not open configuration file
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC
[PATCH] RDMA/irdma: Initialize iwmr->access during MR registration
2026-06-04 15:41 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] hw/i3c: fix DW-I3C FIFO depth advertisement
2026-06-04 15:39 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/3] "
[PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf, verifier: fold reg->var_off into PTR_TO_FLOW_KEYS bounds check
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/11] drm/i915/bw: Cleanups
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/11] drm/i915/bw: Use icl_qgv_bw()
[PATCH net v3] dt-bindings: ethernet: eswin: fix hsp-sp-csr backward compatibility
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net] sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-af: npc: Fix CPT channel mask in npc_install_flow
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net v5 1/1] net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption
2026-06-04 15:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] leds: uleds: Fix potential buffer overread
2026-06-04 15:39 UTC (2+ messages)
` (subset) "
[PATCH v2 00/13] Make switchover-ack re-usable and add VFIO precopy REINIT feature
2026-06-04 15:38 UTC (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/13] migration: Propagate errors in migration_completion_precopy()
` [PATCH v2 02/13] migration: Run final save_query_pending at switchover
` [PATCH v2 06/13] migration: Make switchover-ack re-usable
` [PATCH v2 07/13] migration: Fail migration if switchover-ack is requested after switchover decision
[PATCH 0/2] rebase: handle --update-refs branch symrefs
2026-06-04 15:37 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] rebase: skip branch symref aliases
[PATCH v3] docs: pt_BR: update "Purpose of Defconfigs" section in maintainer-soc.rst
2026-06-04 15:37 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] microblaze: fix signal-frame handling for NPTL
2026-06-04 15:37 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] microblaze: wire up sigaltstack
` [PATCH 2/2] microblaze: reserve the ABI argument-home area in the signal frame
[PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix possible kfree_skb of ERR_PTR
2026-06-04 15:36 UTC (2+ messages)
` [ovs-dev] "
[PATCHSET] xfs_scrub: codex-inspired bug fixes for 7.1
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 19/21] xfs_scrub: don't obscure repair failures in repair_list_schedule
` [PATCH 20/21] xfs_scrub: bitmap iteration functions must retur
` [PATCH 21/21] xfs_scrub: read verification isn't ok if it hit runtime errors
[PATCH v1] dmaengine: dw-edma: Add Xilinx CPM6-DMA DeviceID
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v1] lmb: Optionally limit available memory to 4 GiB on limited systems
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/26] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 19/26] xen/riscv: implement IRQ routing for device passthrough
Pull request: rpi-2026.07 rc4
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t 00/25] lib/kms: Clean up format+mod stuff
2026-06-04 15:35 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for lib/kms: Clean up format+mod stuff (rev6)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success "
[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update Ocaml maintainers
2026-06-04 15:32 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH RFC 0/2] migration/vl: new -incoming config:* for early migration parameters
2026-06-04 15:34 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/2] migration/vl: Allow set parameters with -incoming config:*
[PATCH RESEND net] net: mv643xx: fix OF node refcount
2026-06-04 15:34 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] pxe_utils: small fixups, implement BLS type 1 boot on top of them
2026-06-04 15:31 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] pxe_utils: fix W=1 kernel-doc warnings
` [PATCH 2/7] pxe_utils: accept "options" as synonym for "append"
` [PATCH 3/7] pxe_utils: extract per-entry key parsing into parse_label_keys()
` [PATCH 4/7] pxe_utils: export per-entry label helpers
` [PATCH 5/7] pxe_utils: optionally ignore unknown keys in parse_label_keys()
` [PATCH 6/7] pxe_utils: accept "title" inside a label as a synonym for "menu label"
` [PATCH 7/7] boot: add a minimal bootmeth for the Boot Loader Specification
[PATCH v4 00/10] x86,fs/resctrl: Fix long-standing issues
2026-06-04 15:31 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/10] x86,fs/resctrl: Document safe RCU list traversal
` [PATCH v4 10/10] fs/resctrl: Fix UAF from worker threads when domains are removed
[PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Sanitise host vCPU fields copied in flush_hyp_vcpu()
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Clear __hyp_running_vcpu when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU
` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs "
[PATCH iproute2-next v2] iplink: bridge: add stp_mode support
2026-06-04 15:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/10] riscv: hwprobe: Expose RVA23U64 base behavior
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 08/10] riscv: cpufeature: Introduce ISA bases bitmap and rva23u64 detection
[PATCH v2 0/4] workqueue: Shrink the lock time
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/4] workqueue: defer the worker wakeup outside pool->lock in process_one_work()
[PATCH v7 00/42] guest_memfd: In-place conversion support
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 20/42] KVM: SEV: Make 'uaddr' parameter optional for KVM_SEV_SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE
[PATCH] most: replace snprintf("%s") with strscpy in audio_probe_channel
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: deselect shub page before reading whoami
2026-06-04 15:29 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: Add SPDX id lines to some source files
2026-06-04 15:28 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add iface reset and delay quirk for AB13X USB Audio
2026-06-04 15:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND] sparc: vio: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
2026-06-04 15:27 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND 00/16] MSM8960 / mach-snapdragon ARMv7 support
2026-06-04 15:01 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH RESEND 12/16] mach-snapdragon: parse incoming ARM32 ATAGS
[PATCH] tools/perf/sched: Update process names of processes in zombie state for both -s and -S options
2026-06-04 15:26 UTC (7+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND] most: configfs: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
2026-06-04 15:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/29] crypto: talitos - Driver cleanup
2026-06-04 15:26 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 20/29] crypto: talitos - Replace SEC1/SEC2 conditionals with ops dispatch
[PATCH v2] char: agp: amd64 - fix broken error propagation in agp_amd64_probe()
2026-06-04 15:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND] stm class: remove unnecessary local variable in stm_write
2026-06-04 15:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4] scsi: ufs: core: handle PM commands timeout before SCSI EH
2026-06-04 15:24 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams
2026-06-04 15:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC 12/12] PCI: Reserve bus range for SIOV devices
2026-06-04 15:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] sched/isolation: Postpone re-allocation of housekeeping cpumask until initcall
2026-06-04 15:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC 00/12] PCI: Add support for Scalable I/O Virtualization
2026-06-04 15:24 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RFC 07/12] PCI: Convert xen-pciback and pci-driver to pci_is_sriov_* helpers
[PATCH v2] Have clang-format ignore auto-generated files
2026-06-04 15:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: Add arena direct-value one-past-end reject test
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC
[PATCH v2] x86/boot: use BASE_BAUD and DEFAULT_SERIAL_PORT
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable micmute LED on HP EliteBook 6 G1a
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC v3 0/5] ZTE zx297520v3 clock bindings and driver
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC (4+ messages)
[RFC 10/12] PCI: Add Scalable I/O Virtualization data structure definitions
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC 11/12] PCI: Initialize and release SIOV capability
2026-06-04 15:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND] parport: replace kmalloc + strcpy with kstrdup in parse_data
2026-06-04 15:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] device property: fix child iteration issues with secondary fwnodes
2026-06-04 15:21 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()
[PATCH net v3] nfc: llcp: bound SNL TLV parsing to the skb and add length checks
2026-06-04 15:22 UTC
[PATCH net v3 0/2] Resubmitting with cover-letter and threaded patch series
2026-06-04 15:21 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 2/2] dt-bindings: net: updated interrupt type to be active low, level triggered
[GIT PULL] ASoC fixes for v7.1-rc6
2026-06-04 15:21 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] riscv: dts: tenstorrent: Add Atlantis platform
2026-06-04 15:21 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/7] dt-bindings: timer: Add RISC-V ACLINT bindings
[PATCH v2 00/10] leds: st1202: fix multiple bugs in pattern engine and brightness handling
2026-06-04 15:20 UTC (2+ messages)
linux-next: build failure after merge of the sound tree
2026-06-04 15:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v3 1/4] mm/damon: Introduce DAMOS_QUOTA_HUGEPAGE auto tuning
2026-06-04 15:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Drop unused variables
2026-06-04 15:19 UTC
[PATCH] smb/client: use writable handle for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS compression
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] Add GFX support for RZ/G3L SoC
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] clk: renesas: r9a08g046: Add clock and reset entries for GE3D
` [PATCH 2/3] arm64: dts: renesas: r9a08g046: Add Mali-G31 GPU node
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3l-smarc-som: Enable Mali-G31
[PATCH 0/4] X2 Elite Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 support
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Add Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11
[PATCH v2] PCI/P2PDMA: Add Intel QAT, DSA, IAA devices to whitelist
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC
[tiwai-sound:for-next 25/29] sound/usb/qcom/qc_audio_offload.c:1046:13: warning: unused variable 'mult'
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC
[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: replace magic numbers with named constants
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: replace beacon timing "
[PATCH v2] drm/xe/i2c: Report i2c irq handler issue
2026-06-04 15:18 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/i2c: Report i2c irq handler issue (rev2)
[PATCH v3] PCI: qcom: Initialize DWC MSI lock for firmware-managed ECAM hosts
2026-06-04 15:17 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] drm/xe/ggtt: clear reserved areas at init runtime for !VFs
2026-06-04 15:17 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.BAT: failure for drm/xe/ggtt: clear reserved areas at init runtime for !VFs (rev2)
[PATCH net-next v5 0/4] dpll: add NCO pin type and zl3073x support
2026-06-04 15:16 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v5 1/4] dpll: add DPLL_PIN_TYPE_INT_NCO pin type
[PATCH i-g-t] lib/igt_kms: add --connector option to filter outputs by name
2026-06-04 15:16 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "
[PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: sfp: detect presence via I2C when no MOD_DEF0 GPIO
2026-06-04 15:16 UTC
[PATCH v2] leds: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_data
2026-06-04 15:15 UTC (2+ messages)
` (subset) "
[RFC 02/12] PCI: Convert iov.c to pci_is_sriov_* helpers
2026-06-04 15:15 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v5 3/4] dpll: zl3073x: add per-DPLL serialization lock
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH V4 1/2] tools/perf: Fix the check for parameterized field in event term
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v4] perf bench: add --write-size option to sched pipe
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] Add support for the REFGEN in the IPQ9650 SoC
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] regulator: dt-bindings: qcom,sdm845-refgen-regulator: Document IPQ9650
[PATCH v2 0/5] fixes for data/bss linear alias unmap series
2026-06-04 15:11 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] arm64: Rename page table BSS section to .bss..pgtbl
` [PATCH v2 2/5] kasan: Move generic KASAN page tables out of BSS too
` [PATCH v2 3/5] arm64: Avoid double evaluation of __ptep_get()
` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: arm64: Omit tag sync on stage-2 mappings of the zero page
` [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: mm: Defer remap of linear alias of data/bss
[PATCH] powerpc/vtime: Initialize starttime at boot for native accounting
2026-06-04 15:12 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH bpf 0/2] Keep dynamic inner array lookups nullable
2026-06-04 15:11 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: "
` [PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: Cover dynamic inner array lookup nullability
[PATCH iproute2-next] iplink: add support for setting IPv4 devconf parameters
2026-06-04 15:10 UTC (2+ messages)
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