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[PATCH bpf-next] bpf/selftests: remove lirc test
 2026-06-05 15:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 01/13] spi: dt-bindings: allow spi-max-frequency to specify a frequency pair
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] net/ice: L2TPv2 flow rule fixes
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] net/ice: use granular PTYPEs for L2TPv2 PPP
` [PATCH 2/7] net/ice: add tunnel inset bits to flow input set map
` [PATCH 3/7] net/ice: fix L2TPv2 inner segment header setup
` [PATCH 4/7] net/ice: fix bare L2TPv2 flow rule deletion
` [PATCH 5/7] net/ice: fix GTP-U failure due to wrong tunnel profile
` [PATCH 6/7] net/ice: fix stale profile after L2TPv2 subtype change
` [PATCH 7/7] net/ice: pin outer Ethertype for L2TPv2 flow rules

[PATCH v2 0/2] device property: fix child iteration issues with secondary fwnodes
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] software node: fix refcount leak in software_node_get_next_child()

[PATCH 0/5] cxl: Introduce devm_cxl_probe_mem() and fix region deletion
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] ARM: mvebu: dt64 for v7.2 (#1)
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] vmsplice: make vmsplice a trivial wrapper for preadv2/pwritev2
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (15+ messages)

[PULL 00/14] virtio,pci,pc: fixes for 10.2
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PULL 12/14] virtio-net: Advertise UDP tunnel GSO support by default

[PATCH v5] btf: reject to register duplicated kfunc
 2026-06-05 15:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] spi: rzv2h-rspi: fix incorrect readl() accessor for 8-bit RX path
 2026-06-05 15:19 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] selftests/bpf: Restrict bpf_set_retval argument in sk_bypass_prot_mem
 2026-06-05 15:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v5 2/3] bpf: Add validation for bpf_set_retval argument
 2026-06-05 15:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/6] kcov: per-task dataflow extraction at kernel function boundaries
 2026-06-05 15:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] tools/kcov-dataflow: add userspace consumer and test modules

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libavif: bump to version 1.4.2
 2026-06-05 15:18 UTC 

[PATCH v4 2/2] drm: bridge: ti-sn65dsi83: Disable video burst mode for LVDS stability
 2026-06-05 15:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] firmware: stratix10-svc: fixes for v7.1
 2026-06-05 15:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] migration/qdev: Remove TYPE_DEVICE dependency on migration object
 2026-06-05 15:18 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] qdev: Pave way for exporting Property to be used in non-qdev
` [PATCH 2/4] qdev: Introduce helper object_apply_globals()

qcom: Update DSP firmware for sa8775p platform
 2026-06-05 15:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: don't allow empty relative nodemask in mpol_relative_nodemask()
 2026-06-05 15:18 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v2] alloc_tag: fix use-after-free in /proc/allocinfo after module unload
 2026-06-05 15:17 UTC  (4+ messages)

[GIT PULL] USB serial fixes for 7.1-rc7
 2026-06-05 15:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[OE-core][PATCH] qemu: upgrade 10.2.0 -> 11.0.0
 2026-06-05 15:17 UTC  (12+ messages)
            ` ui: Regression calling eglInitialize() since v11.0.0

[PATCH nf] netfilter: flowtable: fix IP6IP6 tunnel offset double-count with vlan/pppoe encap
 2026-06-05 15:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] worktree: record creation time and free-form note
 2026-06-05 15:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

Save a WRMSR GS.base?
 2026-06-05 15:16 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH] cfi: Include uaccess.h for get_kernel_nofault()
 2026-06-05 15:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] riscv: cfi: reject unknown flags in PR_SET_CFI
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3 08/15] riscv: Add Zic64b to cpufeature and hwprobe
 2026-06-05 15:15 UTC  (8+ messages)
            ` [External] "

[PATCH v2 0/9] Landlock: Namespace and capability control
 2026-06-05 15:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/9] security: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces

[PATCH v4 00/11] rust: xarray: add entry API with preloading
 2026-06-05 15:15 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 02/11] rust: xarray: add debug format for `StoreError`
` [PATCH v4 03/11] rust: xarray: add `XArrayState`
` [PATCH v4 05/11] rust: xarray: simplify `Guard::load`
` [PATCH v4 06/11] rust: xarray: add `find_next` and `find_next_mut`
` [PATCH v4 07/11] rust: xarray: add entry API

[syzbot] [kvm?] [kvm-x86?] INFO: rcu detected stall in kvm_vcpu_ioctl (4)
 2026-06-05 15:15 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: "

[PATCH 1/4] libedit: upgrade 20251016 -> 20260512
 2026-06-05 15:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] python3: remove toolchain dependencies in python3-ptest
` [PATCH 3/4] python3: remove obsolete skips of some ctypes tests
` [PATCH 4/4] python3: reference upstream ticket in a test skip

[PATCH v4 0/5] phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: few improvements
 2026-06-05 15:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/5] phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: add runtime PM support

[PATCH 0/4] selftests: livepatch: Support 4.12 kernels
 2026-06-05 15:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] selftests: livepatch: Add information about minimum kernel support

[PATCH] selftests/bpf: Fix test_lirc test
 2026-06-05 15:14 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: move .getsockopt away from __user buffers
 2026-06-05 15:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: move .getsockopt away from __user buffers (update 1)

[PATCH] dt-bindings: media: Add macros for video interface devices
 2026-06-05 15:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net: pfcp: allocate per-cpu tstats for PFCP netdevs
 2026-06-05 15:13 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/7] sched: Flatten the pick
 2026-06-05 15:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/7] sched/fair: Add cgroup_mode: up

[PATCH v2 0/9] builtin/history: introduce "drop" subcommand
 2026-06-05 15:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/9] reset: modernize flags passed to `reset_head()`
` [PATCH v2 5/9] reset: introduce ability to skip reference updates

[PATCH v10 0/4] hw/mem: add sp-mem device for Specific Purpose Memory
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 1/4] "

"Required Variables" aren't really "required"
 2026-06-05 15:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [docs] "

[PATCH v2 0/4] Add RPROC support for the MX95-15x15-FRDM board
 2026-06-05 15:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: document optional "memory-region-names"

[PATCH] nvme: fix crash and memory leak during invalid cdev teardown
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC 

[PATCH for-4.22 v2 0/5] numa: add unit testing plus fix regression
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH for-4.22 v2 4/5] tests/numa: add unit tests for NUMA setup logic

[PATCH bpf-next] MAINTAINERS: BPF: Add self as reviewer and run parse_maintainers.pl
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] rhashtable: Use irq work for shrinking
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v7 00/12] bpf: Introduce resizable hash map
 2026-06-05 15:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] libsemanage: genhomedircon: fix STR_COMPARATOR() passed to lfind()
 2026-06-05 15:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/10] x86/msr: Drop 32-bit variants of *_on_cpu() MSR functions
 2026-06-05 15:09 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/10] x86/msr: Switch rdmsrl_on_cpu() users to rdmsrq_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 02/10] x86/msr: Remove rdmsrl_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 03/10] x86/msr: Switch rdmsr_on_cpu() users to rdmsrq_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 04/10] x86/msr: Remove rdmsr_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 05/10] x86/msr: Switch wrmsr_on_cpu() users to wrmsrq_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 06/10] x86/msr: Remove wrmsr_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 07/10] x86/msr: Switch rdmsr_safe_on_cpu() users to rdmsrq_safe_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 08/10] x86/msr: Remove rdmsr_safe_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 09/10] x86/msr: Switch wrmsr_safe_on_cpu() users to wrmsrq_safe_on_cpu()
` [PATCH v2 10/10] x86/msr: Remove wrmsr_safe_on_cpu()

[PATCH v2] gpio: qcom_spmi_gpio: move PM8998 GPIO from legacy pmic driver
 2026-06-05 15:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] vsock/virtio: rework MSG_ZEROCOPY flag handling
 2026-06-05 15:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: gadget: tegra-xudc: drain EP pipeline before DMA unmap
 2026-06-05 14:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.6.y] net: usb: lan78xx: program MAC_CR for LAN7801 fixed-PHY link
 2026-06-05 14:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [kvm?] [kvm-x86?] INFO: rcu detected stall in kvm_vcpu_ioctl (4)
 2026-06-05 15:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] device property: fix child iteration issues with secondary fwnodes
 2026-06-05 15:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6/8] KVM: x86/xen: Enforce alignment of vcpu_info registration
 2026-06-05 15:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH V2 0/8] i3c: Hot-Join improvements and MIPI HCI Hot-Join support
 2026-06-05 15:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 2/8] i3c: master: Serialize i3c_set_hotjoin() with the maintenance lock

[PATCH v2] phy: freescale: phy-fsl-imx8qm-lvds-phy: Fix missing pm_runtime_disable() on probe error path
 2026-06-05 15:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/6] branch: prune-merged
 2026-06-05 15:04 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 "
  ` [PATCH v12 4/6] branch: add --prune-merged <branch>

[PATCH v3] block: assign caller-specific lockdep class to disk->open_mutex
 2026-06-05 15:04 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: gadget: tegra-xudc: drain EP pipeline before DMA unmap
 2026-06-05  6:35 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: skip already suspended IP blocks in ip_suspend_phase2
 2026-06-05 15:02 UTC 

[PATCH RFC 0/2] migration/vl: new -incoming config:* for early migration parameters
 2026-06-05 15:02 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: core: add USB_QUIRK_NO_BOS for devices that hang on BOS descriptor
 2026-06-05  6:15 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] tipc: Add SPDX id lines to source files
 2026-06-05  6:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] spmi: pmic-arb: Fix OF node leak in spmi_pmic_arb_register_buses()
 2026-06-05  6:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v14 00/44] arm64: Support for Arm CCA in KVM
 2026-06-05 15:02 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 17/44] arm64: RMI: RTT tear down
` [PATCH v14 19/44] arm64: RMI: Allocate/free RECs to match vCPUs
` [PATCH v14 20/44] arm64: RMI: Support for the VGIC in realms
` [PATCH v14 22/44] arm64: RMI: Handle realm enter/exit
` [PATCH v14 23/44] arm64: RMI: Handle RMI_EXIT_RIPAS_CHANGE

[PATCH] iio: gyro: mpu3050: restore cached sample rate on runtime resume
 2026-06-05 15:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHES v1 0/5] perf tools: Fix OOB reads, reference leaks, and overflow in sched/script/auxtrace
 2026-06-05 15:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] perf sched: Cap max_cpu at MAX_CPUS in timehist sample processing

[PATCH v3 0/4] IPQ5018: Add and enable GEPHY RX and TX clocks
 2026-06-05 15:01 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] net: phy: at803x: add RX and TX clock management for IPQ5018 PHY

[PATCH v6 0/9] Hexagon system emulation, Part 3/3
 2026-06-05 14:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 7/9] target/hexagon: add build config for softmmu
` [PATCH v6 8/9] hw/hexagon: Define hexagon "virt" machine

[PATCH] arm: mediatek: mt7988: restore full DRAM bank reporting
 2026-06-05 15:00 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] libselinux: fix REQUIRESEUSERS true/false handling
 2026-06-05 15:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/2] drm: panel: support the R63419 based dual-DSI video mode Display Panels
 2026-06-05 15:00 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/2] dt-bindings: display: panel: document the Renesas "
` [PATCH v7 2/2] drm: panel: add support for "

[PATCH v1 00/25] Add common flow attr/action parsing infrastructure to Intel PMD's
 2026-06-05 14:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 00/27] "

[PATCH] iio: gyro: mpu3050: read gyro samples via FIFO in IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW
 2026-06-05 14:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PULL 0/7] s390x updates
 2026-06-05 14:56 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PULL 1/7] hw/s390x: Fix memory leaks after removing elements with QTAILQ_REMOVE
` [PULL 2/7] target/s390x: Make container ids in SysIB_15x 1-based
` [PULL 3/7] hw/s390x/ccw: Mark virtio-pci disable-legacy property as optional
` [PULL 4/7] s390x/pci: Fix interrupt forwarding disable for interpreted devices
` [PULL 5/7] MAINTAINERS: Fix s390x storage key/attribute device paths
` [PULL 6/7] MAINTAINERS: Fix tcg/s390x/ path
` [PULL 7/7] buildsys: Stop checking for ESA/390 host

[PATCH v3 00/12] KVM/hostmem: Support init-shared guest-memfd as VM backends
 2026-06-05 14:57 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/2] ipv6: mcast: annotate data races in /proc/net/igmp6
 2026-06-05 14:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv6: mcast: annotate data-races around mca_flags
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] ipv6: mcast: annotate igmp6 timer expiry race

[PATCH v6 00/12] ima: Exporting and deleting IMA measurement records from kernel memory
 2026-06-05 14:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 09/12] ima: Add support for staging measurements with prompt

[PATCH bpf-next] bpf: reject sleepable BPF_LSM_CGROUP programs at load time
 2026-06-05 14:57 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] sparse/dissect: fix missing usage reports for unnamed members of named types
 2026-06-05 14:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] sparse/dissect: introduce find_report_member()
` [PATCH 2/4] sparse/dissect: fold lookup_member() into find_report_member()
` [PATCH 3/4] sparse/dissect: introduce struct lookup_args for lookup_member()
` [PATCH 4/4] sparse/dissect: fix missing usage reports for unnamed members of named types

[PATCH v7 0/5] hw/riscv: Server Platform Reference Board
 2026-06-05 14:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 2/5] target/riscv: Add server platform reference cpu

[PATCH v2] drm/gem: fix signed integer overflow in idr_alloc end parameter
 2026-06-05 14:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
  `  "

[PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: fix NUMA interleave index double-counting
 2026-06-05 14:55 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] net: stmmac: xgmac: report L3/L4 filter match count in ethtool stats
 2026-06-05 14:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/3] rust: rcu: add RcuBox type
 2026-06-05 14:54 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Enhance the logging check for mmu mapping
 2026-06-05 14:54 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 00/23] driver core: count references of the platform device's fwnode, not OF node
 2026-06-05 14:54 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 08/23] driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
` [PATCH 22/23] reset: rzg2l: use platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/8] bpf: add support for KASAN checks in JITed programs
 2026-06-05 14:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/8] bpf, x86: emit KASAN checks into x86 "

[PATCH 0/3] rust: sync: Introduce Rcu*Box
 2026-06-05 14:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 3/3] rust: rcu: Introduce RcuFreeBox

[PATCH] pvscsi: translate data endianness
 2026-06-05 13:27 UTC 

[RFC] mpam,x86,fs/resctrl: Generic schema description Proof of Concept
 2026-06-05 14:53 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] libtracefs: Use LIBTRACEFS_STATIC for utest
 2026-06-05 14:53 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] libtracefs: Support EXTRA_LIBS "

[PATCH v6 0/8] media: camss: Add support for C-PHY configuration on Qualcomm platforms
 2026-06-05 14:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/8] media: qcom: camss: csiphy-3ph: Add Gen2 v1.1 MIPI CSI-2 C-PHY init

TZASC misconfiguration on i.mx8m
 2026-06-05 14:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] docs: ext4: add missing COMPAT_ORPHAN_FILE feature flag name
 2026-06-05 14:51 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] restorecond: avoid clobbering last character of config line
 2026-06-05 14:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] mcstrans: fix glob() error checking
 2026-06-05 14:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] target/i386: Misc PMU fixes and enabling
 2026-06-05 14:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] target/i386: Don't save/restore PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL MSRs
` [PATCH v4 2/6] target/i386: Gate enable_pmu on kvm_enabled()

[PATCH] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Don't warn when fan curve method is unsupported
 2026-06-05 14:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2 00/14] net: enable TC956x support
 2026-06-05 14:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] net: stmmac: tc956x: add TC956x/QPS615 support

[PATCH][yocto-autobuilder-helper 1/2] bugtriage: ignore Wic issues, we don't triage those
 2026-06-05 14:47 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH][yocto-autobuilder-helper 2/2] bugtriage: ignore meta-security issues

[PATCH v2] arm64: errata: Workaround NVIDIA Olympus device store/load ordering erratum
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/21] Introduce ACPI watchdog for Q35 and arm/virt boards
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 09/21] arm: virt: create sbsa_gwdt watchdog

[PATCH 2/5] perf tools: Add bounds check to cpu__get_node()
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe_exec_reset: suppress expected CGP_SYNC dmesg warning
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] overview-manual: update deploy.bbclass snippet
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC 

[PATCH 1/1] target/i386/kvm: Use logical counter index for AMD PMU getter
 2026-06-05 14:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] Add PLL3 and LCDC_CLKD support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H
 2026-06-05 14:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] clk: renesas: rzv2h-cpg: Use per-SoC PLL reference frequency for calculations

[PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: dsa: mv8ee6xxx: MQPRIO and 802.1Qat support
 2026-06-05 14:44 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: bridge: add 802.1Qat stream reservation admission control

[PATCH nf-next 0/2] netfilter: add restrictions/validations for packet rewrite
 2026-06-05 14:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH nf-next 1/2] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: restrict writes to network header
` [PATCH nf-next 2/2] netfilter: nftables: restrict linklayer and network header writes

[PATCH 00/76] drm/bridge: Convert all reset users to create_state
 2026-06-05 14:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 76/76] drm/bridge: Remove atomic_reset support

[PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add Displaytech Ltd
 2026-06-05 14:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v1 0/9] extend GT reset stress coverage
 2026-06-05 14:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v1 8/9] tests/intel/xe_exec_reset: add gt-stress-reset-pm-transition subtest
` [PATCH i-g-t v1 9/9] tests/intel/xe_exec_reset: add gt-stress-reset-engine-hang subtest

[PATCH v6 0/4] introduce IMA_INIT_LATE_SYNC option
 2026-06-05 14:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/4] security: lsm: allow LSMs to register for late_initcall_sync init
` [PATCH v6 2/4] security: ima: introduce IMA_INIT_LATE_SYNC option
` [PATCH v6 3/4] security: ima: rename boot_aggregate when ima is initialised at late_sync
` [PATCH v6 4/4] tpm: tpm_crb_ffa: revert defered_probed when tpm_crb_ffa is built-in


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