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[PATCH] tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering
 2026-06-09  4:54 UTC 

[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Expose PMMIR_EL1.SLOTS to guests
 2026-06-09  4:54 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/11] Add spi-hid transport driver
 2026-06-09  4:54 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/11] Documentation: Correction in HID output_report callback description
` [PATCH v4 02/11] HID: Add BUS_SPI support and define HID_SPI_DEVICE macro
` [PATCH v4 03/11] HID: spi-hid: add transport driver skeleton for HID over SPI bus
` [PATCH v4 04/11] HID: spi-hid: add spi-hid driver HID layer
` [PATCH v4 05/11] HID: spi-hid: add HID SPI protocol implementation
` [PATCH v4 06/11] HID: spi_hid: add spi_hid traces
` [PATCH v4 07/11] HID: spi_hid: add ACPI support for SPI over HID
` [PATCH v4 08/11] HID: spi_hid: add device tree "
` [PATCH v4 09/11] dt-bindings: input: Document hid-over-spi DT schema
` [PATCH v4 10/11] HID: spi-hid: add power management implementation
` [PATCH v4 11/11] HID: spi-hid: add panel follower support

[PATCH dpdk] graph: replace circular buffer with priority-based bitmap scheduling
 2026-06-09  4:52 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [EXTERNAL] "

[PATCH] powerpc: replace strlcat to simplify ppc_kallsyms_lookup_name
 2026-06-09  4:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 4/6] ksm: add pgoff into ksm_rmap_item
 2026-06-09  4:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net: fec: remove reference to nonexistent CONFIG_GILBARCONAP option
 2026-06-09  4:52 UTC 

[RFC 0/3] Add pause to empty spinloops
 2026-06-09  4:50 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add pause to empty spin loops
  ` [PATCH v2 2/3] event/cnxk: add pause to spinloops

[PATCH v4 1/1] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix EPP initialization for shared memory systems
 2026-06-09  4:50 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 0/3] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix EPP and auto_sel initialization
  ` [PATCH v5 1/3] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Fix EPP return type and handle errors during initialization
  ` [PATCH v5 2/3] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Toggle auto_sel in active mode on shared memory systems
  ` [PATCH v5 3/3] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Cache the firmware programmed EPP value

[PATCH 7.0 000/332] 7.0.12-rc1 review
 2026-06-09  4:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/i915/psr: Force fastset on debugfs write for each connector supporting PSR
 2026-06-09  4:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH v3 00/20] sched: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask and steal-driven vCPU backoff
 2026-06-09  4:48 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 07/20] sched/fair: Select preferred CPU at wakeup when possible
` [PATCH v3 14/20] sched/debug: Provide debugfs to enable/disable steal monitor

[PATCH v8 0/3] KSM: performance optimizations for rmap_walk_ksm
 2026-06-09  4:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/3] ksm: add linear_page_index into ksm_rmap_item
` [PATCH v8 2/3] ksm: Optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing a suitable page index
` [PATCH v8 3/3] ksm: add mremap selftests for ksm_rmap_walk

[linux-next:master 10559/12096] arch/arm64/boot/dts/nvidia/tegra264-p3971-0089+p3834-0008.dtb: dma-controller@8400000 (nvidia,tegra264-gpcdma): compatible: 'oneOf' conditional failed, one must be fixed:
 2026-06-09  4:45 UTC 

Btrfs ENOSPC / Stuck in RO with "exclusive operation balance paused in progress"
 2026-06-09  4:42 UTC 

[PATCH] x86/cpu: remove unused AMD Elan cflags definition
 2026-06-09  4:42 UTC 

[PATCH 1/3] ml/cnxk: update driver to use TVM C runtime
 2026-06-09  4:42 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] ml/cnxk: rename tvm runtime module components
` [PATCH 3/3] ml/cnxk: updated checks for number of MRVL layers

[PATCH] rethook: Use tsk->on_cpu to check task execution state
 2026-06-09  4:41 UTC  (12+ messages)

[GSoC][PATCH 0/4] teach git repo info to handle path keys
 2026-06-09  4:41 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [GSoC PATCH v2 "
  ` [GSoC PATCH v2 3/4] repo: add path.gitdir with absolute and relative suffix formatting

[PATCH net] libceph: bound pg_temp/pg_upmap osd list length to CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE
 2026-06-09  4:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] serial: 8250_pnp: Drop unused assignments from pnp_device_id arrays
 2026-06-09  4:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v10 0/2] net: mana: add ethtool private flag for full-page RX buffers
 2026-06-09  4:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v10 2/2] net: mana: force full-page RX buffers via ethtool private flag

[PATCH 1/1] buildtools: remove absolute paths from pc file
 2026-06-09  4:32 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v3 0/3] net: add retry mechanism to ndo_set_rx_mode_async
 2026-06-09  4:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 3/3] bnxt: convert to core rx_mode retry mechanism

[PATCH] power: domain: scmi: Allow failure in getting power domain attribute
 2026-06-09  4:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI: cadence: skip the link polling when endpoint not connected
 2026-06-09  4:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] sched: Fix cluster scheduling in the presence of asymmetric capacity
 2026-06-09  4:26 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] sched/fair: Do not skip CPUs of similar capacity with busy SMT siblings

[PATCH] powernv: boot OpenBSD on POWER9
 2026-06-09  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] arm: dts: k3-am69: ddr: Update to v0.12.0 of DDR config tool
 2026-06-09  4:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Respect mempolicy when calculating surplus huge pages
 2026-06-09  4:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] ring-buffer: Fix forced 8-byte alignment event length
 2026-06-09  4:22 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] ring-buffer: Fix event length with forced 8-byte alignment

[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/gfx: fix cleaner shader IB buffer overflow
 2026-06-09  4:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] bnxt: fix head underflow on XDP head-grow
 2026-06-09  4:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Implement Runtime/System Sleep ops
 2026-06-09  4:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 07/12] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add CMDQ_PROD_STOP_FLAG to gate CMDQ submissions

[PATCH v3 2/4] mm/zswap: Implement proactive writeback
 2026-06-09  4:19 UTC  (11+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v6 0/5] ftrace: Convert shell tests to C
 2026-06-09  4:16 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 1/5] ftrace: Add common library for C implementation
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 2/5] ftrace: Convert ftrace_regression01.sh to C
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 3/5] ftrace: Convert ftrace_regression02.sh "
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 4/5] ftrace: Convert ftrace_stress_test.sh "
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 5/5] ftrace: Remove obsolete shell test files

[PATCH 00/12] Add TH1520 USB support
 2026-06-09  4:17 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/12] dt-bindings: clock: thead: add TH1520 MISC subsys clock controller

[PATCH v2] ext4: fix kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data_end
 2026-06-09  4:17 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/2] LoongArch: BPF: per-CPU addr MOV and timed may_goto
 2026-06-09  4:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] LoongArch: BPF: Support internal-only MOV to resolve per-CPU addrs
` [PATCH v1 2/2] LoongArch: BPF: Add timed may_goto support

[PATCH v2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add USB-C Security (USCS) support
 2026-06-09  4:14 UTC 

[PATCH net v2 1/2] geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
 2026-06-09  4:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 2/2] geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()

[PATCH 0/2] hw/ufs: Add Host Initiated Defragmentation (HID) support
 2026-06-09  4:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH 1/2] "
  ` [PATCH 2/2] tests/qtest: Add UFS HID qtest

[PATCH] mm/lruvec: trace LRU add drains and drain-all queuing
 2026-06-09  4:11 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] drm/i915: Handle VSYNC timing changes in the LRR path
 2026-06-09  4:12 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/display: Handle VSYNC timing in "
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/panel: Preserve Vtotal-Vsync distance while adjusting vtotal
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/i915: Handle VSYNC timing changes in the LRR path
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure "

[pci:controller/dwc-qcom] BUILD SUCCESS e0779713a1e2f891aeec53e629dbbd33f423c629
 2026-06-09  4:10 UTC 

[PATCH v20 net-next 0/9] octeontx2-af: npc: Enhancements
 2026-06-09  4:04 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v20 net-next 1/9] octeontx2-af: enforce single RVU AF probe
` [PATCH v20 net-next 2/9] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: debugfs enhancements
` [PATCH v20 net-next 3/9] devlink: heap-allocate param fill buffers in devlink_nl_param_fill
` [PATCH v20 net-next 4/9] devlink: Implement devlink param multi attribute nested data values
` [PATCH v20 net-next 5/9] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: add subbank search order control
` [PATCH v20 net-next 6/9] octeontx2: cn20k: Coordinate default rules with NIX LF lifecycle
` [PATCH v20 net-next 7/9] octeontx2-af: npc: Support for custom KPU profile from filesystem
` [PATCH v20 net-next 8/9] octeontx2: cn20k: Respect NPC MCAM X2/X4 profile in flows and DFT alloc
` [PATCH v20 net-next 9/9] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: Allocate npc_priv and dstats dynamically

[PATCH 1/1] mldev: fix typos in code documentation
 2026-06-09  4:05 UTC 

[soc:soc/drivers] BUILD SUCCESS 6bd8fb9f1cd97f789db5f97cf569f7ed9d6575e0
 2026-06-09  4:03 UTC 

[PATCH] media: dvb-usb: fix refcount leak in dvb_usb_adapter_frontend_init()
 2026-06-09  4:03 UTC 

[PATCH v10 0/4] hw/mem: add sp-mem device for Specific Purpose Memory
 2026-06-09  3:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 2/4] i386/acpi-build: partition device_memory SRAT umbrella for sp-mem

[PATCH v10 00/37] mm/virtio: skip redundant zeroing of host-zeroed pages
 2026-06-09  3:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` New design

[GIT PULL] hotfixes against 7.1-rc7
 2026-06-09  3:54 UTC 

[PATCH] ext4: avoid full buffer walks for large folio partial writes
 2026-06-09  3:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/2] ext4: avoid tail walks for cached large-folio writes
  ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ext4: avoid tail write_begin walk for uptodate folios

[PATCH 0/2] power: sequencing: pcie-m2: Add 3.3Vaux supply support
 2026-06-09  3:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: connector: pcie-m2-e: "
` [PATCH 2/2] power: sequencing: pcie-m2: "

[PATCH] Documentation: KVM: Synchronize x86 VM types
 2026-06-09  3:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/1] ml/cnxk: avoid overwriting layer name during load
 2026-06-09  3:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] ml/cnxk: fix "

[PATCH] dm log writes: fix refcount leak in log_writes_map()
 2026-06-09  3:52 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/2] ext4: avoid tail walks for cached large-folio writes
 2026-06-09  3:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] fs/buffer: avoid tail commit walk for uptodate folios
` [PATCH v3 2/2] ext4: avoid tail write_begin "

[PATCH 0/9] Don't whitelist OA registers unconditionally
 2026-06-09  3:51 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/9] drm/xe/rtp: Keep track of non-OA nonpriv slots

[PATCH] selftests/bpf: correct CONFIG_PPC64 macro name in comment
 2026-06-09  3:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC mptcp-next v25 00/22] MPTCP KTLS support
 2026-06-09  3:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/intel: Trigger configfs attr callbacks
 2026-06-09  3:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for tests/intel: Trigger configfs attr callbacks (rev2)

[PATCH i-g-t v9 0/7] Enable and Add new tests for DC3CO
 2026-06-09  3:46 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 1/7] tests: s/check_dc_counter/assert_dc_counter
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 2/7] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Replace require with proper assertion
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 3/7] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Enable DC3CO test for PSR2/PR modes
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 4/7] tests/kms_vrr: Add new test for DC3CO validation with LOBF
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 5/7] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Add dc3co framedrop validation test
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 6/7] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Add new test for DC3CO recovery after DC6
` [PATCH i-g-t v9 7/7] tests/intel/kms_pm_dc: Add dc3co-vpb-framegap subtest

[PATCH v2] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Validate arch_compat against host compatibility mode
 2026-06-09  3:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] ls-files: filter pathspec before lstat
 2026-06-09  3:48 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/virtio/virtio: Rebuild vring caches when packed ring changes
 2026-06-09  3:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

artifact download for qtest
 2026-06-09  3:46 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/8] Vswing / Pre-emphasis Override
 2026-06-09  3:48 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for Vswing / Pre-emphasis Override (rev2)

[PATCH v5 0/4] Only free healthy pages in high-order has_hwpoisoned folio
 2026-06-09  3:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/4] mm/page_alloc: only "

[PATCH] hrtimer: correct CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON macro name in comment
 2026-06-09  3:43 UTC 

[PATCH v2] mm/slub: allocate sheaves on local memory nodes
 2026-06-09  3:41 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/usb/hcd-ohci: Fix memory leak in ohci_service_iso_td()
 2026-06-09  3:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/2] hw/usb/hcd-ohci: Fix ISO TD USBPacket handling

[rppt-memblock:fixes] BUILD SUCCESS 7c2eee9c136734825ff524dd8b2146438a4f8250
 2026-06-09  3:36 UTC 

[PATCH] MIPS: lib: Remove '.hidden' for local symbols
 2026-06-09  3:36 UTC 

[oe][meta-oe][PATCH] minifi-cpp: upgrade 0.99.1 -> 0.99.2
 2026-06-09  3:35 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH] "

[PATCH] fbcon: correct CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING macro name in #endif comment
 2026-06-09  3:35 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: libarena: Avoid spurious spmc parallel selftest errors
 2026-06-09  3:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] dt-bindings: PCI: mediatek-gen3: Allow memory-region for restricted DMA buffer
 2026-06-09  3:33 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] ext4: tighten mount-time superblock geometry validation
 2026-06-09  3:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] ext4: reject mount if inodes per group is not a multiple of inodes per block

[PATCH] thread_info: remove comment incorrectly referring to CONFIG_SH
 2026-06-09  3:32 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] KVM: harden and cleanup PDPTR load on forced L1 reload
 2026-06-09  3:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: nVMX: unwind PDPTR load if processor triggers a nested VMFail

[meta-oe][PATCH] pegtl: Upgrade to 4.0.0
 2026-06-09  3:29 UTC 

[PATCH v4 net-next 0/9] net: dsa: netc: add bridge mode support
 2026-06-09  3:29 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 net-next 1/9] net: enetc: add interfaces to manage dynamic FDB entries
` [PATCH v4 net-next 2/9] net: enetc: add "Update" and "Delete" operations to VLAN filter table
` [PATCH v4 net-next 3/9] net: enetc: add interfaces to manage egress treatment table
` [PATCH v4 net-next 4/9] net: enetc: add "Update" operation to the egress count table
` [PATCH v4 net-next 5/9] net: dsa: netc: initialize the group bitmap of ETT and ECT
` [PATCH v4 net-next 6/9] net: enetc: add helpers to set/clear table bitmap
` [PATCH v4 net-next 7/9] net: dsa: netc: add VLAN filter table and egress treatment management
` [PATCH v4 net-next 8/9] net: dsa: netc: add bridge mode support
` [PATCH v4 net-next 9/9] net: dsa: netc: implement dynamic FDB entry ageing

[PATCH v3] btrfs: start qgroup ioctl transactions on the quota root
 2026-06-09  3:23 UTC 

[PATCH] iommufd: fix refcount leak in iommufd_object_remove()
 2026-06-09  3:22 UTC 

[PATCH 6/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Add INPUTL MUX and INPUTR MUX
 2026-06-09  3:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 9/9] mm: switch deferred split shrinker to list_lru
 2026-06-09  3:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 2/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Fix the issue about mclk_src
 2026-06-09  3:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v12 0/6] tls: receive-path fixes and clean-ups
 2026-06-09  3:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix possible kfree_skb of ERR_PTR
 2026-06-09  3:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V2] sched: Update the THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK description
 2026-06-09  3:19 UTC 

[PATCH 3/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify the clock table
 2026-06-09  3:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] mm/zswap: Implement per-cgroup proactive writeback
 2026-06-09  3:18 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] mm/zswap: Make shrink_worker writeback cursor per-memcg

[PATCH v8 4/4] misc: fastrpc: Allow fastrpc_buf_free() to accept NULL
 2026-06-09  3:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [autobuild.buildroot.org] Daily results for 2026-06-08
 2026-06-09  3:17 UTC 

[PATCH 1/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify volatile_register
 2026-06-09  3:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 3/4] misc: fastrpc: Allocate entire reserved memory for Audio PD in probe
 2026-06-09  3:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] init/Kconfig: Update the THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK description
 2026-06-09  3:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] gpio: mt7621: fix interrupt banks mapping on gpio chips
 2026-06-09  3:14 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] intel-ci: Blocklist kms_dsc ultrajoiner tests
 2026-06-09  3:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH v8 1/4] misc: fastrpc: Fix initial memory allocation for Audio PD memory pool
 2026-06-09  3:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 4/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify the initial configuration
 2026-06-09  3:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ext4: validate donor file superblock early in EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT
 2026-06-09  3:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

Please cherry-pick commit 617eb7c0961a
 2026-06-09  3:12 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8723be: Remove unnecessary irq save/restore in hw_init()
 2026-06-09  3:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] gpio: mt7621: fix interrupt banks mapping on gpio chips
 2026-06-09  3:11 UTC 

[PATCH 2/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Fix the issue about mclk_src
 2026-06-09  3:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GSoC] [Blog] week 1: Improving the new git repo command
 2026-06-09  3:10 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [GSoC] [Blog] week 2: "

[PATCH v8 2/4] misc: fastrpc: Remove buffer from list prior to unmap operation
 2026-06-09  3:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 3/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify the clock table
 2026-06-09  3:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHv3 0/2] watchdog: pika_wdt: portability and timer lifecycle fixes
 2026-06-09  3:09 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv3 2/2] watchdog: pika_wdt: enable COMPILE_TEST builds

[PATCH 1/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify volatile_register
 2026-06-09  3:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] KVM: selftests: Make guest_code_xsave more friendly
 2026-06-09  3:08 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 5/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Add private members related to HPF
 2026-06-09  3:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH mptcp-next v4 0/2] implement .splice_eof
 2026-06-09  3:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Modify the ES8389 driver
 2026-06-09  3:06 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 7/7] ASoC: dt-bindings: ES8389: Add members about HPF and clock


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