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[PATCH] sysfb: correct CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB macro name in #endif comment
 2026-06-11  9:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[REGRESSION] LSM/VFS: startup latency spike during rapid library lookups (ENOENT) on x86_64 between 6.6 and 6.18
 2026-06-11 10:23 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] blockdev: mirror: do not require a root block node
 2026-06-11 10:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] iotests/041: add test for mirror with throttle node as source
` [PATCH 2/3] blockdev: mirror: do not require a root block node
` [PATCH 3/3] iotests/041: add tests for mirroring below throttle node

[PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: Fix unaligned interpreter panic on JIT fallback path
 2026-06-11 10:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Skip unreset vCPUs in MPIDR lookup table
 2026-06-11 10:23 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] ipv6: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path
 2026-06-11 10:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] arm: snapdragon: Add snagboot support for Lemans-EVK
 2026-06-11 10:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] arm: snapdragon: Make SYSRESET_PSCI optional

[PATCH 0/2] fuse: fix CUSE device node leak and add regression test
 2026-06-11 10:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] fuse: fix device node leak in cuse_process_init_reply()

[PATCH -next] firmware: imx: se_ctrl: roll back iobuf reservation on setup failure
 2026-06-11 15:42 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls
 2026-06-11 10:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] "

[PATCH 0/4] nvmem: add support for the MediaTek mt6323 PMIC
 2026-06-11 10:20 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: mfd: mediatek: mt6397: add mt6323 PMIC EFUSE
` [PATCH 2/4] nvmem: add mt6323 PMIC EFUSE driver
` [PATCH 3/4] mfd: mt6397-core: add mt6323 EFUSE support
` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: mediatek: mt6323: add "

[PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: remove tls_toe
 2026-06-11 10:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] tls: remove tls_toe and the related driver
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: remove some unused EXPORT_SYMBOL()s

[PATCH -next] firmware: imx: se_ctrl: detect round_up() overflow in iobuf setup
 2026-06-11 15:41 UTC 

[PATCH] dma-buf: move system_cc_shared heap under separate Kconfig
 2026-06-11 10:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/2] tracing/osnoise: Track IPIs
 2026-06-11 10:21 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/2] tracing/osnoise: Sample IPI counts

[PATCH v5] ASoC: loongson: Fix invalid position error in ls_pcm_pointer
 2026-06-11 10:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH][oe][meta] runqemu: introduce unique instance ID
 2026-06-11 10:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[LTP] [PATCH] tst_test: Add needs_cpu_vendor to struct tst_test
 2026-06-11 10:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH rdma-next] RDMA/mlx5: Release the HW‑provided UAR index rather than the SW one
 2026-06-11 10:20 UTC 

[PATCH] perf/cxlpmu: Support Channel/Rank/Bank filter
 2026-06-11 10:19 UTC  (3+ messages)

[tip:timers/vdso 12/18] drivers/iio/magnetometer/yamaha-yas530.c:1103 yas537_get_calibration_data() warn: ' - 64' 4294967232 can't fit into 127 'c->a3'
 2026-06-11 10:19 UTC 

[moderation/CI] Re: Data in direntry (dirdata) feature
 2026-06-11 10:19 UTC 

[PATCH] net/iavf: fix duplicate VF reset during PF reset recovery
 2026-06-11 10:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6] "

[PATCH] xfsprogs: include/buildrules: fix ltdep
 2026-06-11 10:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 1/3] package/xen: add custom version support
 2026-06-11 10:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH v1 2/3] package/xen: add custom tarball support
` [Buildroot] [PATCH v1 3/3] package/xen: add custom git support

[linux-next:master 4283/12670] drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c:792 sun6i_dma_prep_slave_sg() error: dereferencing freed memory 'v_lli' (line 793)
 2026-06-11 10:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH --next] firmware: imx: depend on MAILBOX for EdgeLock Enclave driver
 2026-06-11 15:37 UTC 

[PATCH RFC] ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write()
 2026-06-11 10:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[oe] [meta-oe][PATCHv2] webkitgtk3: add PACKAGECONFIG for librice
 2026-06-11 10:16 UTC 

[PATCH] ASoC: codecs: lpass-va-macro: Fix LPASS Codec Version for SC7280
 2026-06-11 10:16 UTC  (3+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCHv2] webkitgtk3: add PACKAGECONFIG for librice
 2026-06-11 10:14 UTC 

[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_fs: initialize reset_work at allocation time
 2026-06-11 10:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] md/raid1: free r1_bio when REQ_NOWAIT is set and read would block on retry
 2026-06-11 10:13 UTC 

[ulfh-pm:next 12/12] drivers/pmdomain/core.c:36:23: warning: 'genpd_provider_bus' defined but not used
 2026-06-11 10:13 UTC 

[PATCH] eal: fix core_index for non-EAL registered threads
 2026-06-11 10:13 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] Support zero-sized HDM decoders
 2026-06-11 10:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/6] Enable ICE clock scaling
 2026-06-11 10:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/6] soc: qcom: ice: Add OPP-based clock scaling support for ICE

[PATCH v5 00/15] drm: Improve logic behind damage handling
 2026-06-11 10:12 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 01/15] drm/amd/display: Handle struct drm_plane_state.ignore_damage_clips
` [PATCH v5 02/15] drm/i915/display: "
` [PATCH v5 03/15] drm/vboxvideo: "
` [PATCH v5 04/15] drm/vmwgfx: "

[PATCH v11 0/5] drm/amdgpu: Render-node EVENTFD subscriptions (toward KFD/KGD event unification)
 2026-06-11 10:12 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/5] drm/amdgpu: Add render-node EVENTFD manager core
` [PATCH v11 3/5] drm/amdgpu: Add helper to access the fpriv eventfd manager
` [PATCH v11 4/5] drm/amdgpu/uapi: Define kernel event types for EVENTFD subscriptions

[PATCH v12 00/86] Generic line based metadata support, internal pads
 2026-06-11 10:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 33/86] media: uapi: Add new controls for camera sensor FLL and LLP

[PATCH v2 0/2] ARM: i.MX: riotboard: Add OP-TEE integration
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ARM: rockchip: tfa: pass NULL fdt when there is none
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] net: sparx5: change ndo_set_rx_mode_async return type to int
 2026-06-11 10:11 UTC 

[PATCH bpf] bpf: Track spilled zero scalars for var-off stack reads
 2026-06-11 10:11 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/2] scsi: ufs: Add support for static TX Equalization settings
 2026-06-11 10:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 2/2] scsi: ufs: core: "

[PATCH v5 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add initial device tree support for Shikra
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Document Shikra and its EVK boards
` [PATCH v5 2/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Introduce Shikra SoC base dtsi
` [PATCH v5 3/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra CQ2390M SoM platform
` [PATCH v5 4/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra IQ2390S "
` [PATCH v5 5/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra EVK boards

[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/madvise: Make use of .min_swap_avail and .min_mem_avail
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/6] xfrm: iptfs: preserve shared-frag marker in iptfs_consume_frags()
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] hwmon: (pmbus/lm25066) Support SMBus Current Limit configuration
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: pmbus: ti,lm25066: add current limit properties
` [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (pmbus/lm25066) add SMBus current limit configuration support

[PATCH 00/13] Bus cleanup infrastructure and fixes
 2026-06-11 10:09 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/13] bus: fix reference to plug callback
` [PATCH 02/13] dma/idxd: remove next pointer in bus specific device
` [PATCH 03/13] bus/vdev: remove driver setting in probe
` [PATCH 04/13] drivers/bus: cleanup device freeing in NXP bus
` [PATCH 05/13] drivers/bus: allocate interrupt during probing "
` [PATCH 06/13] bus/pci: fix mapping leak in bus cleanup
` [PATCH 07/13] bus/vmbus: fix interrupt leak in cleanup
` [PATCH 08/13] bus/vmbus: allocate interrupt during probing
` [PATCH 09/13] bus: align unplug with device probe
` [PATCH 10/13] bus: implement cleanup in EAL
` [PATCH 11/13] bus/dpaa: support unplug
` [PATCH 12/13] bus/vmbus: store name in bus specific device
` [PATCH 13/13] bus/vmbus: support unplug

[PATCH v6 0/6] LoongArch: KVM: Small enhancement about interrupt injection
 2026-06-11 10:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/6] LoongArch: KVM: Add valid bit check when set ESTAT CSR register

[PATCH v2 0/2] iio: adc: Add Axiado SARADC driver
 2026-06-11 10:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] iio: adc: add "

[PATCH v4 0/5] lib/vsprintf: Validate spinlock context during restricted pointer formatting
 2026-06-11 10:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/5] "

[meta-oe][PATCH 1/2] librice: add recipe
 2026-06-11 10:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH 2/2] webkitgtk3: add PACKAGECONFIG for librice

[LTP] [PATCH v5 1/2] firmware/fw_load: rewrite firmware loading test using new LTP API
 2026-06-11 10:08 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v11 0/4] hw/mem: add sp-mem device for Specific Purpose Memory
 2026-06-11 10:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 1/4] "
` [PATCH v11 2/4] i386/acpi-build: partition device_memory SRAT umbrella for sp-mem
` [PATCH v11 3/4] hw/i386: hook sp-mem into the pc machine plug path
` [PATCH v11 4/4] MAINTAINERS: cover sp-mem under Memory devices, add R: tag

[ulfh-pm:next 12/12] drivers/pmdomain/core.c:36:23: warning: unused variable 'genpd_provider_bus'
 2026-06-11 10:07 UTC 

[PATCH] net/iavf: fix to consolidate link change event handling
 2026-06-11 10:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

[LTP] [PATCH v5 2/2] firmware/fw_load: add fw_load02 for custom firmware path
 2026-06-11 10:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] hw/intc: riscv_aia: Skip reset for KVM irqchip
 2026-06-11 10:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[ulfh-pm:next 12/12] drivers/pmdomain/core.c:36:23: warning: 'genpd_provider_bus' defined but not used
 2026-06-11 10:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/3] docs: net: more adjustments to docs
 2026-06-11 10:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/3] docs: net: fix minor issues with XDP metadata docs

[PATCH RFC net-next 0/4] bonding: support LAG IPsec offload with replicated SAs
 2026-06-11 10:06 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] iomap: enforce DIO alignment check in iomap
 2026-06-11 10:05 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] cxl/features: Bound Get Feature read count to the output buffer
 2026-06-11 10:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH] xfrm: Skip on EOPNOTSUPP in compat mode
 2026-06-11 10:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] vduse: Fix error around jumping over a __cleanup() variable
 2026-06-11 10:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] soc: fsl: dpio: Use common error handling code in two functions
 2026-06-11 10:02 UTC 

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v14 net-next 00/13] dpll/ice: Add generic DPLL type and full TX reference clock control for E825
 2026-06-11 10:01 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v14 net-next 03/13] dpll: fix stale iteration in dpll_pin_on_pin_unregister()
  `  "

[PATCH] selftests: mm: fix and speedup "droppable" test
 2026-06-11 10:01 UTC 

[PATCH net] net: airoha: Add retry mechanism to airoha_qdma_set_trtcm_param()
 2026-06-11 10:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/9] media/arm64: HM1092 IR camera and ASUS Zenbook A14 (X1P42100) camera support
 2026-06-11 10:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/12] Add support for Common SDP Transmission Line
 2026-06-11 10:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for Add support for Common SDP Transmission Line (rev4)

[PATCH net-next v7 0/4] net: rnpgbe: Add TX/RX and link status support
 2026-06-11 10:00 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v7 1/4] net: rnpgbe: Add interrupt handling
` [PATCH net-next v7 2/4] net: rnpgbe: Add basic TX packet transmission support
` [PATCH net-next v7 3/4] net: rnpgbe: Add RX packet reception support
` [PATCH net-next v7 4/4] net: rnpgbe: Add link status handling support

[PATCH net] ipv6: Fix a potential NPD in cleanup_prefix_route()
 2026-06-11 10:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_enqueue_accept()
 2026-06-11  9:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v2 0/8] Vswing / Pre-emphasis Override decoding
 2026-06-11  9:58 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 3/8] tools/vbt_decode: return 0 from get_device_id()
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 4/8] tools/vbt_decode: validate DEVICE env var
` [PATCH i-g-t v2 5/8] tools/vbt_decode: guess devid from VBT signature

[net-next v1 1/6] dt-bindings: net: dwmac: Add snps,use-ncsi property
 2026-06-11  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[net-next v1 3/6] net: stmmac: Add register NCSI device support
 2026-06-11  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[net-next v1 4/6] net: stmmac: Add NCSI VLAN setting
 2026-06-11  9:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Improve U-Boot's TPM handling in the non-EFI case
 2026-06-11  9:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] tpm: allocate tpm event log if missing

Patchwork housekeeping for: spi-devel-general
 2026-06-11  9:57 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] PCI: Guard against NULL bus->self on SR-IOV virtual buses
 2026-06-11  9:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] PCI: setup-res: Guard against bus->self == NULL in _pci_assign_resource()

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix memory leak in ice_lbtest_prepare_rings()
 2026-06-11  9:57 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] block: switch to co_wrapper_mixed for blk_lock_medium() and blk_eject()
 2026-06-11  9:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` SCSI and coroutines (was: [PATCH] block: switch to co_wrapper_mixed for blk_lock_medium()) "

[PATCH 1/4] lib: Add vendor-agnostic platform filtering interface
 2026-06-11  9:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for series starting with [1/4] "

[PATCH 2/2] clk: ultrarisc: add DP1000 clock driver
 2026-06-11  9:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] Accelerate page migration with batch copying and hardware offload
 2026-06-11  9:55 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/7] mm/migrate: add copy offload registration infrastructure

[PATCH 0/3] remoteproc: fix silent teardown failures and prevent SMMU faults on hung DSP
 2026-06-11  9:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] remoteproc: abort subdev stop sequence on first failure

[PATCH] lib/xz: replace min_t with min
 2026-06-11  9:54 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] gpio: fix sleeping-in-atomic in shared-proxy; restore meson non-sleeping
 2026-06-11  9:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] target/riscv: parametrize debug trigger number
 2026-06-11  9:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] target/riscv: dynamic alloc of debug trigger arrays

Warning: kernel/time/ntp.c:94 struct member 'time_adjust_frac' not described in 'ntp_data'
 2026-06-11  9:52 UTC 

[PATCH] perf cpumap: Fix buffer overflow in cpu_map__snprint()
 2026-06-11  9:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] ip6_tunnel: do not use dst6_mtu() in ip4ip6_err() and ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit()
 2026-06-11  9:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v3 0/3] Add standard stats for HSR/PRP
 2026-06-11  9:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] nfc: Use named initializers for struct i2c_device_id
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v4 0/3] Add standard stats for HSR/PRP
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 1/3] net: hsr: Add standard LRE stats via RTM_GETSTATS / IFLA_STATS_LINK_XSTATS
` [PATCH net-next v4 2/3] net: ti: icssg: Add static_assert to guard stat array counts
` [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] net: ti: icssg: Add HSR offload statistics support

[RFC PATCH] dma-fence: Fix races of fence callbacks versus destructors by locking
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC  (15+ messages)

[RFC V2 1/3] lib/vsprintf: Add support for pgtable entries
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2 0/2] selftests: drv-net: so_txtime: trivial fixes
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] netfilter: nft_synproxy: stop bypassing the priv->info snapshot
 2026-06-11  9:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] ASoC: add Qualcomm WSA885X I2C codec support
 2026-06-11  9:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] ASoC: codecs: add Qualcomm WSA885X I2C codec driver

[PATCH 0/2] Fix Qualcomm Crypto engine self tests failures
 2026-06-11  9:49 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] crypto: qce: Fix CTR-AES for partial block requests

[PATCH v7 01/30] drm/fb-helper: Remove unused local variable in hotplug_event()
 2026-06-11  9:49 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net] virtio-net: fix len check in receive_big()
 2026-06-11  9:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] mm, swap: Enable THP SWAP for PowerPC Book3S64
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm, swap: make SWAPFILE_CLUSTER runtime
` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm, swap: allow archs to override SWAP_NR_ORDERS via ARCH_MAX_PMD_ORDER
` [PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Kconfig: Enable THP_SWAP on Book3S64

[PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a77965-salvator-x: Enable GPU support
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 14/15] net: enetc: add PSI-to-VSI link status notification support for VF
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 13/15] net: enetc: implement ndo_set_rx_mode_async for ENETC v4 VF
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 11/15] net: enetc: restore VF MAC promiscuous mode after FLR for ENETC v4
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 03/15] net: enetc: add link status message support to PF driver
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 09/15] net: enetc: add MAC address filtering support for VFs of ENETC v4
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 07/15] net: enetc: add .ndo_set_vf_mac() to the enetc v4 driver
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 04/15] net: enetc: add link speed message support to PF driver
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 08/15] net: enetc: move mac_filter from struct enetc_pf to struct enetc_si
 2026-06-11  9:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:378:46: sparse: sparse: obsolete array initializer, use C99 syntax
 2026-06-11  9:46 UTC 

[PATCH] Documentation: ABI: fix brackets and bracelets
 2026-06-11  9:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net/iavf: reject oversized frames in prep callback
 2026-06-11  9:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: arm64: Forward FFA_NOTIFICATION* calls to TrustZone
 2026-06-11  9:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: arm64: Support FFA_NOTIFICATION_BITMAP_CREATE in host handler

[PATCH] cxl/mbox: Bound the output payload allocation to mailbox payload size
 2026-06-11  9:45 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] drm: Add driver for the Solomon SSD1351 OLED controller
 2026-06-11  9:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: display: Add "

[PATCH v1 2/2] media: i2c: ov8856: fix debug message to report actual CSI-2 lane count
 2026-06-11  9:50 UTC 


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