messages from 2026-06-12 10:08:27 to 2026-06-12 11:02:11 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v2 0/6] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls
2026-06-12 11:01 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] efi: fix stale reference to efi_recover_from_page_fault()
` [PATCH v2 2/6] efi/runtime-wrappers: handle queue_work() failure with goto exit
` [PATCH v2 3/6] efi/runtime-wrappers: check EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES before using efi_rts_work
[PATCH i-g-t 0/4] intel_vbt_decode: fall back to guessing PCI ID from VBT signature
2026-06-12 11:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t 1/4] tools/intel_vbt_decode: store codename from VBT signature to context
` [PATCH i-g-t 4/4] tools/intel_vbt_decode: fall back to guessing PCI ID from VBT signature
[PATCH v2 00/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add QLA29xx series adapter support
2026-06-12 11:02 UTC (28+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add 29xx series PCI device ID support
` [PATCH v2 02/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add flash read/write interface for 29xx
` [PATCH v2 03/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add NVRAM config support for 29xx adapters
` [PATCH v2 04/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add get_flash_version "
` [PATCH v2 05/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add 29xx support in queue initialisation path
` [PATCH v2 06/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add FC operational firmware load for 29xx
` [PATCH v2 07/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add flash block read/write BSG support "
` [PATCH v2 08/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add BSG MPI firmware load/dump "
` [PATCH v2 09/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add 128-byte IOCB definitions "
` [PATCH v2 10/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add extended status continuation and marker IOCBs
[RFC PATCH v2 00/29] target/arm: Named CPU models for Arm64 on KVM
2026-06-12 11:01 UTC (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 02/29] target/arm: Add ID Register field descriptions in cpu-idregs.h.inc
[PATCH v3 0/2] ata: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
2026-06-12 11:01 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] ata: Consistently define pci_device_ids using named initializers
2026-06-12 10:58 UTC (3+ messages)
[GIT PULL] libfuse: more random fixes for fuse service containers
2026-06-12 10:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] net: airoha: Fix debugfs new-tuple display for IPv4 ROUTE entries
2026-06-12 10:58 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: add parameter to allow skip specified PCI devices
2026-06-12 10:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/22] ui: retire input-legacy.c
2026-06-12 10:56 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 03/22] hw/i386/vmmouse: convert to QemuInputHandler API
` [PATCH v2 04/22] hw/usb/dev-wacom: convert to modern "
[PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_wed: debugfs: correct index in wed_amsdu_show()
2026-06-12 10:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` "
[RFC PATCH] dma-buf/dma_fence: Make races for dma_fence_is_signaled() less likely
2026-06-12 10:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] vdpa_sim: fix cleanup after worker creation failure
2026-06-12 10:50 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/10] Introduce a new backend based on Nix and systemd
2026-06-12 10:55 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/10] Squashed 'scripts/nixos-flake/' content from commit b599d320
` [PATCH v2 02/10] Squashed 'scripts/qemu-system-units/' content from commit ecafb788
` [PATCH v2 03/10] bootlinux: add direct-boot build path
` [PATCH v2 04/10] nixosfl: add the nixos-flake libvirt bringup backend
` [PATCH v2 05/10] nixos: drop the legacy libvirt-NixOS backend
` [PATCH v2 06/10] nixosfi: add the imageless NixOS bringup backend
` [PATCH v2 07/10] nixos_flake: per-package source overrides
` [PATCH v2 08/10] qsu: optional virtiofs share into the guest
` [PATCH v2 09/10] nixosfi: add nixosfi-test target for operator-edited per-VM flakes
` [PATCH v2 10/10] docs: add manual nixos-flake and qsu driving guide
[PATCH 0/2] Sort kodiak pinctrl nodes & add camera mclk definitions
2026-06-12 10:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: qcom: kodiak: Sort pinctrl subnodes by pins
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: kodiak: Add camera mclk pinctrl definitions
sched_ext/lavd hard lockup in old call_rcu_tasks_generic needadjust path
2026-06-12 10:55 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH] firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partition_info_get()
2026-06-12 10:55 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 28/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Handle sts_cont_entry_ext_t for 29xx adapters
2026-06-12 10:54 UTC (2+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH 06/13] package/python-nmcli: new package
2026-06-12 10:54 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 31/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Enhance purex_entry handling for 29xx series
2026-06-12 10:54 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] spi: xilinx: use FIFO occupancy register to determine buffer size
2026-06-12 10:52 UTC
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/kms_sharpness_filter: Fix tap filter test failures
2026-06-12 10:52 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: "
[PATCH RFC] scsi: core: Drop dev->dma_mask check in evaluating max_sectors
2026-06-12 10:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v8 00/10] enic: SR-IOV V2 admin channel and MBOX protocol
2026-06-12 10:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: connector: pcie-m2-e: Add 3.3Vaux supply support
2026-06-12 10:52 UTC (10+ messages)
[PATCH] jfs: validate active AG before updating db_active
2026-06-12 10:51 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] udf: validate sparing table length as an entry count, not a byte count
2026-06-12 10:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/10] bpf: introduce extensible load API
2026-06-12 10:48 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 00/11] "
` [PATCH v4 02/11] "
[PATCH v2 00/25] bpf: test and fix issues in verifier
2026-06-12 10:47 UTC (27+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
` [PATCH v3 01/25] bpf: format and dump jlt, jle, jslt, and jsle
` [PATCH v3 02/25] bpf: add format instruction function
` [PATCH v3 03/25] bpf/validate: break on error in evaluate
` [PATCH v3 04/25] bpf/validate: expand comments in evaluate cycle
` [PATCH v3 05/25] bpf/validate: introduce debugging interface
` [PATCH v3 06/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_ADD of pointer to a scalar
` [PATCH v3 07/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_LDX | EBPF_DW signed range
` [PATCH v3 08/25] test/bpf_validate: add setup and basic tests
` [PATCH v3 09/25] test/bpf_validate: add harness for pointer tests
` [PATCH v3 10/25] bpf/validate: fix EBPF_JSLT | BPF_X evaluation
` [PATCH v3 11/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_NEG of INT64_MIN and 0
` [PATCH v3 12/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD signed part
` [PATCH v3 13/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_MUL ranges minimum typo
` [PATCH v3 14/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_MUL signed overflow UB
` [PATCH v3 15/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_JGT/EBPF_JSGT no-jump max
` [PATCH v3 16/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_JMP source range calculation
` [PATCH v3 17/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_JMP empty range handling
` [PATCH v3 18/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_AND min calculations
` [PATCH v3 19/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_LSH shift-out-of-bounds UB
` [PATCH v3 20/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_OR min calculations
` [PATCH v3 21/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_SUB signed max zero case
` [PATCH v3 22/25] bpf/validate: fix BPF_XOR signed min calculation
` [PATCH v3 23/25] bpf/validate: prevent overflow when building graph
` [PATCH v3 24/25] doc: add release notes for BPF validation fixes
` [PATCH v3 25/25] doc: add BPF validate debug to programmer's guide
[PATCH net-next v3 0/4] vsock: consolidate acceptq accounting into core helpers
2026-06-12 10:48 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] vsock: introduce vsock_pending_to_accept() helper
` [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_add_pending()
` [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_enqueue_accept()
` [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_removed() into vsock_remove_pending()
[PATCH v6 00/12] PCI: liveupdate: PCI core support for Live Update
2026-06-12 10:47 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/12] PCI: liveupdate: Set up FLB handler for the PCI core
[PATCH 0/2] rockchip: Fix devices suspend freeze on RK3568/RK3566
2026-06-12 10:46 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: "
[PATCH] tls: fix encrypt_pending refcount leak on -EBUSY error path
2026-06-12 10:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/1] plugins: fix syscall filter return value type
2026-06-12 10:43 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] plugins: use int64_t for the syscall filter return value
[PATCH v4 0/4] drm/amd/pm: fix pp_dpm_* clock reporting on SMU v14.0.0/v14.0.1 APUs
2026-06-12 10:44 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/4] drm/amd/pm: smu_v14_0_0: fix DCLK metric reporting via VCLK level index
` [PATCH v4 2/4] drm/amd/pm: add IP_VERSION(11, 5, 1) to vclk/dclk DPM sysfs whitelists
` [PATCH v4 3/4] drm/amd/pm: smu_v14_0_0: add SMU_DCEFCLK support in DPM frequency queries
` [PATCH v4 4/4] drm/amd/pm: smu_v14_0_0: add closest-match fallback for DPM level marking
[PATCH v2 29/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Update handling of status entries for 29xx series
2026-06-12 10:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3] mm/mempool: Untangle CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON abuse and switch to static key
2026-06-12 10:43 UTC (3+ messages)
` 答复: "
[PATCH v2 0/5] drm/rcar-du: Add support for DSI pipelines with DSC
2026-06-12 10:43 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: display: bridge: Document Renesas R-Car V4H DSC bindings
[PATCH for-4.23] xen/kexec: Drop the obsolete v1 hypercall implementation
2026-06-12 10:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH V11 0/9] Add Invensense ICM42607
2026-06-12 10:42 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH V11 3/9] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: Add inv_icm42607 Core Driver
[PATCH v3 0/9] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs
2026-06-12 10:41 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/9] vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF
[PATCH v2 25/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Use ring-slot helpers in __qla2x00_alloc_iocbs
2026-06-12 10:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 26/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Add support for QLA29XX in memory allocation
2026-06-12 10:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Sync SCTLR_EL1 when injecting an exception into a pVM
2026-06-12 10:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/4] [PATCH v5 0/4] arm64: dts: renesas: Add RZ/G3E audio enablement
2026-06-12 10:40 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/4] arm64: dts: renesas: rzg3e-smarc-som: Add Versa3 clock generator
[RFC PATCH v2 00/11] add shmem mTHP collapse support
2026-06-12 10:41 UTC (9+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 01/11] mm: khugepaged: add max_ptes_none check in collapse_file()
` [RFC PATCH v2 02/11] mm: khugepaged: generalize collapse_file() for shmem mTHP support
` [RFC PATCH v2 08/11] selftests: mm: extend the check_huge() to support mTHP check
` [RFC PATCH v2 11/11] selftests: mm: add mTHP collapse test cases
[PATCH v4 14/16] media: iris: add Gen2 firmware support on the Agatti platform
2026-06-12 10:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC] mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks
2026-06-12 10:39 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2 21/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Enable serdes, resource count and FCE trace for 29xx
2026-06-12 10:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] nfsd: reject out-of-range nseconds in setattr atime/mtime
2026-06-12 10:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/4] ASoC: Validate written enum values in custom controls
2026-06-12 10:36 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] ASoC: fsl: fsl_audmix: Validate written enum values
[PATCH 0/3] mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes()
2026-06-12 10:36 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes() and rename to clear_non_present_ptes()
[LSF/MM/BPF RFC PATCH 00/13]
2026-06-12 10:36 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2] Documentation: ABI: fix brackets and bracelets
2026-06-12 10:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 0/3] media: i2c: Add os02g10 camera sensor driver
2026-06-12 10:34 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] media: i2c: add os02g10 image "
` [PATCH v3 3/3] media: i2c: os02g10: implement crop handling with set_selection
[RFC PATCH 0/1] vfs: pass S_IFDIR mode to vfs_prepare_mode()
2026-06-12 10:33 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v4 15/16] media: venus: skip QCM2290 if Iris driver is enabled
2026-06-12 10:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] leds: tests: clarify name conflict test It is a good practice to use a fresh led_classdev instance when doing the testing. LED_REJECT_NAME_CONFLICT rather than re-registering the already registered LED class device. Besides that, do a zero initialization of led_lookup_data
2026-06-12 10:32 UTC (4+ messages)
[GIT PULL] USB driver fixes for 7.1-final
2026-06-12 10:32 UTC
[PATCH] ALSA: seq: Fix kernel heap address leak in bounce_error_event()
2026-06-12 10:32 UTC
[GIT PULL] Staging driver fixes for 7.1-final
2026-06-12 10:31 UTC
[GIT PULL] Char/Misc driver fixes for 7.1-final
2026-06-12 10:31 UTC
[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix debugfs new-tuple display for IPv4 ROUTE entries
2026-06-12 10:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 16/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Enable get_fw_version mailbox for 29xx
2026-06-12 10:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Kconfig: Enable THP_SWAP on Book3S64
2026-06-12 6:31 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 0/8] net: dsa: mt7530: modernise register access and add two DSA ops
2026-06-12 10:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 8/8] net: dsa: mt7530: implement port_change_conduit op
[PATCH v12 00/86] Generic line based metadata support, internal pads
2026-06-12 10:29 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 13/86] media: Documentation: v4l: Document internal sink pads
[dwmw2:kvmclock6 12/36] arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:3249:1: warning: label 'fallback' defined but not used
2026-06-12 10:29 UTC
[PATCH v2 12/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Update IO path to use 128-byte IOCBs for 29xx
2026-06-12 10:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls
2026-06-12 10:28 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] "
[PATCH v2 15/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Skip unsupported sysfs attributes for 29xx
2026-06-12 10:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/9] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix whitespace in sdio_halinit.c
2026-06-12 10:28 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in HalBtc8723b2Ant.c
` [PATCH v2 2/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in hal_btcoex.c
` [PATCH v2 3/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in hal_com.c
` [PATCH v2 4/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in HalPhyRf_8723B.c
` [PATCH v2 5/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in rtl8723b_dm.c
` [PATCH v2 6/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in rtl8723b_hal_init.c
` [PATCH v2 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: hal: fix space-before-tab warnings in rtl8723bs_recv.c
[PATCH] net: airoha: Fix register index for Tx-fwd counter configuration
2026-06-12 10:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[LTP] [PATCH v6 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C
2026-06-12 10:25 UTC (9+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 1/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permission test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 2/8] fs/acl: Add ACL mask interaction tests
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 3/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_OTHER permission test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 4/8] fs/acl: Add default ACL inheritance test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 5/8] fs/acl: Add chmod/chown ACL interaction tests
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 6/8] fs/acl: Add ACL symlink operations test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 7/8] fs/acl: Add extended attributes test
` [LTP] [PATCH v6 8/8] fs/acl: Remove old shell-based ACL test
[PATCH v6 0/7] Relocate U-Boot in the last bank
2026-06-12 10:26 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 6/7] configs: Enable RELOC_ADDR_TOP on arm64
[PATCH] sparse: predefine __ILP32__ and _ILP32 in 32-bit mode
2026-06-12 10:27 UTC
[PATCH v2 2/3] perf: marvell: Add CN20K LLC-TAD PMU support
2026-06-12 10:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 17/60] scsi: qla2xxx: Extend execute_fw mailbox to include 29xx
2026-06-12 10:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFCv1] virtio: Inherit max bounce buffer size from bus parent if possible
2026-06-12 10:25 UTC (12+ messages)
[PATCH v4 12/16] media: iris: implement support for the Agatti platform
2026-06-12 10:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH 2025.02.x] package/mesa3d: patch CVE-2026-40393
2026-06-12 10:08 UTC
[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH] python3-urllib3: fix CVE-2026-44431
2026-06-12 10:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] net: l2tp: fix refcount leak in pppol2tp_tunnel_get()
2026-06-12 10:13 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 13/16] media: iris: Introduce buffer size calculations for AR50LT
2026-06-12 10:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] tls: remove tls_toe and the related driver
2026-06-12 10:21 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3] drm/xe/guc: Hold device ref until queue teardown completes
2026-06-12 10:21 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "
[RFC PATCH v2 04/11] mm: khugepaged: add shmem mTHP collapse support
2026-06-12 10:22 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: support shift operations with non-const src operand
2026-06-12 10:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add helper retval linked scalar pruning selftest
2026-06-12 10:18 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] i2c: amd-asf: Validate firmware-reported length
2026-06-12 10:18 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/16] mm/slab: introduce alloc_flags and slab_alloc_context
2026-06-12 10:17 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 15/16] mm/slab: remove __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT usage from alloc_slab_obj_exts()
[LTP] [PATCH v8 0/2] doc: Add missing headers and complete API docs
2026-06-12 10:17 UTC (3+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v8 1/2] doc: Add missing API references to api_c_tests.rst
[PATCH] mm: use mapping_mapped to simplify the code
2026-06-12 10:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] l2tp: fix refcount leak in l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_create()
2026-06-12 10:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 00/10] GuC paging engine support
2026-06-12 10:16 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for GuC paging engine support (rev6)
[PATCH v3 02/24] firmware: arm_scmi: Reduce the scope of protocols mutex
2026-06-12 10:15 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 1/3] perf: marvell: Add MPAM partid filtering to CN10K TAD PMU
2026-06-12 10:14 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] upboard pinctrl support for device id INTC1055
2026-06-12 10:13 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] pinctrl: tigerlake: add some pin groups and functions for INTC1055
` [PATCH v2 2/2] pinctrl: upboard: add device id INTC1055 based UP boards support
[PATCH] sched/isolation: Prevent out-of-bounds read in isolcpus= boot parameter parser
2026-06-12 10:11 UTC (2+ messages)
[GIT PULL] i2c-host-fixes for v7.1-rc8
2026-06-12 10:11 UTC
[PATCH v2 net] virtio_net: do not allow tunnel csum offload for non GSO packets
2026-06-12 10:11 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 01/24] firmware: arm_scmi: Add new SCMIv4.0 error codes definitions
2026-06-12 10:10 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v6 01/12] net: phylink: keep and use MAC supported_interfaces in phylink struct
2026-06-12 10:10 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 1/1] mm: reduce NODE_RECLAIM_xxx and change to enum
2026-06-12 10:10 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 11/16] media: iris: update buffer requirements based on received info
2026-06-12 10:08 UTC (2+ messages)
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