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[GIT PULL] sparc updates for v7.2
 2026-06-24  7:31 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v8 0/7] bpf: add icmp_send kfunc
 2026-06-24  7:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 4/7] selftests/bpf: add bpf_icmp_send kfunc cgroup_skb tests
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 7/7] selftests/bpf: add bpf_icmp_send recursion test

[PATCH v2] edac: versalnet: Use kasprintf() to simplify string allocation
 2026-06-24  7:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] edac: versalnet: Use kasprintf() to simplify string allocation and fix error paths

[PATCH v1 00/13] perf python: Fix python extension bugs and memory leaks
 2026-06-24  7:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 00/16] perf python: Fix python extension bugs from v19 review
  ` [PATCH v2 08/16] perf python: Check counts_values size in set_values

[RESEND PATCH v4 0/4] kexec-tool:bug fix for crashdump load on riscv
 2026-06-24  7:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RESEND PATCH 1/4] RISC-V: fix crashdump load memory ranges
` [RESEND PATCH 2/4] RISCV: Fix incorrect virtual address translation in crashdump load
` [RESEND PATCH 3/4] RISC-V: use kernel image to creat kernel text elf header

[RFC 0/8] pci: cxl: Add enumeration support for Unordered I/O (UIO) feature
 2026-06-24 15:18 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [RFC 7/8] hw/pci: hw/cxl: Wire SVC initialization into port realize functions
  ` [RFC 5/8] hw/cxl: Wire UIO capability into HDM decoder registers
  ` [RFC 6/8] hw/pci: Add PCIe Streamlined Virtual Channel (SVC) capability

[PATCH 00/20] md/md-llbitmap: support reshape for RAID10 and RAID5
 2026-06-24  7:29 UTC  (36+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
  ` [PATCH v2 02/20] md: skip bitmap accounting for empty write ranges
  ` [PATCH v2 03/20] md: add helper to split bios at reshape offset
  ` [PATCH v2 04/20] md/md-llbitmap: track bitmap sync_size explicitly
  ` [PATCH v2 05/20] md/md-llbitmap: allocate page controls independently
  ` [PATCH v2 06/20] md/md-llbitmap: grow the page cache in place for reshape
  ` [PATCH v2 07/20] md/md-llbitmap: track target reshape geometry fields
  ` [PATCH v2 09/20] md/md-llbitmap: refuse reshape while llbitmap still needs sync
  ` [PATCH v2 10/20] md/md-llbitmap: add reshape range mapping helpers
  ` [PATCH v2 11/20] md/md-llbitmap: don't skip reshape ranges from bitmap state
  ` [PATCH v2 12/20] md/md-llbitmap: remap checkpointed bits as reshape progresses
  ` [PATCH v2 13/20] md/md-llbitmap: clamp state-machine walks to tracked bits
  ` [PATCH v2 15/20] md/raid10: wire llbitmap reshape lifecycle
  ` [PATCH v2 16/20] md/raid10: split reshape bios before bitmap accounting
  ` [PATCH v2 17/20] md/raid5: add exact old and new llbitmap mapping helpers
  ` [PATCH v2 18/20] md/raid5: reject llbitmap reshape when md chunk shrinks
  ` [PATCH v2 19/20] md/raid5: wire llbitmap reshape lifecycle
  ` [PATCH v2 20/20] md/raid5: split reshape bios before bitmap accounting

[PATCH v1] fuse: enable large folios
 2026-06-24  7:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
  `  "

[PATCH 0/8] Add SD card and eMMC support for SpacemiT K1
 2026-06-24  7:25 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] spacemit: k1: select boot device via config registers

[PATCH 0/2] gpio: fix sleeping-in-atomic in shared-proxy; restore meson non-sleeping
 2026-06-24  7:25 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe_exec_fault_mode: Revive atomic tests
 2026-06-24  7:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH 0/7] md/raid10: fixes, atomic write handling, and error-path cleanup
 2026-06-24  7:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/7] md/raid10: raid10_write_request() drops the barrier before calling

[BUG] KASAN: use-after-free in olq_alloc_dquot
 2026-06-24  7:24 UTC 

[PATCH] rtc: amlogic-a4: clear unsupported update interrupt feature
 2026-06-24  7:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] doc: move firmware instructions in mlx5 guide
 2026-06-24  7:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: enetc: fix potential divide-by-zero when num_vsi is zero
 2026-06-24  7:27 UTC 

[PATCH v2] iio: ti-ads7138: Disable STATS_EN bit while reading conversion results
 2026-06-24  7:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[rafael-pm:bleeding-edge] BUILD SUCCESS ee41842fdfd5e0869c3be2637461b2d47775e9e6
 2026-06-24  7:22 UTC 

[PATCH] mtd: mchp23k256: Use SPI match data for chip caps
 2026-06-24  7:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] crypto: keembay: Fix AEAD unregister count in error path
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC 

Should Poky's "tiny-init.bb" recipe be documented?
 2026-06-24  7:21 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [docs] "

[PATCH 1/3] Revert "mtd: spi-nor: remove Fujitsu MB85RS1MT support"
 2026-06-24  7:21 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] mtd: spi-nor: fujitsu: Convert to new flash_info format
` [PATCH 3/3] mtd: spi-nor: fujitsu: Add support for MB85RS4MTY chip

[PATCH v6 0/9] Add support for Wave6 video codec driver
 2026-06-24  7:20 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/9] media: v4l2-common: Fix P010 format info
` [PATCH v6 2/9] dt-bindings: media: nxp: Add Wave6 video codec device
` [PATCH v6 3/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 VPU interface
` [PATCH v6 4/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add v4l2 m2m driver support
` [PATCH v6 5/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 core driver
` [PATCH v6 6/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Improve debugging capabilities
` [PATCH v6 7/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 thermal cooling device
` [PATCH v6 8/9] media: chips-media: wave6: Add Wave6 control driver
` [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: dts: freescale: imx95: Add video codec node

[PATCH v5 net] net: mana: Optimize irq affinity for low vcpu configs
 2026-06-24  7:21 UTC 

[PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: Avoid eliding lookup NULLness for inner map templates
 2026-06-24  7:20 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add inner map template lookup NULLness test

[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init
 2026-06-24  7:20 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] input: misc: Add an initial driver for haptics inside Qcom PMIH010x PMIC
 2026-06-24  7:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/7] soc: aspeed: Add BMC and host driver for PCIe BMC device
 2026-06-24  7:19 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/7] dt-bindings: serial: 8250: aspeed: add compatible string for ast2600
` [PATCH v3 2/7] dt-bindings: serial: 8250: aspeed: add aspeed,vuart-over-pci bool prop
` [PATCH v3 6/7] ARM: dts: aspeed: g6: Change vuart compatible string for ast2600

Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix smb client defer close causes file corruption
 2026-06-24  7:19 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix smb client defer close causes file

[RFC PATCH v6 00/25] Hierarchical Constant Bandwidth Server
 2026-06-24  7:19 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] loop: serialize backing file swaps with sysfs readers
 2026-06-24  7:18 UTC 

[PATCH blktests] README.md, check: require getconf
 2026-06-24  7:18 UTC 

[PATCH] null_blk: cancel bw_timer on add-device error unwind
 2026-06-24  7:18 UTC 

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Demote myself to reviewer
 2026-06-24  7:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: fix PRP list out-of-bounds write
 2026-06-24  7:17 UTC 

[PATCH] net/mlx5: fix counter TAILQ race between free and query callback
 2026-06-24  7:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6] "

Zaurus? Really?
 2026-06-24  7:17 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [docs] "

[PATCH] mm/vmstat: avoid taking zone lock in /proc/buddyinfo reads
 2026-06-24  7:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/14] Make switchover-ack re-usable and add VFIO precopy REINIT feature
 2026-06-24  7:16 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 01/14] migration: Propagate errors in migration_completion_precopy()
` [PATCH v4 14/14] migration: Enable new switchover-ack

[paulmck-rcu:puranjay.2026.06.23a 57/62] kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c:666:6: error: no member named 'exp' in 'struct rcu_gp_seq'
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC 

[davejiang:djiang5/gmem-private-node 3/4] arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:610:23: error: implicit declaration of function 'mpol_private_bind'
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC 

[PATCH net 1/1] net/sched: sch_teql: Introduce slaves_lock to avoid race condition and UAF
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

CVE-2026-52939: net/rds: fix NULL deref in rds_ib_send_cqe_handler() on masked atomic completion
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52942: netfilter: nf_log: validate MAC header was set before dumping it
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52941: net/smc: avoid NULL deref of conn->lnk in smc_msg_event tracepoint
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52940: tun: zero the whole vnet header in tun_put_user()
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52921: netfilter: ipset: stop hash:* range iteration at end
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52920: netfilter: xt_policy: fix strict mode inbound policy matching
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

[PATCH] drivers: update relaxed ordering policy for mlx5 mkeys
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

CVE-2026-52919: batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52918: Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52917: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52916: batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52915: netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

[PATCH v3] tracing: Use seq_buf for string concatenation
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

CVE-2026-52938: bpf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_sk_storage_clone and diag paths
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52937: tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

[PATCH] docs/system: clarify pflash0 and pflash1 are virt-only options
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

CVE-2026-52936: crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52935: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52934: batman-adv: tvlv: reject oversized TVLV packets
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52933: io_uring/poll: fix signed comparison in io_poll_get_ownership()
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52932: xfrm: ipcomp: Free destination pages on acomp errors
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52914: batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52931: batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid use of uninit sender vars
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52930: ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52929: sctp: stream: fully roll back denied add-stream state
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

[Stable-10.0.11 v2 00/86] Patch Round-up for stable 10.0.11, freeze on 2026-06-23 (frozen)
 2026-06-24  7:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Stable-10.0.11 79/86] hw/9pfs: consolidate name validation with check_name()

CVE-2026-52928: af_unix: Reject SIOCATMARK on non-stream sockets
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52927: netfilter: ebtables: fix OOB read in compat_mtw_from_user
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52926: batman-adv: clear current gateway during teardown
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52925: vrf: Fix a potential NPD when removing a port from a VRF
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52924: sctp: purge outqueue on stale COOKIE-ECHO handling
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52923: ipc: limit next_id allocation to the valid ID range
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52922: batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52912: netfilter: nf_queue: hold bridge skb->dev while queued
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

CVE-2026-52913: batman-adv: v: stop OGMv2 on disabled interface
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] drm/amdgpu,amdkfd: fix MES queue type handling
 2026-06-24  7:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu,amdkfd: correct setting MES queue type

[PATCH V9 00/17] iothread: Support tracking and querying IOThread holders
 2026-06-24  7:08 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH V9 01/17] qapi/misc: Fix missed query-iothreads items
` [PATCH V9 02/17] iothread: introduce iothread_ref/unref to track attached devices
` [PATCH V9 03/17] iothread: tracking iothread users with holder name
` [PATCH V9 04/17] iothread: introduce iothread_unsafe_get_aio_context()
` [PATCH V9 05/17] block/export: track IOThread reference in BlockExport
` [PATCH V9 06/17] monitor: refactor monitor_data_init() to pass ID
` [PATCH V9 07/17] monitor: support iothread ref/unref for anonymous monitors
` [PATCH V9 08/17] monitor: switch to iothread_unsafe_get_aio_context()
` [PATCH V9 09/17] virtio-vq-mapping: track iothread-vq-mapping references using device path
` [PATCH V9 10/17] virtio: use iothread_get/put_aio_context for thread pinning
` [PATCH V9 11/17] net/colo: track IOThread references using path-based holder
` [PATCH V9 12/17] virtio-balloon: Update tracking iothread users with holder
` [PATCH V9 13/17] vfio-user/proxy: Update tracking iothread users with holder name
` [PATCH V9 14/17] xen-block: "
` [PATCH V9 15/17] qapi: examine IOThread attachment status via query-iothreads
` [PATCH V9 16/17] iothread: simplify API by merging iothread_get_aio_context variants
` [PATCH V9 17/17] tests/unit/iothread: Update the iothread_get_aio_context

[PATCH yocto-autobuilder-helper wrynose] config.json: Add meta-qcom dependency on meta-lts-mixin
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [yocto-patches] "

[PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in nci_core_init_rsp_packet()
 2026-06-24  7:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [syzbot ci] "

[PATCH 0/3] vmsplice: make vmsplice a trivial wrapper for preadv2/pwritev2
 2026-06-24  7:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] mm: mglru: fix stale batch updates after memcg reparenting
 2026-06-24  7:11 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/2] RISC-V SPL: fix OpenSBI FIT loading and OS entry point retrieval
 2026-06-24  7:11 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/2] image: fit: allow IH_OS_OPENSBI in fit_image_load()

[PATCH] iommu/vt-d: use kstrtoint_from_user() in dmar_perf_latency_write()
 2026-06-24  7:08 UTC 

[PATCH] media: meson: vdec: fix NULL pointer deref in vdec_try_fmt_common
 2026-06-24  7:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/6] Add binding and driver for Kaanapali SoCCP
 2026-06-24  7:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 6/6] remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: Add SoCCP node on Kaanapali

[PATCH yocto-autobuilder2] config.py: Add meta-lts-mixin layer
 2026-06-24  7:09 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [yocto-patches] "

[PATCH V2 0/8] Add PCIe M.2 Key E connector support for NXP i.MX boards
 2026-06-24  7:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH V2 1/8] PCI: imx6: Add skip_pwrctrl_off flag support

[PATCH v3] virtio_net: disable cb when NAPI is busy-polled
 2026-06-24  7:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] btrfs: uapi: fix stale BTRFS_SYSTEM_CHUNK_ARRAY_SIZE comment
 2026-06-24  7:08 UTC 

[PATCH] atm: fore200e: disable PCI device on DMA mask failure
 2026-06-24  7:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3-its: enable dynamic MSI-X allocation
 2026-06-24  7:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/5] migration: fast snapshot load
 2026-06-24  7:06 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/5] migration: add RAM Block fields and helpers for "

[PATCH] i3c: master: svc: bound IBI payload to the requested max_payload_len
 2026-06-24  7:06 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: xhci-pci: Disable 64-bit DMA for VIA VL805
 2026-06-24  7:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] clk: palmas: Balance external-control clock prepare
 2026-06-24  7:05 UTC 

[PATCHv2 0/5] k3-am62-pocketbeagle2: add board and variant support
 2026-06-24  7:04 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCHv2 1/5] board_f: add a board_setup_dest_addr function

[PATCH v3 00/23] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-06-24  7:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/23] xen: arm: move declaration of map_device_irqs_to_domain() to common header

[PATCH] clk: palmas: unprepare clock on provider registration failure
 2026-06-24  7:02 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] dt-bindings: arm: qcom,ids: Add SoC ID for Snapdragon SDA 850
 2026-06-24  7:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] selftests/futex: Dynamically skip unsupported tests
 2026-06-24  7:02 UTC 

[PATCH 0/13] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF driver for Shikra audio platform
 2026-06-24  7:02 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/13] dt-bindings: sound: Add Qualcomm QAIF binding

platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: unbounded PD cap count in cros_typec_register_partner_pdos()
 2026-06-24  7:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] ext4: zero non-uptodate buffers before encryption in writeback
 2026-06-24  6:59 UTC 

[PATCH net v2] net: ipa: fix SMEM state handle leaks in SMP2P init
 2026-06-24  6:59 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/21] Add Counter delegation ISA extension support
 2026-06-24  7:00 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 04/21] RISC-V: Define indirect CSR access helpers
` [PATCH v6 17/21] RISC-V: perf: Add Qemu virt machine events

[meta-anaconda][PATCH] README: update source code URL to valid HTTPS link
 2026-06-24  6:59 UTC 

Please backport bridge multicast exponential field encoding fix series to stable kernels
 2026-06-24  6:59 UTC 

[PATCH v4 02/12] mm/rmap: Add try_to_unmap_hugetlb_one
 2026-06-24  6:58 UTC  (11+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] filemap: Remove file pinning during fault handling
 2026-06-24  6:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] blk-cgroup: remove queue_lock nesting from blkcg paths
 2026-06-24  6:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

QEMU net code and padding of short packets
 2026-06-24  6:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] iio: adc: ti-ads124s08: Return reset failures
 2026-06-24  6:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] amd_iommu: Fix Coverity issues from 11.1 pull request
 2026-06-24  6:55 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] amd_iommu: Fully initialize XT interrupt message state

[PATCH 1/2] md/linear: add fault-tolerant mode for unraid-like setups
 2026-06-24  6:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] iio: imu: inv_icm45600: Use I2C match data
 2026-06-24  6:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] x86/kexec: Secure Boot support
 2026-06-24  6:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 7/7] x86/kexec: Zero GPRs before entering new kernel

[Patch mm-hotfixes v4] mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling
 2026-06-24  6:53 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/2] Add support for Renesas RZ/G3L LVDS encoder
 2026-06-24  6:54 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: display: bridge: Document "

[PATCH v9 0/2] libsas: rediscover improvements for linkrate/sas_addr changes
 2026-06-24  6:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 2/2] scsi: libsas: Add linkrate and sas_addr change detection in rediscover

[PATCH v4 0/3] iio: health: add MAX86150 ECG and PPG biosensor driver
 2026-06-24  6:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 "
  ` [PATCH v5 3/3] MAINTAINERS: add entry for MAX86150 IIO health driver

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add support for Baijie Helper A133 board
 2026-06-24  6:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 4/6] dt-bindings: input: sun4i-lradc-keys: Add A100/A133 compatible

[PATCH 00/13] Bus cleanup infrastructure and fixes
 2026-06-24  6:51 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 00/11] "
  ` [PATCH v3 04/11] bus/pci: fix mapping leak in bus cleanup

[PATCH v6 0/4] Add Cix Sky1 AUDSS clock and reset support
 2026-06-24  6:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/4] dt-bindings: soc: cix: add sky1 audss cru controller


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