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[PATCHv4 00/13] uprobes/x86: Fix red zone issue for optimized uprobes
 2026-06-29 16:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCHv4 05/13] uprobes/x86: Move optimized uprobe from nop5 to nop10

[PATCH v4 0/2] remoteproc: add AMD BRAM-based remote processor driver
 2026-06-29 16:40 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: remoteproc: document AMD BRAM-based rproc
` [PATCH v4 2/2] remoteproc: add AMD BRAM-based remote processor driver

[PATCH v6] PCI: vmd: Add feature to scan BIOS enumerated devices
 2026-06-29 16:39 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/3] iio: dac: m62332: header cleanup and guard(mutex)
 2026-06-29 16:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] iio: dac: m62332: Clean up header includes

[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu/jpeg: fix jpeg_v5_0_1_is_idle detection
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/amdgpu/jpeg: fix jpeg_v4_0_3_is_idle detection

[PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: dts: imx93-11x11-evk: Add DY1212W-4856 LVDS panel
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] iio: adc: Add TI ADS126X ADC family support
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] dt-bindings: iio: adc: Add TI ADS126x ADC family
` [PATCH v2 7/7] iio: adc: Add ti-ads1263-adc2 driver

[PATCH v2 0/8] treewide: remove unnecessary invalid range checks in memblock iteration loops
 2026-06-29 16:37 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] arm64: mm: remove unreachable invalid range check in kasan_init_shadow()
` [PATCH v2 2/8] LoongArch: remove unreachable invalid range check in kasan_init()
` [PATCH v2 3/8] riscv: remove unreachable invalid range check in create_linear_mapping_page_table()
` [PATCH v2 4/8] riscv: remove unreachable invalid range check in kasan_init()
` [PATCH v2 5/8] ARM: "
` [PATCH v2 6/8] powerpc64/kasan: Remove unreachable invalid range check in kasan_init_phys_region()
` [PATCH v2 7/8] mm: remove unnecessary empty range check in early_calculate_totalpages()
` [PATCH v2 8/8] mm/hugetlb: remove unnecessary empty range check in hugetlb_bootmem_set_nodes()

[PATCH 1/2] media: uvcvideo: add quirks for per-device stream error handling
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] media: uvcvideo: add device entry for Logitech C920 (046d:08e5)

[PATCH net] net/sched: act_bpf: use rcu_dereference_bh() to read the filter
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2 0/8] net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add RTL83xx support
 2026-06-29 16:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 1/8] net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add polling documentation
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/8] net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Add page tracking
` [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] net: mdio: realtek-rtl9300: Configure hardware polling during probing

[TECH TOPIC] Implementing malloc
 2026-06-29 16:37 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] generic/064: allow 50 extents on F2FS after fcollapse
 2026-06-29 16:37 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [f2fs-dev] "

[PATCH v2 00/13] Dynamic Kernel Stacks
 2026-06-29 16:21 UTC  (17+ messages)

[PATCH 00/30] mm: make VMA page offset handling more consistent
 2026-06-29 16:35 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 03/30] tools/testing/vma: use vma_start_pgoff() in merge tests
` [PATCH 04/30] mm: introduce and use vma_end_pgoff()
` [PATCH 05/30] mm/rmap: update mm/interval_tree.c comments

+ mm-annotate-data-race-in-cpu_needs_drain-fix.patch added to mm-new branch
 2026-06-29 16:34 UTC 

[PATCH v5 00/14] arm64: dts: imx8mp-var-som-symphony: align DTS with hardware revision
 2026-06-29 16:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 06/14] arm64: dts: imx8mp-var-som-symphony: enable PCIe
` (subset) [PATCH v5 00/14] arm64: dts: imx8mp-var-som-symphony: align DTS with hardware revision

[meta-ti][master/wrynose][PATCH] libsdl2: Set runtime dependency for SDL2 tests
 2026-06-29 16:34 UTC  (5+ messages)

[RFC] xen/arm64: livepatch: enable attaching callbacks
 2026-06-29 16:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] docs: pt_BR: Translate coding and posting guidelines
 2026-06-29 16:34 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3] mm: annotate data-race in cpu_needs_drain()
 2026-06-29 16:34 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/4] drm/xe/oa: A MERTOA bug-fix
 2026-06-29 16:33 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] drm/xe/oa: Rename last argument of WHITELIST_OA_MMIO_TRG
` [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/xe/oa: Fix offset alignment for MERT WHITELIST_OA_MERT_MMIO_TRG

[PATCH] mm: mempolicy: fix automatic numa balancing for shmem
 2026-06-29 16:33 UTC 

[PATCH v2] cxl/mce: Make the MCE notifier per-region
 2026-06-29 16:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] lib/igt_hook: Fix realloc size to avoid memory overwriting
 2026-06-29 16:32 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] spi: rzv2h-rspi: Fix DMA transfer error handling for signal interruption
 2026-06-29 16:33 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] cxl/pci: Remove incorrect mbox.valid check in cxl_pci_type3_init_mailbox()
 2026-06-29 16:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v3 0/9] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs
 2026-06-29 16:32 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 8/9] vfio/pci: Permanently revoke a DMABUF on request

QEMU net code and padding of short packets
 2026-06-29 16:31 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: A second pagecache maintainer
 2026-06-29 16:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] docs/mm: Fix braces
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC 

[PATCH] util/filemonitor-inotify: Use QEMU_LOCK_GUARD()
 2026-06-29 16:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] clk: qcom: enable ALWAYS_ON for titan_top_gdsc
 2026-06-29 16:29 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/14] Make switchover-ack re-usable and add VFIO precopy REINIT feature
 2026-06-29 16:27 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 07/14] migration: Make switchover-ack re-usable

[PATCH v3 0/2] media: atomisp: validate user-supplied buffer sizes in two ioctl paths
 2026-06-29 16:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] media: atomisp: validate sizeimage against the allocated frame in framebuffer-to-CSS

[PATCH rc v6 0/7] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix device crash on kdump kernel
 2026-06-29 16:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH rc v6 5/7] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Retain CR0_SMMUEN during kdump device reset
` [PATCH rc v6 6/7] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip RMR bypass for kdump adoption

[PATCH v7 0/5] drm/gpusvm: split MM and device state across gpusvm/range/pages
 2026-06-29 16:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 4/5] drm/gpusvm: move struct drm_gpusvm_pages out of struct drm_gpusvm_range

[feature] PQC KEM
 2026-06-29 16:27 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/2] dt-bindings: mmc: st,sdhci: convert STMicroelectronics SDHCI-ST MMC/SD Controller controller binding to YAML
 2026-06-29 16:26 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] arm: dts: st: align MMC node names with established convention
` [PATCH v5 2/2] dt-bindings: mmc: st,sdhci: Convert to DT schema

[PATCH] xfs: fail recovery on a committed log item with no regions
 2026-06-29 16:24 UTC 

[PATCH] smb/client: fix incorrect nlink returned by fstat()
 2026-06-29 16:23 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/6] sched: Fix cluster scheduling in the presence of asymmetric capacity
 2026-06-29 16:32 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 5/6] sched/fair: Allow load balancing between CPUs of identical capacity

[PATCH v2 00/19] driver core: count references of the platform device's fwnode, not OF node
 2026-06-29 16:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 19/19] driver core: platform: count references to all kinds of firmware nodes

[PATCH] clk: qcom: Return expected ENOMEM error on dynamic allocation failure
 2026-06-29 16:21 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe/hw_engine: Fix double-free of managed BO in error path
 2026-06-29 16:20 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe/hw_engine: Fix double-free of managed BO in error path (rev2)

[PATCH] drm/xe: Drop 'force_execlist' module parameter
 2026-06-29 16:20 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH bpf-next v4 6/6] selftests/bpf: Remove tailcalls tests from DENYLIST.riscv64
 2026-06-29 16:19 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] staging: octeon: Improve initialization error handling
 2026-06-29 16:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] staging: octeon: handle rx/tx initialization failures in probe

[meta-lts-collab][kirkstone][PATCH] cargo: set CVE_PRODUCT
 2026-06-29 16:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFH] Why do osx CI jobs so unreliable?
 2026-06-29 16:19 UTC  (12+ messages)
            ` [PATCH 0/3] fixing expensive http test timeouts

[PATCH v1 1/1] serdev: acpi: Free resource list at appropriate time
 2026-06-29 16:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH V3 0/8] PCI: imx6: Integrate pwrctrl API and update device trees
 2026-06-29 16:18 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH net-next v6 0/2] airoha: add the capability to configure GDM3/GDM4 as WAN/LAN on demand
 2026-06-29 16:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v6 1/2] net: airoha: rename airoha_priv_flags to airoha_dev_flags
` [PATCH net-next v6 2/2] net: airoha: defer GDM3/GDM4 WAN mode and GDM2 loopback to QoS offload

[PATCH v3 0/2] remoteproc: add AMD BRAM-based remote processor driver
 2026-06-29 16:17 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] "

[PATCH] selinux: suppress warning flood for retired DCCP netlink messages
 2026-06-29 16:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: lpfc: Add NULL check for vport in lpfc_dev_loss_tmo_callbk
 2026-06-29 16:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] KVM: x86/xen: Add KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_WRITE_HYPERCALL_PAGE
 2026-06-29 16:16 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] Document EFTYPE error code and OPENAT2_REGULAR flag
 2026-06-29 16:15 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] man/man3/errno.3: Document EFTYPE error code

Ethtool : PRBS feature
 2026-06-29 16:15 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH v12 0/3] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions
 2026-06-29 16:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 3/3] MAINTAINERS: serdev: Add self for serdev

Rust MC at LPC 2026
 2026-06-29 16:12 UTC  (3+ messages)

[bug report] libceph: (linger) requests not removed from need_resend/need_resend_linger in error case
 2026-06-29 16:12 UTC  (2+ messages)
  ` [PATCH] libceph: Always remove requests from ceph_osdc_handle_map() structures

[PATCH 1/2] Documentation: kunit: Test Kconfig entries shouldn't select other configs
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] iio: adc: Add support for LTC2378 and similar ADCs
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/4] iio: adc: ltc2378: Add support for LTC2378-20 "

[PATCH v1 1/2] arm64: dts: imx94: Correct PCIe outbound address space configuration
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/1] libceph: debugfs: monmap_show use-after-free during client teardown
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC 

[PATCH v3] drm/amdgpu: reject mapping info when BO VA is gone
 2026-06-29 16:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpib: fix use-after-free in iboffline() detach path
 2026-06-29 16:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range
 2026-06-29 16:09 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 "

[PATCH] history: streamline message preparation and plug file stream leak
 2026-06-29 16:08 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add support for Baijie Helper A133 board
 2026-06-29 16:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] serial: 8250_dw: Prefer SRBR in bogus RX timeout workaround if available
 2026-06-29 16:07 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/13] KVM Dirty-bit cleaning hw accelerator (HACDBS)
 2026-06-29 16:07 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: arm64: dirty_bit: Add base FEAT_HACDBS cleaning routine
` [PATCH v2 07/13] kvm: Add arch-generic interface for hw-accelerated dirty-bitmap cleaning

[PATCH] misc: bcm-vk: validate write size before allocation
 2026-06-29 16:06 UTC 

[bug report] libceph: potential out-of-bounds access in reopen_osd()
 2026-06-29 16:07 UTC 

[PATCH] cxl: docs/linux/dax-driver - fix typos
 2026-06-29 16:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/4] Introduce HONOR MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon device tree
 2026-06-29 16:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Add HONOR MagicBook Art 14 "

[PATCH] xen/front-pgdir-shbuf: free grant reference head on errors
 2026-06-29 16:05 UTC 

[PATCH] cxl: fix mailbox return code description typo
 2026-06-29 16:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCHv3 bpf-next 3/3] bpftool: Add tracing_multi link info output
 2026-06-29 16:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] cxl/mbox: Clamp mailbox output allocation to the payload size
 2026-06-29 16:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/5] Add support for AAEON SRG-IMX8P MCU
 2026-06-29 16:04 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] platform/x86/intel/vsec: free ACPI discovery data on early errors
 2026-06-29 16:04 UTC 

[PATCH v4] drm/omap: dsi: avoid sending bta sync all the time in writes
 2026-06-29 16:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/6] gpiolib: fence off legacy interfaces
 2026-06-29 16:04 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/6] [v5] leds: gpio: make legacy gpiolib interface optional
` [PATCH 6/6] [v5] gpiolib: turn off legacy interface by default

[PATCH v2] gpu/buddy: bail out of try_harder when alignment cannot be honoured
 2026-06-29 16:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for gpu/buddy: bail out of try_harder when alignment cannot be honoured (rev2)

[PATCH] raspberrypi: vchiq: free recycle buffer on thread exit
 2026-06-29 16:03 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/1] contrib/plugins: add dlcall to call host functions from a guest
 2026-06-29 16:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "
  ` [PATCH v4 1/1] contrib/plugins: add a minimal dlcall plugin

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: scarlett2: unwind notify URB init failures
 2026-06-29 16:02 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/5] media: hws: add HDMI audio capture support
 2026-06-29 16:03 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] media: hws: program video DMA through remap windows
` [PATCH v2 2/5] media: hws: add shared scratch DMA arena
` [PATCH v2 3/5] media: hws: add video bounce path for shared remap windows
` [PATCH v2 4/5] media: hws: harden video DMA queue ownership
` [PATCH v2 5/5] media: hws: add HDMI audio capture support

[PATCH v7 00/15] userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM guest memory
 2026-06-29 16:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 07/15] mm: preserve RWP marker across PTE rewrites

[PATCH 0/2] vmcoreinfo: GHES: track fatal hardware errors
 2026-06-29 16:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/16] mm: Some cleanups for page allocator APIs
 2026-06-29 16:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 15/16] mm: replace __GFP_NO_CODETAG with ALLOC_NO_CODETAG
` [PATCH v3 16/16] mm: remove the __GFP_NO_OBJ_EXT flag

[PATCH v11] PCI: Add device-specific reset for Qualcomm devices
 2026-06-29 16:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/6] dt-bindings: net: bluetooth: Document Qualcomm IPQ5018 Bluetooth controller
 2026-06-29 16:00 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Add support for IPQ5018 Bluetooth

[PATCH 1/3] classes/meson: use ninja explicitly when compiling
 2026-06-29 15:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: chipcap2: Add label property
 2026-06-29 15:58 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] hwmon: (chipcap2) Add support for label

[PATCH 0/5] software node: provide support for fw_devlink
 2026-06-29 15:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/5] software node: add kunit tests for fw_devlink support
` [PATCH 5/5] gpio: kunit: add test cases verifying swnode devlink support

[PATCH] common/rc: fix mount options quoting in _mount
 2026-06-29 15:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net: neighbour: add neigh_parms_lookup_dev() helper
 2026-06-29 15:57 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] mm/vmpressure: reduce CPU, memory and code overhead on cgroup v2
 2026-06-29 15:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/vmpressure: split v1 userspace eventfd code into vmpressure-v1.c

[PATCH v2 0/4] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: ACPI input hardening and data-plane readiness gating
 2026-06-29 15:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Validate ACPI UID before parsing socket index
` [PATCH v2 2/4] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Validate _DSD mailbox sub-package element count
` [PATCH v2 3/4] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Pass struct device explicitly to ACPI mailbox parsers
` [PATCH v2 4/4] platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Gate the data plane on a fully initialized socket

[PATCH v2] docs/system: add general note about architecture and machine differences
 2026-06-29 15:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "

announce: new official git repo for risu
 2026-06-29 15:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] common/f2fs: introduce _require_f2fs_io_command
 2026-06-29 15:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [f2fs-dev] "

[PATCH v4 00/25] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-06-29 15:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 21/25] xen/riscv: implement IRQ routing for device passthrough

[PATCH 0/2] CPPC: reduce FFH feedback-counter sampling skew on arm64
 2026-06-29 15:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] docs/system: rewrite gdb breakpoint and watchpoint explanation
 2026-06-29 15:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/4] arm64: cross-CPU NMI via SDEI
 2026-06-29 15:54 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2] HID: hiddev: keep state alive through disconnect unlock
 2026-06-29 15:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] configs/meson: disable hexagon idef-parser for emscripten builds
 2026-06-29 15:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] posix_acl: remove useless code
 2026-06-29 15:53 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] spacemit mmc driver
 2026-06-29 15:51 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 v2 1/8] pinctrl: k1: add IO power domain configuration support
` [PATCH v2 v2 2/8] mmc: sdhci: add quirk to enable CMD23 for multi-block transfers
` [PATCH v2 v2 3/8] mmc: k1: add sdhci platform driver
` [PATCH v2 v2 4/8] dts: k1: add SD card support in u-boot overlay
` [PATCH v2 v2 5/8] configs: k1: enable SD and eMMC support
` [PATCH v2 v2 6/8] doc: spacemit: flash on K1 SoC based boards
` [PATCH v2 v2 7/8] config: k1: enable ENV support for eMMC
` [PATCH v2 v2 8/8] spacemit: k1: load product name from environment variable

[PATCH] hwmon: (asus_atk0110) Check package count before accessing element
 2026-06-29 15:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v10 0/6] mm/memory-failure: add panic option for unrecoverable pages
 2026-06-29 15:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 6/6] selftests/mm: add hwpoison-panic destructive test

[PATCH 0/9] media: Fix all missing cocci warnings
 2026-06-29 15:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/9] media: platform: amd: use refcount_t instead of atomic_t

[PATCH] hwmon: (pmbus/xdpe1a2g7b) Add regulator support
 2026-06-29 15:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] net/e1000: fix igc RSS redirection table
 2026-06-29 15:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v8 0/9] bpf: Introduce global percpu data
 2026-06-29 15:50 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 2/9] "

[PATCH 00/12] clk: qcom: Assorted fixes for gcc-mdm9607 (and gcc-msm8916/39)
 2026-06-29 15:49 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 04/12] clk: qcom: gcc-mdm9607: Fix BIMC PLL definition

[PATCH bpf-next v5 0/3] bpf: bidirectional VLAN support for bpf_fib_lookup()
 2026-06-29 15:49 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] bpf: Add BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_VLAN flag to bpf_fib_lookup() helper


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