messages from 2026-07-06 02:43:43 to 2026-07-06 05:03:44 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v3] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
2026-07-06 5:03 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/6] t: add greplint.pl and convert grep to test_grep
2026-07-06 5:01 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "
` [PATCH v4 1/6] t/README: document test_grep helper
` [PATCH v4 2/6] t: fix grep assertions missing file arguments
` [PATCH v4 3/6] t: extract chainlint's parser into shared module
` [PATCH v4 4/6] t: fix Lexer line count for $() inside double-quoted strings
` [PATCH v4 5/6] t: convert grep assertions to test_grep
` [PATCH v4 6/6] t: add greplint to detect bare grep assertions
Request: Add Lenovo LOQ (83GS) to yogafan DMI whitelist
2026-07-06 5:01 UTC
[RFC PATCH 00/25] target/riscv/debug: Sdtrig fixes and TT Ascalon support
2026-07-06 5:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 04/25] target/riscv/debug: Fix icount trigger privilege check
[PATCH 0/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
2026-07-06 4:59 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] sched: dynamic: Make PREEMPT_DYNAMIC depend on ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
` [PATCH 2/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify {cond,might}_resched()
` [PATCH 4/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify irqentry_exit_cond_resched()
[PATCH v2 00/18] iomap: convert to in-iter iomap_next() model
2026-07-06 4:59 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 18/18] Documentation: iomap: update docs to reflect iomap_next model
[PATCH] ASoC: xtensa: Use dev_err_probe() and drop redundant error handling
2026-07-06 4:57 UTC
[PATCH 0/5] clk: qcom: Introduce initial clock controllers for Maili SoC
2026-07-06 4:55 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] clk: qcom: gcc-hawi: Add support for global clock controller on Maili
[PATCH 00/42] of: reserved_mem: Introduce devres helpers and convert drivers
2026-07-06 4:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 40/42] misc: fastrpc: Use devm_of_reserved_mem_device_init()
[PATCH v4 0/3] drm/gpusvm: fix IOVA/DMA unmap leaks in __drm_gpusvm_unmap_pages()
2026-07-06 4:55 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/gpusvm: free the whole IOVA reservation on unmap
` [PATCH v4 2/3] drm/gpusvm: do not route system pages to device_unmap() on IOVA unmap
` [PATCH v4 3/3] drm/gpusvm: publish dpagemap early to avoid device mapping leak on error
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/gpusvm: fix IOVA/DMA unmap leaks in __drm_gpusvm_unmap_pages() (rev5)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: "
[PATCH bpf-next v2 00/11] LoongArch: BPF: arena features, exceptions, private stack and may_goto
2026-07-06 4:55 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/11] LoongArch: BPF: Fix tail call count pointer offset for arena programs
[bcain:bcain/qemu_boot 27/66] checkpatch: WARNING:BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE: Block comments should align the * on each line
2026-07-06 4:52 UTC
[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] mini-snmpd: bump and housekeeping
2026-07-06 4:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/mini-snmpd: bump to version 2.0
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/mini-snmpd: add sysv init script
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] package/mini-snmpd: enable optional .conf and ethtool support
[PATCH] drm/xe: Check for dead config space on reading all 1s
2026-07-06 4:49 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe: Check for dead config space on reading all 1s (rev3)
[PATCH v2] module: Extend module_blacklist parameter to built-in modules
2026-07-06 4:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] scsi: ses: skip an enclosure status page shorter than its header
2026-07-06 4:45 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: fix ML-STA authentication timeout on QCC2072
2026-07-06 4:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5 0/2] PM: dpm_watchdog: Improve DPM watchdog configurability
2026-07-06 4:44 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/2] PM: dpm_watchdog: Allow disabling DPM watchdog by default
[PATCH] mm: memcontrol: use 'unsigned int' instead of bare 'unsigned'
2026-07-06 4:43 UTC
[devsec-tsm:devsec-phase2 8/24] include/linux/device/trust.h:35:61: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct module'
2026-07-06 4:43 UTC
[PATCH i2c-tools] TODO: add file and describe items for the 4.5 release
2026-07-06 4:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/4] Optimize BPF tailcall for LoongArch
2026-07-06 4:43 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] LoongArch: BPF: Optimize redundant TCC loads in epilogue
` [PATCH v2 2/4] LoongArch: BPF: Move arena register slot below TCC context
` [PATCH v2 3/4] LoongArch: BPF: Refactor jump offset calculation in tail call
` [PATCH v2 4/4] LoongArch: BPF: Implement branchless conditional move for TCC
[PATCHv2] drm/xe: Check for dead config space on reading all 1s
2026-07-06 4:41 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCHv3] drm/xe: Check for dead config space
[frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14:7.2-dango 182/215] block/partitions/msdos.c:310:52: warning: operation on 'state->next' may be undefined
2026-07-06 4:41 UTC
[PATCH 09/10] docs/zh_CN: add LSM/ipe Chinese translation
2026-07-06 4:41 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v11 0/3] KSM: performance optimizations for rmap_walk_ksm
2026-07-06 4:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list()
2026-07-06 4:40 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/2] Add support for LTC3208 multi-display driver
2026-07-06 4:39 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/2] leds: ltc3208: Add driver for LTC3208 Multidisplay LED Driver
[PATCH v2] usb: typec: altmodes: select DRM_AUX_HPD_BRIDGE for TYPEC_DP_ALTMODE
2026-07-06 4:38 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] mm/slub: fix lost local objects when bulk remote free batch fills
2026-07-06 4:36 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] lib: test_hmm: use device devt for coherent device range selection
2026-07-06 4:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH RFC v2 0/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory
2026-07-06 4:29 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] "
[Feature Request] Support for ESI Maya44 eX PCIe Audio Card
2026-07-06 4:27 UTC
[PATCH bpf-next v7 0/2] Introduce jit_required to prevent a kernel panic
2026-07-06 4:27 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/2] bpf: Introduce jit_required flag and refactor kfunc path
[PATCH v4 0/2] i2c-tools: Make tools accept bus path
2026-07-06 4:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] i2c-tools: Allow passing device file paths
` [PATCH v4 2/2] i2c-tools: Document device paths as I2CBUS arg
[PATCH] rust: rcpufreq_dt: use vertical import style
2026-07-06 4:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[qcom:drivers-for-7.3 3/12] drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c:25:27: error: 'QCOM_ID_SDM850' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'QCOM_ID_SDM450'?
2026-07-06 4:19 UTC
arch/powerpc/boot/dts/a3m071.dtb: Warning (interrupt_map): Failed prerequisite 'interrupt_provider'
2026-07-06 4:19 UTC
[PATCH] Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix out-of-bounds firmware read in nxp_recv_fw_req_v1()
2026-07-06 4:20 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v18 00/42] DEPT(DEPendency Tracker)
2026-07-06 4:19 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v18 34/42] dept: add module support for struct dept_event_site and dept_event_site_dep
[PATCH v6 0/1] rust: introduce abstractions for fwctl
2026-07-06 4:19 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/1] "
[PATCH] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu.c: set ftype and iova in riscv_iommu_ctx()
2026-07-06 4:13 UTC (2+ messages)
[rdma:wip/leon-for-rc] BUILD SUCCESS 3cda0dfe8c651dcbb9e38977905d3d3b1750c4ab
2026-07-06 4:12 UTC
[PATCH] block: split out a new blk_plug.h helper
2026-07-06 4:11 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/4] hw/riscv/virt: Add CXL support to the RISC-V virt machine
2026-07-06 4:10 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] hw/riscv/virt-acpi-build: Add _DEP to ACPI0017 for CXL host bridge dependency
` [PATCH v2 4/4] tests/qtest: Add RISC-V ACPI bios tables test for CXL
[PATCH] i2c: virtio: Reset virtqueue before freeing interrupted requests
2026-07-06 4:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] pybootchartgui/README: fix broken bootchart.org URL
2026-07-06 4:08 UTC
[PATCH] cpufreq: apple-soc: Calculate frequency as a 64-bit value
2026-07-06 4:02 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ntfs: fail attrlist updates when the superblock is inactive
2026-07-06 4:00 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH bpf-next v8 0/2] Introduce jit_required to prevent a kernel panic
2026-07-06 4:00 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 1/2] bpf: Introduce jit_required flag and remove bpf_prog_has_kfunc_call()
` [PATCH bpf-next v8 2/2] bpf: Reject programs with inlined helpers if JIT is not available
[PATCH] selftests/core: Allow file descriptor 0 in close_range_test
2026-07-06 3:58 UTC
[PATCH] mm: nommu: point to the write iterator upon split_vma
2026-07-06 3:58 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/14] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)
2026-07-06 3:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/14] fs/namei.c: use trailing_slashes()
[PATCH v2 0/6] NFSD: Fix UAFs in client teardown and state revocation
2026-07-06 3:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] ext4: validate readdir offset before accessing dirent
2026-07-06 4:13 UTC
[PATCH v2] docs/zh_CN: fix CONFIG_CONPAT typo for CONFIG_COMPAT
2026-07-06 3:51 UTC (2+ messages)
./include/linux/pci-tsm.h:190:27: error: 'struct pci_dev' has no member named 'ide_cap'; did you mean 'devcap'?
2026-07-06 3:50 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/2] i2c-tools: Make tools accept bus path
2026-07-06 3:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v5] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
2026-07-06 3:46 UTC
[PATCH v1 0/7] pmbus: PMBus 1.x framework, CLI, regulator and thermal support
2026-07-06 3:43 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
` [PATCH v2 1/7] pmbus: add PMBus 1.x framework, CLI, and binding
` [PATCH v2 3/7] power: regulator: add MPS MPQ8785 PMBus regulator driver
` [PATCH v2 4/7] board: nxp: vid: introduce PMBus framework support
[PATCH v3 0/6] Add minimal Exynos8855 SoC support
2026-07-06 3:44 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] dt-binding: ARM: samsung: Add Samsung Exynos8855
[PATCH] docs/zh_CN: fix CONFIG_CGROUP typo for CONFIG_CGROUPS
2026-07-06 3:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/smcroute: bump version to 2.6.0
2026-07-06 3:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] spi: dw-dma: Wait for controller idle before completing Tx
2026-07-06 3:33 UTC
❌ FAIL: Test report for master (7.2.0-rc1, upstream-mainline, f105f363)
2026-07-06 3:32 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/9] Improve Qualcomm EUD driver and platform support
2026-07-06 3:32 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/9] usb: misc: qcom_eud: add per-path role switch support
Question about the "TLBs and I-cache are private to each vCPU" guarantee with VTTBR_EL2.CnP
2026-07-06 3:30 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/3] phy: qcom: qmp-pcie: Add vdda-refgen supply support for Glymur
2026-07-06 3:28 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH 00/10] EDAC/{ie31200,igen6}: Fix address decoding and detect IMCs at runtime
2026-07-06 3:22 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/10] EDAC/ie31200: Decouple DIMM width decoding from enum order
` [PATCH 02/10] EDAC/igen6: Fix interleave boundary condition
` [PATCH 03/10] EDAC/igen6: Fix channel selection hash
` [PATCH 04/10] EDAC/igen6: Fix channel address decode for non-hash mode
` [PATCH 05/10] EDAC/igen6: Fix Raptor Lake-P logged error address
` [PATCH 06/10] EDAC/igen6: Remove unnecessary XOR on the zero-valued interleave bit
` [PATCH 07/10] EDAC/igen6: Simplify compute die ID comments
` [PATCH 08/10] EDAC/igen6: Detect present memory controllers at runtime
` [PATCH 09/10] EDAC/igen6: Remove redundant resource configuration tables
` [PATCH 10/10] EDAC/igen6: Refactor address translation logic
[PATCH v2] dmaengine: sun6i: Fix potential deadlock on sdev->lock
2026-07-06 3:27 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] ALSA: firewire: Drop redundant mod_devicetable.h includes
2026-07-06 3:26 UTC
[PATCH v4 0/7] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: fix SDIO suspend/resume issues
2026-07-06 3:25 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/7] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: restore pinctrl before restoring ios timing on resume
[PATCH v5 0/2] ASoC: codecs: Add Nuvoton NAU83G60 audio codec driver
2026-07-06 3:23 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/2] ASoC: codecs: nau8360: Add support for NAU83G60 amplifier
[PATCH 6.18.y] mm: shmem: fix potential livelock issue for shmem direct swapin
2026-07-06 3:25 UTC
[PATCH net] net/iucv: take a reference on the socket found in afiucv_hs_rcv()
2026-07-06 3:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm: nova-drm: use vertical import style
2026-07-06 3:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v7 0/7] clk: qcom: Add common clkref support and migrate Glymur and Mahua
2026-07-06 3:20 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/7] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: Move glymur TCSR to own binding
[RFC 0/3] gpu: nova: Export parameters from nova-core to nova-drm
2026-07-06 3:20 UTC (5+ messages)
` [RFC 1/3] gpu: nova-core: Add auxiliary bus registration data to nova-core
[PATCH v1] PCI: imx6: Fix i.MX6Q/DL boot hang by separating PHY power and reference clock control
2026-07-06 3:18 UTC (2+ messages)
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/coex.c:7957:51: warning: overlapping comparisons always evaluate to true
2026-07-06 3:18 UTC (2+ messages)
drm/ttm/memcg/lru: enable memcg tracking for ttm, xe and amdgpu driver (part 2)
2026-07-06 3:18 UTC (21+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/10] memcg: add support for GPU page counters. (v4)
` [PATCH 02/10] ttm: add a memcg accounting flag to the alloc/populate APIs
` [PATCH 03/10] ttm/pool: initialise the shrinker earlier
` [PATCH 04/10] ttm: add objcg pointer to bo and tt (v2)
` [PATCH 05/10] ttm/pool: enable memcg tracking and shrinker. (v3)
` [PATCH 06/10] ttm: hook up memcg placement flags
` [PATCH 07/10] memcontrol: allow objcg api when memcg is config off
` [PATCH 08/10] amdgpu: add support for memory cgroups
` [PATCH 09/10] ttm: add support for a module option to disable memcg integration
` [PATCH 10/10] xe: create a flag to enable memcg accounting for XE as well
[PATCH v4 0/3] device property: fix child iteration issues with secondary fwnodes
2026-07-06 3:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] nouveau/instmem: use iomapping interface for instmem handling (v3)
2026-07-06 3:16 UTC (2+ messages)
[ANNOUNCE] ioutgt: a generic userspace storage target on io_uring
2026-07-06 3:15 UTC
[PATCH V2 1/1] drm/amdgpu/ras: only check bad page for address-based UMC injection
2026-07-06 3:15 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2] dmaengine: sun6i: Fix potential deadlock on sdev->lock
2026-07-06 3:11 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] nvmet: add namespace-level debugfs for reservation state
2026-07-06 3:10 UTC (4+ messages)
[frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14:7.2-dango 181/215] Warning: drivers/net/phy/mxl-gpy.c:588 This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer to Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
2026-07-06 3:10 UTC
[PATCH] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu: forbid GATE/SADE if caps.AMO_HWADD is zero
2026-07-06 3:08 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v4 0/6] r8169: add support for phylink
2026-07-06 3:07 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 2/6] "
[devsec-tsm:devsec-phase2 13/24] include/linux/pci-tsm.h:190:27: error: 'struct pci_dev' has no member named 'ide_cap'; did you mean 'devcap'?
2026-07-06 3:06 UTC
[PATCH net-next] net: dpaa_eth: convert to napi_gro_receive
2026-07-06 3:06 UTC
[PATCH] PCI: imx6: Keep Root Port MSI capability also for i.MX6Q
2026-07-06 3:06 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode
2026-07-06 3:04 UTC
[PATCH v2] PCI: Mask Replay Timer Timeout for Realtek RTS525A
2026-07-06 3:04 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] PCI: Disable ASPM L0s "
[PATCH v4] riscv: mm: Avoid spurious fault after hotplugging vmemmap
2026-07-06 3:00 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] crypto/virtio: cookies are allocated from mempool
2026-07-06 3:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[Patch v9 00/10] Perf tools: Support eGPRs/SSP/SIMD registers sampling
2026-07-06 3:00 UTC (9+ messages)
` [Patch v9 03/10] tools headers: Sync x86 headers with kernel sources
` [Patch v9 05/10] perf regs: Support x86 eGPRs/SSP sampling
` [Patch v9 07/10] perf regs: Enable dumping of SIMD registers
` [Patch v9 09/10] perf tests: Add x86 eGPRs/SSP registers sampling test
[PATCH v2] crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time
2026-07-06 2:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 2/2] platform/surface: surfacepro3_button: Check ACPI companion before use
2026-07-06 2:59 UTC (2+ messages)
[RFC PATCH] fuse: fall back to copy_splice_read() when i_size is zero
2026-07-06 2:57 UTC
[Patch v9 00/24] Support SIMD/eGPRs/SSP registers sampling for perf
2026-07-06 2:57 UTC (3+ messages)
` [Patch v9 22/24] perf/x86/intel: Enable PERF_PMU_CAP_SIMD_REGS capability
[PATCH 0/8] md/raid5: scalability and rebuild-path improvements
2026-07-06 2:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH rtw-next v2 0/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: implement components for dual Bluetooth
2026-07-06 2:54 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 1/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add Init info version 10
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 2/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: add rtw89_btc_init() entry for initialization once
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 3/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Update TDMA descriptor for dual MAC
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 4/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add Bluetooth binding for Bluetooth TX power setting
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 5/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add Bluetooth binding for Bluetooth RX gain setting
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 6/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add WiFi/Bluetooth adapter binding info
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 7/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add TDMA binding for dual MAC
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 8/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Update scoreboard related logic for dual Bluetooth
` [PATCH rtw-next v2 9/9] wifi: rtw89: coex: Add Co-RX logic
[PATCH v1] PCI: dwc: Add force_l2 flag for platforms requiring L2 entry without D3cold
2026-07-06 2:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 blktests] block/044: basic block error injection sanity test
2026-07-06 2:56 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH blktests] Fix _get_page_size()
2026-07-06 2:55 UTC (2+ messages)
[devsec-tsm:devsec-phase2 8/24] include/linux/device/trust.h:35:54: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
2026-07-06 2:54 UTC
[PATCH] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu.c: update ioval2 when faulting in spa_fetch()
2026-07-06 2:53 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH blktests] README.md, check: require getconf
2026-07-06 2:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] nbd: eliminate queue freeze/unfreeze overhead in connection setup
2026-07-06 2:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] nbd: replace socks pointer array with xarray
[PATCH] pwm: th1520: use vertical import style
2026-07-06 2:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] platform/x86: asus-wireless: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
2026-07-06 2:49 UTC
kernel/printk/printk.c:2131:14: error: conflicting types for 'printk_delay_msec'; have 'unsigned int'
2026-07-06 2:49 UTC
[PATCH] mm: nommu: fix the error path when vma_iter_prealloc() fails
2026-07-06 2:49 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] libbpf: Limit bitfield dump reads to checked bytes
2026-07-06 2:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/8] Add Axiado SoC AX3000 and EVK board
2026-07-06 2:38 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] ir: support IR for Amlogic A9 SoC
2026-07-06 2:43 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: amlogic: a9: Add IR controller support
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