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[PATCH] http: preserve wwwauth_headers across redirects
 2026-07-07 22:35 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] KVM: nSVM: Expose DecodeAssists to L1
 2026-07-07 22:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v5 00/13] net: Add ADIN1140 support
 2026-07-07 22:33 UTC  (28+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v5 01/13] dt-bindings: net: Add ADIN1140
` [PATCH net-next v5 02/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Handle the OA TC6 SPI protected mode
` [PATCH net-next v5 03/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: add OA_TC6_BROKEN_PHY quirk flag
` [PATCH net-next v5 04/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Export the C45 access functions
` [PATCH net-next v5 05/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Export standard defined registers
` [PATCH net-next v5 06/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Add the OA_TC6_ prefix to standard registers
` [PATCH net-next v5 07/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Add read_mms/write_mms register access functions
` [PATCH net-next v5 08/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Use the read_mms/write_mms functions for C45
` [PATCH net-next v5 09/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Add new register address defines
` [PATCH net-next v5 10/13] net: phy: add generic helpers for direct C45 MMD access
` [PATCH net-next v5 11/13] net: phy: microchip-t1s: use generic C45 MMD access helpers
` [PATCH net-next v5 12/13] net: phy: Add support for the ADIN1140 PHY
` [PATCH net-next v5 13/13] net: ethernet: adi: Add a driver for the ADIN1140 MACPHY

[PATCH] dt-bindings: dma: ti,dma-crossbar: Convert to DT schema
 2026-07-07 22:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/11] Dynamic PAMT
 2026-07-07 22:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 04/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate ref counts for Dynamic PAMT memory

Incremental 'git fetch' downloaded everything again
 2026-07-07 22:32 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] drm/xe/oa: A MERTOA bug-fix
 2026-07-07 22:31 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/xe/oa: Fix offset alignment for MERT WHITELIST_OA_MERT_MMIO_TRG

[PATCH bpf-next v1 0/2] Fix for untrusted BTF pointer writes
 2026-07-07 22:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/2] bpf: Reject writes through untrusted BTF pointers
` [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add untrusted BTF write regression

[PATCH linux-evl 0/2] Add RISC-V support to EVL
 2026-07-07 22:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/10] PCI/CXL: Add CXL reset support for Type 2 devices
 2026-07-07 22:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 08/10] cxl: Restore CXL HDM state after PCI reset

[PATCH 0/3] Docs/admin-guide/cgroup: update controller interface docs
 2026-07-07 22:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/18] media: iris: Add AR50LT core support and enable Agatti platform
 2026-07-07 22:29 UTC  (19+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 01/18] media: iris: Add Gen2 firmware autodetect and fallback
` [PATCH v6 02/18] media: iris: Skip UBWC configuration when not supported
` [PATCH v6 03/18] media: iris: drop IRIS_FMT_foo enumeration
` [PATCH v6 04/18] media: iris: Filter UBWC raw formats based on hardware capabilities
` [PATCH v6 05/18] media: iris: Introduce set_preset_register as a vpu_op
` [PATCH v6 06/18] media: iris: Introduce interrupt_init "
` [PATCH v6 07/18] media: iris: add vpu op hook to disable ARP buffer
` [PATCH v6 08/18] media: iris: Add platform data field for watchdog interrupt mask
` [PATCH v6 09/18] media: iris: Add platform flag for instantaneous bandwidth voting
` [PATCH v6 10/18] media: iris: skip PIPE if it is not supported by the platform
` [PATCH v6 11/18] media: iris: Add framework support for AR50_LITE video core
` [PATCH v6 12/18] media: iris: add minimal GET_PROPERTY implementation
` [PATCH v6 13/18] media: iris: update buffer requirements based on received info
` [PATCH v6 14/18] media: iris: implement support for the Agatti platform
` [PATCH v6 15/18] media: iris: Introduce buffer size calculations for AR50LT
` [PATCH v6 16/18] media: iris: add Gen2 firmware support on the Agatti platform
` [PATCH v6 17/18] media: venus: skip QCM2290 if Iris driver is enabled
` [PATCH v6 18/18] media: iris: constify inst_fw_cap_sm8250_dec

test_bitmap fails on ppc/ppc64 on kernels v7.1.3, v7.2-rc2
 2026-07-07 22:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: x86: EFER validity fixes and cleanups
 2026-07-07 22:29 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: x86: Add a per-vendor callback to setup EFER caps

[PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm64: Expose PMMIR_EL1.SLOTS to guests
 2026-07-07 22:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] sched_ext: Documentation: Fix ops table header reference
 2026-07-07 22:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/2] selftests/futex: fix the failed futex_requeue test issue
 2026-07-07 22:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/2] "

[PATCH v4] drm/v3d: bound CPU-job query writes to their destination BO
 2026-07-07 22:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] git_hash_*() quality-of-life improvements
 2026-07-07 22:25 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/7] hash: make git_hash_discard() idempotent

[PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Add mic mute LED quirk for HP Laptop 15-fd0xxx
 2026-07-07 22:24 UTC 

[PATCH v2] hw/sparc64/sun4u: Mark unusable PCI busses as full to ease device plugging
 2026-07-07 22:23 UTC  (13+ messages)

[PATCH v7 1/7] MAINTAINERS: Add Miroslav as timekeeping reviewer
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v7 2/7] timekeeping: Account for monotonicity adjustment in ntp_error
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v7 3/7] timekeeping: Account for clocksource tick quantisation via NTP
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v7 4/7] timekeeping: Drive time_offset skew via per-tick ntp_error transfer
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v7 5/7] timekeeping: Drive time_adjust skew via per-tick ntp_error transfer
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v14 0/9] tls: Add TLS 1.3 hardware offload support
 2026-07-07 22:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7 6/7] timekeeping: Settle competing time_offset and time_adjust skew
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v7 7/7] ntp: Remove tick_length_base, use tick_length directly
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH v2] selftests: timers: Partially revert "Remove local NSEC_PER_SEC and USEC_PER_SEC defines"
 2026-07-07 22:22 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[RFC PATCH 0/5] rust: drm: minimal KMS bindings, EDID read, rotation, HDCP defs
 2026-07-07 22:21 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 00/18] rust: drm: safe KMS mode-object layer + evdi bindings
  ` [RFC PATCH v2 01/18] rust: drm: kms: forward-port the safe mode-object layer onto the typestate device
  ` [RFC PATCH v2 06/18] rust: drm: kms: add a Framebuffer::vmap() guard

[Bug 221721] New: prom21-xhci does not allow to use USB keyboard in plymouth
 2026-07-07 22:20 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [Bug 221721] "

[PATCH 0/2] Bluetooth: ISO: backport missed OOB write fix to 6.6.y and 6.1.y
 2026-07-07 22:19 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/2 6.6.y] Bluetooth: ISO: Copy BASE if service data matches EIR_BAA_SERVICE_UUID
    ` Bluetooth: ISO: backport missed OOB write fix to 6.6.y and 6.1.y
  ` [PATCH v2 2/2 6.1.y] Bluetooth: ISO: Copy BASE if service data matches EIR_BAA_SERVICE_UUID

[PATCH dovetail v9 00/11] riscv: Add dovetail support
 2026-07-07 22:18 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH dovetail v9 11/11] riscv: dovetail: add core support

[PATCH 0/5] Fix register page use for guests using mshv accel
 2026-07-07 22:16 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] include/hw/hyperv: move hv_vp_register_page struct definition
` [PATCH 2/5] target/i386/mshv: abort when hv_vp_register_page setup fails
` [PATCH 3/5] target/i386/mshv: remove fallback for register page get registers
` [PATCH 4/5] target/i386/mshv: remove fallback for register page set registers
` [PATCH 5/5] target/i386/mshv: fix pio handlers clobbering device-modified registers

[PATCH 0/8] x86/pci: consolidate x86-specific PCI quirks into arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
 2026-07-07 22:18 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] x86/pci: gate arch fixups with CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS
` [PATCH 2/8] x86/pci: move Intel chipset quirks to arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
` [PATCH 3/8] x86/pci: move VIA "
` [PATCH 4/8] x86/pci: move SiS "
` [PATCH 5/8] x86/pci: move ALi "
` [PATCH 6/8] x86/pci: move AMD x86 "
` [PATCH 7/8] x86/pci: move x86 ifdef-gated "
` [PATCH 8/8] x86/pci: move remaining x86-specific quirks to fixup.c

[PATCH v2 00/13] drm/xe: Add and use more KLV helpers
 2026-07-07 22:18 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/13] drm/xe/guc: Allow to print single KLV
` [PATCH v2 02/13] drm/xe/guc: Prepare to print group KLVs
` [PATCH v2 03/13] drm/xe/guc: Add basic KLV encoding helpers
` [PATCH v2 04/13] drm/xe/guc: Add string KLV encoding helper
` [PATCH v2 05/13] drm/xe/guc: Add object "
` [PATCH v2 06/13] drm/xe/guc: Add KLV parsing helper
` [PATCH v2 07/13] drm/xe/guc: Formalize Reserved KLVs
` [PATCH v2 08/13] drm/xe/tests: Add GuC KLV helpers basic tests
` [PATCH v2 09/13] drm/xe/tests: Add string encoding helper test
` [PATCH v2 10/13] drm/xe/tests: Add object "
` [PATCH v2 11/13] drm/xe/tests: Add GuC KLV printer test
` [PATCH v2 12/13] drm/xe/tests: Add migration packet test
` [PATCH v2 13/13] drm/xe/pf: Handle migration descriptor using KLV helpers
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/xe: Add and use more KLV helpers (rev2)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[RFC PATCH 0/7] mm: store zswap entries in swap table (Pointer entry)
 2026-07-07 22:17 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC 0/1] Forward AER errors to guest
 2026-07-07 22:12 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net] openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow
 2026-07-07 22:16 UTC 

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for 1357:c123 Realtek 8852BE device
 2026-07-07 22:15 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/xe_debugfs: add GT debugfs validation and gsc_info read tests
 2026-07-07 22:15 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Rename libarena struct bitmap to struct arena_bitmap
 2026-07-07 22:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/13] drm/xe: Add and use more KLV helpers
 2026-07-07 22:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 12/13] drm/xe/tests: Add migration packet test

[PATCH] drm/xe/pxp: add termination on resume
 2026-07-07 22:14 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/9] Stability fixes for GVE
 2026-07-07 22:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
  ` [PATCH v3 9/9] net/gve: restrict max ring size in GQ QPL to 2K

[PATCH net] net: stmmac: intel: don't reconfigure SerDes on unchanged mode
 2026-07-07 22:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH (draft)] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 2026-07-07 22:07 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH] "
  ` [PATCH v2] kcov: fix state corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT by eliminating per-cpu data
    ` [PATCH v3] kcov: move kcov_remote_data to task_struct for RT and remove local_lock
              ` [PATCH v4] kcov: move kcov_remote_data to task_struct "
                  ` [PATCH v5] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct

[PATCH 0/3] hw/pci: Consider reserved slots mask when checking PCI bus is full
 2026-07-07 22:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH liburing 0/3] Convert manpages to markdown
 2026-07-07 22:05 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] iomap/fuse: add helper to keep uptodate bitmap in sync
 2026-07-07 22:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] fuse: don't clear folio uptodate on writethrough errors
` [PATCH v3 2/3] iomap: add helper to mark folio uptodate
` [PATCH v3 3/3] fuse: use iomap "

[PATCH net] net: stmmac: intel: don't reconfigure SerDes on unchanged mode
 2026-07-07 22:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] drm/xe/nvl/guc: Add NVL GuC firmware definitions
 2026-07-07 22:03 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/6] drm/xe/guc: Define GuC firmware for NVL-S

[PATCH] arm: imx943: Update dts files to build with v7.1-dts tag
 2026-07-07 22:03 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v4 0/3] net: devmem: allow rx-buf-size > PAGE_SIZE per binding
 2026-07-07 22:02 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] arm: qcom: Update ipq5424-rdp466-u-boot.dtsi for v7.1-dts changes
 2026-07-07 22:02 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/15] ceph: add binary logging (BLOG) for CephFS
 2026-07-07 22:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RESEND PATCH v4 00/15] x86/resctrl: Add kernel-mode (e.g., PLZA) support to the resctrl subsystem
 2026-07-07 22:01 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [RESEND PATCH v4 01/15] x86/resctrl: Support Privilege Level Zero Association (PLZA)
` [RESEND PATCH v4 02/15] x86/resctrl: Add PLZA support to command-line options
` [RESEND PATCH v4 03/15] x86/resctrl: Add data structures and definitions for PLZA configuration
` [RESEND PATCH v4 04/15] fs/resctrl: Introduce kernel mode (kmode) data structures
` [RESEND PATCH v4 05/15] x86,fs/resctrl: Introduce architecture hooks to program kernel-mode
` [RESEND PATCH v4 06/15] fs/resctrl: Introduce resctrl_set_kmode_support() to initialize supported modes
` [RESEND PATCH v4 07/15] x86/resctrl: Expose the supported PLZA kernel-mode policies during init
` [RESEND PATCH v4 08/15] fs/resctrl: Add interface to display supported and active kernel-mode policy
` [RESEND PATCH v4 09/15] fs/resctrl: Introduce kmode_cpus/kmode_cpus_list per rdtgroup
` [RESEND PATCH v4 10/15] fs/resctrl: Reset the kernel-mode binding when an rdtgroup is removed
` [RESEND PATCH v4 11/15] fs/resctrl: Program kernel-mode binding when CPU comes online
` [RESEND PATCH v4 12/15] fs/resctrl: Hide kmode_cpus[_list] on groups not bound to kernel-mode
` [RESEND PATCH v4 13/15] fs/resctrl: Add interface to modify kernel-mode via info/kernel_mode
` [RESEND PATCH v4 14/15] fs/resctrl: Allow user space to write kmode_cpus/kmode_cpus_list
` [RESEND PATCH v4 15/15] fs/resctrl: Add documentation on kernel_mode with example

[PATCH v3 RESEND] hfs: validate catalog CNIDs before instantiating inodes
 2026-07-07 22:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH dovetail v10 00/11] riscv: Add dovetail support
 2026-07-07 22:01 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] drm/v3d: Miscellaneous fixes
 2026-07-07 22:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] y2038: uapi: use 64-bit __kernel_old_timespec::tv_nsec on x32
 2026-07-07 22:00 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] y2038: uapi: Use "

Dovetail/Evl confusion on my end
 2026-07-07 22:00 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] net: phy: marvell: Add soft reset for 88E1510
 2026-07-07 21:59 UTC  (5+ messages)

[BUG] rtw89: RTL8852CE RX_DCK timeout + Bluetooth A2DP coexistence failures (fw-2.bin 0.27.129.4)
 2026-07-07 21:59 UTC 

[PATCH v4 3/6] vdso/datastore: Map zeroed pages for unavailable data
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v4 1/6] vdso/datastore: Rename data pages variable
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v4 2/6] vdso/datastore: Map pages in terms of the faults pgoff
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v4 4/6] vdso/datastore: Explicitly prevent remote access to timens vvar page
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v4 5/6] vdso/datastore: Allow prefaulting by mlockall()
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v4 6/6] vdso/datastore: Simplify the mapping logic for VDSO_TIME_PAGE_OFFSET
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 1/9] time: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME for old time type functions
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 2/9] vdso/gettimeofday: Validate system call existence for time() and gettimeofday()
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 3/9] x86/vdso: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 4/9] arm64: vdso32: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 5/9] ARM: VDSO: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 6/9] powerpc/vdso: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 7/9] MIPS: VDSO: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 8/9] sparc: vdso: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PATCH v3 9/9] vdso/gettimeofday: Verify COMPAT_32BIT_TIME interactions
 2026-07-07 21:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/vdso] "

[PULL 00/49] target-arm queue
 2026-07-07 21:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PULL 09/49] tests/tcg/arm: Tests for new FPRCVT instructions

[PATCH] EDAC/dummy: Add a dummy EDAC driver
 2026-07-07 21:53 UTC 

[PATCH v2] fstests: btrfs: new test case for leaking BTRFS_FS_STATE_REMOUNTING flag
 2026-07-07 21:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

ethtool 7.1 released
 2026-07-07 21:51 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] Organize the SMMUv3 invalidation flow so iommupt can use it
 2026-07-07 21:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 6/8] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Populate the tlbi at the top of the call chain

DCD: Add support for Dynamic Capacity Devices (DCD)
 2026-07-07 21:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 10/31] cxl/mem: Configure dynamic capacity interrupts

cgroup/test_zswap failed with "zswpout does not increase after test program"
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (6+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] fpga: region: Add support for FPGA region variants
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 1/8] hrtimer: Rename hrtimer_defs.h to hrtimer_bases.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 2/8] hrtimer: Move hrtimer_callback_running() to hrtimer_bases.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 3/8] hrtimer: Move hrtimer_update_function() to hrtimer.c
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 4/8] tick: Explicitly include linux/hrtimer_bases.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 5/8] hrtimer: Explicitly include linux/hrtimer_bases.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 6/8] hrtimer: Explicitly include some necessary headers in hrtimer_rearm.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 7/8] x86/speculation: Explicitly include linux/types.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 8/8] hrtimer: Remove inclusion of hrtimer_bases.h remove from hrtimer.h
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 1/2] timekeeping: Fold vdso_time_update_aux() declarations into the generic ifdeffery
 2026-07-07 21:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "

[PATCH 2/2] timekeeping: Move the vDSO update declarations into a private header
 2026-07-07 21:48 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [tip: timers/core] "


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