messages from 2026-07-08 06:28:49 to 2026-07-08 07:16:06 UTC [more...]
[PATCH v3 00/26] Introduce meminspect
2026-07-08 7:16 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 08/26] kernel/fork: Annotate static information into meminspect
` [PATCH v3 26/26] meminspect: Add debug kinfo compatible driver
[PATCH RFC 0/6] PSCI-via-EFI to support firmware and kernel sharing EL2 for Apple Silicon
2026-07-08 7:15 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/6] dt-bindings: arm: psci: Add EFI conduit
` [PATCH RFC 2/6] arm64/efi: Add and parse custom PSCI EFI configuration table
` [PATCH RFC 3/6] efi: Add EFI_MEMORY_ISA_{MASK,VALID}
` [PATCH RFC 4/6] arm64/efi: Honor EFI_MEMORY_ISA_MASK for Device-nGnRnE vs -nGnRE
` [PATCH RFC 5/6] firmware/psci: Add EFI runtime conduit
` [PATCH RFC 6/6] arm64: dts: apple: t8103: Add PSCI and CPU idle states
[PATCH v1 0/3] ASoC: qcom: Add Eliza audio support
2026-07-08 7:15 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom: Add Eliza LPASS macro codecs
` [PATCH v1 2/3] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom,sm8250: Add Eliza sound card
[PATCH v3] net: lwip: add tftpsrv command
2026-07-08 7:13 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v7] serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in IRQ chain handling
2026-07-08 7:14 UTC
[PATCH bpf-next v6] bpf: Fix use-after-free on mm_struct in bpf_find_vma()
2026-07-08 7:13 UTC (7+ messages)
[PATCH v3] wifi: brcmfmac: add DPP support
2026-07-08 7:12 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v4] "
[RFC 0/2] arm64: kprobes: Fix single-step fault and reentry handling
2026-07-08 7:12 UTC (6+ messages)
` [RFC 0/3] "
` [RFC 2/3] arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping
[scarthgap][PATCH] create-spdx-image-3.0: correct SSTATE_SKIP_CREATION key for do_create_image_sbom_spdx
2026-07-08 7:11 UTC
[PATCH v6] serial: 8250: fix use-after-free in IRQ chain handling
2026-07-08 7:11 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] misc: fastrpc: move ADSP duplicate session creation to the driver
2026-07-08 7:11 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: misc: qcom,fastrpc: deprecate qcom,nsessions
[PATCH] build: fix libpcap detection with unusable header
2026-07-08 7:11 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v2 15/16] environment: move access to "core.sharedRepository" into repo settings
2026-07-08 7:11 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] Add UFS Host driver support for SpacemiT K3 SoC
2026-07-08 7:10 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] scsi: ufs: spacemit: k3: Add UFS Host Controller driver
[PATCH v1] PCI: vmd: Add VMD Device ID Support for Intel Nova Lake (NVL) and Dunlow (DNL) Add VMD Device ID Support for NVL and DNL processors
2026-07-08 9:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[morimoto:sound-cleanup-2026-07-07 158/300] sound/soc/generic/audio-graph-card2.c:1310:3: error: cannot jump from this goto statement to its label
2026-07-08 7:08 UTC
[PULL 0/1] qemu-openbios queue 20260707
2026-07-08 7:09 UTC (2+ messages)
[android-common:android14-kiwi-6.1 166/166] kernel/sched/core.c:4976:6: warning: no previous prototype for '__balance_callbacks'
2026-07-08 7:08 UTC
[PATCH v2] tests/intel/xe_exec_system_allocator: Ignore expected CAT error in fault subtest
2026-07-08 7:08 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for tests/intel/xe_exec_system_allocator: Ignore expected CAT error in fault subtest (rev3)
[PATCH] rapidio: clear mport->net when rio_add_net() fails
2026-07-08 7:06 UTC
[PATCH v7 0/2] Add support for LTC3208 multi-display driver
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: Document LTC3208 Multidisplay LED Driver
` [PATCH v7 2/2] leds: ltc3208: Add driver for "
[PATCH] acpi: battery: Sanitise model_number by dropping unprintable characters
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC
[PATCH] x86/vmx: Fix cascade crash in vmx_vmentry_failure()
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/20] media/imx355: General code cleanups, and adding support for 2 lane operation
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/20] dt-bindings: media: imx355: Allow 2 CSI2 data lane output
[PATCH bpf-next v6 0/7] Mixing bpf2bpf and tailcalls for RV64
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC (18+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 1/7] bpf: Extract the is_struct_ops_tramp helper
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 2/7] riscv, bpf: Fix memory leak in bpf_jit_free
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 3/7] riscv, bpf: Using kvzalloc_objs to allocate cache buffer
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 4/7] riscv, bpf: Fix kernel stack corruption in tailcall with CFI
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 5/7] riscv, bpf: Add RV_TAILCALL_OFFSET macro to format tailcall offset
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 6/7] riscv, bpf: Mixing bpf2bpf and tailcalls
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 7/7] selftests/bpf: Remove tailcalls tests from DENYLIST.riscv64
[PATCH] acpi: battery: Sanitise model_number by dropping unprintable characters
2026-07-08 7:07 UTC
[PATCH] ocfs2: do not use make_bad_inode() in ocfs2_read_inode_block_full()
2026-07-08 7:02 UTC
[PATCH v1] dt-bindings: dma: qcom,gpi: Document GPI DMA engine for Maili
2026-07-08 7:05 UTC
[PATCH libevl] build: add initial RISC-V support
2026-07-08 7:05 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/4] pmdomains: Fixes and add support for HFRP Direct
2026-07-08 7:04 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: power: mediatek: Add support for MT8196 direct HFRP
[PATCH v4 RESEND 0/7] riscv: Add reliable stack unwinding for livepatch
2026-07-08 6:59 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 RESEND 4/7] riscv: stacktrace: introduce stack-bound tracking helpers
[PATCH 0/4] Fix bugs on HugeTLB folio allocation failure paths
2026-07-08 7:04 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] mm: hugetlb: Fix folio refcount mismatch on memcg charge failure
` [PATCH 3/4] mm: hugetlb: Return -ENOSPC "
[PATCH 0/3] arm64: dts: qcom: monaco-arduino-monza: Enable JHAT 40-pin HAT accessories
2026-07-08 7:02 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: qcom: monaco-arduino-monza: Enable I2C0 and SPI3 for 40-pin JHAT connector
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: monaco-arduino-monza: Add overlay for Waveshare WM8960 Audio HAT
[PATCH v2 0/3] selftests/mm: avoid false failures in hugetlb and KSM tests
2026-07-08 7:01 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] selftests/mm: handle EINVAL when configuring gigantic hugepages
[PATCH net] net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path
2026-07-08 7:01 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/5] dt-bindings: soc: ti: Convert OMAP DSP and IVA to DT schema
2026-07-08 7:00 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: soc: ti: Convert DSP "
` [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: soc: ti: omap-dsp: Make ti,hwmods optional
` [PATCH v2 5/5] dt-bindings: soc: ti: omap-iva: Document DSP child node
[PATCH v3 0/3] selftests/mm: avoid false failures in hugetlb and KSM tests
2026-07-08 6:59 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] selftests/mm: handle EINVAL when configuring gigantic hugepages
` [PATCH v3 2/3] selftests/mm: fix ksm NUMA merge test for systems with memoryless NUMA nodes
` [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/mm: fix ternary operator precedence in ksm_tests
[PATCH] rcu: Use an intermediate irq_work to start process_srcu()
2026-07-08 6:58 UTC (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[tip:core/entry 2/3] arch/s390/include/asm/entry-common.h:49:18: error: call to undeclared function 'task_stack_page'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2026-07-08 6:56 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: dts: monaco-arduino-monza: Add support for LGA WiFi/BT module
2026-07-08 6:57 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: connector: pcie-m2-e: Add vendor LGA connector compatible
[PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: versal2: Make hardware.h assembly safe
2026-07-08 6:53 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: versal2: Select GIC redistributor base at runtime
[PATCH v4 1/1] ptp: ocp: add CPLD ISP support for ADVA TimeCard X1
2026-07-08 6:56 UTC
[f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: reject overlapping move range after len expansion
2026-07-08 6:54 UTC (2+ messages)
` "
[PATCH v2 2/2] drm/amdgpu: improve the amdgpu device init progress in sriov mode
2026-07-08 6:54 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v7 0/1] drm/xe: Add support for GPU health indicator
2026-07-08 6:54 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/1] drm/xe/xe_ras: Add RAS "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Add support for "
[PATCH v3 0/7]ASoC: qcom: add AudioReach TDM backend support
2026-07-08 6:54 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/7] dt-bindings: sound: qcom,q6dsp-lpass-ports: add Audio IF clocks
[PATCH] drm/bridge: sn65dsi83: perform host_attach on attach instead of probe
2026-07-08 6:54 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] ALSA: control: preserve snd_card_file_add() error code in snd_ctl_open()
2026-07-08 6:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v21 net-next 00/12] nbl driver for Nebulamatrix NICs
2026-07-08 6:47 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v21 net-next 01/12] net/nebula-matrix: add minimum nbl build framework
` [PATCH v21 net-next 02/12] net/nebula-matrix: add core driver architecture and HW layer initialization
` [PATCH v21 net-next 03/12] net/nebula-matrix: add channel wire opcode enum definitions
` [PATCH v21 net-next 04/12] net/nebula-matrix: add channel layer
` [PATCH v21 net-next 05/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common resource implementation
` [PATCH v21 net-next 06/12] net/nebula-matrix: add intr "
` [PATCH v21 net-next 07/12] net/nebula-matrix: add vsi "
` [PATCH v21 net-next 08/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add control-level routing core infrastructure
` [PATCH v21 net-next 09/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add cross-version channel message framework
` [PATCH v21 net-next 10/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add resource ops lock protection
` [PATCH v21 net-next 11/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common/ctrl dev init/remove operation
` [PATCH v21 net-next 12/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common dev start/stop operation
[PATCH bpf-next v6 0/3] bpf: bidirectional VLAN support for bpf_fib_lookup()
2026-07-08 6:52 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v6 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add bpf_fib_lookup() VLAN flag tests
[PATCH v2] iio: accel: adxl372: replace manual bitfield ops with FIELD_GET()
2026-07-08 6:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v4 00/27] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM
2026-07-08 6:51 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 24/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vm/vcpu create destroy
[PATCH v3] dt-bindings: leds: bcm6358: Convert to DT schema
2026-07-08 6:52 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/15] drm/tidss: Add BeagleY-AI display support (and some more)
2026-07-08 6:50 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 09/15] drm/tidss: Add external data and sync signal edge configuration
` [PATCH v3 10/15] drm/tidss: Add support for DPIENABLE bit
[PATCH v4 0/4] iio: flow: Sensirion SLF3S liquid flow sensor
2026-07-08 6:50 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 4/4] iio: flow: add Sensirion SLF3S liquid flow sensor driver
[PATCH V3 0/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Add SD card support for Glymur
2026-07-08 6:48 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V3 2/4] dt-bindings: mmc: sdhci-msm: Document the Glymur compatible
[PATCH] ASoC: amd: acp6x-mach: tidyup strange alignment
2026-07-08 6:48 UTC
[patch 00/18] entry: Consolidate and rework syscall entry handling
2026-07-08 6:47 UTC (5+ messages)
` [patch 07/18] s390/syscall: Use enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack()
[PATCH v8 00/39] Add HDMI 2.0 support to DW HDMI QP TX
2026-07-08 6:46 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 03/39] drm/display: bridge_connector: Pass HDMI capabilities through caps struct
[PATCH v6 00/11] Dynamic PAMT
2026-07-08 6:46 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 05/11] x86/virt/tdx: Handle concurrent callers in tdx_pamt_get/put()
[PULL 00/44] pci, vhost, virtio, iommu: features, fixes, cleanups
2026-07-08 6:46 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PULL 44/44] virtio-net: validate RSS indirections_len in post_load
[PATCH v3 0/6] Shikra: Add DT support for ICE, RNG and QCE
2026-07-08 6:46 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/6] dt-bindings: crypto: qcom,inline-crypto-engine: Fix legacy/new SoC strictness split
` [PATCH v3 5/6] dt-bindings: dma: qcom,bam-dma: Increase iommus maxItems to 7
[PATCH] selftests: gpio: add gpio-cdev-uaf to .gitignore
2026-07-08 6:46 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH i2c-tools v3 0/8] decode-dimms: Implement DDR5 decoding
2026-07-08 6:48 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH i2c-tools v3 2/8] decode-dimms: Decode DDR5 Manufacturer Data
[PATCH] usb: phy: fsl-usb: clear fsl_otg_dev after freeing it
2026-07-08 6:45 UTC
[PATCH] accel/rocket: clear rdev on device init failure
2026-07-08 6:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] rust: configfs: fix release safety documentation
2026-07-08 6:44 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v10 0/4] net: stmmac: eic7700: add eth1 variant support and update delay bindings
2026-07-08 6:43 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v10 1/4] dt-bindings: ethernet: eswin: relax internal delay model to range-based constraints
` [PATCH net-next v10 2/4] dt-bindings: ethernet: eswin: add EIC7700 eth1 RX clock inversion variant
[PATCH 0/6] receive-pack: use ODB transactions to stage object writes
2026-07-08 6:42 UTC (19+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 00/11] "
` [PATCH v2 02/11] object-file: rename files transaction fsync function
` [PATCH v2 03/11] object-file: embed transaction flush logic in commit function
` [PATCH v2 04/11] object-file: drop check for inflight transactions
` [PATCH v2 05/11] object-file: propagate files transaction errors
` [PATCH v2 06/11] odb/transaction: propagate begin errors
` [PATCH v2 07/11] odb/transaction: propagate commit errors
` [PATCH v2 09/11] odb/transaction: introduce ODB transaction flags
` [PATCH v2 10/11] builtin/receive-pack: drop redundant tmpdir env
[PATCH] hw/virtio-rng: Fix host use-after-free (CVE-2026-50624)
2026-07-08 6:39 UTC
[PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: guard P2P device vif in action frame search
2026-07-08 6:39 UTC
[PATCH] scsi: sg: validate and round up scatter_elem_sz module parameter
2026-07-08 6:30 UTC
[PATCH v5 0/8] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: fix SDIO suspend/resume issues
2026-07-08 6:38 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 3/8] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: fix esdhc_change_pinstate() to allow default state restore
[[PATCHv2] meta: Add pam to DISTRO_FEATURES if using systemd
2026-07-08 6:37 UTC (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH v3 00/11] dma-buf: heaps: Add support for Tegra VPR
2026-07-08 6:36 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 04/11] arm64/mm: Add set_memory_device() and set_memory_normal()
` Reserving memory on ACPI systems (was: [PATCH v3 04/11] arm64/mm: Add set_memory_device() and set_memory_normal())
[RFC PATCH v3 00/27] KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV-SNP Secure AVIC
2026-07-08 6:32 UTC (28+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3 01/27] x86/apic: Propagate APIC_SPIV writes to hv for "
` [RFC PATCH v3 02/27] x86/apic: Drop savic_eoi() in favor of native_apic_msr_eoi() "
` [RFC PATCH v3 03/27] x86/kvm: Disable PV_SEND_IPI if Secure AVIC is enabled
` [RFC PATCH v3 04/27] x86/apic: Use AVIC_INCOMPLETE_IPI VMGEXIT for Secure AVIC IPI handling
` [RFC PATCH v3 05/27] x86/cpufeatures: Add Secure AVIC CPU feature
` [RFC PATCH v3 06/27] KVM: SVM: Add helper to check if Secure AVIC is enabled for a guest
` [RFC PATCH v3 07/27] KVM: SVM: Set guest_apic_protected if Secure AVIC is enabled
` [RFC PATCH v3 08/27] kvm: irqfd: Have kvm_arch_has_irq_bypass() take struct kvm pointer
` [RFC PATCH v3 09/27] KVM: SVM: Disable IRQ bypass for Secure AVIC
` [RFC PATCH v3 10/27] KVM: SVM: Add avic_ipiv_is_soft_disabled() as a wrapper around enable_ipiv
` [RFC PATCH v3 11/27] KVM: SVM: Disable IPIv for Secure AVIC
` [RFC PATCH v3 12/27] KVM: SVM: Short-circuit a few AVIC flows "
` [RFC PATCH v3 13/27] KVM: SVM: Warn if we ever receive AVIC_UNACCELERATED_ACCESS #VMEXIT
` [RFC PATCH v3 14/27] KVM: SVM: Do not inhibit AVIC for SEV-SNP guests if Secure AVIC is enabled
` [RFC PATCH v3 15/27] KVM: SVM: Set VGIF in VMSA area for Secure AVIC guests
` [RFC PATCH v3 16/27] KVM: SVM: Add handler for VMGEXIT Secure AVIC NAE event
` [RFC PATCH v3 17/27] KVM: SVM: Do not intercept SECURE_AVIC_CONTROL MSR for Secure AVIC guests
` [RFC PATCH v3 18/27] KVM: x86: Add a new kvm_x86_op protected_apic_has_injectable_intr()
` [RFC PATCH v3 19/27] KVM: SVM: Implement kvm_x86_ops->protected_apic_has_injectable_intr() for Secure AVIC
` [RFC PATCH v3 20/27] KVM: SVM: Implement kvm_x86_ops->protected_apic_has_interrupt() "
` [RFC PATCH v3 21/27] KVM: SVM: Add interrupt delivery support for Secure AVIC guests
` [RFC PATCH v3 22/27] KVM: SVM: Add support for incomplete IPI handling for Secure AVIC
` [RFC PATCH v3 23/27] KVM: SVM: Add support for injecting NMIs for Secure AVIC guests
` [RFC PATCH v3 24/27] KVM: SVM: Mandate use of split irqchip for Secure AVIC
` [RFC PATCH v3 25/27] KVM: SVM: Do not inject exceptions "
` [RFC PATCH v3 26/27] KVM: SVM: Do not intercept exceptions for Secure AVIC guests
` [RFC PATCH v3 27/27] KVM: SVM: Advertise Secure AVIC support for SEV-SNP guests
[RFC PATCH 0/3] mm/compaction: honour compact_unevictable_allowed in mlock race and alloc_contig path
2026-07-08 6:35 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add SGMII support for RTL8367S
2026-07-08 6:33 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH linux-evl 0/2] Add RISC-V support to EVL
2026-07-08 6:33 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/3] scsi: sd: fix probe error cleanup, special_vec leak and sd_done() sense gate
2026-07-08 6:32 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] scsi: sd: fix error handling in sd_probe() after large pool creation failure
` [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: sd: fix special_vec mempool leak when scsi_alloc_sgtables() fails
[PATCH] btrfs-progs: misc-tests: replace deprecated standalone "usebackuproot" option
2026-07-08 6:31 UTC
[PATCH v2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI
2026-07-08 6:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/3] Lenovo ThinkPad T14s EC thermal monitoring and thermal zone integration
2026-07-08 6:31 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: embedded-controller: Add Lenovo ThinkPad T14s thermal sensor provider support
` [PATCH v6 2/3] platform: arm64: lenovo-thinkpad-t14s-ec: Add hwmon support for temperatures
[PATCH] erofs: relax sanity check for tail pclusters on ztailpacking images
2026-07-08 6:31 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] erofs: relax sanity check for tail pclusters due to ztailpacking
[PATCH] rpi: copy /chosen/bootloader partition and set boot_partition
2026-07-08 6:30 UTC
[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/discovery: fix OOB read via unchecked die_offset in IP discovery parsing
2026-07-08 6:30 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/discovery: validate table offset before IP discovery header cast
[PATCH 0/6] Add TEE based client driver for UEFI Secure Application
2026-07-08 6:29 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/6] tee: Add kernel client object invoke helper
[PATCH v3 0/9] ext4: fix unaligned edge handling in FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES
2026-07-08 6:20 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/9] ext4: use FGP_WRITEBEGIN for tail block zeroing
` [PATCH v3 5/9] ext4: clarify return semantics of ext4_load_tail_bh()
` [PATCH v3 7/9] ext4: zero out whole block for clean edges in WRITE_ZEROES
` [PATCH v3 8/9] ext4: write back partial-zeroed "
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