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[PATCH] arm: armv8: mmu: fix DCACHE_OFF incorrectly unmapping region
 2026-07-08 11:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] bridge: mcast: Fix a false positive lockdep splat
 2026-07-08 12:28 UTC 

[PATCH] mempool: improve cache behaviour and performance
 2026-07-08 12:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8] "

[PATCH] ovl: add ioctls to retrieve layer file descriptors
 2026-07-08 12:27 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/20] rust: I/O type generalization and projection
 2026-07-08 12:26 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 04/20] rust: io: implement `Io` on reference types instead
` [PATCH v6 05/20] rust: io: generalize `MmioRaw` to pointer to arbitrary type
` [PATCH v6 06/20] rust: io: rename `Mmio` to `MmioOwned`

[Linux Kernel Bug] INFO: task hung in gfs2_logd
 2026-07-08 12:26 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add initial device tree support for Shikra
 2026-07-08 12:26 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Document Shikra and its EVK boards
` [PATCH v7 2/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Introduce Shikra SoC base dtsi
` [PATCH v7 3/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra CQ2390M SoM platform
` [PATCH v7 4/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra IQ2390S "
` [PATCH v7 5/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Shikra EVK boards

[PATCH v6 3/4] platform: int3472: discrete: con_id vana for Sony IMX471 as power enable
 2026-07-08 12:26 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/mediatek: mtk_dsi: enable hs clock during pre-enable
 2026-07-08 12:25 UTC  (12+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH] ltp: syscalls/madvise09: Reset cgroup memory limits before test retries
 2026-07-08 12:25 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] "

[RFC] VEGA: a syzbot-like workflow for LLM-found kernel bugs
 2026-07-08 12:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] serial: qcom_geni: prevent spurious UART input from stopping autoboot
 2026-07-08 12:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: msm_geni: validate RX FIFO data with IRQ status flags

[PATCH 0/3] mm: handle device-private PMDs in walk callbacks
 2026-07-08 12:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4] drm/v3d: bound CPU-job query writes to their destination BO
 2026-07-08 12:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI
 2026-07-08 12:22 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] media: mtk-mdp: unregister VPU watchdog handler
 2026-07-08 12:19 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/3] mm: handle device-private PMDs in walk callbacks
 2026-07-08 12:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/mempolicy: skip non-present PMDs when queueing folios
` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/madvise: skip device-private PMDs in cold and pageout walks
` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/huge_memory: skip device-private PMDs in madvise_free_huge_pmd

[PATCH 0/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum values dot11AuthAlgrthm_
 2026-07-08 12:16 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/6] "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum value dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X
  ` [PATCH v2 2/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Replace spaces for tab
  ` [PATCH v2 3/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum value dot11AuthAlgrthm_Open
  ` [PATCH v2 4/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum value dot11AuthAlgrthm_Auto
  ` [PATCH v2 5/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum value dot11AuthAlgrthm_Shared
  ` [PATCH v2 6/6] staging: rtl8723bs: Rename camelcase enum values dot11AuthAlgrthm_WAPI and dot11AuthAlgrthm_MaxNum

[PATCH v2 00/23] mfd: Use named initializers for arrays of *_device_data
 2026-07-08 12:19 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 11/23] mfd: Use named initializers for acpi_device_id arrays
` [PATCH v2 13/23] mfd: Use named initializers for arrays of i2c_device_id
` [PATCH v2 17/23] mfd: Use named initializers for arrays of spi_device_id
` [PATCH v2 18/23] mfd: Unify style of acpi_device_id arrays
` [PATCH v2 20/23] mfd: Unify style of i2c_device_id arrays
` [PATCH v2 21/23] mfd: Unify style of of_device_id arrays
` [PATCH v2 23/23] mfd: Unify style of spi_device_id arrays

[PATCH v4 0/5] Add Qualcomm JPEG V4L2 encoder for SM8250
 2026-07-08 12:19 UTC  (19+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/5] media: qcom: jpeg: Add Qualcomm JPEG V4L2 encoder

[PATCH] scripts: kconfig: merge_config.sh: keep temp file in the output dir
 2026-07-08 12:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm/vgic-v3: Fix data abort in get_vcpu_from_rdist()
 2026-07-08 12:17 UTC 

[PATCH v2] yavta: Add patches form embedded metadata capture
 2026-07-08 12:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[ceph-client:testing 25/27] fs/ceph/super.h:60:43: error: 'CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_NEARFULL_SYNC' undeclared; did you mean 'CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DEFAULT'?
 2026-07-08 12:17 UTC 

[PATCH v20 00/14] crypto/dmaengine: qce: introduce BAM locking and use DMA for register I/O
 2026-07-08 12:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v20 06/14] dmaengine: qcom: bam_dma: add support for BAM locking

[PATCH v10 0/7] I2C Mux per channel bus speed
 2026-07-08 12:16 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 1/7] i2c: core: add callback to change bus frequency
` [PATCH v10 2/7] i2c: mux: add idle_state property to i2c_mux_core
` [PATCH v10 3/7] i2c: mux: add support for per channel bus frequency
` [PATCH v10 4/7] i2c: davinci: calculate bus freq from Hz instead of kHz
` [PATCH v10 5/7] i2c: davinci: add support for setting bus frequency
` [PATCH v10 6/7] i2c: mux: ltc4306: set correct idle_state in i2c_mux_core
` [PATCH v10 7/7] docs: i2c: i2c-topology: add section about bus speed

[RESEND PATCH v2 5/5] drm/tidss: Fix sampling edge configuration
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v12] tests/intel/xe_vm: Add oversubscribe concurrent bind stress subtest
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC 

[PATCH RFC v2 0/7] mfd: ls2kbmc: multiple fixes for this driver
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v2 7/7] mfd: ls2kbmc: Capture the reset event of BMC through GPIO

[PATCH] selftests: timers: Use CPU time for CPU timers in posix_timers test
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Improve interrupt handling for loaded systems
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Convert to hard IRQ with high-priority workqueue

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH 1/2] binutils: fix CVE-2026-3441 and CVE-2026-3442
 2026-07-08 12:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH v2 "
    ` [scarthgap][PATCH "

[PATCH 1/4] console_codes.4: rephrase description for xterm's ESC ] 4 command
 2026-07-08 12:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] console_codes.4: rephrase description for xterm's ESC ] 10 command
` [PATCH 3/4] console_codes.4: mention caveats for xterm's ESC ] 50 command
` [PATCH 4/4] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes

[PATCH 0/2] mm: memory-failure: fix HWPoison flag race with non-atomic page flag ops
 2026-07-08 12:13 UTC  (16+ messages)

[RFC 0/2] arm64: kprobes: Fix single-step fault and reentry handling
 2026-07-08 12:12 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [RFC 0/3] "
  ` [RFC 1/3] arm64: kprobes: Do not handle non-XOL faults as kprobe faults

[meta-virtualization][PATCH] Add Eclipse Ankaios container orchestrator recipe
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/2] arm64: dts: qcom: eliza: Add audio support
 2026-07-08 12:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 2/2] arm64: dts: qcom: eliza-cqs-evk: Enable sound card support with WSA8845 and DMIC

[PATCH v7 00/22] dma-mapping: Track shared DMA state through direct, pool and swiotlb paths
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 16/22] dma-direct: make dma_direct_map_phys() honor DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED

[PATCH] Bluetooth: ISO: check end fragment length before appending
 2026-07-08 12:12 UTC 

[PATCH] nasm: upgrade 3.01 -> 3.02
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[RFC PATCH 03/28] target/ppc: Convert cache instructions to decodetree
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] usb: rust: Use pin_init::zeroed for usb_device_id initialization
 2026-07-08 12:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] usb: typec: ucsi: gaokun: unwind notifier on UCSI register failure
 2026-07-08 12:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm: qcom: Update ipq5424-rdp466-u-boot.dtsi for v7.1-dts changes
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: mvebu: convert to noirq suspend/resume to prevent interrupt storm on resume
 2026-07-08 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] hw/pci-host/q35: Fix blank screen for VGA when SMM is disabled
 2026-07-08 12:10 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] hw/pci-host/q35.c: Always initialize smram-region even if SMM disabled
` [PATCH 2/3] hw/pci-host/q35.c: Factor out creation of SMRAM MRs
` [PATCH 3/3] hw/pci-host/q35.c: Avoid early return in mch_write_config()

[PATCH v3 00/91] tests/tcg: run tests with meson
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] target/loongarch: Enable TARGET_PAGE_BITS_VARY for loongarch64 user-only
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC/discuss] memfd_secret(): opt-in visibility for security monitoring (eBPF/audit)
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/4] doc: replay: fix config link
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
  ` [PATCH v3 2/4] doc: replay: improve config description
  ` [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand side

[PATCH v2 0/4] fs/pipe: unify the page pools into a single per-pipe pool
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC 

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC 

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-07-08 12:09 UTC 

[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary braces from single statement blocks
 2026-07-08 12:07 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] media: mtk-jpeg: drain hardware completion before freeing context
 2026-07-08 12:08 UTC 

[PATCH net] rds: Fix inet6_addr_lst NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
 2026-07-08 11:59 UTC 

[PATCH] gpio: mvebu: validate ngpios before use
 2026-07-08 12:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/6] net/stmmac: Add Mediatek MT8189 support
 2026-07-08 12:04 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: stmmac: mediatek: add PERI_ETH_CTRLx register offset in platform data
` [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: stmmac: mediatek: rename MT2712 and MT8195 variant methods

[PATCH RFC 0/6] Generate documentation links for OE-Core (cover letter only)
 2026-07-08 12:05 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [docs] "

[PATCH 5.10 81/96] nfsd: check get_user() return when reading princhashlen
 2026-07-08 12:05 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] gpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind
 2026-07-08 12:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 01/45] selftest/locales: opt out of ptests in DISTRO_FEATURES
 2026-07-08 12:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 20/45] libical: upgrade 3.0.20 -> 4.0.3
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH RFC 2/2] builtin/history: print feedback after successful reword
 2026-07-08 12:04 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH V3 1/1] drm/amdgpu/ras: only check bad page for address-based UMC injection
 2026-07-08 12:04 UTC 

[PATCH] libical: upgrade 3.0.20 -> 4.0.3
 2026-07-08 12:04 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/3] Lenovo ThinkPad T14s EC thermal monitoring and thermal zone integration
 2026-07-08 12:03 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 2/3] platform: arm64: lenovo-thinkpad-t14s-ec: Add hwmon support for temperatures

[GIT PULL] HID fixes
 2026-07-08 12:03 UTC 

[PATCH] accel/rocket: put IOMMU domain on BO creation failure
 2026-07-08 12:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] More virtio-snd fortifications/coverity fixes
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/2] console_codes.4: align spacing aids in escape codes
 2026-07-08 12:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes

[PATCH v4 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: sdio_intf.c: cleanup
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] x86/pci-dma: add "any" keyword to swiotlb= kernel parameter
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/3] drm/panel, of, sysfb: Use OF panel-orientation helper in simpledrm
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/3] drm/panel,of,sysfb: "

[scarthgap][PATCH] glibc: stable 2.39 branch updates
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC 

[PATCH v4 net-next 00/14] net: enetc: cleanups and improvements
 2026-07-08 12:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 net-next 12/14] net: enetc: remove redundant num_vsi field from enetc_port_caps

[PATCH] staging: sm750fb: rename variables to avoid CamelCase
 2026-07-08 11:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6] staging: sm750fb: Remove unused variable 'setAllEngOff'

[PATCH] sunrpc: drop unneeded nrpools check in svc_pool_for_cpu()
 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC 

[PATCH] rust_binder: only print failure if error has source
 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC 

[PATCH] utils: Add NFS EEXISTS/isdir failure workaround
 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/4] ASoC: qcom and pinctrl: add LPASS LPR voting and Hawi LPASS LPI TLMM
 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/4] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom: add LPASS LPR vote clock ID
` [PATCH v1 2/4] ASoC: qcom: q6prm: add support for LPASS LPR resource voting
` [PATCH v1 3/4] dt-bindings: pinctrl: qcom,hawi-lpass-lpi-pinctrl: Add Hawi LPI pinctrl
` [PATCH v1 4/4] pinctrl: qcom: hawi-lpass-lpi: add Hawi LPASS LPI TLMM

Recent changes (master)
 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: ath12k: release QMI handle on late init failures
 2026-07-08 11:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 5.15.y 6.1.y 6.6.y 0/1] mm/vmscan: flush deferred TLB before freeing large folios in reclaim
 2026-07-08 11:58 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y 6.1.y 6.6.y 1/1] mm/vmscan: flush deferred TLB before freeing large folios

[PATCH] dt-bindings: interconnect: qcom-bwmon: Document Eliza BWMONs compatible
 2026-07-08 11:57 UTC 

[PATCH] x86/vmware: mark RDI and RSI clobbered in hypercall1
 2026-07-08 11:57 UTC 

[PATCH] gpio: mvebu: use devm_clk_get_optional_enabled()
 2026-07-08 11:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Fix OOB write if err == buflen in ntfs_readlink_hlp()
 2026-07-08 11:30 UTC 

[for-4.22][PATCH] xen/arm: Fail domain construction if a secondary vCPU cannot be created
 2026-07-08 11:56 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] docs/zh_CN: update rust documentation translations
 2026-07-08 11:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] docs/zh_CN: Update rust/general-information.rst translation

[PATCH] prio-queue: use cascade-down sift for faster extract-min
 2026-07-08 11:55 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] prio-queue: use cascade-down "

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v1] ice: prevent tstamp ring allocation for non-PF VSI types
 2026-07-08 11:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/v3d: release CPU job resources on pre-init failures
 2026-07-08 11:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: helpers: guard dma_resv helpers with CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 2026-07-08 11:52 UTC 

[PATCH v3] drm/i915/audio: treat UHBR SST like MST for cpu_transcoder signalling
 2026-07-08 11:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/i915/audio: treat UHBR SST like MST for cpu_transcoder signalling (rev3)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[PATCH v1] gpio: mvebu: Fix optional clock enable handling
 2026-07-08 11:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH] python3-urllib3: fix CVE-2026-44431
 2026-07-08 11:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
    ` [scarthgap][PATCH] "

[PATCH net-next 0/2] nfc: llcp: Move to .getsockopt_iter
 2026-07-08 11:51 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] nfc: llcp: widen getsockopt value locals to u32
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] nfc: llcp: convert to getsockopt_iter

[PATCH v2] usb: typec: altmodes: select DRM_AUX_HPD_BRIDGE for TYPEC_DP_ALTMODE
 2026-07-08 11:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/5] clock: versal-clk: Fix Versal NET clock binding and switch to CCF
 2026-07-08 11:51 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/5] dt-bindings: clock: Move xlnx,zynqmp-clk to its own schema
` [PATCH v4 5/5] arm64: versal-net: Switch Versal NET to firmware clock interface

[PATCH] rust: export zerocopy symbols to modules
 2026-07-08 11:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[scarthgap][PATCH] glibc-testsuite: inherit nospdx to fix do_create_spdx failure
 2026-07-08 11:50 UTC 

[PATCH v5 00/26] Introduce enablemenant of dom0less
 2026-07-08 11:50 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 04/26] xen/Kconfig: introduce HAS_STATIC_MEMORY

[PATCH] usb: xhci: sideband: add missing kernel-doc parameters
 2026-07-08 11:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/i915/dmc: Enable PIPEDMC_ERROR interrupt on display version 30+
 2026-07-08 11:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for drm/i915/dmc: Enable PIPEDMC_ERROR interrupt on display version 30+ (rev2)

[LTP] [PATCH v3 0/4] Reproducer for cve-2026-46331
 2026-07-08 11:48 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/4] lapi: Add pkt_cls.h fallback
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 4/4] cve: Add act_pedit page-cache corruption test

[PATCH] lib/alchemy/task: Drop EINTR from valid return codes of rt_task_suspend
 2026-07-08 11:48 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/7] x1e80100: Enable PDC wake GPIOs and deepest idle state
 2026-07-08 11:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` (subset) "

[PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: ccg: Log firmware version and hardware info at probe
 2026-07-08 11:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] implement GPU reset API
 2026-07-08 11:47 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: workqueue: impl Send and Sync for OwnedQueue
` [PATCH v3 2/3] drm/tyr: clear stale IRQ state before soft reset
` [PATCH v3 3/3] drm/tyr: add GPU reset infrastructure

[PATCH 00/33] Library APIs for AES encryption modes
 2026-07-08 11:47 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 29/33] bpf: crypto: Use AES-CBC and AES-ECB libraries

[PATCH v2 6/7] nfs: Optimize direct I/O to use folios for requests
 2026-07-08 11:47 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH] tmpfs/ramfs: Let memfd_create() work on nommu
 2026-07-08 11:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] usb: typec: ucsi: Filter duplicate altmodes from buggy firmware
 2026-07-08 11:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] usb: typec: ucsi: Detect and skip "

[ebiggers:aes-modes-v1 12/33] lib/crypto/aes.c:1381:undefined reference to `ghash_update'
 2026-07-08 11:44 UTC 

What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2026, #03)
 2026-07-08 11:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()
 2026-07-08 11:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2]python3-setuptools-scm: fix build and upgrade to 10.1.2
 2026-07-08 11:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] python3-setuptools-scm: upgrade 10.0.5 -> 10.1.2
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v2] Docs/translations/it_IT: update current minimal requirements
 2026-07-08 11:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] Docs/translations/it_IT: sync changes.rst requirements

[PATCH] dma-buf: fix stale @lock references in struct dma_buf documentation
 2026-07-08 11:34 UTC  (2+ messages)
` 答复: [External Mail][PATCH] "


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