messages from 2026-07-16 23:19:24 to 2026-07-17 01:29:49 UTC [more...]
[PATCH] vhost: reject zero-size IOTLB INVALIDATE
2026-07-17 1:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] vhost: reject zero-size IOTLB INVALIDATE
2026-07-17 1:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/xe: Use timer_shutdown_sync() to quiesce the self-rearming irq_fail timer
2026-07-17 1:28 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v3 10/15] ibmveth: Enable multi-queue RX receive path
2026-07-17 1:27 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/2] spi: axiado: cond_no_effect and kernel-doc fixes
2026-07-17 1:25 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] spi: axiado: merge identical if/else branches in ax_transfer_one()
` [PATCH 2/2] spi: axiado: fix kernel-doc comments
[PATCH] ASoC: meson: Keep link pointers valid on realloc failure
2026-07-17 1:24 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH v2 0/2] CPPC: reduce FFH feedback-counter sampling skew on arm64
2026-07-17 1:24 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net v2] i40e: xsk: fix multi-buffer XDP_PASS skb construction
2026-07-17 1:24 UTC
[PATCH 0/4] wifi: rtw89: advertise WFA-certified EHT capabilities for 8922a
2026-07-17 1:23 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH 0/7] mm/damon: fix uninitialized DAMOS field and kunit exec expectation bugs
2026-07-17 1:23 UTC (17+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] mm/damon/core: initialize damos->last_applied
` [PATCH 2/7] mm/damon/core-kunit: check region count before testing in split_at()
` [PATCH 3/7] mm/damon/vaddr-kunit: check region count in three_regions test
` [PATCH 4/7] mm/damon/core-kunit: handle region split failure in filter_out()
` [PATCH 5/7] mm/damon/core-kunit: skip wrong dest walk in commit_dests_for()
` [PATCH 6/7] mm/damon/core-kunit: skip wrong quota goal walk in commit_quota_goals()
` [PATCH 7/7] mm/damon/core-kunit: skip wrong region walk in commit_target_regions()
[PATCH v5 00/20] vfio/pci: Base Live Update support for VFIO
2026-07-17 1:22 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: qcom,snps-dwc3: Add property indicating presence of eUSB2 phy
2026-07-17 1:20 UTC (17+ messages)
[PATCH wireless] mac80211: recalculate TIM when a station enters power save
2026-07-17 1:17 UTC
[PATCH slab/for-next-fixes v3 0/4] mm/slab: fix unbounded recursion in free path with memalloc profiling
2026-07-17 1:16 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix rk3399-roc-pc-plus analog audio
2026-07-17 1:16 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable wireless on rk3399-roc-pc-plus
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: Keep rk3399-roc-pc-plus work LED on
[PATCH v3 0/3] clk: qcom: gcc-glymur: Tie the CX power domain to controller
2026-07-17 1:15 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: qcom: glymur-gcc: Add missing CX power domain
[PATCH] stash: add 'rename' subcommand
2026-07-17 1:11 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v1 0/2] Fix leftover issues of the unify bpf_call_arg_meta patchset
2026-07-17 1:10 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/1] nvme-pci: adaptive interrupt coalescing
2026-07-17 1:10 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/1] "
[PATCH 00/10] carl9170: 802.11n compliance and driver improvements
2026-07-17 1:09 UTC (2+ messages)
[i-g-t, v3] tests/intel/xe_exec_multi_queue: Check PXP is rejected on multi-queue
2026-07-17 1:06 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for tests/intel/xe_exec_multi_queue: Check PXP is rejected on multi-queue (rev3)
[PATCH net-next v3 09/15] ibmveth: Add queue-aware RX buffer submit helper for MQ
2026-07-17 1:02 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] rds: use krealloc_array() for iovector growth
2026-07-17 1:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v12 0/4] vfio/dma-buf: add TPH support for peer-to-peer access
2026-07-17 0:59 UTC (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 2/4] dma-buf: add optional get_pci_tph() callback
` [PATCH v12 3/4] vfio/pci: implement get_pci_tph and DMA_BUF_TPH feature
[PATCH v2 0/2] iio: adc: Add Nuvoton MA35D1 EADC support
2026-07-17 0:59 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: adc: Add Nuvoton MA35D1 EADC
[MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Other LLM-related topics - tags, newcomers, etc
2026-07-17 0:58 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v1 00/11] arm_mpam: minor fixes at v7.2
2026-07-17 0:56 UTC (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 02/11] arm_mpam: Restore the error interrupt enable from mpam_cpu_online()
` [PATCH v1 03/11] arm_mpam: Set mpam_feat_msmon_mbwu_31counter when there are bandwidth counters
` [PATCH v1 04/11] arm_mpam: Add missing mon_sel locking in MBWU restore
` [PATCH v1 06/11] arm_mpam: Use __ris_msmon_read() for saving MBWU state
` [PATCH v1 07/11] arm_mpam: Initialize all of struct mon_read in mpam_restore_mbwu_state()
[PATCH] libbpf: reject linker STT_SECTION symbols with out-of-range st_shndx
2026-07-17 0:53 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v3 00/15] ibmveth: Add multi-queue RX support
2026-07-17 0:53 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 05/15] ibmveth: Refactor RX interrupt control for MQ RX queues
` [PATCH net-next v3 08/15] ibmveth: Refactor open/close into MQ-ready resource pipeline
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2026-07-17 0:51 UTC
[PATCH 5/9] bcache: reduce gc latency by processing less nodes and sleep less time
2026-07-17 0:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v3 0/3] Fixes for tailcall with subprog and callback
2026-07-17 0:50 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 6.12 000/349] 6.12.96-rc1 review
2026-07-17 0:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 6.18 000/480] 6.18.39-rc1 review
2026-07-17 0:42 UTC (2+ messages)
+ mm-memcg-initialize-locked-in-memcg1_oom_prepare-stub.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:39 UTC
[PATCH v2] mm: memcg: initialize *locked in memcg1_oom_prepare() stub
2026-07-17 0:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[morimoto:sound-cleanup-2026-07-16 308/311] include/trace/events/asoc.h:31:114: error: invalid use of undefined type 'struct snd_soc_component'
2026-07-17 0:38 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/11] mlx5 support for VFIO self test
2026-07-17 0:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 06/11] selftests: Fix arm64 IO barriers to match kernel
[PATCH 7.1 000/518] 7.1.4-rc1 review
2026-07-17 0:35 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/5] xen/acpi,device-tree: Introduce generic CPU topology support for ACPI and DT
2026-07-17 0:35 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 5/5] xen/acpi: Parse PPTT to initialize CPU topology
[PATCH 0/2] mmc: Add post-power-off-delay-ms support
2026-07-17 0:35 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: mmc: Add post-power-off-delay-ms property
` [PATCH 2/2] mmc: core: Add post-power-off-delay-ms support
[PATCH 0/3] mm/mseal: further cleanups
2026-07-17 0:33 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] mm/mseal: remove further superfluous comments, do_mseal()
eDP support for RK3568
2026-07-17 0:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next v3 07/15] ibmveth: Add RX queue register/deregister helpers for MQ
2026-07-17 0:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v4 0/2] pwm: Add Nuvoton MA35D1 PWM controller support
2026-07-17 0:33 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] "
[PATCH v3 0/4] Add DT Support for USB on Shikra
2026-07-17 0:30 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: Enable USB controllers on Shikra IQS platform
[PATCH v7 00/17] AD9910 Direct Digital Synthesizer
2026-07-17 0:27 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 07/17] iio: test: add kunit tests for channel prefix naming generation
+ mm-mseal-remove-further-superfluous-comments-do_mseal.patch added to mm-new branch
2026-07-17 0:26 UTC
+ mm-mseal-limit-scope-of-mseal-address-zero-to-address-zero.patch added to mm-new branch
2026-07-17 0:26 UTC
+ mm-mseal-remove-superfluous-comments-fix-confusion-around-mm.patch added to mm-new branch
2026-07-17 0:26 UTC
[tip:perf/core] [perf/core] 166f10836a: perf-sanity-tests.Object_code_reading.fail
2026-07-17 0:26 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] virtio_balloon: fix Use-After-Free bugs during PM freeze
2026-07-17 0:22 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend
` [PATCH v2 2/2] virtio_balloon: avoid shrinker execution during PM suspend
Bugreport - rtw89: RTL8852AE dead-link stall | linux-zen 7.1.3
2026-07-17 0:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/14] perf stat: Decouple printing API and introduce streaming zero-allocation printers
2026-07-17 0:23 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 00/14] perf stat: Decouple and modularize display formatting
[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe_ras: Add test for GPU health indicator
2026-07-17 0:22 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for "
[PATCH] docs: outline some guidelines for security classification
2026-07-17 0:21 UTC (8+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/1] Fix hmat_adist_nb for CXL
2026-07-17 0:20 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/1] acpi/hmat: preserve hmat_adist_nb notifier block
git-last-modified(1) slower than git-log(1)?
2026-07-17 0:19 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] drm/ttm/pool: back up at native page order
2026-07-17 0:19 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for drm/ttm/pool: back up at native page order (rev4)
[PATCH v2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: add VTL2 redirect connection ID
2026-07-17 0:18 UTC
[RESEND PATCH] pid: cosmetic changes to alloc_pid()
2026-07-17 0:17 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: pmic-glink: Document batteryless property
2026-07-17 0:14 UTC (11+ messages)
[PATCH 0/5] Minor NFSD global DRC clean-ups
2026-07-17 0:12 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] NFSD: Fix off-by-one in DRC bucket pruning limit
` [PATCH 2/5] NFSD: Eliminate percpu counter contention in DRC memory accounting
` [PATCH 3/5] NFSD: Eliminate percpu counter contention in reply cache statistics
` [PATCH 4/5] NFSD: Eliminate percpu counter contention in IO byte accounting
` [PATCH 5/5] NFSD: Document reply_cache_stats ABI
[PATCH 0/2] qcom_battmgr: Add batteryless DC-adapter MAINS support
2026-07-17 0:12 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] power: supply: qcom_battmgr: Add support batteryless boards as MAINS
[PATCH v2 0/4] perf/arm_cspmu: Miscellaneous improvements
2026-07-17 0:12 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf/arm_cspmu: Improve sub-module error reporting
+ tools-accounting-fix-macro-typos-in-getdelays.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:11 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] mm/zswap: Fixes and improves the zswap global shrinker
2026-07-17 0:08 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] mm/zswap: Fix global shrinker when memory cgroup is disabled
[syzbot] [ext4?] kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data_end (3)
2026-07-17 0:08 UTC (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: fix race condition in ext4_write_end() with inline data conversion
[pci:controller/vmd] BUILD SUCCESS c654f3ee611506fadac84f4354995dc5259ecfa9
2026-07-17 0:06 UTC
[PATCH v7 00/13] ZTE zx297520v3 clock bindings and driver
2026-07-17 0:05 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/13] dt-bindings: phy: Add zx297520v3 USB phy documentation
` [PATCH v7 02/13] dt-bindings: clk: zte: Add zx297520v3 top clock and reset controller
+ mm-bootmem_info-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ mm-sparse-remove-bootmem_infoh-include.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ mm-hugetlb_vmemmap-remove-bootmem_info-leftovers.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ x86-mm-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ x86-mm-stop-marking-page-tables-as-mix_section_info.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ x86-mm-stop-marking-vmemmap-as-section_info.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ mm-bootmem_info-allow-calling-free_bootmem_page-on-pages-without-a-bootmem_type.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:03 UTC
+ s390-mm-use-free_reserved_pages-in-vmem_free_pages.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:02 UTC
+ mm-provide-free_reserved_pages-removing-x86-variant.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:02 UTC
+ x86-mm-drop-order-parameter-from-free_pagetable.patch added to mm-unstable branch
2026-07-17 0:02 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/10] mm: remove CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE (Part 2)
2026-07-17 0:02 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH bpf-next v3 0/5] bpf, x86: enable EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE for BPF allocations
2026-07-17 0:00 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: validate HT/VHT element length before storing beacon IE pointers
2026-07-17 0:00 UTC
Patchwork housekeeping for: spi-devel-general
2026-07-16 23:58 UTC
[GIT PULL] smb3 client fixes
2026-07-16 23:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Add IDT limit check in __emulate_int_real()
2026-07-16 23:57 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v9 0/4] Add Cix Sky1 AUDSS clock and reset support
2026-07-16 23:56 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 2/4] clk: cix: add sky1 audss clock controller
[PATCH v2] lib: test bitmap vs IDA vs Maple Tree performance for region allocations
2026-07-16 23:57 UTC (5+ messages)
'From 351218ae36a91f36924c9b3c1ecc4d42100fd573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2026-07-16 23:53 UTC (3+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for series starting with [1/4] drm/xe/display: Expose plane max width/height helpers to global scope
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "
[RFC PATCH] xfs: add new policy guidelines for llm-assisted patches
2026-07-16 23:47 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH i-g-t] intel-ci: remove dc3co-vpb-simulation from NVL blocklist
2026-07-16 23:47 UTC (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "
[to-be-updated] mm-bootmem_info-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-sparse-remove-bootmem_infoh-include.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-hugetlb_vmemmap-remove-bootmem_info-leftovers.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] x86-mm-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] x86-mm-stop-marking-page-tables-as-mix_section_info.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86/SVM: Fixes for AMD ERAPS virtualization
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: SVM: Configure ALLOW_LARGER_RAP in svm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid()
` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: SVM: Dirty ERAPS register on all ASID TLB flushes
` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Flush guest TLB on MTRR MSR writes
[to-be-updated] x86-mm-stop-marking-vmemmap-as-section_info.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-bootmem_info-allow-calling-free_bootmem_page-on-pages-without-a-bootmem_type.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] s390-mm-use-free_reserved_pages-in-vmem_free_pages.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-provide-free_reserved_pages-removing-x86-variant.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[to-be-updated] x86-mm-drop-order-parameter-from-free_pagetable.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:46 UTC
[PATCH 0/3] platform/wmi: Add aarch64 support
2026-07-16 23:45 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] platform/wmi: Remove dependency on CONFIG_X86
` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: video: Remove CONFIG_X86 handling from nvidia_wmi_ec_supported()
` [PATCH 3/3] platform/x86: wmi-bmof: Move to generic WMI code
[PATCH] tools/resolve_btfids: fix OUTPUT leakage from kselftest causing corrupted build paths
2026-07-16 23:45 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] ASoC: generic: Card name parsing should be called after xxx_for_each_link()
2026-07-16 23:45 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/3] smb/server: fix some bugs in preparation for change notify support
2026-07-16 23:43 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] smb/server: fix signing when a response uses more than one iov
+ arm64-remove-redundant-concurrent-ptdump-uaf-mitigation.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2026-07-16 23:41 UTC
+ mm-ptdump-always-stabilise-against-page-table-freeing-using-init_mm.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2026-07-16 23:41 UTC
+ x86-mm-pat-acquire-init_mm-write-lock-to-avoid-uaf.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2026-07-16 23:41 UTC
+ mm-vmalloc-acquire-init_mm-lock-on-huge-vmap-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch
2026-07-16 23:41 UTC
[PATCH mm-hotfixes v4 0/4] mm: fix UAF caused by race between ptdump and vmap pgtable freeing
2026-07-16 23:41 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] cpupower: Improve arm64 frequency and CPPC reporting
2026-07-16 23:39 UTC (2+ messages)
[to-be-updated] arm64-remove-redundant-concurrent-ptdump-uaf-mitigation.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:32 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-ptdump-always-stabilise-against-page-table-freeing-using-init_mm.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:32 UTC
[to-be-updated] x86-mm-pat-acquire-mmap-lock-on-page-table-free-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:32 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-vmalloc-acquire-init_mm-lock-on-huge-vmap-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf-fix.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:32 UTC
[to-be-updated] mm-vmalloc-acquire-init_mm-lock-on-huge-vmap-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf.patch removed from -mm tree
2026-07-16 23:32 UTC
[PATCH] drm/panel: ilitek-ili9805: Use _multi variants
2026-07-16 23:31 UTC (2+ messages)
[powerpc:merge] BUILD SUCCESS 0cf9f8680543a8e62f5bf7b73f1fba7739bf5e9a
2026-07-16 23:11 UTC
What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2026, #07)
2026-07-16 23:30 UTC
[PATCH net] nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()
2026-07-16 23:26 UTC
[PATCH] cpupower/debug/i386: check mmap return value in main
2026-07-16 23:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] fs/ntfs: Fix index_root heap OOB write in ntfs_ir_to_ib()
2026-07-16 23:26 UTC (2+ messages)
[media.git/next] MAINTAINERS: Camera sensor and Intel IPU driver changes
2026-07-16 20:55 UTC
[PATCH v3 0/2] cyclic: update and optimization
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/3] vbe: bound FIT external-data reads against the firmware area
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
(no subject)
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (3+ messages)
`
[PATCH v2 0/4] Add DM firmware reserved memory support
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/4] arm: k3: replace tifsstub runtime filter with per-state FIT configurations
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
[PATCH 0/4] dm: core: misc fixes
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] mach-k3: am64x: clear MCU_RST_SRC before reset
2026-07-16 23:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/7] drm/tyr: firmware loading and MCU boot support
2026-07-16 23:24 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 3/7] drm/tyr: add Memory Management Unit (MMU) support
[RESEND PATCH 00/22] IIO: Clean out superfluous I2C checks for single transfers
2026-07-16 23:20 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH bpf v3 0/2] bpf: Fix tracing of kfuncs with implicit args
2026-07-16 23:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[[PATCHv3] meta: Add pam to the defaults if using systemd
2026-07-16 23:20 UTC (5+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: dts: rockchip: Add ArmSoM CM5 and CM5-IO
2026-07-16 22:51 UTC (3+ messages)
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