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[PATCH v6 0/2] Improve code in zcrypt msg type 6 handling
 2026-07-27 12:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks
` [PATCH v6 2/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 "

[PATCH v2 0/2] semihosting: Fix auto-strlen for 32-bit targets + add riscv32 test
 2026-07-27 12:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] semihosting/arm-compat-semi: Fix auto‑strlen detection for 32‑bit targets

[PATCH v5 0/9] vpci: allow queueing of mapping operations
 2026-07-27 12:13 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 5/9] vpci: simplify handling of memory decoding and ROM enable writes
` [PATCH v5 6/9] vpci: create mem local variables

[PATCH] linux-user/sh4: allow full 32-bit address space
 2026-07-27 12:12 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 00/36] treewide: remove conditional returns with no effect
 2026-07-27 12:12 UTC  (9+ messages)
        ` [Intel-wired-lan] "

[LTP] [PATCH] listmount04: Detect EBADF behavior dynamically at runtime
 2026-07-27 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v2 2/2] mm: Extract non-swap page handling to do_non_swap_page()
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/9] ACPI: use named initializers for acpi_device_id
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/9] ACPI: use a named initializer "
` [PATCH 2/9] ACPI: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data
` [PATCH 3/9] ACPI: pci: "
` [PATCH 4/9] ACPI: ghes-nvidia: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id::id
` [PATCH 5/9] ACPI: amba: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data
` [PATCH 6/9] ACPI: dptf: "
` [PATCH 7/9] ACPI: nfit: core: "
` [PATCH 8/9] ACPI: x86: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id::id
` [PATCH 9/9] ACPI: "

[OE-core][wrynose][PATCH 1/5] curl: ignore CVE-2026-4873
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 "
  ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 5/5] curl: fix CVE-2026-7168
      ` [wrynose][PATCH "
    ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v3 2/2] "
  ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v3 1/2] curl: fix CVE-2026-4873

[PATCH v4] docs: translations: pt_BR: fix email-clients.rst and add to index
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[REGRESSION] ACPI: PCI: misleading _OSC failure message when _OSC is absent
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure
 2026-07-27 12:10 UTC 

[PATCH] soc: fsl: dpio: Use common error handling code in two functions
 2026-07-27 12:09 UTC  (9+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v2 0/2] soc: fsl: dpio: Use scope-based resource management "
    ` [PATCH v2 1/2] soc: fsl: dpio: Use scope-based resource management in dpaa2_io_store_create()
    ` [PATCH v2 2/2] soc: fsl: dpio: Use scope-based resource management in dpaa2_io_create()

[android-common:android17-6.18-kminext 5/5] mm/mmzone.c:118:47: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
 2026-07-27 12:08 UTC 

[PATCH v2] powerpc/irq: Fix missing r2 clobber in PCREL inline assembly
 2026-07-27 12:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] irqchip: qcom: Add sane defaults and drop defconfig
 2026-07-27 12:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] irqchip/qcom: Enable compile testing for QCOM_PDC and QCOM_MPM
` [PATCH 2/3] irqchip/qcom: Add defaults for desired arm64 drivers
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: defconfig: Drop redundant Qualcomm irqchip entries

[PATCH v4 0/3] system/memory: Make ram device region directly accessible
 2026-07-27 12:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 3/3] "

[PATCH] spi: tegra114: initialize native chip selects inactive
 2026-07-27 12:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: add phylink_pcs_loopback() method for PCS loopback support
 2026-07-27 12:07 UTC 

[PATCH v2] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Add OMEN board 8BA9 thermal profile support
 2026-07-27 12:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Fixes and cleanups
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: macb: fix ENST configuration for all queues
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: macb: configure ENST registers "

[PATCH v2 0/3] block: reject persistent bitmaps a node can never store
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] Some fixes for amd-pmc handling of the STB
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/19] media: clean up unnecessary vb2_queue_release calls
 2026-07-27 12:05 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 11/19] media: nxp: imx7-media-csi: use _vb2_fop_release/vb2_video_unregister_device

[PATCH v3 0/1] coroutine: fix lost wakeup in qemu_co_sleep_wake()
 2026-07-27 12:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/15] mm/rmap: index MAP_PRIVATE file-backed folios by virt pgoff
 2026-07-27 12:04 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/15] mm/vma: introduce VMA virtual page offset field and add helpers
` [PATCH v2 13/15] mm/vma: make MAP_PRIVATE-mapped /dev/zero mappings truly anonymous

[PATCH v3 0/2] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix SVA vs. HAFT issues
 2026-07-27 12:03 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] arm64: Add override for MMFR1.HAFDBS
` [PATCH v3 2/2] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add HAFT support for SVA

[PATCH net-next,v3] xfrm: allow to enable udp encapsulation without userspace socket
 2026-07-27 12:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] rust: sync: add WaitQueue infrastructure
 2026-07-27 12:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] rust: workqueue: replace deprecated system_wq with system_{percpu,dfl}_wq
` [PATCH 3/5] rust: sync: add WaitQueue infrastructure

[PATCH 0/5] more hardening fixes for s390
 2026-07-27 12:00 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] hw/char/sclpconsole-lm: avoid guest triggerable assert
` [PATCH 2/5] s390x/ipl: validate num_comp against iplb length before iterating
` [PATCH 3/5] pc-bios/s390-ccw: fix out-of-bounds read in iso_get_file_size()
` [PATCH 4/5] pc-bios/s390-ccw: bounds-check zipl menu entry index before array write
` [PATCH 5/5] pc-bios/s390-ccw: bound zipl menu strlen and replace VLA in zipl_print_entry

[PATCH] ext4: turn off DAX on new files when encryption is set
 2026-07-27 11:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ASoC: tas2783-sdw: drop stale regcache on uninitialized re-attach
 2026-07-27 11:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v2 0/2] serial: amba-pl011: fix console clock lifetime
 2026-07-27 11:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: amba-pl011: keep console clock enabled for atomic writes

[PATCH nf-next,v2 1/5] netfilter: flowtable: consolidate net_device field in nft_forward_info struct
 2026-07-27 11:59 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH nf-next,v2 2/5] netfilter: flowtable: consolidate flowtable device check
` [PATCH nf-next,v2 3/5] net: do not advance stack index from dev_fwd_path()
` [PATCH nf-next,v2 4/5] net: pass dst via net_device_path in dev_fill_forward_path()
` [PATCH nf-next,v2 5/5] netfilter: flowtable: release tunnel route on error when building forward path

[PATCH 0/2] block/export/fuse: fix regression with O_TRUNC when export is not growable
 2026-07-27 11:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH][next] drm/bridge: lontium-lt8912b: make read-only const array supply_names static
 2026-07-27 11:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2] mptcp: sockopt: implement IPV6_TCLASS
 2026-07-27 11:58 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH iwl-net] i40e: fix napi_disable hang in i40e_down() during firmware update
 2026-07-27 11:57 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Intel-wired-lan] "

Please backport bridge multicast exponential field encoding fix series to 6.1.y/6.6.y/6.12.y/6.18.y/7.0.y
 2026-07-27 11:57 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] ext4: convert pa_count from atomic_t to refcount_t
 2026-07-27 11:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] ALSA: hda: Add AW88399 HDA side codec driver for Lenovo Legion
 2026-07-27 11:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] nodemask: reduce bitmap width to nr_node_ids in __nodemask_pr_numnodes()
 2026-07-27 11:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` 答复: [????] "

[PATCH net] net: octeontx2-pf: Fix UB in shift operation
 2026-07-27 11:46 UTC  (3+ messages)

[GIT PULL 00/23] Fixes for 11.1-rc2
 2026-07-27 11:51 UTC  (24+ messages)
` [GIT PULL 01/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu: Remove the bytes_pp field
` [GIT PULL 02/23] hw/display/vhost-user-gpu: validate message payload sizes
` [GIT PULL 03/23] ui/vnc: remove redundant rows computation
` [GIT PULL 04/23] hw/display/qxl: unregister vm_change_state handler and BHs
` [GIT PULL 05/23] net/colo: fix g_hash_table_destroy assertion on uninitialized filter
` [GIT PULL 06/23] target/i386/sev: fix MemoryRegion reference leaks in gpa2hva callers
` [GIT PULL 07/23] virtio-gpu: fix NULL deref in rutabaga set_scanout
` [GIT PULL 08/23] docs/hyperv: fix misleading hv-crash shutdown description
` [GIT PULL 09/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu: Fix empty blob discrimination
` [GIT PULL 10/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu: Initialize blob mapping for ATTACH_BACKING
` [GIT PULL 11/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu: Avoid leaking migration blocker
` [GIT PULL 12/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu: Block Rutabaga migration
` [GIT PULL 13/23] hw/display/virtio-gpu-rutabaga: zero-init capset info response
` [GIT PULL 14/23] hw/cxl: fix invalid free on early return
` [GIT PULL 15/23] hw/hexagon: fix machine->fdt leak in qom-test
` [GIT PULL 16/23] block/blkio: fix compiler false-positive warning
` [GIT PULL 17/23] monitor: annotate monitor_qmp_dispatcher_pop_any() as coroutine
` [GIT PULL 18/23] migration: fix qemu_get_counted_string annotation
` [GIT PULL 19/23] io: add missing coroutine annotation
` [GIT PULL 20/23] block: "
` [GIT PULL 21/23] qcow2: remove invalid qcow2_check_refcounts calls
` [GIT PULL 22/23] hw/9pfs: annotate V9fsTransport callbacks as coroutine_fn
` [GIT PULL 23/23] migration/rdma: annotate and simplify wait_comp_channel()

BUG: possible recursive locking detected in sleepable task_vma iterator
 2026-07-27 11:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] fix BCM2835_I2C_CLKT
 2026-07-27 11:54 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net 0/2] tls: fix plaintext sk_msg ring over-fill in tls_sw_sendmsg_splice()
 2026-07-27 11:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: tls: add a test for splicing onto a full plaintext record

[PATCH RFC] power: sequencing: rename pwrseq_power_on/off() to pwrseq_vote_on/off()
 2026-07-27 11:54 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC] "

[PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak in btrfs_do_encoded_write()
 2026-07-27 11:53 UTC 

[RFC 0/4] Interrupts API update
 2026-07-27 11:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC v2 0/3] "
  ` [RFC v2 1/3] vdpa/mlx5: fix check on err interrupt FD
  ` [RFC v2 2/3] interrupts: mark file descriptors invalid on allocation
  ` [RFC v2 3/3] interrupts: close interrupt FDs

[PATCH v7 0/4] kallsyms: embed source file:line info in kernel stack traces
 2026-07-27 11:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/4] "

[PATCH] docs: pt_BR: Reorganize index.rst to avoid merge conflicts
 2026-07-27 11:52 UTC 

[PATCH testsuite] tests/file_contexts: avoid using a C99-style for loop
 2026-07-27 11:52 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/11] Support ELE API in i.MX OCOTP NVMEM driver
 2026-07-27 11:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 06/11] nvmem: imx-ocotp-ele: Use __free(kfree) in imx_ocotp_reg_read()

[PATCH v1] misc: fastrpc: Add missing <linux/bitfield.h> include
 2026-07-27 11:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH for 2025.02.x] package/redis: security bump to v7.2.15
 2026-07-27 11:50 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH for 2026.05.x] package/redis: security bump to v8.6.5
` [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/redis: security bump to v8.8.1

[PATCH 0/1] pipe: only enable the extra wake_up(rd_wait) when epoll is actually used
 2026-07-27 11:50 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH for-rc] RDMA/efa: Fix PBL chunk length computation
 2026-07-27 11:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] docs/manual: update 'releases' to reflect LTS changes
 2026-07-27 11:49 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] Stabilize serial line numbers on MediaTek boards
 2026-07-27 11:49 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: mediatek: alias all enabled serial ports

[PATCH] x86/svm: require VMSAVEvirt for nested virt
 2026-07-27 11:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC v7] ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_init_acl()
 2026-07-27 11:49 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] i2c: rcar: add Gen5 support
 2026-07-27 11:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: rcar-i2c: Document R-Car X5H support
` [PATCH 2/2] i2c: rcar: add R-Car Gen5 support

[PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Fix UAF in ODP init error-handling path
 2026-07-27 11:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] udf: bound lengthAllocDescs from unallocated space entry
 2026-07-27 11:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] Memory leak error in qxl unbind
 2026-07-27 11:41 UTC 

Fixes tags need work in the ceph tree
 2026-07-27 11:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] perf: arm_pmu_acpi: Get rid of the edge-triggered interrupt oddity
 2026-07-27 11:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/bridge: ps8640: propagate AUX transfer register errors
 2026-07-27 11:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 01/23] dma-direct: return struct page from dma_direct_alloc_from_pool()
 2026-07-27 11:40 UTC  (11+ messages)

[PATCH v13 00/23] fs-verity support for XFS with post EOF merkle tree
 2026-07-27 11:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 02/23] fsverity: expose ensure_fsverity_info()
  ` [f2fs-dev] "

[PATCH 0/4] usb: enable sysfs module symlink for more built-in drivers
 2026-07-27 11:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] usb: typec: set mod_name in driver registration

linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the mm-hotfixes-unstable tree
 2026-07-27 11:38 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] net: mana: Return error code from mana_create_rxq()
 2026-07-27 11:37 UTC 

ucsi_acpi PPM init -ETIMEDOUT on AMD Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) — USB4 Type-C dead; UCSI SSDT looks stale (INTL 20220331)
 2026-07-27 11:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH -v4 0/4] mm/vmscan: fix swappiness=max and clean up per-node proactive reclaim
 2026-07-27 11:37 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH -v4 1/4] mm/vmscan: fix anon-only reclaim evicting file pages when swappiness=max

[PATCH mptcp-next v5 07/12] mptcp: sync mptcp skb cb layout with tcp one
 2026-07-27 11:35 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [mptcp-next,v5,07/12] "

[PATCH] thunderbolt: validate DROM entry lengths
 2026-07-27 11:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/13] drm/bridge: it6505: DP audio support + shared-DAI hw_params fix
 2026-07-27 11:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] rust: pin-init: upstream synchronization for 7.3 (round 2)
 2026-07-27 11:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/8] Transition Nova Core to TLV firmare images
 2026-07-27 11:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 3/8] gpu: nova-core: add TLV parser for firmware files
` [PATCH v5 5/8] gpu: nova-core: transition gsp to TLV images

[PATCH] iio: light: veml3328: remove redundant cast in read_avail
 2026-07-27 11:27 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH v2] madvise09: Scale cgroup memory/swap limits dynamically with page size
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v3] "

[PATCH v3 1/3] rust: Fix reproducibility with shared source trees
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] rust: refactor source handling into a shared work-shared recipe
  ` [OE-core] "

[OE-core][PATCH] glibc: stable 2.43 branch updates
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC 

[PATCH mptcp-next 0/6] Reduce the differences between TCP and MPTCP for TLS usage
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next 1/6] mptcp: drop the mptcp_ooo_try_coalesce() helper
` [PATCH mptcp-next 2/6] mptcp: drop the cant_coalesce CB field
` [PATCH mptcp-next 3/6] mptcp: remove CB offset field
` [PATCH mptcp-next 4/6] mptcp: sync mptcp skb cb layout with tcp one
` [PATCH mptcp-next 5/6] mptcp: trim the duplicated skb head at receive enqueue
` [PATCH mptcp-next 6/6] mptcp: defer sk_data_ready to the worker

[PATCH v3] docs: pt_BR: process: Translate programming-language
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

Unexpected files in the drm tree
 2026-07-27 11:29 UTC 

[PATCH net] net: thunderbolt: do not enable E2E flow control on the Tx ring
 2026-07-27 11:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net 0/2] ptp: fix scaled_ppm_to_ppb() overflow bypassing the max_adj check
 2026-07-27 11:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 net 2/2] selftests: ptp: add a regression test for the frequency adjustment overflow

[PATCH 0/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
 2026-07-27 11:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] sched: dynamic: Simplify irqentry_exit_cond_resched()

[PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Panic on partial microcode update
 2026-07-27 11:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] x86/microcode/intel: Taint kernel on partial update

[PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: remove conditional returns with no effect
 2026-07-27 11:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] net: ethernet: remove conditional return "

[PATCH v3 0/5] powervr: MT8173 GPU support
 2026-07-27 11:26 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: clock: mediatek: Add mt8173 mfgtop
` [PATCH v3 2/5] clk: mediatek: Add mt8173-mfgtop driver

[PATCH] x86/events/amd/iommu: Fix cpumask of IOMMU events
 2026-07-27 11:19 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] scripts/checkpatch: validate Fixes: tag format and commit ancestry
 2026-07-27 11:25 UTC  (6+ messages)

[wrynose][PATCH] kea: Fix crosscompilation
 2026-07-27 11:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH mm-hotfixes v5 0/5] mm: fix UAF caused by race between ptdump and vmap pgtable freeing
 2026-07-27 11:25 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH mm-hotfixes v5 3/5] x86/mm/pat: acquire init_mm read lock on attribute change to avoid UAF
  ` [REGRESSION]: "

[PATCH 1/2] drm/bridge: tc358762: use devm for bridge registration and DSI attach
 2026-07-27 11:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: mana: Return error code from mana_create_rxq()
 2026-07-27 11:24 UTC  (3+ messages)

[GIT PULL 0/7] KVM: s390: Fixes for 7.2
 2026-07-27 11:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] Add Apple T2 NHI device links
 2026-07-27 11:24 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] thunderbolt: Add device links for Apple T2 NHI

[PATCH v8 0/9] gpio: realtek: Add support for Realtek DHC RTD1625
 2026-07-27 11:23 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 9/9] gpio: realtek: Add driver for Realtek DHC RTD1625 SoC

[PATCH 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Kalambo SoC and CRD
 2026-07-27 11:23 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/5] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Kalambo CRD

[PATCH] media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier leak on init error
 2026-07-27 11:22 UTC 

[PATCH] dt-bindings: remoteproc: qcom,sm8550-pas: Add Hawi and Maili MPSS compatible
 2026-07-27 11:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

ASoC: tas2783-sdw: no stereo channel split for two mono amps -> mono output (AMD ACP SoundWire, ASUS ProArt PX13)
 2026-07-27 11:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

SVSM Development Call May 27th, 2026
 2026-07-27 11:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` SVSM Development Call July 15th, 2026
  ` SVSM Development Call July 22nd, 2026


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