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[asahilinux:bits/250-aop 30/79] warning: reference as raw pointer
 2026-08-24  2:33 UTC 

[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: use adjusted write range after f2fs_write_checks()
 2026-08-24  2:32 UTC  (2+ messages)
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[PATCH v3] sched/cache: honor migrate_llc_task semantics in active load balance
 2026-08-24  2:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] misc: mei: fix race condition between client teardown and read completion
 2026-08-24  2:32 UTC 

[OE-core][PATCH] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2022-0400
 2026-08-24  4:30 UTC 

[GIT PULL] SMP-call-function torture-test changes for v7.3
 2026-08-24  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[GIT PULL] RCU changes for v7.3
 2026-08-24  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btsdio: Do not bind to non-removable BCM4359
 2026-08-24  2:30 UTC 

[PATCH] gpu: nova-core: Extract FUSE registers definitions
 2026-08-24  2:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4] net/smc: release the internal TCP sock on IPPROTO_SMC socket creation failure
 2026-08-24  2:27 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] net: fec: Propagate PTP initialization errors
 2026-08-24  2:28 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/5] brcmfmac: add FT/OKC roaming offload support
 2026-08-24  2:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 5/5] wifi: brcmfmac: advertise firmware roam "

[PATCH] dt-bindings: regulator: fan53555: add tcs,tcs4526
 2026-08-24  2:27 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/2] RISC-V IOMMU HPM support
 2026-08-24  2:25 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/2] drivers/perf: riscv-iommu: add risc-v iommu pmu driver
` [PATCH v6 2/2] iommu/riscv: create a auxiliary device for HPM

[RFC PATCH RESEND] eventpoll: add lockless fast-path for eventfd
 2026-08-24  2:23 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v3] eventpoll: add lockless fast-path for eventpoll

[OE-core][PATCH v4 0/8] cve-exclusions: triage eight kernel CVEs lacking upstream fix data
 2026-08-24  4:21 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 1/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2019-14899
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 2/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2021-3714
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 3/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2021-3864
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 4/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2022-1247
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 5/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2022-4543
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 6/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2023-3397
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 7/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2023-6238
` [OE-core][PATCH v4 8/8] cve-exclusions: set status for CVE-2023-6240

[PATCH v3 00/17] arm64: dts: Add MQS1 sound card support for i.MX9 EVK platforms
 2026-08-24  2:20 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 01/17] arm64: dts: imx91_93_common: Add clock and sound-dai-cells properties for MQS
` [PATCH v3 02/17] arm64: dts: imx91-11x11-evk: Add board muxes to select between PDM and MQS1
` [PATCH v3 03/17] arm64: dts: imx91-11x11-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 04/17] arm64: dts: imx93-11x11-evk: Add board muxes to select between PDM and MQS1
` [PATCH v3 05/17] arm64: dts: imx93-11x11-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 06/17] arm64: dts: imx93-14x14-evk: Add board muxes to select between FlexCAN1 and MQS1
` [PATCH v3 07/17] arm64: dts: imx93-14x14-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 08/17] arm64: dts: imx94: Add clock and sound-dai-cells properties for MQS1
` [PATCH v3 09/17] arm64: dts: imx943-evk: Add board muxes to select between CAN1/PDM and MQS1/MIC
` [PATCH v3 10/17] arm64: dts: imx943-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 11/17] arm64: dts: imx95: Add clock and sound-dai-cells properties for MQS1
` [PATCH v3 12/17] arm64: dts: imx95-15x15-evk: Add board muxes to select between PDM and MQS1
` [PATCH v3 13/17] arm64: dts: imx95-15x15-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 14/17] arm64: dts: imx952: Add AONMIX MQS device node
` [PATCH v3 15/17] arm64: dts: imx952-evk: Add board muxes to select between CAN1/PDM
` [PATCH v3 16/17] arm64: dts: imx952-evk: Add MQS1 pinmux, clocks and mark conflicting devices
` [PATCH v3 17/17] arm64: dts: fsl: Add DT overlay to build MQS1 sound cards on i.MX9 platforms

[PATCH net] net: fall back to skb_iif for the timestamping pktinfo if_index
 2026-08-24  2:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH mptcp-next v7 0/8] Reduce the differences between TCP and MPTCP for TLS usage
 2026-08-24  2:20 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 1/8] mptcp: use atomic64_t for msk->ack_seq
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 2/8] mptcp: drop the mptcp_ooo_try_coalesce() helper
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 3/8] mptcp: drop the cant_coalesce CB field
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 4/8] mptcp: remove CB offset field
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 5/8] mptcp: sync mptcp skb cb layout with tcp one
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 6/8] mptcp: defer read_sock cleanup to mptcp_worker
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 7/8] mptcp: track app-limited state in mptcp_sendmsg
` [PATCH mptcp-next v7 8/8] selftests: mptcp: sockopt: check app_limited

[syzbot] [kernel?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in bus_for_each_drv
 2026-08-24  2:20 UTC 

[PATCH v5 5/5] wifi: brcmfmac: advertise firmware roam offload support
 2026-08-24  2:19 UTC 

[PATCH net 1/2] bonding: reject frames with insufficient headroom in bond_header_create
 2026-08-24  2:18 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net 2/2] team: reject frames with insufficient headroom in team_header_create

[PATCH] drm/panel-edp: Support MNE007QS3-F and TM140VDXP15 edp panel
 2026-08-24  2:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: snic: Fix scsi host leak on workqueue allocation failure
 2026-08-24  2:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix negative errno truncation in offload capability
 2026-08-24  2:14 UTC 

[OE-core][PATCH v3 0/9] cve-exclusions: triage nine kernel CVEs lacking upstream fix data
 2026-08-24  4:13 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v7 00/10] PCI: endpoint: Add PCI DMA endpoint function
 2026-08-24  2:12 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Leave the cumana_1 and oak drivers to the RISCPC maintainers
 2026-08-24  2:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v4 0/4] Add Smsdid and Smmpt supervisor domain protection
 2026-08-24  2:09 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v4 1/4] lib: sbi_domain: Add finalize callback for per-domain state
` [RFC PATCH v4 2/4] riscv: Add Smsdid and Smmpt hart extensions
` [RFC PATCH v4 3/4] mpt: Add Smsdid and Smmpt supervisor domain core
` [RFC PATCH v4 4/4] lib: sbi: Initialize SMMPT during coldboot

[RFC] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR()
 2026-08-24  2:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-6.6 0/158] htmldocs: Warning: drivers/net/ethernet/yunsilicon/xsc/common/xsc_ioctl.h references a file that doesn't exist: Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
 2026-08-24  2:02 UTC 

[asahilinux:bits/250-aop 28/79] warning: `as` casting between raw pointers without changing their constness
 2026-08-24  2:02 UTC 

[PATCH] module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()
 2026-08-24  2:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] hung_task: show the blocker task if the task is hung on rtmutex
 2026-08-24  2:02 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] cgroup/cpuset: Preserve boot-isolated CPUs on partition release
 2026-08-24  2:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] selftests/cgroup: Drop invalid boot isolation comparison
` [PATCH v2 2/3] cgroup/cpuset: Preserve boot-isolated CPUs on partition release
` [PATCH v2 3/3] selftests/cgroup: Add test for preserving boot-isolated CPUs

[PATCH v3 0/7] smb/client: fix fallocate range operation issues
 2026-08-24  2:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 2/4] man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config
 2026-08-24  2:01 UTC  (15+ messages)
  ` Using LS/LE (was: [PATCH v4 2/4] man/man5/tunables.conf: Document system-wide tunables config)
                      ` Using LS/LE
                ` autotools, was: "

[PATCH] docs/zh_CN: update maintainer/configure-git.rst translation
 2026-08-24  1:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [net?] [usb?] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in vcc_connect
 2026-08-24  1:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: [PATCH] net: atm: fix shift-out-of-bounds in __vcc_connect()

[PATCH v2] scsi: leapraid: standardize NCQ priority sysfs attributes
 2026-08-24  1:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 4/5] hw/arm: Add Axiado SoC AX3005
 2026-08-24  1:50 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] scsi: leapraid: fix firmware log mmap lifetime
 2026-08-24  1:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/unrar: bump to version 7.2.7
 2026-08-24  1:51 UTC  (5+ messages)

[syzbot] [kernel?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in bus_for_each_drv
 2026-08-24  1:53 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Forwarded: "

[PATCH 0/3] treewide: migrate from legacy utime.h to utimensat
 2026-08-24  1:49 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: lpfc: remove unnnecessary NULL check
 2026-08-24  1:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an loop timeout test
 2026-08-24  1:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0001: shrink do_write_buffer() stack frame
 2026-08-24  1:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu/userq: fix lock missing for userq fence error set
 2026-08-24  1:46 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an error code in qla_get_tmf()
 2026-08-24  1:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] phy: qualcomm: qmp-combo: update DP PHY PLL programming on Glymur
 2026-08-24  1:41 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] scsi: ibmvfc: Fix use of uninitialized rport in ibmvfc_do_work()
 2026-08-24  1:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/2] Fix KVM guest scheduling accounting issue related to stealtime
 2026-08-24  1:26 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 1/2] KVM: x86: Update stealtime before clearing preempted state
` [PATCH RFC 2/2] sched/core: Defer preempted remote vCPU task clock updates

Seagate Flex SMR
 2026-08-24  1:36 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net v4 0/2] bonding: fix TLB load-tracking overflow on high-speed NICs
 2026-08-24  1:33 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 2/2] bonding: fix u32 overflow in compute_gap()

[PATCH/RFC 0/4] config: read both home and xdg files for --global
 2026-08-24  1:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/3] "

[PATCH] scsi: core: Enable context analysis for hosts.o
 2026-08-24  1:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] mm/memblock: simplify reserve_mem_init error handling
 2026-08-24  1:20 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] Force detach PCI devices for ACPI-based and PCIe native hot-unplug
 2026-08-24  1:13 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] qdev: Add force argument to qdev_unplug
` [PATCH 2/8] qdev: hotplug: Add force_unplug handler callback
` [PATCH 3/8] qdev: Support forced device_del in QMP and HMP
` [PATCH 4/8] hw/acpi/pcihp: Add forced slot unplug helper
` [PATCH 5/8] hw/acpi/piix4: Support forced PCI unplug
` [PATCH 6/8] hw/acpi/ich9: "
` [PATCH 7/8] hw/acpi/ged: "
` [PATCH 8/8] hw/pci/pcie: Support forced PCIe native unplug

[syzbot] [kernel?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in bus_for_each_drv
 2026-08-24  1:20 UTC 

[PATCH] rust: cfi: disable function merging if CFI is enabled
 2026-08-24  1:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] rust: jump_label: skip arch-specific asm in `testlib` builds
 2026-08-24  1:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function
 2026-08-24  1:14 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: kernel: list: fix incorrect pop_back example comment
 2026-08-24  1:13 UTC  (2+ messages)

[anolis-intel-cloud:devel-6.6 0/158] htmldocs: Warning: anolis/rpm/kernel.spec.template references a file that doesn't exist: linux-%{KVERREL}/tools/perf/Documentation/examples.txt
 2026-08-24  1:11 UTC 

[PATCH v2] wifi: rtw88: disable ASPM for Lenovo IdeaPad S340-14IWL
 2026-08-24  1:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] wifi: rtw88: add quirks to disable PCI ASPM and deep LPS for Dell Vostro 15 3530
 2026-08-24  1:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] wifi: rtw88: disable ASPM and deep PS on ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IH
 2026-08-24  1:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 1/2] Bluetooth: btusb: mediatek: Fix leaked runtime PM reference in reset
 2026-08-24  1:09 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] Bluetooth: btusb: Fix leaked runtime PM reference in btusb_reset

[PATCH] erofs: simplify z_erofs_gbuf_growsize()
 2026-08-24  1:03 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v3 0/5] net/rds: own the fastpath locks across connection teardown
 2026-08-24  0:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] drm/xe/ggtt: fix stale GGTT mappings on unmap
 2026-08-24  0:59 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] drm/xe/ggtt: stop mapping unmapped GGTT pages to scratch
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/xe/tlb_inval: add FULL_INTRA_VF GGTT invalidation helper
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/xe/ggtt: invalidate engine GGTT TLBs for multi-queue GTs

[PATCH] ARM: Restore get_cycles() return value
 2026-08-24  0:59 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 00/12] single-binary: link ARM and RISC-V into qemu-system
 2026-08-24  1:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/12] hw/loongarch/virt: prefix ACPI helper with loongarch_virt_

[PATCH] erofs: skip sufficiently large global buffers when resizing
 2026-08-24  0:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] ksmbd: implement Continuously Available (CA) share support
 2026-08-24  0:56 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] ksmbd: advertise SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES
` [PATCH 2/4] ksmbd: set SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY in tree connect
` [PATCH 3/4] ksmbd: add fencing for disconnected persistent handles
` [PATCH 4/4] ksmbd: enforce write-through on CA share opens

[PULL 00/93] riscv-to-apply queue
 2026-08-24  0:48 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PULL 25/93] tests/qtest: add RISC-V IOMMU MRIF notice tests

[PATCH V0 0/2] Redesign memory deposit logic
 2026-08-24  0:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH V0 1/2] mshv: Stub out deposit memory functions

[PATCH] erofs: support large folio in inode_share mode
 2026-08-24  0:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] erofs: support splice() in inode_share mode
 2026-08-24  0:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

Use of AI Generated Content
 2026-08-24  0:44 UTC 

[PATCH v2] erofs: support SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA in inode_share mode
 2026-08-24  0:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] erofs: Fix EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS default logic
 2026-08-24  0:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] Remove support for Windows Server 2012/2012R2 & Win8/Win8.1 versions of Hyper-V
 2026-08-24  0:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v4 0/7] net/rds: own the fastpath locks across connection teardown
 2026-08-24  0:37 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 1/7] net/rds: use wq_has_sleeper() in release_in_xmit()
` [PATCH net v4 2/7] net/rds: use clear_bit_unlock() in release_refill()
` [PATCH net v4 3/7] net/rds: clear cp_flags bits individually in rds_conn_path_reset()
` [PATCH net v4 4/7] net/rds: tcp: don't force RDS_CONN_RESETTING over a concurrent shutdown
` [PATCH net v4 5/7] net/rds: acquire RDS_IN_XMIT in rds_tcp_reset_callbacks()
` [PATCH net v4 6/7] net/rds: acquire the fastpath locks in rds_conn_shutdown()
` [PATCH net v4 7/7] net/rds: don't let rds_conn_shutdown() consume a concurrent drop

[PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue
 2026-08-24  0:36 UTC 

[PATCH v3] riscv/virt: Add optional UART1
 2026-08-24  0:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Fix two Xilinx Timer issues
 2026-08-24  0:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] hw/timer/xilinx_timer: Start on the enable edge
` [PATCH 2/2] hw/timer/xilinx_timer: Reload at the expiry

[PATCH v4 0/3] Drivers: hv: decrypt netvsc buffers on contiguous direct-map addresses
 2026-08-24  0:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Skip VMBus module cleanup for non-nested root partition
 2026-08-24  0:33 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [usb?] INFO: task hung in unbind_store
 2026-08-24  0:29 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] x86/irq: Fix lost interrupts on CPU hot-unplug for Hyper-V PCI/MSI
 2026-08-24  0:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] PCI: hv: Set irq_retrigger callback for the Hyper-V PCI MSI irqchip

[PATCH togreg v2 0/2] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: fix PM error handling
 2026-08-24  0:20 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH togreg v3 "
  ` [PATCH togreg v3 1/2] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: propagate runtime suspend errors

[RFC PATCH v5 0/3] iio: position: add Rust driver for ams AS5600
 2026-08-24  0:17 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v5 2/3] rust: add minimal IIO subsystem abstractions
` [RFC PATCH v5 3/3] iio: position: add Rust driver for ams AS5600

[PATCH 0/3] x86/irq: Fix lost interrupts on CPU hot-unplug for Hyper-V PCI/MSI
 2026-08-24  0:17 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] PCI: hv: Set irq_retrigger callback for the Hyper-V PCI MSI irqchip
` [PATCH 2/3] x86/irq: Use irq_chip_retrigger_hierarchy() in fixup_irqs()
` [PATCH 3/3] x86/irq, iommu/amd, PCI: Drop redundant irq_retrigger inits

[syzbot] [trace?] [fs?] WARNING in free_ei
 2026-08-24  0:13 UTC 

[PATCH] rust: net: phy: fix off-by-one bit positions in device status accessors
 2026-08-24  0:11 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: typec: mux: fsa4480: wait after enabling supply
 2026-08-24  0:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ARM: dts: marvell: add SDHCI clock-names to Armada 38x
 2026-08-24  0:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: sm7325-nothing-spacewar: Add ath11k calibration-variant
 2026-08-24  0:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] ARM: dts: armada-388-helios4: fix vmmc property name
 2026-08-24  0:05 UTC 

[PATCH] ARM: dts: armada-395-gp: drop unsupported SDHCI clock-frequency
 2026-08-24  0:03 UTC 

[OE-core][PATCH v4 0/4] Make signed kernel modules stripped
 2026-08-24  0:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] Drivers: hv: Use meaningful errnos for hypercall status codes
 2026-08-24  0:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] fbdev: mb862xxfb: Silence possibly unused functions
 2026-08-23 23:59 UTC 

[PATCH RFC 0/2] Support Hyper-V vPCI controller reset method
 2026-08-23 23:57 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 2/2] PCI: hv: Add vPCI device reset support
  ` [EXTERNAL] "

[PATCH] ARM: dts: marvell: add SDHCI clock-names to Armada 39x
 2026-08-23 23:56 UTC 

[PATCH] ARM: dts: marvell: add missing SDHCI clock-names
 2026-08-23 23:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH iproute2 0/3] compiler warning fixes
 2026-08-23 23:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH iproute2 1/3] json_print: fix Gcc-17 warnings
` [PATCH iproute2 2/3] lib: fix warning from ll_addr_a2n
` [PATCH iproute2 3/3] tc/f_u32: fix const strchr() warning

ath11k-firmware: WCN6750: hw1.0: Nothing Phone (1) BDF and regdb
 2026-08-23 23:51 UTC 

[PATCH] classes/retain: add ability to ignore certain tasks
 2026-08-23 23:47 UTC 

[PATCH] ARM: dts: armada-385-clearfog-gtr: fix vmmc property name
 2026-08-23 23:45 UTC 


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