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[PATCH] USB: serial: option: add Compal EXC-T1 support
 2026-09-08  8:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] wifi: cfg80211: avoid holding rtnl_mutex across all cfg80211_leave() calls
 2026-09-08  8:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
  ` [PATCH] "

[PATCH v7 00/16] Improve handling of offline and read-only zones
 2026-09-08  8:57 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/16] block: remove disk_free_zone_resources()
` [PATCH v7 02/16] block: improve capacity handling during zone revalidation
` [PATCH v7 03/16] block: refactor disk_revalidate_zone_resources()
` [PATCH v7 04/16] block: refactor disk_update_zone_resources()
` [PATCH v7 05/16] block: remember a zone type regardless of its condition
` [PATCH v7 06/16] block: refactor bdev_zone_is_seq()
` [PATCH v7 07/16] block: improve blkdev_get_zone_info()
` [PATCH v7 08/16] block: introduce disk_for_all_zone_wplugs()
` [PATCH v7 09/16] block: serialize zone revalidation
` [PATCH v7 10/16] block: drop all zone write plugs on capacity changes
` [PATCH v7 11/16] block: retry zone revalidation on capacity change
` [PATCH v7 12/16] block: propagate readonly and offline conditions to zone write plugs
` [PATCH v7 13/16] block: always treat offline and read-only zones as dead
` [PATCH v7 14/16] block: fail zone management operations to read-only and offline zones
` [PATCH v7 15/16] block: allow read-only and offline conventional zones
` [PATCH v7 16/16] block: simplify disk_zone_set_cond()

[PATCH v8 0/3] drm: Extract dma-fence-to-workqueue pattern into common helpers
 2026-09-08  8:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/3] drm: Add drm_work_fence helper
` [PATCH v8 2/3] drm: Add drm_user_fence helper
` [PATCH v8 3/3] drm/xe: Convert xe_user_fence to drm_user_fence

[PATCH v6 00/12] dma-buf: heaps: Add support for Tegra VPR
 2026-09-08  8:57 UTC  (6+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v6 07/12] mm/cma: Introduce cma_alloc_at() API

[PATCH v5 00/12] Add support for Common SDP Transmission Line
 2026-09-08  8:57 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for Add support for Common SDP Transmission Line (rev5)

[PATCH v5 00/24] vdso: Reject absolute relocations during build
 2026-09-08  8:56 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 11/24] tools headers UAPI: Sync ELF headers with the kernel sources

[PATCH net v4 0/1] ip6_tunnel: snapshot encap in xmit
 2026-09-08  8:57 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 1/1] "

[PATCH] RDMA/siw: Bound fragmented header copies by the remaining length
 2026-09-08  8:55 UTC 

[PATCH wireless 0/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
 2026-09-08  8:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH wireless 1/1] "

[PATCH 0/6] mm: make MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero mappings truly anonymous
 2026-09-08  8:56 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/6] mm/vma: only permit MAP_PRIVATE /dev/zero to be mapped anonymous
` [PATCH 6/6] tools/testing/selftests/mm: add MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero merge tests

[PATCH 1/2] perf/x86/intel: Correct pt_regs->flags update for PEBS path
 2026-09-08  8:56 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86: Disable precise sampling for PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER

[PATCH] phy: phy-snps-eusb2: fix FSEL_48_MHZ_VAL definition
 2026-09-08  8:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

Fwd: [BUG] rtw89: kernel panic in rtw89_core_acquire_sta_ba_entry (list_del corruption)
 2026-09-08  8:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
  `  "

[PATCH 00/19] arm64: Implement parallel CPU onlining with PSCI v0.2+
 2026-09-08  8:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 08/19] arm64: smp: Don't bother printing the I-cache policy for each CPU
` [PATCH 09/19] arm64: smp: Defer RCU registration during secondary CPU bringup

[PATCH 0/2] fs: reject inodes whose size the superblock cannot address
 2026-09-08  8:55 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] fs: track streaming and unknown-size files in dedicated inode fields
` [PATCH 2/2] fs: reject inodes whose size the superblock cannot address

[PATCH] [LOCAL] arm64: renesas: defconfig: Increase NR_CPUS to 32
 2026-09-08  8:54 UTC 

[LTP] kirk 4.2.0 release
 2026-09-08  8:53 UTC 

[PATCH 0/7] media: i2c: st-vd55g1: Genericize driver and add VD55G0 support
 2026-09-08  8:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC 0/2] Store SDMA ring instance and index in the ring
 2026-09-08  8:54 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC 1/2] drm/amdgpu: Store SDMA "
` [RFC 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Drop null SDMA instance checks from SDMA vfuncs

[PATCH net-next v2] net: mvpp2: simplify IRQ validity check
 2026-09-08  8:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/mm: Introduce helper for checking direct map 1G page support
 2026-09-08  8:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: st: fix arm,smc-id of the SMC watchdog on stm32mp2
 2026-09-08  8:52 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Linux-stm32] [PATCH] arm64: dts: st: fix arm, smc-id "

[PATCH net-next v9 3/4] net: dsa: microchip: Support Microchip KSZ8995XA / KS8995XA
 2026-09-08  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list()
 2026-09-08  8:52 UTC  (4+ messages)

[STABLE v5.15.y 1/8] file: add fput() cleanup helper
 2026-09-08  8:51 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [STABLE v5.15.y 2/8] eventpoll: use hlist_is_singular_node() in __ep_remove()
` [STABLE v5.15.y 3/8] eventpoll: split __ep_remove()
` [STABLE v5.15.y 4/8] eventpoll: kill __ep_remove()
` [STABLE v5.15.y 5/8] eventpoll: drop vestigial __ prefix from ep_remove_{file,epi}()
` [STABLE v5.15.y 6/8] eventpoll: rename ep_remove_safe() back to ep_remove()
` [STABLE v5.15.y 7/8] eventpoll: move epi_fget() up
` [STABLE v5.15.y 8/8] eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

[PATCH v2 00/11] ASoC: SDCA: enable on DT platforms and add Qualcomm WCD9378 (Tambora) codec
 2026-09-08  8:49 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 11/11] ASoC: codecs: add Qualcomm Tambora (WCD9378) SDCA codec

[PATCH net-next v5 3/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix IRQ error handling
 2026-09-08  8:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/xe: Add wa_14025941587 to xe2, xe3 and xe3p platforms
 2026-09-08  8:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: maple_tree: implement Send and Sync for MapleTree
 2026-09-08  8:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v5 2/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Handle optional IRQ return value correctly
 2026-09-08  8:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v13 3/8] powerpc/bpf: fix buffer overflow in JIT for large BPF programs
 2026-09-08  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v5 0/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Fix IRQ error handling
 2026-09-08  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v5 1/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Propagate errors from optional IRQ lookup

[PATCH 0/7] media: i2c: st-vd55g1: Genericize driver and add VD55G0 support
 2026-09-08  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] clk: zynq: return -ETIMEDOUT if the PLL never locks
 2026-09-08  8:47 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] PCI: Accept AtomicOps already enabled by the hypervisor
 2026-09-08  8:47 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v3 0/3] OpenSBI domain initialization order
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] lib: sbi_domain: Introduce domain intialization order

perf getting all-zeroes IP on STM32MP1
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH v13 0/8] powerpc/bpf: address missing verifier selftest coverage
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 5/8] powerpc/bpf: Move out dummy_tramp_addr after Long branch stub

[PATCH v5] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a779g0: Add GICv3 ITS and update PCIe nodes
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ui/gtk: Handle empty notebook state in menu handlers
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] arm64: dts: renesas: r8a779h0: Add GICv3 ITS and update PCIe node
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add new SpacemiT custodians
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/13] arm64: dts: qcom: Add x1e/Hamoa camera DTSI
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 03/13] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add CAMCC block definition
` [PATCH v6 05/13] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add CAMSS "

patchwork update / NIPA issues - please resend
 2026-09-08  8:45 UTC 

[PATCH] tty: tty_port: restore TTY_IO_ERROR on activation failure
 2026-09-08  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] PCI: Disable not supported reset methods on DG1 0x4905
 2026-09-08  8:45 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for PCI: Disable not supported reset methods on DG1 0x4905 (rev2)

[PATCH v3] ata: ahci_da850: switch to DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS
 2026-09-08  8:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

Wrongly bound Elantech touchpad on Lenovo Yoga Slim 7
 2026-09-08  8:44 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2] x86/svm: Intercept CR0 writes selectively
 2026-09-08  8:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] ARM, ARM64, LONGARCH: Delay HW BP notification to task_work()
 2026-09-08  8:43 UTC  (10+ messages)

[PATCH] interconnect: qcom: icc-rpmh: Add opt-out parameter for QoS settings
 2026-09-08  8:42 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH PRELIMINARY 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: shikra: add Ethernet support
 2026-09-08  8:42 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] ppp: enforce minimum MTU/MRU to fix Deflate buffer underflows
 2026-09-08  8:41 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] Optimize anonymous swapbacked large folio unmapping
 2026-09-08  8:41 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/internal: rename swap offset helpers to softleaf offset

[PATCH 00/23] ALSA compress / ASoC compress / SOF: Compressed audio support with IPC4
 2026-09-08  8:41 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH 04/23] ASoC: soc-compress: Implement trigger FE-BE sequencing as with normal PCMs

[PATCH 00/11] accel/tcg: Make halt-to-exec transition explicit and remove cpu_exec_halt
 2026-09-08  8:40 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/11] target/arm: Extract halt-to-exec transition out of arm_cpu_exec_halt()

[RFC PATCH v2 0/9] igb: Add experimental VF live migration support
 2026-09-08  8:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 9/9] docs: Add igb VF migration testing setup guide

[PATCH v3 0/7] drm/msm/hdmi: Fixes/Cleanups before Eliza
 2026-09-08  8:39 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/7] drm/msm/hdmi: Handle msm_hdmi_power_on() errors during .atomic_pre_enable()
` [PATCH v3 3/7] drm/msm/hdmi_bridge: Correct poweroff/audio cleanup order in post_disable
` [PATCH v3 5/7] drm/msm: Properly handle msm_ioremap() without name
` [PATCH v3 7/7] dt-bindings: display/msm: hdmi: Correct name of disallowed supplies

[PATCH] powerpc/kasan: require memintrinsic prefix support for KASAN
 2026-09-08  8:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libconfuse: bump to version 3.4
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC 

[PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3-sva: Relax ASID requirements
 2026-09-08  8:38 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] mm: page_alloc: add trace_mm_page_alloc to bulk allocation path
 2026-09-08  8:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] mm: page_alloc: add missing hooks "

[PATCH 0/8] mm: introduce for_each_process_rcu and for_each_thread_rcu
 2026-09-08  8:38 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] "

[PATCH v3 0/5] firmware-owned devicetree for EBBR / SystemReady DeviceTree
 2026-09-08  8:37 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/5] efi_loader: bootmgr: install the firmware-owned devicetree

[PATCH v4 0/2] pwm: add Axiado AX3000 PWM support
 2026-09-08  8:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: pwm: add Axiado AX3000 PWM
` [PATCH v4 2/2] pwm: add Axiado AX3000 PWM driver

[GIT PULL 01/10] tests/functional: replace HMP with QMP
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [GIT PULL 02/10] tests/functional: add skipTestIfNoHMP() helper
` [GIT PULL 03/10] tests/functional: skip some tests that require HMP
` [GIT PULL 04/10] tests/functional/s390x: use QMP for balloon
` [GIT PULL 05/10] tests/ahci-test: replace HMP usage with QMP
` [GIT PULL 06/10] tests/qtest: add qtest_qmp_job_wait()
` [GIT PULL 07/10] tests/ide-test: convert to QMP
` [GIT PULL 08/10] tests/drive_del-test: compile out HMP-dependent tests when !CONFIG_HMP
` [GIT PULL 09/10] qtest: compile out HMP helper "
` [GIT PULL 10/10] tests: fix qemu:func-hexagon-linters

What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2026, #03)
 2026-09-08  8:37 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v6 0/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: add support yt922x driver
 2026-09-08  8:36 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v6 1/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: initialize dsa_switch based on chipid
` [PATCH net-next v6 2/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: use max_ports in series for port bounds checking
` [PATCH net-next v6 3/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: move mib start from probe() to dsa_setup()
` [PATCH net-next v6 4/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: move mib stop from remove() to teardown()
` [PATCH net-next v6 5/6] net: dsa: tag_yt922x: add support for Motorcomm YT922x tags
` [PATCH net-next v6 6/6] net: dsa: motorcomm: Add support for Motorcomm YT922x

[PATCH v3 0/2] sched: Fix execution-context tick handling under proxy execution
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] sched/numa: Drive NUMA task tick from execution context

[PATCH v13 4/8] powerpc/bpf: fix alignment of long branch trampoline address
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC  (4+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v3 00/31] Add sysfs sanity tests
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/22] Initial USB4/Thunderbolt support for Apple M1/M2/M3 SoCs
 2026-09-08  8:35 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 10/22] thunderbolt: Unlock host router ports during startup
` [PATCH v2 13/22] thunderbolt: Add ring register accessors to tb_nhi_ops
` [PATCH v2 16/22] thunderbolt: Add add_links "

[PATCH v2 00/11] mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization
 2026-09-08  8:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: switch device DAX to shared tail vmemmap pages

[PATCH v2 0/3] Apple SoC CIO (USB4/Thunderbolt) reset controller
 2026-09-08  8:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v12 net-next] octeontx2-pf: add mqprio bandwidth offload for NIX TX schedulers
 2026-09-08  8:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[SECURITY] configfs: symlink(2) vs rmdir(2) race leads to use‑after‑free in create_link(), CWE‑416
 2026-09-08  8:33 UTC 

[RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/6] bpf: Add UHMUL and SHMUL instructions
 2026-09-08  8:32 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 1/6] "
` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 3/6] bpf: Reject UHMUL/SHMUL in unsupported JITs

fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:643:5-8: Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 665
 2026-09-08  8:32 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH] ocfs2: remove unnecessary ret variable in ocfs2_calc_xattr_init()

[PATCH] vduse: return compat ioctl results directly
 2026-09-08  8:32 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] ui/dbus: skip GL scanout dispatch for placeholder surfaces
 2026-09-08  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] ntfs: wire up the fileattr API
 2026-09-08  8:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] sched/cpufreq: fix schedutil's boost frequency handling
 2026-09-08  8:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] arch_topology: seed capacity_freq_ref with boost-aware max freq
` [PATCH v2 2/2] cpufreq: fix schedutil not returning to non-boost freq when boost is disabled

[PATCH v3 0/6] virtio: fix and add callback synchronization hooks
 2026-09-08  8:31 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 6/6] virtio_vdpa: implement synchronize_cbs()

[PATCH net v3] net: phy: mediatek-ge: disable EEE on the MT7530 PHY
 2026-09-08  8:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/3] mm: make persistent huge zero folio read-only
 2026-09-08  8:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/3] "

[RFC PATCH] vfio/pci: Block for the upstream bridge lock in vfio_pci_core_disable()
 2026-09-08  8:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] Documentation: Update after split of <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
 2026-09-08  8:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] phy: ti: twl4030-usb: unwind late probe failures
 2026-09-08  8:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

OpenVAS based vulnerability scan for IEC 62443-4-2 SVV-3 testing
 2026-09-08  8:28 UTC 

[PATCH 0/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-macros: switch regcache to REGCACHE_MAPLE
 2026-09-08  8:28 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-wsa-macro: use v2.5 Compander1 addresses on v2.5+
` [PATCH 2/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-{rx,wsa}-macro: sort reg_defaults before regmap init
` [PATCH 3/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-wsa-macro: switch cache to REGCACHE_MAPLE
` [PATCH 4/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-rx-macro: "
` [PATCH 5/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-tx-macro: "
` [PATCH 6/6] ASoC: codecs: lpass-va-macro: "

[PATCH] wifi: libipw: reject TKIP frames without a full MIC
 2026-09-08  8:27 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] imap-send: future proofing and two correctness fixes
 2026-09-08  8:26 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] imap-send: prepare for OpenSSL 4.1
` [PATCH 2/3] imap-send: don't expect an ASN1_STRING to be NUL-terminated

[PATCH net] selftests/drivers/net: include lib/sh/*.sh
 2026-09-08  8:26 UTC  (3+ messages)

[geert-renesas-drivers:renesas-pinctrl] BUILD SUCCESS ec5202ccfa24791acf64146d5bac6b63ce234f95
 2026-09-08  8:25 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: dsa: Add SoC-e DSA driver
 2026-09-08  8:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: dsa: soce: Add basic support for SoC-e switch IP cores

[PATCH net v3 0/1] rxrpc: fix encap_rcv skb accounting exhaustion
 2026-09-08  8:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 1/1] "

[PATCH v1] drm/xe/ras: Fix sysctrl and drm-ras discrepancy
 2026-09-08  8:25 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH v4 0/2] sched: Enable preferred SMT siblings on NVIDIA Olympus
 2026-09-08  8:23 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: topology: Prefer PE0 on NVIDIA Olympus SMT cores
` [PATCH 2/2] sched/fair: Honor asymmetric SMT priority in idle selection

[PATCH net-next v2] seg6: reallocate the skb head on L2 encapsulation only when needed
 2026-09-08  8:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 3/3] mm: zswap: drop cold writeback folios via swap dropbehind
 2026-09-08  8:24 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linux-next:master 2780/4316] drivers/net/dsa/motorcomm/chip.c:1792 yt921x_acl_rule_ext_parse_flow_entries() warn: missing unwind goto?
 2026-09-08  8:23 UTC 

[BUG] git bundle create with bitmaps omits tree required by advertised ref
 2026-09-08  8:23 UTC 

[PATCH] mm: mglru: clear the reference counter for rejected folios
 2026-09-08  8:23 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH v2] kselftest: mm: remove HPAGE_SIZE and HPAGE_SHIFT macro
 2026-09-08  8:23 UTC  (3+ messages)

[linuxtv-media-pending:fixes] BUILD SUCCESS 37bef2170d4c88fc3d708eecf3ef0f4032bc1372
 2026-09-08  8:22 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2] net: marvell: mvmdio: Handle errors from optional IRQ lookup
 2026-09-08  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bug] git worktree add deletes my entire directory
 2026-09-08  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] Add support for cmpxchg16b emulation
 2026-09-08  8:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] KVM: x86: "

[PATCH net] openvswitch: fix wrong flag value in get_ipv6_ext_hdrs()
 2026-09-08  8:21 UTC  (2+ messages)


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