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[PATCH] drm/msm/dp: don't gate eDP on DP_SINK_COUNT
 2026-09-08  9:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/msm/dp: don't gate eDP on DP_SINK_COUNT
 2026-09-08  9:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[net-next, v2 00/11] add features to bnge
 2026-09-08  9:30 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [net-next, v2 01/11] bnge: update HSI

[meta-oe][PATCH 1/2] valkey: Upgrade 9.1.1 -> 9.1.2
 2026-09-08  9:30 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [meta-oe][PATCH 2/2] ostree: Upgrade 2026.3 -> 2026.4

[PATCH] media: gspca: don't call stopN/stop0 after device disconnect
 2026-09-08  9:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 00/11] accel/tcg: Make halt-to-exec transition explicit and remove cpu_exec_halt
 2026-09-08  9:29 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 06/11] target/arm: Extract halt-to-exec transition out of arm_cpu_exec_halt()

[PATCH v2 00/11] mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization
 2026-09-08  9:29 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 09/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: drop the extra tail page from device DAX reservation
` [PATCH v2 10/11] mm/sparse-vmemmap: drop unused section_nr_vmemmap_pages() arguments
` [PATCH v2 11/11] Documentation/mm: update DAX vmemmap deduplication docs

drivers/android/binder_alloc.c:234:21: warning: 'binder_page_lookup' defined but not used
 2026-09-08  9:29 UTC 

[PATCH v2 5/5] x86/mm/pat: fix effective RW computation in lookup_address_in_pgd_attr()
 2026-09-08  9:29 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/mm/pat: Fix "

[PATCH v6 0/6] drm/verisilicon: add Nuvoton MA35D1 DCU Lite support
 2026-09-08  9:28 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/6] dt-bindings: display: verisilicon,dc: add support for nuvoton,ma35d1-dcu
` [PATCH v6 2/6] drm/verisilicon: add register-level macros for DC8000
` [PATCH v6 3/6] drm/verisilicon: introduce per-variant hardware ops table
` [PATCH v6 4/6] drm/verisilicon: add DC8000 (DCUltraLite) display controller support
` [PATCH v6 5/6] drm/verisilicon: add DCUltraLite chip identity to HWDB
` [PATCH v6 6/6] drm/verisilicon: extend Kconfig to support ARCH_MA35 platforms

[PATCH v8 0/2] hwrng: starfive: add JHB100 support and fix clk/reset teardown
 2026-09-08  8:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/2] hwrng: starfive: rework clk/reset teardown order for JHB100
    ` 回复: "

[meta-ti][master][PATCH v3 1/3] dm-verity-upstream: Add dynamic layer for meta-security dm-verity
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [meta-ti][master][PATCH v3 2/3] linux-ti-staging: Add dm-verity kernel config
` [meta-ti][master][PATCH v3 3/3] tisdk-uenv: Load dm-verity initramfs from U-Boot boot script

[PATCH 0/4] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/5] net/mlx5: remove MAC addresses flush helper on Linux
  ` [PATCH v6 2/5] net/mlx5: remove redundant MAC address index checks
  ` [PATCH v6 3/5] net/mlx5: pass maximum number of unicast MAC to common code
  ` [PATCH v6 4/5] net/mlx5: use bitset for tracking MAC addresses
  ` [PATCH v6 5/5] net/mlx5: accept more unicast "

[PATCHSET v13 sched_ext/for-7.4] sched: Make proxy execution compatible with sched_ext
 2026-09-08  9:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 02/18] sched/core: Dequeue waking proxy donors before reset

[PATCH] soc: fsl: qe: drop GPIOD_FLAGS_BIT_NONEXCLUSIVE
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] platform/arm64: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11 embedded controller
 2026-09-08  9:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: embedded-controller: add Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11 EC
` [PATCH 2/2] platform/arm64: add Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11 EC driver

[PATCH v2 0/6] Add TEE based client driver for UEFI Secure Application
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/mm/pat: skip RWX verification until kernel text is set to read only
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC 

BUG in es8389_set_bias_level?
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] bus: mhi: Add loopback driver
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/3] bus: mhi: host: clients: Add loopback driver with sysfs interface
` [PATCH v6 2/3] bus: mhi: ep: Add mhi_ep_queue_buf() API for raw buffer queuing
` [PATCH v6 3/3] bus: mhi: ep: clients: Add loopback driver for data path testing

[PATCH bpf v3] bpf, sockmap: Fix self-redirect copied_seq double-counting
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/10] arm64: Unmap FF-A lent memory from direct map
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 01/10] memblock: Introduce MEMBLOCK_LLMAP
` [PATCH v9 07/10] arm64: Implement __set_direct_map*()

[RFC RESEND 0/3] virtio_net: introduce an RX queue watchdog for stuck detection
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC RESEND 1/3] virtio: add virtqueue_get_last_used_idx() helper
` [RFC RESEND 2/3] virtio_net: introduce an RX queue watchdog for stuck detection
` [RFC RESEND 3/3] virtio_net: add rx_timeouts per-queue statistic

[PATCH v2 0/3] Viridian changes for Hyper-V as a guest
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/viridian: Workaround Hyper-V GP fault writing to MSR

[PATCH v2] isofs: convert the zisofs read path to use folios
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/40] Use defined 16-bits ASC/ASCQ combinations
 2026-09-08  9:27 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 02/40] scsi: constants: use defined sense codes
` [PATCH v6 03/40] scsi: constants: rename internal struct field names
` [PATCH v6 04/40] scsi: rename sense field of struct scsi_failure
` [PATCH v6 05/40] scsi: prepare for using 16-bits defined sense codes
` [PATCH v6 06/40] scsi: use struct scsi_sense_hdr to log sense keys and codes
` [PATCH v6 07/40] scsi: core: use 16-bits defined sense codes
` [PATCH v6 08/40] scsi: sd: "
` [PATCH v6 09/40] scsi: sr: "

[PATCH] HID: i2c-hid: add reset quirk for Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11 keyboard
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [usb?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in usb_reinit
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] rust: add unsafe precondition assertions to Vec length helpers
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v2 1/2] rust: make unsafe_precondition_assert! const compatible
  ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rust: alloc: use unsafe_precondition_assert! in Vec length helpers

[PATCH v2] media: i2c: imx471: Fix pixel rate and line length
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] linux-yocto: -stable updates
 2026-09-08  9:26 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH iwl-net] idpf: fix NULL pointer dereference and memory leak in interrupt request
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in vma_add_pgoff
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] Renesas RZ/T2H pinctrl fixes and cleanups
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/7] pinctrl: renesas: rzt2h: fix used_irqs indexing in clear path
` [PATCH 2/7] pinctrl: renesas: rzt2h: restore correct pin mode on IRQ free

[PATCH] HID: lenovo: suppress phantom radio control input on Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v9 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes
 2026-09-08  9:24 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/4] alloc_tag: move release_module_tags() above reserve_module_tags()
` [PATCH v9 2/4] alloc_tag: clean up the populate failure path
` [PATCH v9 3/4] module: introduce SH_ENTSIZE_STANDALONE for separately allocated sections
` [PATCH v9 4/4] module: allocate codetag sections before the regular module layout

[PATCH] mm/huge_memory: add folio_reset_partially_mapped()
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/2] media: i2c: Add os02g10 camera sensor driver
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH net] wifi: ath9k: Fix potential spin_lock() before spin_lock_init()
 2026-09-08  9:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v11 00/74] Add HDMI 2.0 support to DW HDMI QP TX
 2026-09-08  9:24 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 13/74] drm/bridge: Fix NULL deref in drm_bridge_add() for legacy bridges

[PATCH 0/3] HID: use designated initializers for acpi_device_id
 2026-09-08  9:24 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] HID: hid-google-hammer: use named "
` [PATCH 2/3] HID: i2c-hid: "
` [PATCH 3/3] HID: surface-hid: "

[PATCH v13 0/8] DCD Prep Series
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/3] ntfs: fix volume flag update races and persist the recorded error state
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/3] ntfs: sync the volume dirty bit with "

[RESEND PATCH 1/2] media: em28xx: adjust initialization order in em28xx_v4l2_init()
 2026-09-08  9:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/3] rtnetlink: dump link-layer multicast addresses
 2026-09-08  9:23 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] USB: cdc-acm: fix racy TIOCMIWAIT implementation
 2026-09-08  9:23 UTC  (12+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v3] read_all: Fix buffer too small for long paths
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC 

[nf PATCH v3] netfilter: nfnetlink: Fix for interrupted hook dumps
 2026-09-08  9:23 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] crypto: amlogic: Fix IRQ handler return value and fallthrough logic
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net v3] net/smc: fix lgr/lnk lifetime vs diag reader race
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/5] ASoC: Add support for Airoha AN7581
 2026-09-08  9:23 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 4/5] ASoC: airoha: Add AFE driver "
` [PATCH v6 5/5] ASoC: airoha: Add machine "

[PATCH net-next 00/15] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-09-07
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 08/15] batman-adv: tt: replace add_orig_entry goto in batadv_tt_global_add()

[PATCH v7 0/4] hook: introduce the receive-report hook
 2026-09-08  9:22 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 2/4] receive-pack: drop static variables to track report status version
` [PATCH v7 3/4] receive-pack: move message generation to separate function

[PATCH v2 0/2] media: i2c: Add driver for Mira016
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] media: i2c: mira016: "

[PATCH v5 00/24] vdso: Reject absolute relocations during build
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 11/24] tools headers UAPI: Sync ELF headers with the kernel sources
` [PATCH v5 16/24] powerpc/elf: Add 32-bit REL16 relocation definitions

[PATCH v2 00/11] Fix inconsistent ref storage format terminology
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/11] builtin/clone: rename "--ref-format=" to "--ref-storage-format="

[PATCH 1/3] media: ov02c10: Drop duplicate register write
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC  (5+ messages)
  ` [PATCH 2/3] media: ov02c10: Implement get_selection
  ` [PATCH 3/3] media: ov02c10: Accept a 26 MHz external clock

[PATCH v1 net-next 0/2] net: Disallow buggy TCP transitions and IPV6_ADDRFORM
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 net-next 2/2] ipv6: Remove IPV6_ADDRFORM

[PATCH net-next v2] net: marvell: mvmdio: Handle errors from optional IRQ lookup
 2026-09-08  9:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v9 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes
 2026-09-08  9:21 UTC 

[PATCH] crypto: virtio: validate akcipher completion length
 2026-09-08  9:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [usb?] general protection fault in mon_notify
 2026-09-08  9:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/39] [RISC-V] virtual interrupt controller (vAPLIC/vIMSIC) support
 2026-09-08  9:19 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 12/39] xen/riscv: implement vCPU context switching
` [PATCH v2 16/39] xen/riscv: extend exception tables with type and data fields

[PATCH v9 0/4] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes
 2026-09-08  9:20 UTC 

[syzbot] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in vhci_cleanup_unlink_list
 2026-09-08  9:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/2] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Make the queue depths tunable, and shrink them in a kdump kernel
 2026-09-08  9:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add a cmdq_max_entries module parameter

Multi-vendor Yocto distro: how do you structure layers?
 2026-09-08  8:39 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/22] Initial USB4/Thunderbolt support for Apple M1/M2/M3 SoCs
 2026-09-08  9:18 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 19/22] thunderbolt: Add Apple Silicon support

[PATCH v20 0/8] rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type
 2026-09-08  9:18 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v20 4/8] rust: page: convert to `Ownable`
  ` [PATCH v20 4/8] rust: page: convert to `Ownable`'

[PATCH] nfc: pn533: fix OOB read in pn533_acr122_is_rx_frame_valid()
 2026-09-08  9:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v9 4/4] net: dsa: ks8995: Delete surplus driver
 2026-09-08  9:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/9] io: accel: mma8452: Allow open drain interrupt pin configuration
 2026-09-08  9:15 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 9/9] iio: accel: mma8452: Support interrupt sharing

[PATCH net-next v2 0/4] net: dsa: Add SoC-e DSA driver
 2026-09-08  9:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: Add SoC-e SWIP switch

[PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/dp_mst: Fix configuring FEC for a disconnected stream
 2026-09-08  9:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] drm/msm/dp: Add MSM Type-C MST support
 2026-09-08  9:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/8] mm/page_owner: Add PID/TGID/COMM and cgroup filtering
 2026-09-08  9:13 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next] selftests: icmp_redirect: remove xfail support
 2026-09-08  9:13 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH] kirk: upgrade version to 4.2.0
 2026-09-08  9:12 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] USB: replace page allocator calls with kmalloc()
 2026-09-08  9:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH net] net: macb: fix ordering around PTP timestamp read
 2026-09-08  9:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v10 0/5] hw/riscv: Server Platform Reference Board
 2026-09-08  9:11 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 2/5] target/riscv: add riscv-server-ref CPU
` [PATCH v10 4/5] tests/functional/riscv64: add riscv-server-ref tests

[PATCH net v3 0/1] rxrpc: fix encap_rcv skb accounting exhaustion
 2026-09-08  9:12 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 1/1] "

[PATCH] ASoC: codecs: ES8389: Prevent enable_count underflow in clk_core_disable
 2026-09-08  9:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v9 0/2] bpf: BPF-driven proactive memcg reclaim
 2026-09-08  9:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v9 1/2] mm/bpf: Add bpf_proactive_reclaim kfunc
` [PATCH bpf-next v9 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add memcg async reclaim test

[PATCH v12 0/8] netfs: Miscellaneous preparatory changes
 2026-09-08  9:10 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 1/8] netfs: Use uoff_t instead of unsigned long long and loff_t
` [PATCH v12 2/8] netfs: Remove the writethrough code
` [PATCH v12 3/8] netfs: trace: Change the "clear" folio traces to "endwb"
` [PATCH v12 4/8] netfs: trace: Rejig a couple of the tracepoints
` [PATCH v12 5/8] netfs: Add the cache object ID to netfs_read/write tracepoints
` [PATCH v12 6/8] netfs: Make deprecated PG_private_2 support opt-in
` [PATCH v12 7/8] netfs: Add some functions to wrap the all-queued handling
` [PATCH v12 8/8] netfs: Set subrequest->source at alloc before trace emission

[PATCH net v5 0/6] Fix a variety of TPA bugs
 2026-09-08  9:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] arm64: dts: qcom: IdeaCentre Mini 01Q8X10 Hamoa + Purwa
 2026-09-08  9:11 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 00/19] arm64: Implement parallel CPU onlining with PSCI v0.2+
 2026-09-08  9:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 11/19] arm64: smp: Use generic HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP machinery for CPU onlining

[PATCH v6 00/12] dma-buf: heaps: Add support for Tegra VPR
 2026-09-08  9:10 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v2] vfio/igd: Add device ID support for Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[for-next v1 0/5] RDMA/ionic: add SRQ support and firmware assigned CQ and SRQ IDs
 2026-09-08  9:08 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [for-next v1 1/5] net: ionic: Fetch qid allocation and SRQ capability from firmware
` [for-next v1 2/5] RDMA/ionic: support firmware-assigned CQ IDs
` [for-next v1 3/5] RDMA/ionic: segregate rq related fields from ionic_qp into a new ionic_rq struct
` [for-next v1 4/5] RDMA/ionic: add Shared receive queue (SRQ) support
` [for-next v1 5/5] RDMA/ionic: implement SRQ event handling support

[PATCH v2 00/11] ASoC: SDCA: enable on DT platforms and add Qualcomm WCD9378 (Tambora) codec
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 11/11] ASoC: codecs: add Qualcomm Tambora (WCD9378) SDCA codec

[PATCH net] net: stmmac: preserve real_num_tx_queues on mqprio setup failure
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC 

[PATCH v4] ata: ahci_da850: switch to DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/2] drm/i915/display: reduce clock_gating interface between core and display
 2026-09-08  8:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] drm/i915/display: add a way to restore only display/pch registers in clock_gating
` [PATCH v4 2/2] drm/i915/display: split part of intel_display_reset_finish() to a new function

[PATCH v2 0/3] tracing: Rename to "capacity"
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] ring-buffer: Rename ring_buffer_size() to ring_buffer_capacity()
` [PATCH v2 2/3] tracing: Rename trace_array::entries to capacity
` [PATCH v2 3/3] tracing: Rename tracing_entries_fops to tracing_capacity_fops

[PATCH net] net: hsr: enable promiscuous mode on interlink port with fwd offload
 2026-09-08  9:08 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/5] firmware-owned devicetree for EBBR / SystemReady DeviceTree
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/5] efi_loader: bootmgr: install the firmware-owned devicetree

[PATCH 0/9] linkmode: better use bitmap API
 2026-09-08  9:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/9] ixgbe: use linkmode_and() return value in ixgbe_get_eee_fw()

[PATCH] media: adv748x: Fix endpoint reference leaks on probe failure
 2026-09-08  9:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] drm/xe/ras: Fix sysctrl and drm-ras discrepancy
 2026-09-08  9:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH 0/4] drm: Add and use drm_fb_dma_get_gem_clipped_addr() helper
 2026-09-08  9:07 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] drm/fb-dma-helper: Add drm_fb_dma_get_gem_clipped_addr()
` [PATCH 2/4] drm/sun4i: layers: Fix VI buffer address for clipped offsets
` [PATCH 3/4] drm/imx/dc: plane: Switch to drm_fb_dma_get_gem_clipped_addr()
` [PATCH 4/4] drm/imx/dcss: "

[Buildroot] [PATCH 01/1] package/sdl3_image: security bump to version 3.4.6
 2026-09-08  9:07 UTC 

[PATCH] builtin/whoami: add new 'whoami' command
 2026-09-08  9:07 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] var: support broken-down idents, default key, multiple args, and -z

[PATCH 0/4] btrfs-progs: enhance the backup root behavior
 2026-09-08  9:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] btrfs-progs: unexport btrfs_setup_chunk_tree_and_device_map()

[PATCH] drm/xe: Add wa_14025941587 to xe2, xe3 and xe3p platforms
 2026-09-08  9:05 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe: Add wa_14025941587 to xe2, xe3 and xe3p platforms (rev6)


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