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[PATCH v1 0/2] drm/mipi-dbi: display a cropped region of an oversized framebuffer
 2026-09-10 19:07 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/2] drm/mipi-dbi: honour the plane source offset when flushing
` [PATCH v1 2/2] drm/tiny: allow a framebuffer larger than the panel on MIPI DBI drivers

[LTP] [PATCH 0/9] doc: Improve and fix documentation and API comments
 2026-09-10 19:32 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH 1/9] doc: Fix examples and generated links
` [LTP] [PATCH 2/9] doc: Correct guide and API descriptions

Request for review for 4.19-st20, 4.19-cip136
 2026-09-10 19:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Don't flush shadow VMCS12 to guest memory during vCPU teardown
 2026-09-10 19:32 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] mm: zswap: optimize zswap invalidate and store
 2026-09-10 19:32 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: zswap: convert zswap_invalidate() to take a range
` [PATCH v3 2/3] mm: zswap: skip xarray walk in zswap_invalidate() when zswap is unused

[PULL 0/7] Linux user patches
 2026-09-10 19:25 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PULL 1/7] linux-user/i386: report the real trap number in sigcontext.trapno
` [PULL 2/7] linux-user/hexagon: Add HWCAP support
` [PULL 3/7] linux-user: madvise() on unmapped ranges should return ENOMEM
` [PULL 6/7] linux-user/i386: write the floating-point registers to a core dump
` [PULL 7/7] linux-user/x86_64: "

[PATCH 08/14] mfd: remove unused aat2870 driver
 2026-09-10 19:31 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] dmaengine: fsl_raid: fix sparse warnings
 2026-09-10 19:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Add __counted_by_ptr attribute to struct stack_trace
 2026-09-10 19:30 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] lib/tests: Add KUnit test for struct stack_trace __counted_by_ptr attribute

[PATCH BlueZ 1/2] doc: enable virtio-fs in tester kernel configs
 2026-09-10 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)
` test-runner: use virtio-fs by default, functional test speedup

[PATCH v2 0/4] mm: zswap: misc optimizations
 2026-09-10 19:27 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: zswap: pass type and offset to zswap_invalidate() directly
` [PATCH v2 2/4] mm: zswap: reuse zswap_invalidate() in zswap_store() check_old path

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/poco: convert to CMake package
 2026-09-10 19:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/omap/am335x-sbc-t335.dtb: lcdc@0 (ti,am33xx-tilcdc): 'port' is a required property
 2026-09-10 19:25 UTC 

[PATCH 2/2] lsm: fix size queries for getselfattr with NULL buffer
 2026-09-10 19:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] Allwinner A10 GPIO support
 2026-09-10 19:24 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] hw/gpio: Allwinner A10 GPIO emulation
` [PATCH v2 3/3] tests/qtest: Allwinner GPIO tests

[PATCH 0/4] Bounds/overflow hardening in NFS, FIT, TFTP and ext4
 2026-09-10 19:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] boot: image-fit: add overflow guard for FIT decompression buffer
` [PATCH 3/4] net: tftp: use bounded string compare for OACK option parsing

[Buildroot] [git commit] docs/website/download.html: re-add the old stable
 2026-09-10 19:25 UTC 

[PATCHv2] dmaengine: bestcomm: gen_bd: fix out-of-bounds access in PSC parameter lookup
 2026-09-10 19:24 UTC 

[PATCH i-g-t] drm-uapi: Sync drm_mode.h with drm-next up to 1258f9c9ff1d
 2026-09-10 19:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH v2 00/27] objtool: dynamically detect noreturns
 2026-09-10 19:22 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/27] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED

[PATCH v3 0/2] Add support for AS7343 multi-spectral sensor
 2026-09-10 19:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] iio: light: add AS7343 multi-spectral sensor driver

[Buildroot] [git commit] CHANGES: Update for 2025.02.18
 2026-09-10 19:20 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit] Update news.html and download.html for 2025.02.18
 2026-09-10 19:20 UTC 

[PATCH] hfsplus: fix recursive tree_lock in hfsplus_file_extend()
 2026-09-10 19:20 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 00/10] KVM: Enable Clang Context Analysis
 2026-09-10 19:19 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 02/10] KVM: Allow reading memslots while holding slots_arch_lock

[Buildroot] Buildroot 2025.02.18 released
 2026-09-10 19:19 UTC 

[bluez/bluez] 6df617: gatt-server: Check prepare write length before rea
 2026-09-10 19:19 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] sched/cache: Fixes for cache aware scheduling
 2026-09-10 19:19 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] sched/cache: Introduce task_struct->sched_cache_grp

maintainers.inc: Update maintainer for apr* and fmt
 2026-09-10 19:17 UTC 

[PATCH RFC 00/13] rcu-tasks: let preemption outside trampolines be a quiescent state
 2026-09-10 19:16 UTC  (16+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 01/13] rcu-tasks: Add per-task trampoline nesting count
` [PATCH RFC 02/13] entry: Pass pt_regs to irqentry_exit_cond_resched()
` [PATCH RFC 03/13] rcu-tasks: Hold trampoline nesting across irq-exit preemption in trampoline text
` [PATCH RFC 04/13] kprobes: Let Tasks RCU recognise tasks preempted in an optprobe jump window
` [PATCH RFC 05/13] ftrace: Mark modules hosting direct-call trampolines for Tasks RCU
` [PATCH RFC 06/13] x86/ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in ftrace_caller
` [PATCH RFC 07/13] x86/kprobes: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the optprobe template
` [PATCH RFC 08/13] bpf, x86: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the BPF trampoline
` [PATCH RFC 09/13] arm64: ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in ftrace_caller
` [PATCH RFC 10/13] bpf, arm64: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the BPF trampoline
` [PATCH RFC 11/13] samples: ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in direct-call trampolines
` [PATCH RFC 12/13] rcutorture: Bracket Tasks RCU readers with trampoline nesting
` [PATCH RFC 13/13] rcu-tasks: Treat preemption outside trampolines as a quiescent state

[PATCH] PCI: Remove unnecessary static initialization to false
 2026-09-10 19:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: hci_codec: validate vendor codec count length
 2026-09-10 19:15 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [v2] "

[PATCH] libsepol: restore basic validation for path/component names
 2026-09-10 19:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf] bpf: Clear scalar delta on narrowing stack spill
 2026-09-10 19:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit branch/2025.02.x] CHANGES: Update for 2025.02.18
 2026-09-10 18:58 UTC 

[Buildroot] [git commit branch/2025.02.x] Makefile: Update for 2025.02.18
 2026-09-10 19:14 UTC 

[PATCH v11 00/12] ZTE zx297520v3 clock bindings and driver
 2026-09-10 19:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 05/12] mfd: zx297520v3: Add a clock and reset MFD driver

[BUG] ACPI / NVPCF: NPCF SSDT returns zeroed power budget — Dynamic Boost stuck at VBIOS default
 2026-09-10 19:14 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH v7] hugemmap: Migrate alloc-instantiate-race test from libhugetlbfs
 2026-09-10 19:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t v4 00/17] tests: limiting suspend tests
 2026-09-10 18:59 UTC  (18+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 01/17] lib/igt_aux: remove typos
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 02/17] lib/igt_kms: s/pipe/crtc/
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 03/17] tests/kms_async_flips: split outer test loop into two
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 04/17] tests/kms_async_flips: limit S/R to first and last CRTC
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 05/17] tests/kms_frontbuffer_tracking: remove TEST_MODE_ITER_BEGIN() from `suspend`
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 06/17] tests/kms_frontbuffer_tracking: remove TEST_MODE_ITER_BEGIN() from `fliptrack`
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 07/17] tests/kms_pipe_crc_basic: limit #crtcs tested during suspend
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 08/17] tests/kms_psr: limit #outputs "
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 09/17] tests/kms_vblank: split outer test loop into two
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 10/17] tests/kms_vblank: limit #outputs tested during suspend
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 11/17] tests/kms_sharpness_filter: fix typo
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 12/17] tests/kms_sharpness_filter: limit #outputs tested during suspend
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 13/17] tests/kms_sharpness_filter: limit #crtcs "
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 14/17] tests/intel/kms_ccs: split outer test loop into two
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 15/17] tests/intel/kms_ccs: limit #outputs tested during suspend
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 16/17] tests/intel/kms_ccs: limit #crtcs "
` [PATCH i-g-t v4 17/17] tests/kms_hdr: run on 3 outputs when testing suspend

[PATCH net-next v6 00/12] gve: AdminQ mode related refactors
 2026-09-10 19:11 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v6 01/12] gve: add struct gve_device_info to hold device properties
` [PATCH net-next v6 06/12] gve: simplify reset logic
` [PATCH net-next v6 08/12] gve: split up notify block allocation and setup paths
` [PATCH net-next v6 12/12] gve: add link status/speed ctrl ops

MT7925 (0e8d:0717): HFP microphone unusable — firmware delivers zero-filled (e)SCO frames on sentinel handle 0x0E00
 2026-09-10 19:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] docs: translations: pt_BR: translate stable-kernel-rules.rst
 2026-09-10 19:07 UTC 

[PATCH v3 1/4] driver core: add device_schedule_reprobe()
 2026-09-10 19:07 UTC  (2+ messages)
` device_schedule_reprobe(): core helper and conversions

[PATCH v2] docs: translations: pt_BR: translate researcher-guidelines.rst
 2026-09-10 19:07 UTC 

[PATCH v2] docs: translations: pt_BR: translate programming-language.rst
 2026-09-10 19:07 UTC 

[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix kvm_get_vtcr() kernel-doc
 2026-09-10 19:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
  ` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] ASoC: rt1320: avoid re-initialize in advanced mode
 2026-09-09 17:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] soundwire: amd: SoundWire manager driver bug fixes
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] soundwire: amd: fix SDW command timeout return value handling
` [PATCH 2/8] soundwire: amd: cache ping slave status to avoid spurious disconnect on timeout
` [PATCH 3/8] soundwire: amd: fix work drain ordering and pm_runtime guard in remove path
` [PATCH 4/8] soundwire: amd: fix ctx leak when sdw_amd_startup() fails
` [PATCH 5/8] soundwire: amd: propagate amd_init_sdw_manager() error on resume
` [PATCH 6/8] soundwire: amd: drop amd_deinit_sdw_manager() in POWER_OFF suspend
` [PATCH 7/8] soundwire: amd: replace >= ACP70 with explicit switch/case in PM paths
` [PATCH 8/8] soundwire: amd: fix interrupt gate and work drain ordering in PM ops

[PATCH v3] advice: use global config for default branch name
 2027-08-29  0:49 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/3] defaultBranchName advice is useless
  ` [PATCH v4 2/3] advice: introduce advice scoping mechanism

[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_sync: Serialize local codec list cleanup
 2026-09-10 19:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

Proposed QEMU 11.2 release schedule
 2026-09-10 18:51 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH bluetooth-next] Bluetooth: hci_event: Use General Bonding for ATS2851
 2026-09-10 19:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC,bluetooth-next] "

[PATCH] Bluetooth: SMP: Zeroize raw key data on the stack in smp_e()
 2026-09-10 19:03 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH v4 00/75] qom/qdev: associate properties with QAPI schema types
 2026-09-10 19:09 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 30/75] ppc/spapr-caps: convert to QAPI-aware property registration
` [PATCH v4 46/75] qom: convert scalar properties to QAPI-aware registration

[PATCH 0/2] arm64: gcs: Return -EPERM when changes are prevented by locking
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: gcs: Return -EPERM not -EBUSY for prctl() locking failures
` [PATCH 2/2] kselftest/arm64: Check for -EPERM not -EBUSY in the locking test

[PATCH 0/2] mtd: spi-nor: fix the unlocked restore on shutdown and remove
 2026-09-10 19:02 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: take the flash lock in spi_nor_shutdown()
` [PATCH 2/2] mtd: spi-nor: take the flash lock in spi_nor_remove()

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btsdio: Do not bind to non-removable BCM4359
 2026-09-10 19:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH v4 1/4] Bluetooth: btusb: Add recv_intr() hook to btusb_data
 2026-09-10 19:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` Bluetooth: btusb: Support Qualcomm multi-subsystem QCC2072

[PATCH] Bluetooth: SCO: avoid deadlock in sco_conn_free()
 2026-09-10 19:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH 01/23] scripts/mksysmap: drop the MODULE_INFO() symbols from kallsyms
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 02/23] scripts/mksysmap: fix escape of '$' in the __pi_ pattern
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: security: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with `pin_init::zeroed`
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] hwmon: (k10temp) Fix model id range of Zen5 Turin
 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] lib: sbi: Fix Smrnmi resume init and optional platform callback
 2026-09-10 18:58 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] lib: sbi: report smrnmi_handlers_init failures instead of ignoring them

[PATCH v1] Bluetooth: ISO: set BT_LISTEN before requesting a BIG sync
 2026-09-10 18:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [v1] "

[PATCH 0/8] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY support
 2026-09-10 18:57 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/8] KVM: selftests: Enable pre_fault_memory_test for arm64
` [PATCH 8/8] KVM: selftests: Add nested pre-fault test "

[PATCHv2] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: AC56U: add nvram node
 2026-09-10 18:56 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] tests/intel/xe_survivability: update ignored dmesg regex
 2026-09-10 18:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.Full: success for tests/intel/xe_survivability: update ignored dmesg regex (rev6)

[PATCH] fuse: Forward vfs_fadvise to backing_file in passthrough mode
 2026-09-10 18:56 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v7 00/20] Crescent Island PMT support
 2026-09-10 18:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 18/20] drm/xe/vsec: Add PMT GUID internal access

[PATCH 00/13 net-next] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack
 2026-09-10 18:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack

[PATCH bpf 1/6] bpf: Avoid quadratic successor rescan in bpf_compute_scc
 2026-09-10 18:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Fixup deadlock scenarios in the PMU path
 2026-09-10 18:54 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/guc: Use a delayed wakeref put in guc_engine_busyness()
` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/pmu: Use a delayed wakeref put in get_rc6()

[PATCH i-g-t v3 00/17] tests: limiting suspend tests
 2026-09-10 18:52 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 04/17] tests/kms_async_flips: limit S/R to first and last CRTC
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 15/17] tests/kms_ccs: limit #outputs tested during suspend
` [PATCH i-g-t v3 17/17] tests/kms_hdr: run on 3 outputs when testing suspend

[PATCH v10 1/5] HID: wacom: Use hdev->product in wacom_setup_touch_input_capabilities
 2026-09-10 18:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v17 0/1] arm64: mm: Handle Granule Protection Faults (GPFs)
 2026-09-10 18:52 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v17 1/1] "

[PATCH v3 0/2] Add SMCCC cache clean/invalidate provider
 2026-09-10 18:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] cache: add SMCCC-backed cache invalidate provider

[PATCH v2 0/3] x86/irq: Fix lost interrupts on CPU hot-unplug for Hyper-V PCI/MSI
 2026-09-10 18:51 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/irq, iommu/amd, PCI: Drop redundant irq_retrigger inits

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libfuse3: security bump to version 3.18.3
 2026-09-10 18:51 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/libfuse3: security bump to version 3.18.3
 2026-09-10 18:47 UTC 

[PATCH net v2 0/6] net: stmmac: More selftest-related fixes
 2026-09-10 18:50 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2 2/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Validate EEE based on the actual LPI timer value
` [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: stmmac: size the RX buffers from the frame length, not the MTU

[moderation/CI] Re: sched: Add support for long task name
 2026-09-10 18:50 UTC 

[PATCH] SUNRPC: fix oversized GSS proxy token copy
 2026-09-10 18:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] serdev: ttyport: Clear serport->tty after freeing
 2026-09-10 18:49 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btmtk: Route firmware debug event to the diag channel
 2026-09-10 18:48 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

Memorial for Dan Williams
 2026-09-10 18:41 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/5] drm/xe/hwmon: Update hwmon thermal mailbox handling
 2026-09-10 18:47 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/5] drm/xe/hwmon: Detect unavailable temperature sensors
` [PATCH v3 2/5] drm/xe/hwmon: Use VRAM temperature sensor count from thermal config on CRI
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe/hwmon: Update hwmon thermal mailbox handling (rev3)

[PATCH] igt: xe_exec_reset: Remove RAPID_RESET_STRESS from mixed-engine test
 2026-09-10 18:46 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/pcre2: security bump to version 10.48
 2026-09-10 18:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4] Documentation: hwmon: (yogafan) Update model reference table and contributors
 2026-09-10 18:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/pcre2: security bump to version 10.48
 2026-09-10 18:43 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/4] libbpf: Add bpf_program__add_flags() and bpf_program__clear_flags()
 2026-09-10 18:45 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] selftests/bpf: Add assertions for bpf_program__{add,clear}_flags()
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/4] selftests/bpf: Adopt bpf_program__add_flags() helper

[PATCH v5 0/3] drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller debugfs
 2026-09-10 18:45 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe/sysctrl: Add System Controller debugfs (rev5)

[PATCH] Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Do not fail probe on wakeup init failure
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

[PATCH] i2c: amd: fix SMBus block header and PEC handling in the RX path
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

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 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

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 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

[PATCH v3] Bluetooth: Fix code style error
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [v3] "

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

[bluez/bluez]
 2026-09-10 18:44 UTC 

[bluez/bluez] 11a082: doc: enable virtio-fs in tester kernel configs
 2026-09-10 18:43 UTC 

[GIT PULL] Thermal control fix for 7.3-rc3
 2026-09-10 18:42 UTC 

[PATCH v2] bluetooth: pm: use SIMPLE_DEV_OPS for pm struct
 2026-09-10 18:43 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [v2] "

[PATCH 0/2] push: fix --force-if-includes consulting wrong ref
 2026-09-10 18:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] push: check pushed ref for --force-if-includes

[PATCH v5] Bluetooth: pm: use SIMPLE_DEV_OPS for pm struct
 2026-09-10 18:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [v5] "

[PATCH BlueZ v1 1/4] gatt-server: Check prepare write length before reallocating
 2026-09-10 18:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH BlueZ v1 4/4] client/bluetoothctl: Declare the controller helper in its own header


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