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[PATCH bpf] bpf: Keep generic __uninit kfunc arguments live
 2026-09-15  7:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf] bpf, sockmap: reject max_entries > INT_MAX in sock_map_alloc
 2026-09-15  7:17 UTC 

[PATCH v7 00/11] riscv: hwprobe: Expose RVA23U64 base behavior
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC  (24+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/11] riscv: Add B to hwcap and hwprobe
` [PATCH v7 02/11] dt-bindings: riscv: Require block-size for Zicbom, Zicbop, and Zicboz
` [PATCH v7 03/11] dt-bindings: riscv: Add Zic64b extension description
` [PATCH v7 04/11] riscv: Add Zic64b to cpufeature and hwprobe
` [PATCH v7 05/11] riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: Add Zic64b ISA extension
` [PATCH v7 06/11] riscv: dts: spacemit: k1: "
` [PATCH v7 07/11] riscv: dts: sophgo: sg2044: "
` [PATCH v7 08/11] riscv: Add a getter for user PMLEN support
` [PATCH v7 09/11] riscv: cpufeature: Introduce ISA bases bitmap and rva23u64 detection
` [PATCH v7 10/11] riscv: cpu: Output isa bases lines in cpuinfo
` [PATCH v7 11/11] riscv: hwprobe: Introduce rva23u64 base behavior

[PATCH v4] drm/xe: Poll GT for C6 before D3
 2026-09-15  7:11 UTC 

[PATCH v2] drm/amd/display: Fix redundant NULL check on dc->clk_mgr in dcn42_prepare_bandwidth
 2026-09-15  7:16 UTC 

[PATCH 0/5] media: iris: add support for maili platform
 2026-09-15  7:16 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: media: venus,common: Extend clocks and power domains

[PATCH 0/4] mm: replace PF_KCOMPACTD/PF_KSWAPD with kthread_func()
 2026-09-15  7:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH] xfs: fix NOFS state corruption in btree split worker

[PATCH] ring-buffer: Take cpus_read_lock() when changing the subbuf order
 2026-09-15  7:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/3] nvmem: migrate to const void * in reg_write
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/3] nvmem: core: deprecate reg_write callback with reg_write_const

[RFC PATCH 00/20] rv: Add support for BPF monitors
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC  (19+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] ipv4: fib: fix data-race and stale genid check around nh->nh_saddr
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/4] misc: vmw_zerocopy: VMware zero-copy buffer sharing driver
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/4] misc: vmw_zerocopy: Add "

[PATCH 00/21] IPU6 multi-stream and metadata support preparation
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 09/21] media: ipu6: Start streaming once all streams have started, stop when not

[PATCH v3] Add config phase for dp83td510e phy
 2026-09-15  7:15 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu/mes12: clear event log on resume to avoid MES page fault
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v4 03/16] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add initial pSMMU realm viommu plumbing
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC  (12+ messages)

[PATCH] common/cnxk: fix duplicate mbox alloc in NPA aura pool init
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
    ` [EXTERNAL] "

[PATCH] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: cap the write-buffer chunk at 256 bytes on an 8-bit bus
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix redundant NULL check on dc->clk_mgr in dcn42_prepare_bandwidth
 2026-09-15  7:12 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] MIPS: mm: align hugetlb mappings in arch_get_unmapped_area()
 2026-09-15  7:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] MIPS: mm: do not write a huge TLB entry when the probe misses

[PATCH 1/5] MIPS: OCTEON: cvmx-l2c: use the OCTEON II register model on all CN6XXX
 2026-09-15  7:12 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/5] MIPS: OCTEON: cvmx-l2c: add the CN66XX L2 geometry
` [PATCH 3/5] MIPS: OCTEON: read the L2 crippled fuses from MIO_FUS_DAT3 on OCTEON II
` [PATCH 4/5] MIPS: OCTEON: program L2C_CTL, not L2C_CFG, "
` [PATCH 5/5] MIPS: OCTEON: require the Core-14449 workaround only on CN63XX pass 1

[PATCH] video: acornfb: remove unused code for 26-bit hardware
 2026-09-15  7:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/10] KUnit test for VF provisioning error handling
 2026-09-15  7:12 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/10] drm/xe/guc: Allow to replace xe_guc_mmio_send_recv() with KUNIT stub
` [PATCH v8 02/10] drm/xe/vf: Split submission config query helpers
` [PATCH v8 03/10] drm/xe/vf: Add bounds checking for queried context and doorbell counts
` [PATCH v8 04/10] drm/xe: Introduce helpers for VRAM alignment
` [PATCH v8 05/10] drm/xe/ggtt: Avoid integer overflow when validating VF GGTT range
` [PATCH v8 06/10] drm/xe/vf: Add bounds checking for queried GGTT base and size
` [PATCH v8 07/10] drm/xe/pf: Align VF GGTT allocations to PAGE_SIZE
` [PATCH v8 08/10] drm/xe/vf: Add alignment check for queried VRAM size
` [PATCH v8 09/10] drm/xe/ggtt: Add KUNIT stub for xe_ggtt_shift_nodes()
` [PATCH v8 10/10] drm/xe/tests: Add KUnit tests for VF provisioning error handling

[PATCH v2 03/21] kallsyms: output binary data to speed output and kallsyms assembly
 2026-09-15  7:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
    ` [v2 "

[PATCH v7 00/15] QRTR Multi-endpoint support
 2026-09-15  7:11 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 12/15] net: qrtr: mhi: Report endpoint id in sysfs

[PATCH 0/4] media: iris: Enable Iris video codec on Eliza
 2026-09-15  7:10 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: media: qcom,sm8550-iris: Document Eliza IRIS accelerator

[RFC PATCH 0/2] mm/slub: reduce list_lock contention with slab parking
 2026-09-15  7:10 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v4 00/14] Encode object type security status in code
 2026-09-15  7:09 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 12/14] qom: report & filter on security status in qom-list-types

[PATCH v10 0/6] alloc_tag and module codetag section fixes
 2026-09-15  7:10 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v10 1/6] alloc_tag: move release_module_tags() above reserve_module_tags()
` [PATCH v10 2/6] alloc_tag: clean up the populate failure path
` [PATCH v10 3/6] module: introduce SH_ENTSIZE_STANDALONE for separately allocated sections
` [PATCH v10 4/6] module: allocate codetag sections before the regular module layout
` [PATCH v10 5/6] alloc_tag: skip percpu counter allocation when profiling is disabled
` [PATCH v10 6/6] alloc_tag: Defer /proc/allocinfo removal to a workqueue

[PATCH v4 0/2] memory: mtk-smi: add MT8189 SMI support
 2026-09-15  7:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] net/9p/usbg: Fix use-after-free on usb9pfs_clear_tx
 2026-09-15  7:09 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/PCI: Fix device reference leak in pirq_find_router()
 2026-09-15  7:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] memory: tegra: Refactor Tegra264 mc-err code
 2026-09-15  7:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v5 2/2] net: stmmac: dwxgmac2: add XGMAC timestamp interrupt support
 2026-09-15  7:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] tcp: make smp_rmb() conditional in tcp_poll()
 2026-09-15  7:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ata: libahci_platform: Fix device reference leak in ahci_platform_get_resources()
 2026-09-15  6:59 UTC 

[PATCH v2] drm/i915/display: Add command line param for DC balance
 2026-09-15  7:05 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for drm/i915/display: Add command line param for DC balance (rev2)

[PATCH] fbdev: nvidia: Release write-combining handle on probe failure
 2026-09-15  7:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RESEND PATCH v13 0/8] DCD Prep Series
 2026-09-15  7:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RESEND PATCH v13 1/8] cxl/mbox: Flag support for Dynamic Capacity Devices (DCD)

[PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Validate host pointers in __kvm_adjust_pc() under pKVM
 2026-09-15  7:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Validate the host vCPU's VM before reading it "
` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Pin the host vCPU before adjusting its PC "

[PATCH 0/2] mm/damon: fix zero quota for PSI goals under the temporal tuner
 2026-09-15  7:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] mm/damon/tests/core-kunit: test PSI goal rounds "

[PATCH v2 0/3] usb: Use %pe to print error pointers
 2026-09-15  7:03 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] usb: chipidea: "

[PATCH bpf] bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack_slot_obj_get_spi()
 2026-09-15  7:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] cpufreq: Use a non-boost reference frequency for pressure calculation
 2026-09-15  6:57 UTC 

[PATCH 1/2] dma-buf/dma-fence: fix checking signaling bit for timeline and driver name v2
 2026-09-15  7:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v3 0/6] net: xilinx: axienet: Add 10G/25G (XXV) ethernet support
 2026-09-15  7:01 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v3 2/6] dt-bindings: net: xlnx,xxv-ethernet: Add Xilinx XXV 10G/25G Ethernet

[PATCH] usb: cdns3: Fix PCI device reference leak in cdns3_pci_probe()
 2026-09-15  7:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/2] Drivers: hv: fix typos in comments
 2026-09-15  7:01 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 "
  ` [PATCH v3 1/2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix typo "substract" in comment
  ` [PATCH v3 2/2] tools/hv: fix typo "retrive" "

[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: RFCOMM: free the skb when the DLC has no owner
 2026-09-15  7:00 UTC 

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: dma: qcom,gpi: Document GPI DMA engine for Maili
 2026-09-15  7:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] clk: versatile: clk-icst: Fix node reference leak in of_syscon_icst_setup()
 2026-09-15  7:01 UTC 

[PATCH v0 1/1] net/octeon_ep: add CN20K SDP VF endpoint support
 2026-09-15  7:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] tests/qtest/aspeed-acry: Allocate SRAM buffers on the heap
 2026-09-15  6:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v5] net: Wangxun: protect ring accesses with RCU
 2026-09-15  6:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] crypto: powerpc/vmx - clean up includes, metadata, and p8_init()
 2026-09-15  6:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v6] net: Wangxun: protect ring accesses with RCU
 2026-09-15  6:57 UTC 

[PATCH] clk: qcom: Fix default entries for Glymur EVACC and GPUCC
 2026-09-15  6:58 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ipv6: update NUD_FAILED neighbors from NA messages
 2026-09-15  6:58 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH v3 ath-current] wifi: ath12k: convert scan timeout to wiphy delayed work
 2026-09-15  6:57 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 "

[PATCH 0/5] Refactor *_fs_sysfs_* helpers
 2026-09-15  6:57 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] fstests: consolidate _require_fs_sysfs and _require_fs_sysfs_attr
` [PATCH 2/5] common/sysfs: adjust function naming

[PATCH] mm/oom_kill: fix hung tasks queued on mmap_lock behind a long reap
 2026-09-15  6:57 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] tests/intel/xe_wedged: ignore expected fault/CAT dmesg in wedged paths
 2026-09-15  6:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for tests/intel/xe_wedged: ignore expected fault/CAT dmesg in wedged paths (rev2)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: "

[PATCH 0/2] devres: Provide kmalloc_obj*-style API for devm_kmalloc
 2026-09-15  6:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] mm: Move default_gfp() into gfp_types.h

[PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Fix out-of-range unsigned-to-signed conversion for RDMA message in 2GiB size
 2026-09-15  6:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-selinux][PATCH 1/2] layer.conf: add selinux to DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVE
 2026-09-15  6:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [meta-selinux][PATCH 2/2] coreutils: enable selinux support for native variant
  ` [yocto-patches] "

[PATCH net-next] net: axienet: add a TX timeout handler to recover a lost DMA interrupt
 2026-09-15  6:55 UTC 

[PATCH v2 00/13] ASoC: mediatek: mt8189: Improve error handling
 2026-09-15  6:55 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 02/13] ASoC: mediatek: mt8189: Propagate APLL enable errors

[PATCH 0/1] rust: block: Fix unsoundness in `Operations::queue_rq`
 2026-09-15  6:55 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

[PATCH v2] btrfs: handle lack of space when cleaning up verity items
 2026-09-15  6:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/3] media: i2c: Add OmniVision OG0VA1B camera sensor driver
 2026-09-15  6:54 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/3] dt-bindings: media: i2c: og0ve1b: Add OmniVision OG0VA1B camera sensor
` [PATCH v7 2/3] media: i2c: og0ve1b: Introduce per-sensor data structure
` [PATCH v7 3/3] media: i2c: og0ve1b: Add support for OmniVision OG0VA1B

[PATCH] common/cnxk: fix mailbox message size underflow
 2026-09-15  6:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RESEND v2] arm64: dts: exynos850: Add ap2apm mailbox
 2026-09-15  6:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/19] dmaengine: ti: Add support for BCDMA v2 and PKTDMA v2
 2026-09-15  6:52 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 05/19] dmaengine: ti: k3-udma: move descriptor management to k3-udma-common.c
` [PATCH v8 12/19] drivers: soc: ti: k3-ringacc: handle absence of tisci
` [PATCH v8 16/19] dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-v2: New driver for K3 BCDMA_V2
` [PATCH v8 17/19] dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-v2: Add support for PKTDMA V2

[PATCH v3 0/3] perf annotate-data: Support flexible array types
 2026-09-15  6:53 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_has_flex_array() helper
` [PATCH v3 2/3] perf annotate-date: Allow out-of-size access for flex-array types
` [PATCH v3 3/3] perf annotate-data: Adjust type offset for flex-array

[PATCH] ext2: reject xattr value overlapping the entry area
 2026-09-15  6:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ata: sata_inic162x: remove dangerous broken driver
 2026-09-15  6:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio before blkcg_mutex conversion
 2026-09-15  6:50 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/3] blk-cgroup: store blkcg in bio instead of blkg
` [PATCH v2 3/3] blk-cgroup: move async bio punt state to blkcg

[BUG] drivers/usb: NULL pointer dereference in stub_recv_cmd_submit()
 2026-09-15  6:50 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH] net/9p/usbg: clear stale request context after abort
 2026-09-15  6:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] util/cutils: Use getexecpath() on OpenBSD for qemu_init_exec_dir()
 2026-09-15  6:49 UTC 

[PATCH RFC v2 00/10] arm-mpam: Add basic device tree support for resctrl
 2026-09-15  6:49 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC v2 04/10] cacheinfo: Expose the code to generate a cache-id from a device_node

[meta-multimedia][PATCH] rygel: Upgrade 45.2 -> 46.0
 2026-09-15  6:49 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/2] Exynos850 GPU support
 2026-09-15  6:49 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.12 0000/1202] 6.12.97-rc2 review
 2026-09-15  6:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Replace %pK output with 0
 2026-09-15  6:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/3] lib: sbi: Fix Smrnmi resume init and optional platform callback
 2026-09-15  6:47 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] smb/server: fix some bugs in file name information handling
 2026-09-15  6:46 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] smb/server: fix trailing period in generated short names
` [PATCH 2/3] smb/server: align partial normalized name responses to UTF-16
` [PATCH 3/3] smb/server: rename smb2_file_alt_name_info to smb2_file_name_info

[PATCH 0/5] arm64: dts: fsd: Cleanups with new dt-style-check
 2026-09-15  6:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[BUG] gfs2: WARNING in gfs2_check_blk_type
 2026-09-15  6:45 UTC 

Path forward for Virtualized Swap?
 2026-09-15  6:44 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH v13 0/3] HID: nintendo: Add preliminary Switch 2 controller
 2026-09-15  6:44 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 1/3] HID: nintendo: Add preliminary Switch 2 controller driver

[PATCH v0 0/3] dma/cnxk: add CN20K (O20) DPI DMA and inter-process domain support
 2026-09-15  6:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v0 3/3] dma/cnxk: enable inter process domain DMA support

[PATCHv2] gpio: mvebu: keep resume masks within the irqchip cache
 2026-09-15  6:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/sysfb: Use iosys_map_memset() to clear buffer
 2026-09-15  6:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[scarthgap][PATCH] fs-util: try AT_EMPTY_PATH for access_fd() first
 2026-09-15  6:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH ipsec] xfrm: iptfs: fix pp_ref_count underflow when sharing page_pool frags
 2026-09-15  6:42 UTC 

[PATCH net v5 1/1] rxrpc: fix encap_rcv skb accounting exhaustion
 2026-09-15  6:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Fix NULL dereference in amdgpu_ualink_info_set_accel_state
 2026-09-15  6:41 UTC 

[BUG] jffs2: kernel BUG in jffs2_del_ino_cache
 2026-09-15  6:39 UTC 

[PATCH] common/cnxk: fix NPA pool RANGE interrupt handling
 2026-09-15  6:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
  ` [EXTERNAL] "

[PATCHSET] xfs: LLM-inspired bug fixes, part 14
 2026-09-15  6:39 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] xfs: check di_forkoff correctly in scrub

[PATCH] NFSv4: Fix a regression in the handling of CB_RECALL_ANY
 2026-09-15  6:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] migration/postcopy: shared-fault accounting and multifd docs
 2026-09-15  6:37 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] docs/migration: document that postcopy can be used with multifd
` [PATCH 2/2] migration/postcopy: account faults taken by memory sharing processes

[PATCH] can: flexcan: fix synchronous external abort in flexcan_get_berr_counter()
 2026-09-15  6:35 UTC 

[PATCH] can: flexcan: fix synchronous external abort in flexcan_get_berr_counter()
 2026-09-15  6:35 UTC 

[PATCH v6 0/1] xfs: prevent close() hangs on frozen filesystems
 2026-09-15  6:37 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/1] xfs: prevent close() from hanging "

[PATCH] nvme-multipath: set BLK_FEAT_ZONED only after the zone info is known
 2026-09-15  6:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] xfs: don't hold buffer locks across sync transaction commit in xfs_sync_sb_buf
 2026-09-15  6:21 UTC  (5+ messages)

[RFC PATCH] vpl: make I2C and PCH options effective
 2026-09-15  6:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH cifs-utils 0/2] smbinfo: add alternate and normalized name queries
 2026-09-15  6:34 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH cifs-utils 1/2] smbinfo: add filealternatenameinfo subcommand
` [PATCH cifs-utils 2/2] smbinfo: add filenormalizednameinfo subcommand

[PATCH V2 0/14] xfs: remove unused arguments from many functions
 2026-09-15  6:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] usb: chipidea: tegra: disable runtime PM on resume failure
 2026-09-15  6:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] ASoC: dt-bindings: Use consistent indentation in the example
 2026-09-15  6:33 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v8 0/2] Add Frame Preemption MAC Merge support for ICSSG
 2026-09-15  6:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v8 1/2] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add Frame Preemption MAC Merge support
` [PATCH net-next v8 2/2] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add ethtool ops for Frame Preemption MAC Merge

[OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH] python3-click: fix CVE-2026-7246
 2026-09-15  6:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
  ` [scarthgap][PATCH] "

[PATCH v3] hwmon: (lm75) Add support for Nuvoton NCT7715
 2026-09-15  6:33 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCHSET] xfs: LLM-inspired bug fixes, part 15
 2026-09-15  6:33 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 11/11] xfs: fix wild memcpy access when formatting ondisk rtrefcount btree roots

[PATCH v2 0/3] mm/mglru: add tracepoints for scan and aging paths
 2026-09-15  6:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/mglru: factor out lru_gen_seq_nr_pages()


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