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[PATCH v7 00/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add VSIE SIGP ECALL and SRSI Interpretation
 2026-09-18 15:41 UTC  (35+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 01/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add SCAO read and write helpers
` [PATCH v7 02/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Move SCAO validation into a function
` [PATCH v7 03/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add vsie_interp_extf detection
` [PATCH v7 04/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add ssca_block and ssca_entry structs
` [PATCH v7 05/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Move pin/unpin guest page
` [PATCH v7 06/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Move pin/unpin_scb methods
` [PATCH v7 07/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Move release/acquire gmap shadow
` [PATCH v7 08/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Create helpers to alloc and free vsie_pages
` [PATCH v7 09/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Replace radix_tree with xarray addr_to_page
` [PATCH v7 10/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Refactor kvm_s390_vsie_destroy and extract reusable methods
` [PATCH v7 11/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add helper reset_vsie_page() and unshadow_intercept()
` [PATCH v7 12/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add helper unshadow_intercept()
` [PATCH v7 13/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Lazily keep original scb pinned after vsie exit
` [PATCH v7 14/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add helper to pin and unpin multiple guest pages
` [PATCH v7 15/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add struct vsie_sca with pin and unpin methods
` [PATCH v7 17/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Allow guest-3 cpu add and remove with ssca
` [PATCH v7 19/21] KVM: s390: vsie: Add VSIE shadow stat counters

[PATCH bpf-next v12 0/2] bpf: BPF-driven proactive memcg reclaim
 2026-09-18 15:41 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v12 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add memcg async reclaim test

[PATCH bpf-next v9 0/5] bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for mm_struct
 2026-09-18 15:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/8] Add Renesas RZ/G3L TSU support
 2026-09-18 15:40 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] clk: renesas: r9a08g046: Add TSU,ADC1 clocks and reset
` [PATCH v2 8/8] arm64: dts: renesas: r9a08g046: Enable TSU

[PATCH v2] cxl/events: Return IRQ_NONE when no event is pending
 2026-09-18 15:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] hw/riscv, target/riscv: implement N-Trace messages
 2026-09-18 15:34 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/6] hw/riscv/trace-encoder.c: support ACTIVE ENABLE EMPTY of trTeRamControl
` [PATCH 2/6] hw/riscv/trace-encoder.c: Support sync messages for N-trace
` [PATCH 3/6] hw/riscv/trace-encoder.c: Implement Ownership messages for NTrace
` [PATCH 4/6] hw/riscv/ntrace: emit PPCCD and Ownership on priv change
` [PATCH 5/6] hw/riscv/trace-encoder: emit Ownership after ProgTraceSync
` [PATCH 6/6] hw/riscv/trace-encoder.c: implementated SRC field

[PATCH nf v3 0/6] netfilter: harden conntrack vs ingress pipeline rewrites
 2026-09-18 14:58 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 nf 1/6] netfilter: nf_conntrack: validate skb->_nfct and packet headers
` [PATCH v3 nf 2/6] netfilter: nf_conntrack: refactor helper call logic in nf_confirm()
` [PATCH v3 nf 3/6] netfilter: nf_conntrack: verify L4 protocol before calling helper
` [PATCH v3 nf 4/6] netfilter: conntrack: replace open-coded helper invocation
` [PATCH v3 nf 5/6] netfilter: nf_conntrack: harden helper invocation with tuple revalidation
` [PATCH v3 nf 6/6] netfilter: nft_ct: validate timeout object protocol

[PATCH v6 7/9] dma-buf: system_heap: Enforce shared-granule alignment for cc-shared buffers
 2026-09-18 15:39 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v2] cxl/region: Create node access attributes for CFMWS-only NUMA nodes
 2026-09-18 15:39 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/3] PCI: introduce TC9564 misc driver
 2026-09-18 15:39 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: misc: introduce pci1179,0220.yaml
` [PATCH v4 2/3] misc: tc9564: introduce base PCI driver
` [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490-rb3gen2: add endpoint buses

[PATCH v8 0/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Support irq number per timer
 2026-09-18 15:39 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 1/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: fix refcount leak
` [PATCH v8 2/5] dt-bindings: timer: econet: Update EN751627 for multi-IRQ
` [PATCH v8 3/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Init teardown on error if possible
` [PATCH v8 4/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Disable IRQ until cevt registered
` [PATCH v8 5/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Support EN751627 without percpu IRQ

[PATCH v8 00/29] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM
 2026-09-18 15:39 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 09/29] KVM: Replace CONFIG_KVM_MMIO with KVM_NO_MMIO
` [PATCH v8 10/29] arm64: Use proper include variant
` [PATCH v8 11/29] arm64: ptrace: Use constants for compat register numbers
` [PATCH v8 12/29] arm64: sysreg: Convert SPSR_ELx to automatic register generation
` [PATCH v8 13/29] KVM: arm64: Access elements of vcpu_gp_regs individually
` [PATCH v8 14/29] KVM: arm64: Use accessor functions for core regs
` [PATCH v8 15/29] arm64: Prepare sharing arm64 headers with s390

[PATCH v2] vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM
 2026-09-18 15:38 UTC  (4+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v3 00/36] Improve coverage for keyctl() syscall
 2026-09-18 15:37 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 27/36] keyctl31: Test KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT and KEYCTL_PKEY_DECRYPT
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 28/36] keyctl32: Test KEYCTL_PKEY_SIGN and VERIFY
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 29/36] keyctl33: Negative tests for KEYCTL_PKEY_*
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 30/36] lapi/keyctl.h: Add capability fallback defines
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 31/36] keyctl34: Test KEYCTL_CAPABILITIES flag retrieval
` [LTP] [PATCH v3 32/36] keyctl35: Test KEYCTL_CAPABILITIES size query

[PATCH v6 00/10] dmaengine: miscellaneous fixes for ioat, switchtec_dma and plx_dma
 2026-09-18 15:37 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] ipv4: fib: treat an unbuildable encapsulation as a nexthop mismatch
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC 

[akpm-mm:mm-new] BUILD REGRESSION 892f5b3b07e5b07f2f29c87750ff94fa58dcab73
 2026-09-18 15:36 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v9 0/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Support irq number per timer
 2026-09-18 15:36 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 1/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: fix refcount leak
` [PATCH v9 2/5] dt-bindings: timer: econet: Update EN751627 for multi-IRQ
` [PATCH v9 3/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Init teardown on error if possible
` [PATCH v9 4/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Disable IRQ until cevt registered
` [PATCH v9 5/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Support EN751627 without percpu IRQ

[PATCH v10 00/20] Crescent Island PMT support
 2026-09-18 15:36 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.BAT: failure for Crescent Island PMT support (rev12)

[PATCH 0/6] mempool: cleanup, fixes, improvements and optimizations
 2026-09-18 15:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] mempool: no cache size limit

[PATCH net] udp: resubmit encap packets for secondary mcast sockets
 2026-09-18 15:36 UTC 

[PATCH] mmc: sdhci-of-at91: disable selectively clocks on pm runtime
 2026-09-18 15:34 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: ipv6: seg6: extack messages for lwtunnel setup
 2026-09-18 15:35 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ipv6: seg6: report lwtunnel setup errors via extack
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] selftests: seg6: check extack messages on SRv6 lwtunnel setup

[PATCH v20 0/6] Add phy_get_by_of_node and devm helper
 2026-09-18 15:35 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v20 2/6] phy: core: Add phy_get_by_of_node()

[PATCH] mm/slub: refill prefilled sheaves from the barn
 2026-09-18 15:35 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] Bluetooth: af_bluetooth: Fix double list_del and UAF in accept_q
 2026-09-18 15:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/7] read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock
 2026-09-18 15:33 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/7] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary helpers
` [PATCH v5 2/7] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary inlines in function definitions
` [PATCH v5 3/7] proc/task_mmu: clarify shmem mapping walk conditions in smap_gather_stats()
` [PATCH v5 4/7] proc/task_mmu: remove special-casing of smap_gather_stats() start parameter
` [PATCH v5 5/7] proc/task_mmu: change proc_get_vma() to stop returning gate VMA at the end
` [PATCH v5 6/7] proc/task_mmu: read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock
` [PATCH v5 7/7] selftests/proc: add /proc/pid/smaps_rollup tearing tests

[PATCH v2 1/1] mmc: use dmaengine_get_dma_device() instead of chan->device->dev
 2026-09-18 15:23 UTC 

[PATCH v4 00/20] drm: starfive: jh7110: Enable display subsystem
 2026-09-18 15:32 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH 00/10] Limit usage of internal API in tests
 2026-09-18 15:32 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/9] "
  ` [PATCH v2 1/9] bbdev: add per-queue statistics API
  ` [PATCH v2 6/9] test/vdev: find device with public API
  ` [PATCH v2 8/9] ci: make ABI reference generation faster

[PATCH 0/1] sctp: check return value of sctp_get_af_specific in sctp_process_init
 2026-09-18 15:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/1] "

[BUG] arm64/sched: hard lockup with rq->__lock stuck locked and no apparent owner
 2026-09-18 15:31 UTC 

[PATCH] perf jevents: Limit the number of JSON reading workers
 2026-09-18 15:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v6 0/2] mptcp: fix request migration ownership
 2026-09-18 15:31 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/20] ACPI: CPPC: Fix register access and lifetime bugs
 2026-09-18 15:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] libsepol: skip unrequired class slots in is_decl_requires_met()
 2026-09-18 15:31 UTC 

[PATCH v2] s390/debug: Do not register views for failed static debug areas
 2026-09-18 15:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] crypto: jitterentropy - add fast hardware jitter mixer extension
 2026-09-18 15:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/5] clocksource/timer-econet-en751221: Support irq number per timer
 2026-09-18 15:30 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/9] net: bridge: vlan: broadcast fwding path optimizations
 2026-09-18 15:29 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/9] net: bridge: factor out common flood completion handling
` [PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: factor out port flooding
` [PATCH net-next 3/9] net: bridge: vlan: cache the pvid vlan entry directly
` [PATCH net-next 4/9] net: bridge: vlan: introduce a list of port-VLANs in the master VLAN
` [PATCH net-next 5/9] net: bridge: consider only port-VLAN members when flooding
` [PATCH net-next 6/9] net: bridge: vlan: use an RCU array for large flood sets
` [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: bridge: introduce a forwarding destination structure
` [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: bridge: avoid egress VLAN lookups when flooding
` [PATCH net-next 9/9] net: bridge: avoid VLAN lookups for flood neighbour suppression

[PATCH v3] mtd: spi-nor: take the flash lock around spi_nor_restore()
 2026-09-18 15:29 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v3] drm/i915/ddi: add DDI A force 4 lanes quirk for Apple MacBookPro11, 5
 2026-09-18 15:29 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ LGCI.VerificationFailed: failure for drm/i915/ddi: add DDI A force 4 lanes quirk for Apple MacBookPro11, 5 (rev3)

[PATCH v2 00/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Miscellaneous fixes
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 08/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Stop RX tasklet scheduling before freeing a queue

[REGRESSION] next/master: (build)‘tpm_tis_resume’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] coredump & signals: an impossible affair
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] fork: refuse new threads while a coredump or an exec is in progress
` [PATCH v2 4/7] coredump: parse a snapshot of core_pattern

[PATCH 00/21] media: i2c: it6625: address review feedback and adopt subdev state
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 20/21] media: i2c: it6625: use centrally managed active state

[PATCH v5 0/9] mm/memory-failure: keep hardware-poisoned pages out of the next kexec
 2026-09-18 15:27 UTC  (12+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 6/9] mm/memory-failure: efi: answer whether a range is poisoned
` [PATCH v5 7/9] drivers/base/memory: count inherited poisoned frames into the block

[PATCH] drm/i915: use string choice helpers
 2026-09-18 15:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ LGCI.VerificationFailed: failure for "

[PATCH i-g-t,v6 0/6] Add FIXED_MATRIX colorop tests
 2026-09-18 15:27 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure for Add FIXED_MATRIX colorop tests (rev6)

[PATCH] drm/i915/ddi: add DDI A force 4 lanes quirk for Apple MacBookPro11, 5
 2026-09-17 18:50 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH] drm/i915/ddi: add DDI A force 4 lanes quirk for Apple MacBookPro11,5

[PATCH] drm/xe/display: Remove invalid initial plane PTE check for iGPU
 2026-09-18 13:54 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] ACPI: Provide !ACPI stub for acpi_device_uid()
 2026-09-18 15:27 UTC 

[PATCH v1 0/1] s390/crypto: Generate iintermediate chaining value on export
 2026-09-18 15:26 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] cxl/memdev: Fix poison debugfs vs unbind deadlock
 2026-09-18 15:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] iio: adc: ade9000: add ADE9430 support
 2026-09-18 15:27 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] platform/x86/tuxedo: Fixes for TUXEDO NB04 driver
 2026-09-18 15:25 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/6] platform/x86/tuxedo: Fix keyboard LED map ordering
` [PATCH v3 5/6] platform/x86/tuxedo: Update and extend documentation

[PATCH] gpio: usbio: Remove bouncing maintainer
 2026-09-18 15:25 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] wil6210: Remove %pK and %p
 2026-09-18 15:25 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/8] Arm Live Firmware Activation (LFA) support
 2026-09-18 15:24 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/8] firmware: smccc: Add support for Live Firmware Activation (LFA)

[PATCH v2 0/3] PCI: of: update endpoint ranges dynamically
 2026-09-18 15:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-ti][master/wrynose][PATCH] packagegroups: ti-test: package iwlwifi-ty linux firmware images
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

RTDM Monotonic clock diverging from userland monotonic clock
 2026-09-18 15:23 UTC 

[PATCH] media: rockchip: rkcif: convert timeout to secs_to_jiffies()
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/9] spi: spidev_test: new features
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/9] spi: spidev_test: include tools/include
` [PATCH v4 2/9] spi: spidev_test: clarify help text for --size
` [PATCH v4 3/9] spi: spidev_test: add compare mode
` [PATCH v4 4/9] spi: spidev_test: allow disabling rx or tx buffers
` [PATCH v4 5/9] spi: spidev_test: don't send 0x0 or 0xff
` [PATCH v4 6/9] spi: spidev_test: send predictable data
` [PATCH v4 7/9] spi: spidev_test: add option to split message into multiple transfers
` [PATCH v4 8/9] spi: spidev_test: print TX on error
` [PATCH v4 9/9] spi: spidev_test: rewrite unescape() to stay in bounds

[RFC 1/2] wifi: mt76: disable NAPI before deleting in dma_cleanup
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2] net: macb: add TX stall timeout callback to recover from lost TSTART write
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/5] x86: Use a single fixed ASID per domain
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] x86: Track vcpu context switches and introduce needs_tlb_flush field

[PATCH v2 0/2] drm/amd/display: Fix missing HF-EEODB blocks in EDID copies
 2026-09-18 15:19 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/2] drm/amd/display: Use drm_edid_block_count() instead of raw extensions

[RFC PATCH 0/7] mm/damon: introduce damos quota goal target metric complement flag
 2026-09-18 15:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 7/7] Docs/ABI/damon: update for quota goal metric complement sysfs file

[cip-dev] [ANNOUNCE] 2nd Isar community meetup
 2026-09-18 15:21 UTC 

[merged mm-hotfixes-stable] x86-mm-fix-pmd_modify-dropping-the-dirty-bit.patch removed from -mm tree
 2026-09-18 15:21 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/5] iio: dac: ad5758: fix DMA alignment, raw range, offset and 4-20 mA
 2026-09-18 15:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] nvmet: copy the hostid into the ctrl before creating PR pc_refs
 2026-09-18 15:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes
 2026-09-18 15:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/10] PCIe Flit Logging Ext Capability Support
 2026-09-18 15:19 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 04/10] PCI/AER: Hide the "aer" sysfs directory when AER is unavailable
` [PATCH v2 09/10] PCI/FLIT: Ratelimit flit error logging
` [PATCH v2 10/10] PCI/FLIT: Expose the error counter controls through sysfs

[PATCH v4 0/7] Add syscon support for Renesas RZ/T2H & RZ/N2H in CPG/MSSR driver
 2026-09-18 15:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/7] watchdog: rzv2h: Add syscon support for WDTDCR

[PATCH 00/19] arm64: Implement parallel CPU onlining with PSCI v0.2+
 2026-09-18 15:18 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 18/19] arm64: smp: Use generic HOTPLUG_PARALLEL machinery for CPU onlining

[PATCH] nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge()
 2026-09-18 15:18 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/1] close(): stop exposing non-retryable EINTR
 2026-09-18 15:17 UTC  (9+ messages)

[net PATCH v2 6/6] eth: fbnic: Handle FW mailbox completions flagged with an error
 2026-09-18 15:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] PCI/P2PDMA: Add Alibaba T-HEAD Yitian 710 to whitelist
 2026-09-18 15:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] nvme-multipath: fix underflow in ANA log bounds checks
 2026-09-18 15:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] can: dev: fix missing skb header initialization in init_can_skb
 2026-09-18 15:16 UTC 

[PATCH 0/2] nvmet: fix subtle race in I/O processing and ns configuration
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] nvmet: defer setting ns->enabled to false in nvmet_ns_disable()

[PATCH 0/7] Implement SNP live firmware update support
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net] net/sched: act_ct: don't WARN on benign flow_offload_alloc() failure
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH RFC 0/5] NFS: isolate mTLS client credentials by network namespace
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH RFC 2/5] NFS: allocate the .nfs keyring per "

[PATCH v9 0/4] media: add virtio-media driver
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 4/4] media: virtio: Add ioctl operations and driver logic

[PATCH v3 0/2] drm: replace simple display pipe users with atomic helpers
 2026-09-18 15:14 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 2/2] drm/imx: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular "

[PATCH] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add X9-14 Gen 1 to non-standard thermal/fan quirk tables
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 1/2] drm/amdgpu: Add LIST option to USERQ ioctl
 2026-09-18 15:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] drm/amdgpu: Add CHANGE_ID option for "

[PATCH] ipv6: check per-interface proxy_ndp in forwarding and NA paths
 2026-09-18 15:14 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/6] Implement missing functionality and hooks in m68k to support upcoming Sun-3 implementation
 2026-09-18 15:11 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v9 0/3] w5100: restore GPIO-based link detection
 2026-09-18 15:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v9 2/3] dt-bindings: net: wiznet,w5100: add link status interrupt
` [PATCH net-next v9 3/3] w5100: detect carrier state using link status bit and optional interrupt


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