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[PATCH v9 0/6] s390/vfio-ap: Fix pre-existing bugs in vfio_ap device driver
 2026-09-29 12:18 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 3/6] s390/vfio-ap: Fix unbounded loop in apq_reset_check()

[PATCH v14 00/13] sched, steal_governor: Introduce preferred CPUs and steal-driven vCPU backoff
 2026-09-29 12:18 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v14 09/13] sched/debug: Add migration stats due to non preferred CPUs

[PATCH 00/42] i.MX fixes and cleanup
 2026-09-29 12:18 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 05/42] docs, tests/functional: Drop redundant CLI arguments in imx8m*-evk invocations
` [PATCH 06/42] hw/arm/sabrelite: Have 4 CPUs and 1 GiB of RAM by default
` [PATCH 07/42] tests/functional/arm: Add console test for `sabrelite` machine
` [PATCH 10/42] tests/functional/arm: Add console test for `mcimx7d-sabre` machine
` [PATCH 11/42] hw/arm/fsl-imx25: Derive from TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE
` [PATCH 16/42] hw/timer/imx_gpt: Wire clock control module via link property

[PATCH] pwm: tiehrpwm: Clear period on disable to allow reconfiguration
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v22 0/3] net: phy: Add driver for Motorcomm Quad 2.5GbE phy
 2026-09-29 12:18 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v22 2/3] net: phy: Add support for Template Control register for PMA
` [PATCH net-next v22 3/3] net: phy: Add driver for Motorcomm Quad 2.5GbE phy

[PATCH 1/1] media: i2c: Add Omnivision ov05c10 sensor driver
 2026-09-29 12:18 UTC 

[PATCH BlueZ v3] avrcp: Poll GetPlayStatus when position changed event unsupported
 2026-09-29 12:17 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v6 00/11] iommufd: Infrastructure for vIOMMU creation for confidential guests and guest TSM requests
 2026-09-29 12:17 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v6 08/11] iommufd: Add vIOMMU provider support

PCI: Resizable BAR never considered for Thunderbolt/USB4 hotplugged eGPUs
 2026-09-29 12:17 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] leds: trigger: netdev: fix sysfs_update_group() races
 2026-09-29 12:17 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Put netdev on activate error path
` [PATCH v3 2/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Access net_dev under trigger_data->lock in the worker
` [PATCH v3 3/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Fix sysfs_update_group() races
` [PATCH v3 4/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Serialize mode/interval stores with trigger lock

[PATCH v1] pwm: th1520: Fix 32-bit build with COMPILE_TEST
 2026-09-29 12:16 UTC  (5+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v2] openposix: timer_*/speculative: Handle SIGSEGV on invalid timer ID
 2026-09-29 12:16 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] ALSA: usb-audio: fix for UAC2 mixer unit handling
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Check mixer matrix size for UAC2/3 at parsing
` [PATCH 2/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAC2 mixer unit request handling
` [PATCH 3/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Optimize min/max/res parse for UAC2

[PATCH] media: renesas: ceu: free device data if video device is unregistered
 2026-09-29 12:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

REJECTED: CVE-2026-74732: drm/amd/display: Check for tg ops in dce110_set_avmute
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC 

[PATCH v19 0/7] firmware: arm_rmm: Add RMM v2.0 base RMI support
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v19 6/7] firmware: arm_rmm: Ensure the RMM has GPT entries for memory
` [PATCH v19 7/7] firmware: arm_rmm: Add wrappers for Realm related RMI commands

[PATCH v2 0/2] target/rx: Define exception vector constants
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] target/rx: Unify BRK and INT trap handling
` [PATCH v2 2/2] target/rx: Define exception vector constants

[PATCH RFC] gpio: move intel drivers into their own directory
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC  (10+ messages)

linux-next: manual merge of the bpf-next tree with the bpf tree
 2026-09-29 12:15 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/7] docs/zh_TW: remove duplicated maintainer contact information
 2026-09-29 12:14 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] docs/zh_TW: process: remove "
` [PATCH v2 2/7] docs/zh_TW: admin-guide: "
` [PATCH v2 3/7] docs/zh_TW: arch: "
` [PATCH v2 4/7] docs/zh_TW: dev-tools: "
` [PATCH v2 5/7] docs/zh_TW: filesystems: "
` [PATCH v2 6/7] docs/zh_TW: cpu-freq: "
` [PATCH v2 7/7] docs/zh_TW: remove the last maintainer contact references

[RFC PATCH 00/15] wifi: SCS and MSCS
 2026-09-29 12:14 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 0/6] ipv4,ipv6: convert the getsockopt switches to sockopt_t
 2026-09-29 12:14 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/6] ipv6: reject a negative optlen in do_ipv6_getsockopt()

hostname: includeIf condition — anyone already working on this?
 2026-09-29 12:14 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/26] kvm/arm: Introduce a customizable aarch64 KVM host model
 2026-09-29 12:13 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 17/26] target/arm/kvm: Add consistency checking for SYSREG props

[PATCH v4 0/5] MIPS: GIC clocksource/irqchip improvements and fixes for multi-cluster systems
 2026-09-29 12:14 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/5] irqchip/mips-gic: Fix unbalanced cm_core_lock in for_each_online_cpu_gic()
` [PATCH v4 2/5] irqchip/mips-gic: Fix recursive acquisition of gic_lock in gic_set_affinity()
` [PATCH v4 3/5] irqchip/mips-gic: Transfer interrupt mask state across clusters
` [PATCH v4 4/5] clocksource: mips-gic-timer: Simplify gic_next_event() for per-cpu timer
` [PATCH v4 5/5] clocksource: mips-gic-timer: Use local counter on synced multi-cluster systems

[PATCH v5 0/2] HiSilicon I2C bus recovery support
 2026-09-29 12:13 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] ACPI: Add stub for acpi_has_method() for !CONFIG_ACPI
` [PATCH v5 2/2] i2c: hisi: Add I2C bus recovery support

[PATCH v3 0/9] Add vduse live migration features
 2026-09-29 12:13 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/9] uapi: import VDUSE and VFIO header from v7.3-rc5 kernel
` [PATCH v3 2/9] vhost: introduce ASID support
` [PATCH v3 9/9] vhost: Support vduse suspend feature

[PATCH v2 00/11] Pixel 3 XL display panel support
 2026-09-29 12:12 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/11] drm/panel: s6e3ha8: Correct the polarity logic within

[PATCH RFC -next 00/12] landlock: Add READ_METADATA and WRITE_METADATA access rights
 2026-09-29 12:12 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: display: ti,tpd12s015: Convert to DT schema
 2026-09-29 12:12 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/19] tcg/tests: integrate rest of mips tests
 2026-09-29 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] Selective fetch calculation fixes
 2026-09-29 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH] kconfig: keep builtin precedence with duplicate fragment entries
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: axienet: free outstanding TX buffers in axienet_dma_bd_release()
 2026-09-29 12:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6] xen/arm: derive GIC CPU interface ID fields from the vGIC
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC 

[PATCH net] ipv4: Fix device use-after-free in ip_skb_dst_mtu()
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] btrfs: wait for a grace period before freeing a new device
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC 

[PATCH 00/14] qapi: enforce section ordering
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/14] qapi: rename "plain" sections to "details"
` [PATCH 03/14] qapi: re-order QAPI doc block sections

[PATCH v2] udmabuf: respect the device's maximum segment size
 2026-09-29 12:10 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 00/19] Add Initial Support For MSM8952, Add General Mobile Shamrock
 2026-09-29 12:09 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 16/19] thermal: qcom: tsens: Add support for MSM8952 tsens

[PATCH net] net: sparx5: start the domain 0 TOD counter on non-PTP lan969x variants
 2026-09-29 12:09 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH] gdb: Upgrade 17.2 -> 18.1
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] udmabuf: respect the device's maximum segment size
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] strparser: make sure __strp_recv isn't running before tearing down the parser
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] rockchip: px30: Fix TPL_STACK overflow into BootROM reserved region
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH bpf v2] bpf: Fix missing migration protection in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch()
 2026-09-29 12:08 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/5] soundwire: intel_ace2x: free master runtime on BPT open error path
 2026-09-29 12:07 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/5] soundwire: intel_ace2x: order bpt_stream publish/clear against refcount
` [PATCH v2 3/5] soundwire: stream: allow flagged BPT firmware download while streams are idle
` [PATCH v2 4/5] soundwire: amd: Add BRA/BPT firmware download support
` [PATCH v2 5/5] soundwire: amd: honor peripheral BRA block alignment

[PATCH v3 0/8] drm/i915/selftests: Modernize printing in i915 selftests
 2026-09-29 12:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/8] drm/i915/gt/selftests: Use drm_* prints in aggregated gt selftests

[PATCH v2] riscv: dts: spacemit: set console baud rate on OrangePi RV2
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC] mm: Add KUNIT test for ptval_bytes_to_hex_str()
 2026-09-29 12:05 UTC 

[PATCH v3] scripts/config: honor $KBUILD_OUTPUT by default
 2026-09-29  8:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] vhost-user: add missing stub for vhost_user_has_protocol_feature()
 2026-09-29 12:04 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v1] perf/core: Restore header fields in sideband output callbacks
 2026-09-29 12:04 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 2/9] drm/amdgpu: hand out the dedicated SPM VMID from the reserved path
 2026-09-29 12:04 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/9] drm/amdgpu: add spm_vmid and exclude it from the MES and KFD pools
  ` [PATCH v1 3/9] drm/amdgpu: reserve SPM VMID on gfx7
  ` [PATCH v1 9/9] drm/amdgpu: use spm_vmid for the default RLC SPM VMID

[CI] drm/{i915, xe}: make intel_dmc_suspend() part of display suspend/shutdown calls
 2026-09-29 12:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ i915.CI.BAT: failure for "

Netfilter: match "tcp option" with the same type present multiple times
 2026-09-29 12:03 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Apply boot quirk for some Behringer models
 2026-09-29 12:03 UTC 

[PATCH 1/3] drm/amd/ras: report threshold status after bad pages are saved
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] drm/amd/ras: report the bad page threshold in every work mode
` [PATCH 3/3] drm/amd/ras: init reserved vram size before RAS core sw init

[PATCH 0/3] media: mali-c55: Fix IRQ lifetime and wake handling
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: media: mali-c55: Allow wakeup source
` [PATCH 2/3] media: mali-c55: Keep IRQ requested during suspend
` [PATCH 3/3] media: mali-c55: Keep ISP powered while IRQ wake is armed

[PATCH bpf-next v4 0/3] bpf: Fix task work scheduling races
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/3] bpf: Prevent task work context reuse while irq_work is busy

[PATCH] media: i2c: ov02c10: Narrow chip id check down to match ov02c chips only
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (3+ messages)

CVE-2026-98164: KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/4] Add ntp_error to clock snapshot, enable NTP_PPS on tickless kernel
 2026-09-29 12:02 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/4] pps: Drop the !NO_HZ_COMMON dependency from NTP_PPS

[PATCH] rust: time: make Delta division and remainder fail consistently
 2026-09-29 12:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[BUG] hfsplus: nls_utf8 refcount underflow after failed mount (6.18.53)
 2026-09-29 12:01 UTC 

[PATCH v3 00/10] DP-HDMI PCON DSC fixes
 2026-09-29 12:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for DP-HDMI PCON DSC fixes (rev3)

[PATCH v4 0/7] drm/i915/selftests: Modernize printing in i915 selftests
 2026-09-29 12:00 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/7] drm/i915: Add i915_* printer macros

[PATCH bpf-next v4 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add task work scheduling race test
 2026-09-29 12:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/6] hw: Add Cnuas virtual devices
 2026-09-29 11:59 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] pci: Add device ID for CnuasNIC

[PATCH] doc: clarify that set-head does not change the remote's HEAD
 2026-09-29 12:00 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] doc: remote: say that it only affects the local repository

[PATCH v2 0/1] mbuf: add optional dynfield3 storage
 2026-09-29 11:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/1] mbuf: add optional no-copy dynamic field storage
  ` [PATCH v3 1/1] "

[PATCH 1/2] media: ipu6: Fix ipu7 firmware context leak on stream start
 2026-09-29 12:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] ASoC: codecs: lpass-wsa-macro: rewrite the interpolator volume after enabling clocks
 2026-09-29 11:57 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/3] KVM: arm64: ID register finalisation fixes
 2026-09-29 11:58 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] KVM: arm64: Finalize guest-wide sysregs prior to per-vCPU sysregs
` [PATCH v4 2/3] KVM: arm64: Block ID register changes after we rely on the values
` [PATCH v4 3/3] KVM: arm64: selftests: Check ID regs are immutable after a failed run

[RFC PATCH] thermal: rzg3e: Propagate reset assertion failure from suspend
 2026-09-29 11:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ata: libata-scsi: do not lose CHECK CONDITION for failed ATAPI commands
 2026-09-29 11:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

CIP kernel lunch
 2026-09-29 11:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/12] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2)
 2026-09-29 11:54 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 07/12] "

[PATCH v2 0/5] hibernation: make safe_copy_page more robust and remove debug_pagealloc support
 2026-09-29 11:53 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v8 00/11] Support for onsemi's S2500 10Base-T1S MAC-PHY
 2026-09-29 11:54 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v8 07/11] net: phy: ncn26000: Support for onsemi's S2500 internal phy

[PATCH] perf arm-spe: Add Neoverse V3AE data source decoding
 2026-09-29 11:54 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] media: iris: add vbv delay support
 2026-09-29 11:53 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] media: iris: add support for vbv delay

[PATCH v1 0/3] KVM: selftests: Add support for dirty-ring on dirty_log_perf_test
 2026-09-29 11:53 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v1 1/3] KVM: selftests: memstress: Add option to enable dirty-ring on VM creation
` [PATCH v1 2/3] KVM: selftests: Check dirty-ring size before enabling
` [PATCH v1 3/3] KVM: selftests: dirty_log_perf_test: Add dirty-ring support

[PATCH v9 00/14] crypto: qce - Fix crypto self-test failures
 2026-09-29 11:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] crypto: caam - Fix rsa-caam unmap and DMA alignment
 2026-09-29 11:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] crypto: caam - Use bounce buffer for unaligned RSA destination buffers
  ` [EXT] "

[PATCH] virtio_blk: set the zone write granularity
 2026-09-29 11:50 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v3 0/5] net: resegment oversized TCP GSO skbs
 2026-09-29 11:50 UTC  (5+ messages)

[REGRESSION] ALSA: usb-audio: Behringer USB-MIDI output stalls, since "Use strings in struct usb_dev for manufacturer & co"
 2026-09-29 11:49 UTC  (4+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/4] memcg_ext: memcg policy through cgroup-attached struct_ops
 2026-09-29 11:49 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/4] bpf, cgroup: fix cgroup struct_ops query for a second attach type

[PATCH] sh: uaccess: Require offsettable operands for 64-bit user access
 2026-09-29 11:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/panel: select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 2026-09-29 11:48 UTC 

[PATCH v3 0/4] Add PCI configuration tests for SR-IOV VFs
 2026-09-29 11:44 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/4] lib/igt_pci: Add raw configuration space helpers
` [PATCH v3 2/4] tests/sriov_pci_config: Add VF core config checks
` [PATCH v3 3/4] tests/sriov_pci_config: Add optional capability checks
` [PATCH v3 4/4] intel-ci: Block igt@sriov_pci_config.*

[PATCH] t5520: don't expire reflogs where it matters
 2026-09-29 11:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3] can: j1939: cancel pending address claim timers from j1939_ecu_unmap_all()
 2026-09-29 11:47 UTC 

[GIT PULL PATCH 0/9] Rust changes for v7.4-rc1
 2026-09-29 11:47 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/2] gpu/buddy: fix missing split-undo on allocation-search exhaustion
 2026-09-29 11:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] arm64: tegra: Fix DT validation issues for Tegra132
 2026-09-29 11:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: sound: tegra-ahub: Convert to json-schema

[PATCH v4 0/2] kselftest: mm: fix intermittent failure khugepaged test
 2026-09-29 11:43 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 2/2] "

[PATCH v2 0/3] Add Qualcomm CAMNOC ICC provider
 2026-09-29 11:43 UTC  (3+ messages)

[qcom:clk-for-7.4 41/147] arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8150-mtp.dtb: clock-controller@100000 (qcom,gcc-sm8150): 'power-domains' is a required property
 2026-09-29 11:43 UTC 

[PATCH v7 0/9] vfio/pci: Add mmap() for DMABUFs
 2026-09-29 11:43 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 3/9] dma-buf: Provide dma_buf_set_name()

[PATCH] drm/i915/gt: Do not destroy uninitialized timer
 2026-09-29 11:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] dt-bindings: arm-smmu: Document Adreno SMMU for Nord SoC
 2026-09-29 11:41 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/6] s390/vfio-ap: Fix pre-existing bugs in vfio_ap device driver
 2026-09-29 11:41 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 5/6] s390/vfio-ap: fix queue state leakage to guest and host

[PATCH net] igc: Disable PCIe L1.2 substate on I225-LMvP and I226-LMvP devices
 2026-09-29 11:41 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next 00/15] Gated tracepoints for skb lifecycle (free+clone)
 2026-09-29 11:40 UTC  (19+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 01/15] bpf: Add gated tracepoints for skb life-cycle
` [PATCH net-next 02/15] bpf: Add bpf_skb_fclone_orig() kfunc
` [PATCH net-next 03/15] bpf: Accept trusted pointers to kern ctx type for kfunc ctx args
` [PATCH net-next 05/15] selftests/bpf: Basic tests for metadata passing with gated skb tracepoints
` [PATCH net-next 06/15] selftests/bpf: Test passing metadata across veth and GRE
` [PATCH net-next 07/15] selftests/bpf: Test metadata passing to cgroup_skb and sk_filter hooks
` [PATCH net-next 08/15] selftests/bpf: Test passing metadata to sock_ops and LSM hooks
` [PATCH net-next 10/15] selftests/bpf: Test passing metadata to TCP egress
` [PATCH net-next 12/15] selftests/bpf: Test passing metadata to/from LWT hooks

IIO: Likely disruption due to travel
 2026-09-29 11:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] Add ADC clocks and reset for R9A09G05[6/7] SoCs
 2026-09-29 11:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] clk: renesas: r9a09g057: Add ADC clocks and reset
` [PATCH 2/2] clk: renesas: r9a09g056: "

[PATCH v2 0/4] stash: clean up index-mode test merge
 2026-09-29 11:38 UTC  (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 0/5] "

[PATCH v3 0/2] sched/cpufreq: fix schedutil's boost frequency handling
 2026-09-29 11:38 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] arch_topology: seed capacity_freq_ref with highest available frequency
` [PATCH v3 2/2] cpufreq: fix policy max not returning to non-boost freq on boost disable

[PATCH nf v2 0/2] ipvs: read conn fields during sync atomically
 2026-09-29 11:34 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH nf v2 2/2] ipvs: fix buffer overflow when sending sync messages


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