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[PATCH 0/2] iommu/amd: Fix device table setup in kdump kernels
 2026-10-02 13:31 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] iommu/amd: Program device table when kdump reuse fails
` [PATCH 2/2] iommu/amd: Don't allocate kdump device table from DMA32

[PATCH v26 00/10] Implement PSCI reboot mode driver for PSCI resets
 2026-10-02 13:30 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v26 04/10] firmware: psci: Add support for PSCI auxiliary devices
` [PATCH v26 06/10] power: reset: Add psci-reboot-mode driver

[PATCH] rust: kbuild: add `no_io_statics` to `core-cfgs`
 2026-10-02 13:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2] x86/domain: restrict context switch hooks for the idle domain
 2026-10-02 13:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: fix NULL dereference in skb realloc fault injection devname filter
 2026-10-01 18:28 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net v2] "

[PATCH] arm64/boot: Don't set PMUv3p9 FGT2 bits without PMUv3
 2026-10-02 13:29 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/1] Fix and improve zcrypt reply message checks
 2026-10-02 13:29 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/1] s390/zcrypt: Fix and improve zcrypt reply message verification checks

[PATCH] iio: temperature: ltc2983: avoid -Wstring-compare warning
 2026-10-02 13:29 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH iwl-net 00/10] ice: port missing i40e fixes
 2026-10-02 13:28 UTC  (14+ messages)
` [PATCH iwl-net 01/10] ice: replay UDP tunnel ports after a core or global reset
` [PATCH iwl-net 02/10] ice: fix IRQ freeing in ice_vsi_req_irq_msix() error path
` [PATCH iwl-net 03/10] ice: stop the LAN Tx queues when ice_vsi_open() fails
` [PATCH iwl-net 04/10] ice: restore the default XPS map after a netdev TC change
` [PATCH iwl-net 05/10] ice: report VF tx_dropped with tx_errors instead of tx_discards
` [PATCH iwl-net 06/10] ice: keep adding MAC filters after one that already exists
` [PATCH iwl-net 07/10] ice: take the switch rule AQ error from the response descriptor
` [PATCH iwl-net 08/10] ice: detect a PF reset that does not complete
` [PATCH iwl-net 09/10] ice: program multicast magic wake before tearing down the main VSI
` [PATCH iwl-net 10/10] ice: fix unsigned stat widths

[PATCH v5 00/15] nova-core: GPU interrupt support and GSP event delivery
 2026-10-02 13:19 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 02/15] rust: sync: completion: add wait_for_completion_timeout()

[PATCH 0/3] history: sign rewritten commits
 2026-10-02 13:27 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 0/2] "
` [PATCH v4 1/2] replay: allow callers to sign commits
` [PATCH v4 2/2] history: sign rewritten commits

[kvmarm:next 11/11] arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c:1804:46-53: ERROR: reference preceded by free on line 1763
 2026-10-02 13:26 UTC 

[PATCH v5] xen/arm, xen/common: Add Kconfig option to control Dom0 boot
 2026-10-02 13:26 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/5] Input: hynitron-cst816x: axes, gesture keys and panel power
 2026-10-02 13:26 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/5] Input: hynitron-cst816x: time out gesture key release
` [PATCH v2 5/5] Input: hynitron-cst816x: power sequence with the panel

[PATCH v2 0/7] drm: Remove simple-display pipe
 2026-10-02 13:26 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 2/7] drm/kms-helper: Remove struct drm_simple_display_pipe and helpers

[PATCH net-next v9 00/15] net: lan966x: add support for PCIe FDMA
 2026-10-02 13:25 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v9 04/15] net: microchip: fdma: use little-endian types for descriptor fields

[PATCH 0/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Some fixes to address conflicts with fw_devlink
 2026-10-02 13:25 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Skip requests for standard protocol devices

[PATCH bpf-next 2/4] bpf: Queue the rewrites of bpf_do_misc_fixups() and apply them at once
 2026-10-02 13:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next 0/4] bpf: Apply the rewrites of bpf_do_misc_fixups() at once
 2026-10-02 13:25 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v8 00/12] mediatek: add HDMI pipeline support for MT8188 based boards
 2026-10-02 13:25 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/12] memory: sort the Makefile alphabetically
` [PATCH v8 02/12] memory: mediatek: add SMI larb driver
` [PATCH v8 03/12] video: mediatek: add display pipeline component helpers
` [PATCH v8 04/12] video: mediatek: add ethdr component
` [PATCH v8 05/12] video: mediatek: add merge component
` [PATCH v8 06/12] video: mediatek: add mutex component
` [PATCH v8 07/12] video: mediatek: add padding component
` [PATCH v8 08/12] video: mediatek: add mdp rdma component
` [PATCH v8 09/12] video: mediatek: add dpi1 component
` [PATCH v8 10/12] asm-generic: unaligned: add get_unaligned_le24()
` [PATCH v8 11/12] video: mediatek: add hdmi driver
` [PATCH v8 12/12] configs: mediatek: mt8188: enable hdmi pipeline

[PATCH 0/2] block: Fix corruption from broken RMW atomicity
 2026-10-02 13:21 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] "
` [PATCH 2/2] block: Remove now redundant bdrv_wait_serialising_requests() calls

[PATCH 0/5] vsock: reduce RX per-packet socket overhead
 2026-10-02 13:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] gpiolib: acpi: Ignore GPIO 11 interrupt on Acer Nitro V 16S AI
 2026-10-02 13:22 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: stmmac: serialize PTP timestamping configuration with priv->lock
 2026-10-02 13:21 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/2] spi: realtek: Add support for RTD1625 SPI NOR Flash Controller
 2026-10-02 13:20 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/2] spi: spi-mem: Add Realtek SPI NOR flash controller driver

[LTP] [PATCH v3] getrusage03: account for percpu RSS counter batching
 2026-10-02 13:17 UTC 

[PATCH] tee: optee: ffa: support shared memory offsets on large-page kernels
 2026-10-02 13:19 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[RFC] Target-aware machine inventory in combined qemu-system
 2026-10-02 13:18 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add support for InvenSense ICM-42370-P accelerometer
 2026-10-02 13:18 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 3/6] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: Initialize gyro based on chip_info
` [PATCH v5 4/6] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: Add support for ICM-42370-P
` [PATCH v5 5/6] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: Implement MREGx register access
` [PATCH v5 6/6] iio: imu: inv_icm42607: Add accelerometer calibbias support

[PATCH 0/3] rust: macros: vtable: add `#[optional]` attribute
 2026-10-02 13:17 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] rust: misc: use `#[optional]` attribute of `#[vtable]` macro

[RFC PATCH] soc: aspeed: Add B650D4U power passthrough support
 2026-10-02 13:16 UTC 

arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/mahua-crd.dtb: thermal-zones: 'ec-back-cover', 'ec-keyboard', 'ec-soc' do not match any of the regexes: '^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{1,10}-thermal$', '^pinctrl-[0-9]+$'
 2026-10-02 13:15 UTC 

[linux-next:master 8707/13246] arch/arm/boot/dts/st/ste-ux500-samsung-gavini.dtb: prcmu@80157000 (stericsson,db8500-prcmu): ab8500:codec: '#sound-dai-cells' is a required property
 2026-10-02 13:15 UTC 

[PATCH v7 02/16] media: ov8858: support 19.2 MHz clock and CHT gain setup
 2026-10-02 13:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] regmap: cleanups for regcache and regmap init paths
 2026-10-02 13:11 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] regcache: extract locked helpers to replace open-coded lock/unlock pairs
` [PATCH v2 2/7] regcache: extract __regcache_sync() to deduplicate sync dispatch
` [PATCH v2 3/7] regcache: simplify control flow and reduce nesting
` [PATCH v2 4/7] regmap: use krealloc_array() in regmap_register_patch()
` [PATCH v2 5/7] regmap: fix potential double-free of map->reg_defaults on cache reinit
` [PATCH v2 6/7] regmap: debugfs: Use __free(kfree) in regmap_name_read_file()
` [PATCH v2 7/7] regmap: debugfs: Use guard to simplify code

[PATCH v3 02/19] net/intel/common: add flow engines infrastructure
 2026-10-02 13:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[meta-zephyr][PATCH 1/2] zephyr-kernel: drop support for 4.3.0
 2026-10-02 13:13 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [meta-zephyr][PATCH 2/2] zephyr-sdk: drop v0.17.4

[PATCH v6] mm: retry page faults once under the per-VMA lock
 2026-10-02 13:12 UTC  (9+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] PCI: Resource placement algorithm fixes
 2026-10-02 13:12 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 7/7] PCI/quirks: Avoid certain address on Genoa systems

[PATCH v5 00/12] Dynamic Housekeeping Management (DHM) via CPUSets
 2026-10-02 13:10 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 01/12] sched/isolation: Enforce nohz_full as a subset of isolcpus=domain at boot
` [PATCH v5 02/12] sched/isolation: Add runtime housekeeping mask updates with boot snapshots
` [PATCH v5 03/12] sched/isolation: RCU-protect runtime-mutable housekeeping cpumask readers
` [PATCH v5 04/12] cpuset: Drive kernel-noise housekeeping from isolated partitions
` [PATCH v5 05/12] context_tracking: Allow runtime per-CPU user tracking enable/disable
` [PATCH v5 06/12] rcu/nocb: Support lazy init for runtime CPU isolation
` [PATCH v5 07/12] watchdog: Sync watchdog_cpumask with HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE on isolation
` [PATCH v5 08/12] tick/nohz: Derive full-dynticks state from HK_TYPE_KERNEL_NOISE
` [PATCH v5 09/12] cpuset: Add dhm_cycling_cpus mask to suppress transient invalidation
` [PATCH v5 10/12] cpuset: Drive kernel-noise isolation via per-CPU hotplug cycling
` [PATCH v5 11/12] docs: cgroup-v2: Document kernel-noise isolation via isolated partitions
` [PATCH v5 12/12] selftests/cgroup: Add kernel-noise isolation test to cpuset selftest

[PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
 2026-10-02 13:11 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 31/40] mm/vma: introduce vma[_flags]_is_persistent()

[PATCH v2 0/5] Add support for reporting boot status on Qualcomm IPQ9574 and IPQ5332
 2026-10-02 13:11 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: sram: Document IMEM found in Qualcomm's "
` [PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq9574: add the IMEM node
` [PATCH v2 3/5] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq5332: "
` [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq9574: add support to get watchdog bootstatus from IMEM
` [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq5332: "

[PATCH 5.10.y-cip] irqchip/renesas-rzg2l: Fix loss of interrupt
 2026-10-02 13:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v21 00/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic plumbing for Realms
 2026-10-02 13:10 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v21 05/23] KVM: arm64: Track the type of VM in kvm_arch

[RESEND PATCH bpf-next v6 0/7] Make sleepable arena paths use sleepable alloc_pages
 2026-10-02 13:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[syzbot] [usb?] [usb-storage?] WARNING in usb_stor_msg_common/usb_submit_urb
 2026-10-02 13:09 UTC 

[PATCH 6.12 000/877] 6.12.112-rc1 review
 2026-10-02 13:09 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12 107/877] ASoC: soc-pcm: Apply snd_soc_dai_link_ch_map.codec_ch_mask to codec params

[yocto-autobuilder-helper] [PATCH] getproperties: Ignore meta-mingw if it doesn't exist
 2026-10-02 13:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [yocto-patches] "

[PATCH] ARM: rockchip: smp: enable CPU1 for rk3066a
 2026-10-02 13:09 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: octeon: remove unnecessary parentheses
 2026-10-02 20:51 UTC 

[PATCH bpf-next v2 00/15] bpf: Support programs compiled by rust-bpf
 2026-10-02 13:08 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/15] selftests/bpf: Add tests for ALU on pointers with CAP_PERFMON

[PATCH v2] ksmbd: use clear_and_wake_up_bit() directly
 2026-10-02 13:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Make LPI disabling robust (and more)
 2026-10-02 13:07 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: arm64: Move OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE publication past context being saved

[PATCH v11 00/19] migration/cpr: support vhost-vsock devices
 2026-10-02 13:02 UTC  (20+ messages)
` [PATCH v11 01/19] migration/cpr: forbid saving duplicate CprFds into hash table
` [PATCH v11 02/19] tests/unit: add test for duplicate keys in CPR FD table
` [PATCH v11 03/19] migration: forbid snapshots in CPR migration modes
` [PATCH v11 04/19] migration: forbid snapshots under Xen
` [PATCH v11 05/19] tests/qtest/migration: add test for snapshot rejection in CPR modes
` [PATCH v11 06/19] vhost-vsock: block CPR migration modes
` [PATCH v11 07/19] vhost: add vhost_reset_owner op
` [PATCH v11 08/19] vhost-vsock: don't reset connections during CPR
` [PATCH v11 09/19] vhost-vsock: fix FD leak in realize()
` [PATCH v11 10/19] vhost-vsock: preserve vhost FD during CPR
` [PATCH v11 11/19] vhost: factor out vhost_dev_init_backend()
` [PATCH v11 12/19] vhost: make vhost_dev_cleanup() safe on a partially initialized device
` [PATCH v11 13/19] vhost: add vhost_dev_set_owner() / vhost_dev_reset_owner() helpers
` [PATCH v11 14/19] vhost: add vhost_dev_is_initialized() helper
` [PATCH v11 15/19] vhost: release ownership in vhost_dev_cleanup()
` [PATCH v11 16/19] vhost: release ownership on exit
` [PATCH v11 17/19] vhost-vsock: hand off device ownership across CPR
` [PATCH v11 18/19] tests/qtest/migration: add vhost-vsock tests for cpr-transfer and cpr-exec
` [PATCH v11 19/19] tests/functional: add vhost-vsock CPR test with a live guest

Memory tiering with DAMON/DAMOS auto-tuning
 2026-10-02 13:06 UTC  (3+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH] lapi/procfs.h: Add elf_prstatus and elf_prpsinfo fallbacks
 2026-10-02 13:05 UTC 

[RFC PATCH v6 00/11] iommufd: Infrastructure for vIOMMU creation for confidential guests and guest TSM requests
 2026-10-02 13:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v6 11/11] PCI/TSM: Add reference-counted contexts for vdevice providers

[PATCH v2 00/11] spl: fit: Generalize compression support
 2026-10-02 13:06 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 01/11] boot: image: Keep the image-type table out of xPL
` [PATCH v2 05/11] spl: fit: Decompress any supported algorithm

[PATCH i-g-t v1] runner/executor: Fix writing endtime
 2026-10-02 13:05 UTC 

[LTP] [PATCH] keyctl: Fix struct keyctl_dh_params build on Bionic
 2026-10-02 13:05 UTC 

[PATCH v15 0/5] PCI/IOV: Fix SR-IOV locking races and AB-BA deadlocks
 2026-10-02 13:04 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for PCI/IOV: Fix SR-IOV locking races and AB-BA deadlocks (rev2)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[PATCH] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim
 2026-10-02 13:03 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[drm-xe:drm-xe-next] BUILD SUCCESS 70dab9ee7d620e6018a64798aed065d14e9baed1
 2026-10-02 13:03 UTC 

[PATCH v8 0/4] rust: use Delta instead of raw jiffies for timeouts and delays
 2026-10-02 13:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 4/4] rust: sync: condvar: use Delta<Jiffy> for timeout and result

[PATCH 0/5] Add support for reporting boot status on Qualcomm IPQ9574 and IPQ5332
 2026-10-02 13:03 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: sram: Document IMEM found in Qualcomm's "

[PATCH 0/2] dm-writecache: Retain clean blocks to serve read hits
 2026-10-02 13:03 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] dm-writecache: Add evict_clean_blocks option to allow read hits on clean blocks

[PATCH v8 00/11] riscv: hwprobe: Expose RVA23U64 base behavior
 2026-10-02 13:00 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 01/11] riscv: Add B to hwcap and hwprobe

[PATCH 0/4] arm64: Add workarounds for FUJITSU-MONAKA CPU
 2026-10-02 13:01 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] arm64: tlb: Add tlbi workaround for FUJITSU-MONAKA Erratum E#030001

[PATCH net-next v8 0/8] hsr: Add additional info to send/ receive skbs
 2026-10-02 13:01 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v8 1/8] hsr: Add header_ops::parse_protocol
` [PATCH net-next v8 2/8] hsr: Use skb_clone() while adding the HSR header
` [PATCH net-next v8 3/8] hsr: Add a magic header for sending PTP packets
` [PATCH net-next v8 4/8] hsr: Drop received "
` [PATCH net-next v8 5/8] hsr: Use the port and header information in hsr_forward_skb()
` [PATCH net-next v8 6/8] hsr: Assign a socket for cloned skbs
` [PATCH net-next v8 7/8] hsr: Move struct hsr_ethhdr to a global header
` [PATCH net-next v8 8/8] selftests: hsr: Add test for the inline PTP header on HSR

[PATCH] ptest-cargo: fix quoted RUSTFLAGS passed to cargo
 2026-10-02 12:59 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[sailus-media-tree:ipu6] BUILD SUCCESS 4eef9f2ee92bbf8371f6ea7dc762a6a33256e50f
 2026-10-02 12:59 UTC 

[PATCH v9 00/26] kvm/arm: Introduce a customizable aarch64 KVM host model
 2026-10-02 12:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 06/26] scripts: Introduce scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysreg-properties.py

linux-next: manual merge of the net-next tree with the net tree
 2026-10-02 12:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[linux-next:master] BUILD REGRESSION 6c2cb8b8b843d216ab549b678a0d8831c43153e0
 2026-10-02 12:58 UTC 

[android-common:android16-6.12-kminext 7/7] kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1651:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'trace_android_vh_rwsem_write_finished'; did you mean 'trace_android_vh_rwsem_write_wait_finish'?
 2026-10-02 12:58 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/8] Landlock: Namespace and capability control
 2026-10-02 12:59 UTC  (9+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 5/8] selftests/landlock: Add namespace restriction tests
` [PATCH v4 6/8] selftests/landlock: Add capability "
` [PATCH v4 7/8] samples/landlock: Add capability and namespace restriction support
` [PATCH v4 8/8] landlock: Add documentation for capability and namespace restrictions

[PATCH net] tipc: protect received keys from concurrent flush
 2026-10-02 12:58 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] Documentation: devres: Remove non-existent SPI register helpers
 2026-10-02 11:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ASoC: dwc: Use OF match data again for StarFive JH7110
 2026-10-02 11:09 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] ASoC: codecs: aw88261: small cleanup in aw88261_set_tdm_slot()
 2026-10-02 11:26 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/6] fs: ubootvarfs: harden parser
 2026-10-02 11:40 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6/6] fs: ubootvarfs: handle removal of variables that are still open

[usb:usb-linus] BUILD SUCCESS a93862fa670a9c99fd9a24fb2ef69e4f948d9bd5
 2026-10-02 12:56 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/4] Add PCI configuration tests for SR-IOV VFs
 2026-10-02 12:56 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for "

[PATCH net v3 0/2] eth: fbnic: Queue and channel count fixes
 2026-10-02 12:56 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 1/2] eth: fbnic: Preserve channels across resume
` [PATCH net v3 2/2] eth: fbnic: Publish real queue counts

[PATCH v15 5/5] s390/pci: Fix circular/recursive deadlocks in PCI-bus and -device release
 2026-10-02 12:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 "

[PATCH v2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add X9-14 Gen 1 to non-standard thermal/fan quirk tables
 2026-10-02 12:55 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH] gpiolib: annotate struct acpi_gpio_mapping with __counted_by_ptr
 2026-10-02 12:55 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: Annotate fsl_mc_io.portal_virt_addr with __counted_by_ptr
 2026-10-02 12:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

linux-next: manual merge of the kvm-x86 tree with the kvm-arm tree
 2026-10-02 12:54 UTC 

[PATCH 0/3] ethdev: fix SFF-8472 calibration overflow
 2026-10-02 12:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/3] ethdev: round SFF-8472 calibrated values
` [PATCH 3/3] test: check SFF-8472 calibration saturation and rounding

[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] package/kmsxx: Add support for pykms
 2026-10-02 12:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/kmsxx: Add option "

[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add native DSD support for Cambridge Audio streamers
 2026-10-02 12:52 UTC 


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