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[PATCH v22 00/23] KVM: arm64: CCA: Add basic plumbing for Realms
 2026-10-05  9:07 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v22 01/23] KVM: arm64: protected VM: Handle user writes to CNTVCT_EL0/CNTPCT_EL0
` [PATCH v22 02/23] KVM: arm64: Disable Steal time accounting for protected guests
` [PATCH v22 03/23] KVM: arm64: Include kvm_emulate.h in kvm/arm_psci.h
` [PATCH v22 04/23] KVM: arm64: Avoid including linux/kvm_host.h in kvm_pgtable.h
` [PATCH v22 05/23] KVM: arm64: Track the type of VM in kvm_arch
` [PATCH v22 06/23] KVM: arm64: Don't call vcpu_set_pauth_traps for pKVM host

[PATCH kexec-tools] util_lib/elf_info: bound VMCOREINFO string comparisons
 2026-10-05  9:07 UTC  (2+ messages)

speedup cache flushes for the RT device
 2026-10-05  9:07 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] xfs: clean up xfs_fsync_flush_log a bit

[PATCH v8 0/7] clk: nuvoton: ma35d1: Fix mux parenting and peripheral clock rates
 2026-10-05  9:06 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 3/7] clk: nuvoton: ma35d1: Retrieve HXT/LXT from DT when possible

[PATCH v2 0/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Some fixes to address conflicts with fw_devlink
 2026-10-05  9:04 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Avoid protocol devices in exclusive raw mode
` [PATCH v2 2/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Skip requests for standard protocol devices
` [PATCH v2 3/4] pinctrl: imx: Match the standard SCMI pinctrl device
` [PATCH v2 4/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Skip unused performance-domain devices

[PATCH 00/24] 2026-09-29 upgrades
 2026-10-05  9:06 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 22/24] libpcre2: upgrade 10.48 -> 10.49
  ` [OE-core] "

[PATCH] i2c: qcom-geni: release runtime PM reference when set_rate fails
 2026-10-05  9:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC] git stash: add porcelain for sharing stashes through remotes
 2026-10-05  9:06 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH v4] fetch.c: defer fetch.followRemoteHEAD validation
 2026-10-05  9:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5] "

[PATCH] dma-buf: Make DMABUF_DEBUG default to y on DEBUG_KERNEL kernels
 2026-10-05  9:05 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] rcuscale: Consolidate per-writer arrays into struct writer_state
 2026-10-05  9:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/4] Split GuC ID space into usable and shareable pools
 2026-10-05  9:04 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/4] drm/xe/guc: Split GuC ID manager "
` [PATCH v5 2/4] drm/xe/kunit: Extend GuC ID manager split-pool coverage
` [PATCH v5 3/4] drm/xe/guc: Start use explicitly usable GuC IDs for for submission
` [PATCH v5 4/4] drm/xe/pf: Explicitly use shareable GuC IDs for VFs provisioning

[PATCH] mm/hugetlb: avoid recursive i_mmap_rwsem in PMD sharing
 2026-10-05  9:03 UTC  (3+ messages)

[meta-arago][master][PATCH] onnx: fix do_install SOABI suffix for CMake 4.4+
 2026-10-05  9:02 UTC 

[PATCH b4 v2] Separate revisions from paths when git is handed a bare commit
 2026-10-05  9:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/6] Add support to handle memory double-bit ecc errors
 2026-10-05  9:02 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/6] drm/xe: Separate drm-ras netlink data from device and firmware RAS state
` [PATCH v4 2/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Handle page offline requests for device memory ecc errors
` [PATCH v4 3/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Add support to query page offline queue and list
` [PATCH v4 4/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Add function to get maximum pages firmware can store
` [PATCH v4 5/6] drm/xe/xe_ttm_vram: Report max_pages reported by firmware to userspace
` [PATCH v4 6/6] drm/xe/xe_ras: Track offlined pages by firmware to avoid duplicates

[RFC PATCH v4 0/9] mm/damon: hardware-sampled access reports
 2026-10-05  9:02 UTC  (19+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v4 1/9] mm/damon/paddr: remove page_fault access check primitive
` [RFC PATCH v4 2/9] mm/damon/core: replace the access report buffer with per-context rings
` [RFC PATCH v4 3/9] mm/damon: add perf-event overflow handler feeding the report ring
` [RFC PATCH v4 4/9] mm/damon/ops-common: use probe-weighted score when probe weights are set
` [RFC PATCH v4 5/9] mm/damon: add perf_event prep type, core lifecycle, and PMU arm/disarm
` [RFC PATCH v4 6/9] mm/damon/sysfs: expose perf_event prep attributes
` [RFC PATCH v4 7/9] mm/damon/tests/drain-kunit: kunit for report rings and ring drain
` [RFC PATCH v4 8/9] mm/damon/core: cap the region merge threshold per target
` [RFC PATCH v4 9/9] mm/damon/core: apply probe_hits_wsum filters to node_eligible_mem_bp

[PATCH 0/2] Add SID and THS calibration for Allwinner R40
 2026-10-05  9:02 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: sun8i-r40: Add SID node and THS calibration

[PATCH 0/4] btrfs-progs: check: fix and refactor load_quota_info()
 2026-10-05  9:01 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] btrfs-progs: check: fix the inverted condition to load qgroups
` [PATCH 2/4] btrfs-progs: check: remove unused qgroup_count::key
` [PATCH 3/4] btrfs-progs: check: refactor load_quota_info()
` [PATCH 4/4] btrfs-progs: fsck-tests: add a new test case for qgroup tree check

[PATCH e2fsprogs 0/2] debugfs: fix rdump path-traversal on untrusted images
 2026-10-05  9:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next V4] net: axienet: Clear stale AXI DMA TX/RX status before re-enabling interrupts
 2026-10-05  9:01 UTC 

[PATCH v6 00/31] ext4: use iomap for regular file's buffered I/O path
 2026-10-05  9:00 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 22/31] ext4: submit and wait for pending disksize-grow I/O on writeback
` [PATCH v6 27/31] ext4: set DISKSIZE_GROW_PENDING after zeroing unaligned EOF block

[PATCH v2] RDMA/rtrs-clt: Fix recv repost to satisfy ib_drain_rq
 2026-10-05  9:01 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] seccomp: fix blocking of setns/execveat/unshare
 2026-10-05  9:00 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/8] hw/usb: Add a usbredir server transport
 2026-10-05  8:59 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/8] hw/usb/bus: Let a bus opt out of automatic hub insertion
` [PATCH v2 2/8] hw/usb/redirect-server: Add a usbredir server device
` [PATCH v2 3/8] hw/usb/redirect-server: Connect usbredirparser to a chardev
` [PATCH v2 4/8] hw/usb/redirect-server: Announce the exported device

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/intel/xe: fix missing resource cleanup in several tests
 2026-10-05  8:59 UTC 

[PATCH kexec-tools v3] arm-zImage: prepare for more malloc requirements of zstd
 2026-10-05  8:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/9] block: cheaper zero handling in backup and commit
 2026-10-05  8:59 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] block, scsi-disk: honour a size change on child replacement
 2026-10-05  8:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] hostmem: fix cpr-exec of VMs with bound guest memory
 2026-10-05  8:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/2] migration/block-dirty-bitmap: fix postcopy abort with bitmaps on several nodes
 2026-10-05  8:58 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/5] qcow2: silent corruption when a dirty image becomes writable
 2026-10-05  8:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] rtc: ftrtc010: use devm_platform_ioremap_resource()
 2026-10-05  8:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net/sched: cls_bpf: accept dev-bound programs on shared blocks
 2026-10-05  8:57 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] gen_init_cpio: stop parsing on lines with a missing argument list
 2026-10-05  8:57 UTC 

[PATCH] asn1_compiler: fix heap overflows on small or token-dense grammars
 2026-10-05  8:57 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/6] Add support to 2 panels in bonded-DSI mode
 2026-10-05  8:56 UTC  (15+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 5/6] dt-bindings: display: Add Synaptics R63455 panel support
                  ` [PATCH v5 5/6] dt-bindings: display: Add Synaptics "

[v3 for-next 0/3] block: delay support for error injection
 2026-10-05  8:56 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [v3 for-next 1/3] block: Reject unknown status tags in error injection rules
` [v3 for-next 2/3] block: allow error injection rules to delay bios
` [v3 for-next 3/3] Documentation: block: document error injection delay feature

[PATCH] ASoC: tegra: Fix ASRC Stream6 input threshold control
 2026-10-05  8:55 UTC 

[PATCH v19 00/26] NXP DPAA driver enhancements and fixes
 2026-10-05  8:53 UTC  (29+ messages)
` [PATCH v20 00/27] "
  ` [PATCH v20 01/27] net/dpaa: fix double close and null deref on remove
  ` [PATCH v20 02/27] net/dpaa: fix probe success when FMC init fails
  ` [PATCH v20 03/27] net/dpaa: fix resource leak on probe failure
  ` [PATCH v20 04/27] net/dpaa: fix free port resources on close
  ` [PATCH v20 05/27] bus/dpaa: fix FQD dest wq channel decoding
  ` [PATCH v20 06/27] bus/dpaa: accept QDMA device name in devargs
  ` [PATCH v20 07/27] bus/dpaa: refine fman naming
  ` [PATCH v20 08/27] bus/dpaa: scan max BPID from DTS
  ` [PATCH v20 09/27] drivers: add process-type guards for secondary process
  ` [PATCH v20 10/27] drivers: shutdown DPAA FQ by fq descriptor
  ` [PATCH v20 11/27] drivers: add DPAA cgrid cleanup support
  ` [PATCH v20 12/27] bus/dpaa: improve FQ shutdown with channel validation
  ` [PATCH v20 13/27] drivers: add BMI Tx statistics
  ` [PATCH v20 14/27] net/dpaa: optimize FM deconfig
  ` [PATCH v20 15/27] net/dpaa: optimize FMC MAC type parsing
  ` [PATCH v20 16/27] mempool/dpaa: fix write after free on pool free
  ` [PATCH v20 17/27] drivers: release DPAA bpid on driver destructor
  ` [PATCH v20 18/27] dma/dpaa: add devargs for SG and errata workaround
  ` [PATCH v20 19/27] net/dpaa: support Rx/Tx taildrop threshold devarg
  ` [PATCH v20 20/27] net/dpaa: support fmcless rxq number as devargs
  ` [PATCH v20 21/27] net/dpaa: support non fmX-macY type of shared Ethernet name
  ` [PATCH v20 22/27] bus/dpaa: optimize DPAA multi-entry buffer pool operations
  ` [PATCH v20 23/27] bus/dpaa: improve log macro usages
  ` [PATCH v20 24/27] net/dpaa: enhance VSP port support
  ` [PATCH v20 25/27] drivers: add offline (O/H) port device support
  ` [PATCH v20 26/27] crypto/dpaa_sec: improve crypto fq resource handling
  ` [PATCH v20 27/27] doc: update release notes with NXP DPAA changes

[PATCH v2] media: rcar-isp: ispcore: Fix inconsistent step sizes
 2026-10-05  8:55 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] drm/xe: Fix two bo pin/unpin accounting bugs
 2026-10-05  8:55 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Fix two bo pin/unpin accounting bugs (rev3)

[RFC PATCH v2 0/2] ASoC: tegra: ASRC ratio control updates
 2026-10-05  8:52 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] ASoC: tegra: Update ASRC ratio controls
` [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] ASoC: tegra: Cache ASRC ratios until streams are active

[PATCH v2] media: i2c: ov08x40: Implement get_selection
 2026-10-05  8:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

Use of `gawk -M' in kernel build scripts
 2026-10-05  8:53 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5] xen/arm, xen/common: Add Kconfig option to control Dom0 boot
 2026-10-05  8:52 UTC  (2+ messages)

[meta-oe][PATCH] pcsc-lite: use nonarch_libdir for sysusers.d
 2026-10-05  8:51 UTC 

Canceled: OOO Luca
 2026-10-05  8:49 UTC 

[PATCH rtw-next v4 0/4] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Fix unhandled RX request interrupt storm
 2026-10-05  8:48 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH rtw-next v4 1/4] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Handle allocation and read errors in rtw_sdio_rxfifo_recv
` [PATCH rtw-next v4 2/4] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Track running state and cancel TX worker on stop
` [PATCH rtw-next v4 3/4] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Fix unhandled RX request interrupt storm
` [PATCH rtw-next v4 4/4] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Split rtw_sdio_rx_isr into 8051 and 3081 variants

[dwmw2:hardpps-filter-soak 22/23] Warning: kernel/time/ntp.c:105 struct member 'pps_fit_lasty' not described in 'ntp_data'
 2026-10-05  8:48 UTC 

[PATCH net v4 2/2] s390/ctcm: Fix use-after-free in channel_remove()
 2026-10-05  8:48 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] wg-quick: darwin: fix set_dns() and del_dns() race
 2026-09-30 10:30 UTC 

[PATCH] wg-quick: darwin: ignore pending SIGALRM during monitor teardown
 2026-09-24 16:21 UTC 

[PATCH] wg-quick: darwin: fix set_dns() and del_dns() race
 2026-09-18 17:36 UTC 

[PATCH wireless 1/1] wifi: brcmfmac: fix P2P device removal race in brcmf_detach()
 2026-10-05  8:47 UTC 

[PATCH mlx5-next 0/2] mlx5-next updates 2026-10-05
 2026-10-05  8:46 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH mlx5-next 1/2] net/mlx5: Add cap_tx_speed and effective_tx_speed support to IFC
` [PATCH mlx5-next 2/2] net/mlx5: IFC, Add capability bits for virtual LAG

[PATCH] arm: use the zImage tag's real TEXT_OFFSET for kernel placement
 2026-10-05  8:46 UTC  (2+ messages)

[poky][scarthgap][PATCH] systemd: replace a bunch of assert() with friendlier checks
 2026-10-05  8:46 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [OE-core] "

[PATCH v4] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Avoid spurious interrupts caused by LPCR_MER bit
 2026-10-05  8:45 UTC 

[PATCH v5 1/2] block: Add post_release() operation
 2026-10-05  8:45 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 00/15] MTU3 counter fixes and improvements
 2026-10-05  8:45 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v8 0/5] Modify interrupt handling for eUSB2 Phy targets
 2026-10-05  8:44 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/5] include: linux: phy: Add phy attribute "type" and associated helpers

[PATCH] opkg: update Upstream-Status for a merged patch
 2026-10-05  8:44 UTC 

[PATCH] mm/swap: submit the last readahead batch before unplugging
 2026-10-05  8:44 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 00/12] wifi: AP side locking improvements
 2026-10-05  8:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info
 2026-10-05  8:43 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/2] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Fix interrupt storm on 3081 chips and split RX handling
 2026-10-05  8:43 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: rtw88: sdio: Fix unhandled RX request interrupt storm

[PATCH i-g-t] lib/pciids: sync with kernel commit 682b943f1547
 2026-10-05  8:42 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✗ Xe.CI.FULL: failure for "

[PATCH] block: fix kernel-doc of bio_copy_kern()
 2026-10-05  8:42 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC 00/12] arm64: Add support for TLBI domains
 2026-10-05  8:40 UTC  (3+ messages)

[RFC PATCH 0/2] PCI: Reserve resources for a delayed hotplug subtree
 2026-10-05  8:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/2] PCI: Add pci=hpreserve= to reserve memory windows for a hotplug bridge

[PATCH 00/38] MIPS: SGI-IP27: add support for the IP35 (Bedrock hub) machines
 2026-10-05  8:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 21/38] MIPS: SGI-IP27: route XBridge and PIC DMA through the 32-bit window

[poky][scarthgap][PATCH v2] systemd: replace a bunch of assert() with friendlier checks
 2026-10-05  8:22 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7928: makes struct beacon_tlv 4-byte aligned
 2026-10-05  8:39 UTC 

[PATCH] wifi: mt76: logging FW return value when FW download fails
 2026-10-05  8:38 UTC 

[PATCH v12 00/15] Collection of fixes for Panfrost: Perfcnt, RPM, refactorings
 2026-10-05  8:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 12/15] drm/panfrost: Skip cache flush/invalidate when enabling perfcnt

[PATCH net] Revert "net/mlx5: E-Switch, preserve max tx speed on vport state modification"
 2026-10-05  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] s390/3270: return -ENOTTY for unknown ioctls in fs3270_ioctl()
 2026-10-05  8:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] mmc: sdhci-cadence6: harden PHY config tables and enable Agilex5 UHS modes
 2026-10-05  8:06 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/4] mmc: sdhci-cadence6: configure PHY control register per speed mode

[PATCH v13 0/7] spacemit mmc driver
 2026-10-05  7:23 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v13 7/7] spacemit: k1: fix product name detection and DTB matching in SPL

[PATCH 1/3] net: k1: add Ethernet MAC driver
 2026-10-05  5:48 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v5 0/1] Fix and improve zcrypt reply message checks
 2026-10-05  8:36 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/1] s390/zcrypt: Fix and improve zcrypt reply message verification checks

[PATCH v4 0/3] media: Add OmniVision OV32C4 sensor driver
 2026-10-05  8:36 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: media: i2c: Add OmniVision OV32C4

[PATCH] knotty: add OSC 9;4 sequence for progress display
 2026-10-05  8:36 UTC 

[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: dsa: microchip: let the board state its reset timing
 2026-10-05  8:35 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: microchip: add reset timing properties

[PATCH v3 06/19] net/ixgbe: reimplement syn parser
 2026-10-05  8:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] staging: greybus: audio: fix use-after-free in gbcodec_hw_params
 2026-10-05  8:34 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 6.18.y] scsi: ufs: core: Re-arm the device command completion before submitting
 2026-10-05  8:34 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/4] perf: cs-etm: HW_ID improvements
 2026-10-05  8:33 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/4] perf cs-etm: Synthesize missing HW_ID mappings for raw trace

HID: picolcd: maintainer address in MAINTAINERS is bouncing
 2026-10-05  8:33 UTC 

[PATCH] drm/xe/uc: Add missing HuC firmware entry for Alderlake-N
 2026-10-05  8:32 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for "

[PATCH 1/1] x86/mm: fix incomplete page-table invalidation with TCE
 2026-10-05  8:32 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v4 5/5] [PATCH v4] [PATCH 05/05] wifi: mt76: mt7922/mt7928: send Tx/Rx statistics to FW for link tuning
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v4 4/5] [PATCH v4] [PATCH 04/05] wifi: mt76: add PCIe speed tuning for mt7922/mt7928
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v4 3/5] [PATCH v4] [PATCH 03/05] wifi: mt76: add ACPI MTFG option for bus configuration
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v4 2/5] [PATCH v4] [PATCH 02/05] wifi: mt76: refactor chip_cfg commands to be a generic API
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v4 0/5] mt76: optimize mt7922/mt7928 T-put per Tx/Rx stats
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v4 1/5] [PATCH v4] [PATCH 01/05] wifi: mt76: refactor chip_config to accept generic commands
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC 

[PATCH v5 0/2] tpm: bounds-check device-reported response lengths
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 1/2] tpm: bounds-check the device-reported response length

[PATCH nxpwifi-next v3 1/3] wifi: nl80211: vendor-cmd: add NXP vendor command definitions
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)
`  "

[PATCH v3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Avoid spurious interrupts caused by LPCR_MER bit
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC  (3+ messages)

hunting memory corruption bug in 6.18.x
 2026-10-05  8:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Pend host SErrors for protected vCPUs through HCR_EL2.VSE
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Some fixes to address conflicts with fw_devlink
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/4] firmware: arm_scmi: Skip requests for standard protocol devices

[PATCH v16 0/6] usb: dwc3: introduce Rockchip glue driver
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 1/6] phy: core: add notifier infrastructure

[PATCH] i2c: qcom-cci: enable SCL clock stretching in standard mode on CCI v2
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] i2c: qcom-cci: always enable SCL clock stretching

[PATCH v2 0/2] rtsx_usb: fix tray-reader false card detect and autosuspend
 2026-10-05  8:30 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] misc: rtsx_usb: avoid USB I/O in runtime autosuspend


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