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[PATCH net] net: qede: initialize extack in qede_flow_spec_to_rule()
 2026-10-20 19:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v4 0/4] ipv6: fix address publication races with addrconf_ifdown
 2026-10-20 19:40 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 3/4] ipv6: initialize temporary ifaddr before publication

[PATCH 0/2] i2c: qcom-cci: Recover after a target powers down under a running controller
 2026-10-20 19:39 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] i2c: qcom-cci: Reset the controller when it resumes
` [PATCH 2/2] i2c: qcom-cci: Suspend the controller 50 ms after the last transfer

[PATCH net v2] net: sunhme: fix infinite loop in unmap_partial_tx_skb()
 2026-10-20 19:40 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/7] target/sparc: Add support for SPARC crypto instructions
 2026-10-20 19:39 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] target/sparc: Return CFR when crypto feature is enabled
` [PATCH 3/7] target/sparc: Add the eight AES round instructions
` [PATCH 5/7] target/sparc: Add the CRC32C instruction

[PATCH v4 00/10] net: support thread-specific pidfds for send and connect
 2026-10-20 19:39 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/5] Rust dynamic debug support for pr_debug! and dev_dbg!
 2026-10-20 19:38 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 4/5] rust: print: add dynamic debug support to pr_debug!

[PATCH net v3 0/8] more virtio-net csum hardening
 2026-10-20 19:38 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH net v3 1/8] net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state
` [PATCH net v3 2/8] um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures

[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: fix status of bundled mgmt tx completions
 2026-10-20 19:38 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 0/2] PCI/P2PDMA: Allow P2PDMA on Intel Xeon server CPUs
 2026-10-20 19:37 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] x86/hyper-v: Don't WARN on VM-Enter if eVMCS sees VMFUNC[63:32] != 0
 2026-10-20 19:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[jirislaby:next_master 139/201] kernel/sched/ext/ext.c:5178:17: error: implicit declaration of function 'scx_reenq_wait_dispatching'; did you mean 'scx_wait_dispatching'?
 2026-10-20 19:36 UTC 

[PATCH v2 0/2] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu: reclaim invalidated IOATC entries
 2026-10-20 19:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu: serialize IOATC accesses
` [PATCH v2 2/2] hw/riscv/riscv-iommu: reclaim invalidated IOATC entries

[PATCH v1] net: atlantic: Unregister before clearing RXNFC rules
 2026-10-20 19:36 UTC  (2+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] boot/grub2: bump to version 2.16
 2026-10-20 19:35 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] boot/edk2: bump to version edk2-stable202608

[PATCH v3 0/3] Add a minimum age gate to the shrinker
 2026-10-20 19:36 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 1/3] drm/xe: Tie BO TTM LRU priority to DONTNEED/WILLNEED madvise state
` [PATCH v3 2/3] drm/ttm: Allow skipping to the next priority in the bo LRU cursor
` [PATCH v3 3/3] drm/xe: Add a minimum age gate to the shrinker

[PATCH] mm/memcontrol: publish null pointer before dropping css reference
 2026-10-20 19:35 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: cancel idle work in hw_init failure paths for vcn/uvd/vce/jpeg
 2026-10-20 19:32 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] "
  ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/amdgpu/vcn: cancel jpeg idle work on ring test failure in reset post-helper

[PATCH net-next v9 00/11] Support for onsemi's S2500 10Base-T1S MAC-PHY
 2026-10-20 19:34 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v9 08/11] onsemi: s2500: Add driver support for S2500 MAC-PHY

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/chawan: new package
 2026-10-20 19:33 UTC 

[PATCH net-next v9 03/11] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Move oa_tc6.c to its own directory
 2026-10-20 19:33 UTC  (5+ messages)

[Buildroot] [git commit] package/nim: new package
 2026-10-20 19:33 UTC 

FYI, git output messages are being used by other tooling
 2026-10-20 19:33 UTC  (7+ messages)

[PATCH net v3] net: usb: lan78xx: avoid NULL PHY dereference in WoL setup
 2026-10-20 19:32 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH i-g-t] tests/amdgpu: insert pause mnemonic only on x86 / x86_64 platforms
 2026-10-20 19:31 UTC  (4+ messages)

[PATCH v6 0/3] drm/amdkfd: fix wedged teardown on surprise removal
 2026-10-20 19:31 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3] KVM: arm64: Sanitise ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1.S1P[IO]E
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 14/15] selftests: drv-net: test AF_XDP zero-copy with an SKB peer
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 13/15] selftests: xsk: list the hardware test cases
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 12/15] selftests: xsk: prepare xskxceiver for endpoints on two hosts
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 11/15] selftests: xsk: send UDP over IPv4 or IPv6 between the interface MACs
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 10/15] selftests: xsk: run the RX and TX endpoints in separate processes
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 09/15] selftests: xsk: run one test case per xskxceiver invocation
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 08/15] selftests: xsk: split xskxceiver main() into setup, run and cleanup
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 06/15] selftests: xsk: move the AF_XDP test suite to selftests/net
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 03/15] selftests: xsk: drop the single-interface loopback mode
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 net-next 02/15] selftests: xsk: size the TX UMEM in HW_SW_MAX_RING_SIZE
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/8] i3c: renesas: Add RZ/G3L support
 2026-10-20 19:29 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/8] i3c: renesas: Drop comma after OF match table sentinel
` [PATCH 3/8] dt-bindings: i3c: renesas,i3c: Add RZ/G3L support
` [PATCH 4/8] i3c: renesas: "

[PATCH net-next net] netdev: Hide the netdev_priv() origin from GCC in netdev_from_priv()
 2026-10-20 19:30 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] Support for the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go (SC7280)
 2026-10-20 19:29 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: Add Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go

[PATCH iproute2 0/3] iplink: bond: fix partner LACP state decoding
 2026-10-20 19:28 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH iproute2 3/3] testsuite: add bond slave LACP port state test

[PATCH net v7 0/4] net/smc: bound wire-controlled CDC cursors against the local buffers
 2026-10-20 19:28 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/6] leds: aw2013: Add AW2027 support
 2026-10-20 19:28 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 5/6] leds: aw2013: Prevent writes to unpowered chip

[PATCH 0/4] remoteproc: core: Fix the error unwind paths
 2026-10-20 19:27 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/4] remoteproc: core: Clean up after a failed recovery

[PATCH v5 0/4] Switch get/put unaligned to use memcpy
 2026-10-20 19:27 UTC  (17+ messages)
` [PATCH v5 2/4] vdso: Switch get/put unaligned from packed struct to memcpy
  ` [Regression] "

[PATCH RFC 0/3] firmware: arm_firme: introduce FIRME support for host attestation
 2026-10-20 19:27 UTC  (11+ messages)

[RFC PATCH net-next] net: pse-pd: Don't be a regulator provider
 2026-10-20 19:27 UTC 

[PATCH 0/4] ALSA: usb-audio: Add dB scale quirks for AB13X and Xiaomi Speaker Mini
 2026-10-20 19:22 UTC  (3+ messages)

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/libfm: fix build with gcc >= 14
 2026-10-20 19:26 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/pcmanfm: "

[PATCH] tests/unigraf: Hoist static DP link rate bounds and purge eDP rate
 2026-10-20 19:25 UTC  (2+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: success for tests/unigraf: Hoist static DP link rate bounds and purge eDP rate (rev2)

[PATCH 00/27] cpus: Add common CPUClass::exception_name() handler
 2026-10-20 19:25 UTC  (53+ messages)
` [PATCH 01/27] cpus: Add helper to log raised exceptions with '-d int'
` [PATCH 02/27] cpus: Introduce CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 03/27] target/alpha: Register "
` [PATCH 04/27] target/arm: "
` [PATCH 05/27] target/avr: Implement and register CPUClass::exception_name()
` [PATCH 07/27] target/hppa: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 08/27] target/i386: Replace magic value by proper EXCP0E_PAGE definition
` [PATCH 09/27] target/i386: Implement and register CPUClass::exception_name()
` [PATCH 11/27] target/m68k: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 12/27] target/microblaze: Implement and register CPUClass::exception_name()
` [PATCH 13/27] target/mips: Remove unuseful EXCP_LAST definition
` [PATCH 14/27] target/mips: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 15/27] target/or1k: "
` [PATCH 16/27] target/ppc: "
` [PATCH 17/27] target/riscv: "
` [PATCH 18/27] target/rx: Unify BRK and INT trap handling
` [PATCH 20/27] target/rx: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 21/27] target/s390x: Implement and register CPUClass::exception_name()
` [PATCH 22/27] target/sh4: Define exception vector constants
` [PATCH 23/27] target/sh4: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 24/27] target/sparc: Remove well tested DEBUG_PCALL definition
` [PATCH 25/27] target/sparc: Register CPUClass::exception_name() handler
` [PATCH 26/27] target/tricore: Implement and register CPUClass::exception_name()
` [PATCH 27/27] target/xtensa: "

[RFC PATCH 0/1] crypto: caam - fix in-place RSA payload DMA mapping
 2026-10-20 19:25 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH 1/1] "

[Bug 222161] New: platform/x86: lg-laptop: Double input of super key
 2026-10-20 19:24 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [Bug 222161] "

[PATCH v2 0/6] panic, x86/vmware: Preserve crash logs before kdump
 2026-10-20 19:23 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] panic: Add a notifier chain for pre-kdump callbacks

[PATCH v2 00/12] KVM: SVM: Add support for AMD LBR Extension v2
 2026-10-20 19:23 UTC  (2+ messages)

Patch pre-submission to Sashiko
 2026-10-20 19:21 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH] rust: exports: emit ___EXPORT_SYMBOL without C declarations
 2026-10-20 19:22 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1 0/2] fit: use constants for the cipher property names
 2026-10-20 19:20 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "

[PATCH 0/3] bus: ti-sysc: Prepare for use with am43 and OF_UPSTREAM
 2026-10-20 19:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] clk: clk-uclass: Ignore -ENOSYS in clk_set_default_rates()
 2026-10-20 19:20 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v1] platform/x86: asus-wmi: add TUF keyboard RGB readback support
 2026-10-20 19:19 UTC  (8+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 0/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Fix TUF keyboard shutdown naming and add RGB readback
  ` [PATCH v2 2/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: add TUF keyboard RGB readback support

[PATCH net v4 0/4] net: devmem: fix RX and TX binding teardown on device unregistration
 2026-10-20 19:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net v4 3/4] netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings

[PATCH] thermal/drivers/tegra/soctherm: Program throttrip with hot trip temperature
 2026-10-20 19:18 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 0/3] i3c: renesas: Add support for the analog noise filter
 2026-10-20 19:18 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: i3c: renesas,i3c: Document analog noise filter control

[patch 1/1] iov_iter: validate extracted segment for bvec alignment
 2026-10-20 19:17 UTC  (2+ messages)

[REGRESSION] bcm2835-audio fails to register on vchiq-bus in monolithic kernels since 6.19 (VCHIQ destaging?)
 2026-10-20 19:16 UTC  (7+ messages)
` [PATCH] platform/raspberrypi: vchiq: register bus at subsys_initcall

[PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: allow to set package name version
 2026-10-20 19:16 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] media: chips-media: wave5: Fix possible ERR_PTR deference
 2026-10-20 19:16 UTC  (5+ messages)

[GIT PULL] hte: Changes for v7.4-rc1
 2026-10-20 19:15 UTC 

[PATCH rtw-next] wifi: rtw88: sdio: limit the high queue to DTIM delivery
 2026-10-20 19:15 UTC 

[PATCH 0/6] perf jevents: Add NVIDIA Tegra410 uncore PMU events and metrics
 2026-10-20 19:15 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v7 0/9] drm: writeback: clean up writeback connector initialization
 2026-10-20 19:14 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v7 1/9] drm/amd/display: embed the writeback encoder in amdgpu_dm_wb_connector

[PATCH 0/2] WIP: doc: add new git tutorial
 2026-10-20 19:13 UTC  (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] doc: add new Git tutorial for beginners
` [PATCH v2 0/2] doc: add new git tutorial

[PATCH] drm/xe: Tie BO TTM LRU priority to DONTNEED/WILLNEED madvise state
 2026-10-20 19:13 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v9 00/25] KVM: arm64: SMMUv3 driver for pKVM (trap and emulate)
 2026-10-20 19:11 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 03/25] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Move IDR parsing to common functions
` [PATCH v9 05/25] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Move RangeInval to common code

[PATCH RFC -rcu/dev] hazptr: Record per-CPU slot owner after claiming the slot
 2026-10-20 19:11 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] net: gso: validate transport header before computing segment length
 2026-10-20 19:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH iwl-net] ice: do not report success for a VF setting that was not applied
 2026-10-20 19:10 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] net: axienet: don't advance the TX ring head before the descriptor is ready
 2026-10-20 19:10 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v6 00/18] x86,fs/resctrl: Add kernel-mode (e.g., PLZA) support to the resctrl subsystem
 2026-10-20 19:10 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 10/18] fs/resctrl: Add support for hidden resource group files

[PATCH 0/7] odb: introduce object storage extension
 2026-10-20 19:10 UTC  (13+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] setup: "
` [PATCH 3/7] setup: allow overriding object storage format via environment
` [PATCH 4/7] builtin: expose the object storage format

[PATCH] nfsd: add NFSD_CMD_FILEHANDLE_GET for root filehandle lookup
 2026-10-20 19:09 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH v2 1/2] kbuild: rust: enable KCSAN support
 2026-10-20 19:09 UTC  (8+ messages)

[PATCH v2] drm/xe: Add a minimum age gate to the shrinker
 2026-10-20 19:09 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for drm/xe: Add a minimum age gate to the shrinker (rev2)

[PATCH] drm/xe/guc: Do not attribute a TDR disable to a pending suspend
 2026-10-20 19:07 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "

[PATCH v3 0/5] LVDS support for TQMa8Xx
 2026-10-20 19:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] doc: fix description of CONFIG_ENV_WRITEABLE_LIST
 2026-10-20 19:06 UTC  (6+ messages)

[PATCH net] eth: fbnic: Correct packet header prefetch
 2026-10-20 19:06 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] configs: starfive: enable mtdparts on visionfive2
 2026-10-20 19:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH iproute] iptunnel: use worst case buffer for tunnel ioctls
 2026-10-20 19:05 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH] block: keep flush error across tag iterator reference drops
 2026-10-20 19:04 UTC 

[linux-next:master 4811/17742] arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-irs-v5.c:1016:15: warning: variable 'addr' set but not used
 2026-10-20 19:05 UTC 

[PATCH 00/15] drm/i915/pfit: Make GMCH panel fitter nicer
 2026-10-20 19:05 UTC  (3+ messages)
` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for drm/i915/pfit: Make GMCH panel fitter nicer (rev4)
` ✓ CI.KUnit: success "

[LTP] [PATCH v2 1/3] build: Fix library prerequisites in testcases.mk
 2026-10-20 19:04 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] "

[PATCH v12 0/7] mfd: Add support for Asus Transformer embedded controller
 2026-10-20 19:04 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v12 3/7] input: serio: Add driver for ASUS Transformer dock keyboard and touchpad
` [PATCH v12 4/7] input: keyboard: Add driver for ASUS Transformer dock multimedia keys

[PATCH] ksmbd: reject FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY on directories
 2026-10-20 19:03 UTC 

[PATCH net 0/3] net: stmmac: deliver frames with Rx checksum errors to the stack
 2026-10-20 19:03 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net 1/3] net: stmmac: honour Rx checksum errors in the AF_XDP zero-copy path
` [PATCH net 2/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: don't discard frames with only a checksum error
` [PATCH net 3/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: stop hardware from dropping checksum-error packets

[PATCH] config: move pack size limit into repo config
 2026-10-20 19:02 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net v2] net: prestera: avoid overreading a short firmware tail
 2026-10-20 19:02 UTC  (4+ messages)

[LTP] [PATCH v2] cve: add pwnescape reproducer
 2026-10-20 19:01 UTC  (2+ messages)
` [LTP] "

[PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: fix crash in bpf_path_d_path() for exiting tasks
 2026-10-20 19:02 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] "

[PATCH net-next 11/11] can: protect the receive lists with a per-device lock
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (3+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: mtk_wed: Fix dma_unmap_single() size
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] net: rename skb_unshare() to skb_unclone_full()
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[RFC PATCH sched_ext/for-7.4 0/5] sched_ext: Make ops.cpu_acquire/release() reliable
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (5+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v10 0/2] net: wwan: support DTR/RTS on AT ports via MHI IP_CTRL
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] sfc: fix NULL pointer dereference in efx_tc_flower_replace_foreign()
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH 1/2 net-next] net: openvswitch: skip IPv4 later fragments on TCP/UDP set actions
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v2] drivers: net: xgene: Fix dma_unmap_single() size
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next] veth: use peer attributes to set peer real number of queues
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net] veth: decide peer queue count from the peer's own attributes
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v2 net-next 0/5] neighbour: Misc follow-ups on per-netns neigh_table series
 2026-10-20 19:00 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH net-next v8 0/4] net/sched: cap the accounted backlog before it can wrap
 2026-10-20 18:59 UTC  (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v8 1/4] net/sched: cake: return the classifier result to the caller

[PATCH v2 0/4] hwmon: (pmbus) Support relative VOUT mode, add TDK FS1412 and FS1525
 2026-10-20 18:58 UTC  (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/4] hwmon: (pmbus_core) Support relative encoding of vout related commands

[PATCH 0/5] serial: core: fixes and improvements to uart_get_baud_rate()
 2026-10-20 18:57 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 3/5] serial: core: always return in-range baud rate even in case of failure

[PATCH v4 bpf-next 0/6] bpf: Unwinding with unwind_goto and unwind_exit
 2026-10-20 18:57 UTC  (6+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 1/6] bpf: Add unwind_goto and unwind_exit insns
` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 2/6] bpf, x86: Support unwind_goto and unwind_exit

[PATCH bpf-next v1 4/7] selftests/bpf: libarena: Handle NMI reentrancy
 2026-10-20 18:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v1 3/7] selftests/bpf: libarena: Add buddy per-CPU caches
 2026-10-20 18:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH bpf-next v1 2/7] selftests/bpf: Add a parallel buddy allocator benchmark
 2026-10-20 18:56 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v4 bpf-next 3/6] bpf, arm64: Support unwind_goto and unwind_exit
 2026-10-20 18:55 UTC  (2+ messages)

[PATCH v3 0/3] Hexagon: Fix undefined behavior bugs
 2026-10-20 18:53 UTC  (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 3/3] target/hexagon: avoid negative slot shift

[PATCH v2 0/2] get_maintainer: stop sending every patch to LKML
 2026-10-20 18:51 UTC  (3+ messages)


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