messages from 2026-11-05 14:17:32 to 2026-11-05 14:49:28 UTC [more...]
[PATCH] dma-buf/sw_sync: Avoid taking references to released fences
2026-11-05 14:26 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 0/5] watchdog: starfive-wdt: Fix runtime PM and unclocked register access bugs
2026-11-05 14:49 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/5] watchdog: starfive-wdt: Drop runtime PM reference if starting watchdog fails
[PATCH] pinctrl: amd: Clear interrupt enable on spurious IRQ and skip unhandled EOI
2026-11-05 14:49 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] pinctrl: amd: Clear interrupt enable bit on spurious GPIO IRQ
[PATCH 0/6] sunxi: A133: Add CPU speed grade detection and OPP table
2026-11-05 14:49 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH v2 00/21] sched/deadline: bandwidth accounting fixes and selftests
2026-11-05 14:48 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/21] sched/deadline: Do not lose a throttled task switched out and back
[PATCH net] ptp: kvm: report paired cycles for the active clocksource
2026-11-05 14:48 UTC
[PATCH 00/33] Add Engicam MicroGEA-STM32MP257D-RMM board support
2026-11-05 14:48 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/9] Extend PKWM to support user-created wrapping keys
2026-11-05 14:48 UTC (11+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/9] keys/trusted_keys: propagate wrapping key generation errors
` [PATCH v6 2/9] keys/trusted_keys: fix PKWM output buffer cleanup
` [PATCH v6 3/9] keys/trusted_keys: clear sensitive PKWM buffers
` [PATCH v6 4/9] pseries/plpks: fix double conversion of write and remove flush errors
` [PATCH v6 5/9] pseries/plpks: fix double conversion of wrapping key "
` [PATCH v6 6/9] pseries/plpks: fix length types for wrapping operations
` [PATCH v6 7/9] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PKWM wrapping key life cycle management
` [PATCH v6 8/9] keys/trusted_keys: enable PKWM wrapping key selection by label
` [PATCH v6 9/9] pseries/plpks/wrapkey: expose PKWM wrapping key management to userspace via sysfs
[PATCH v7 2/3] i3c: master: Add Qualcomm I3C controller driver
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] Input: synaptics - make InterTouch quirks table driven
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 6/6] Bluetooth: Add EKS Opportunistic Encryption support
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[avpatel:riscv_sbi_sse_v12 17/46] drivers/iommu/riscv/iommu.c:1287:15: error: call to undeclared function 'virt_to_pfn'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC
[PATCH] gpio: cdev: fix waitqueue deadlock on chip deregistration
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC
[PATCH] btrfs: tag all metadata I/O with REQ_META
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (3+ messages)
Unable to clone or fetch from git.ti.com
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC
[PATCH v1] hash: handle invalid algorithms when formatting object IDs
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/7] BCMBCA PMB clock, reset and hardware monitoring support
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 3/7] mfd: Add a shared BCMBCA PMC3 PMB transport
[RFC PATCH v2 0/8] Preserve more architectural state across domain switches
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (6+ messages)
` [RFC PATCH v2 3/8] lib: sbi: Preserve Sstc timer "
` [RFC PATCH v3 0/6] Preserve more architectural "
` [RFC PATCH v3 2/6] lib: sbi: Preserve Sstc timer "
[Outreachy PATCH v2 1/2] notes-utils: use the passed repository for notes refs
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (4+ messages)
` [Outreachy PATCH] notes-utils: hide functions that still need the_repository
[PATCH v9 0/7] VMD add second root bus support
2026-11-05 14:47 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/5] mm/khugepaged: bound mmap_lock hold time when walking an mm's VMAs
2026-11-05 14:46 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 5/5] mm/khugepaged: drop/reacquire mmap read lock if skipped enough VMAs
[PATCH 1/2] net/tap: fix FD leak on netns change
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net] net: wait for in-flight device unregistrations before netns dismantle
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC
[PATCH net v2] openvswitch: advance by the real header length in get_ipv6_ext_hdrs()
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC (2+ messages)
Question about libselinux *_with_level functions
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC (6+ messages)
[PATCH v1 0/5] gpio: Move most of the Intel GPIO to the dedicated folder
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH net-next] docs: netdev: fix iproute2 process documentation
2026-11-05 14:45 UTC (6+ messages)
[RFC PATCH net-next] net: pse-pd: Don't be a regulator provider
2026-11-05 14:44 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH 00/17] driver core: Authorize device trust before driver binding
2026-11-05 14:43 UTC (10+ messages)
` [PATCH 10/17] driver core: Expose device trust authorization through sysfs
[PATCH v4 0/2] nova-core: add initial support for gpu timer (v4)
2026-11-05 14:43 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 1/2] rust: time: expose as_nanos for clock sources
` [PATCH v4 2/2] gpu: nova-core: add support for GPU timer block. (v4)
[PATCH] PCI: qcom: Power on pwrctrl devices for firmware-managed hosts
2026-11-05 14:43 UTC (3+ messages)
[bpf-next:master 88/105] kernel/bpf/arena.c:1082:13: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__percpu' of expression
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC
[PATCH 0/2] scsi: ufs: core: Fix post-reset runtime PM recovery after eef1d74bf88f
2026-11-05 14:43 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] scsi: ufs: core: Skip redundant variant resume after error recovery power-up
` [PATCH 2/2] scsi: ufs: core: Wake consumer queues on suspended W-LUN recovery
[PATCH v2 0/6] arm64: Initial support for MediaTek MT8163 SoC
2026-11-05 14:43 UTC (20+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/6] dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: Add MT8163 Amazon Echo Dot (2016)
` [PATCH v2 2/6] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: mediatek,mt6577-sysirq: Add MT8163
` [PATCH v2 3/6] dt-bindings: timer: mediatek,timer: "
` [PATCH v2 4/6] dt-bindings: serial: mediatek,uart: "
` [PATCH v2 5/6] arm64: dts: mediatek: Add basic support for MT8163 SoC
` [PATCH v2 6/6] arm64: dts: mediatek: Add Amazon Echo Dot (2016)
[PATCH v8 1/2] can: j1939: fix possibility of list corruption in __j1939_ecu_release()
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v8 2/2] can: j1939: fix "struct j1939_ecu" refcount leak in j1939_ecu_map_locked()
[PATCH v1 0/2] Add strprefix() and fix a bug with it
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 "
[PATCH v3 02/14] dt-bindings: clock: exynos8855: add top & peric clock definitions
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 1/5] python3-uvloop: import 0.22.1 from meta-homeassistant
2026-11-05 14:41 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 4/5] python3-websockets: enable ptest; use git fetcher
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH 0/4] media: qcom: camss: fixes for SoCs without IOMMU, RDI and CSID1 streaming
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/4] media: qcom: camss: use contiguous buffers when there is no IOMMU
[PATCH] remoteproc: Hide REMOTEPROC options in REMOTEPROC conditional
2026-11-05 14:42 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH] ASoC: fsl: imx-sgtl5000: release codec clock right after reading its rate
2026-11-05 13:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2 0/2] cpufreq: Fix global boost state updates
2026-11-05 14:41 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 1/2] cpufreq: Preserve global boost state on failed updates
` [PATCH v2 2/2] cpufreq: Serialize global boost updates
[PATCH v2] ASoC: codecs: pcm3168a: do not request the reset GPIO as non-exclusive
2026-11-05 12:20 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 00/14] Stop lockdep_assert_held*() from assuming lock ownership
2026-11-05 14:39 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 08/14] lockdep: Introduce lockdep_assume_ctx_held()
[PULL] drm-misc-fixes
2026-11-05 14:39 UTC
[PATCH 6.18 0000/1005] 6.18.61-rc1 review
2026-11-05 14:39 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.18 0942/1005] KVM: TDX: Enable Bus Lock VM exit
` [syzbot ci] Re: 6.18.61-rc1 review
[PATCH 0/8] pwm: Fix various bugs reported by Sashiko
2026-11-05 14:38 UTC (9+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/8] pwm: tegra: Prevent 32-bit period truncation and division by zero
` [PATCH 2/8] pwm: mxs: Return early when disabling and fix error-path clock leak
` [PATCH 3/8] pwm: loongson: Fix 32-bit control register truncation in pwm_loongson_set_polarity()
` [PATCH 4/8] pwm: axi-pwmgen: Enable clocks before accessing hardware registers in probe()
` [PATCH 5/8] pwm: fsl-ftm: Enable ipg_clk around regcache_sync() during resume
` [PATCH 6/8] pwm: omap-dmtimer: Handle negative error codes from get_pwm_status()
` [PATCH 7/8] pwm: tiehrpwm: Enable runtime PM before registering PWM chip
` [PATCH 8/8] pwm: img: Unregister PWM chip before disabling runtime PM and clocks
[moderation/CI] Re: 6.18.61-rc1 review
2026-11-05 14:38 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v6 0/2] tests/intel/xe_wedged: Add cold-reset wedge test
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 1/2] tests/intel/xe_wedged: ignore expected wedged dmesg
` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: success for tests/intel/xe_wedged: Add cold-reset wedge test (rev8)
[PATCH] credential/libsecret: load secrets explicitly
2026-11-05 14:37 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v2] "
[PATCH] nexthop: fix null-deref in nexthop_flush_dev on UNREGISTER rebroadcast
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH] dt-bindings: power: Remove orphan mt6765-power.h include
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC
[PATCH] dt-bindings: reset: Remove orphan bt1-ccu.h
2026-11-05 14:35 UTC
[PATCH v3 00/10] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 04/10] mm, slab: introduce slab_debug=N
[PATCH v6 00/15] Support 10-bit YUV422 and 8/10-bit YUV420 color format on DW HDMI QP
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC (16+ messages)
` [PATCH v6 08/15] drm/rockchip: vop2: Consolidate HDMI PHY PLL clock parent switch
` [PATCH v6 09/15] drm/rockchip: vop2: Use TMDS character rate to select DCLK source
[PATCH v16 00/18] PCI/CXL: Add CXL reset support for Type 2 devices
2026-11-05 14:36 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 14/18] PCI/CXL: Reject reset with unsafe function scope
[CI 1/2] drm/xe: only evict CCS buffers from TT on iGPU
2026-11-05 14:35 UTC (2+ messages)
` [CI 2/2] drm/xe/pm: skip BO eviction on iGPU for non-hibernation sleep
[PATCH 1/1] tty: serial: use dmaengine_desc_set_callback()
2026-11-05 14:35 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH RESEND] drm/mediatek: dsi: Fix handling of long packet reads
2026-11-05 14:35 UTC (2+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: allow softlimit with no hardlimit in quota scrub" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:34 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 5.15.y] xfs: allow softlimit with no hardlimit in quota scrub
[PATCH 0/2] panic: flush unsafe consoles before reboot and kdump
2026-11-05 14:34 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] printk: nbcon: Flush unsafe consoles from printk() in panic
[PATCH v7 0/3] PCI: qcom: Implement shutdown() to avoid SMMU/NoC errors on reboot
2026-11-05 14:34 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH net-next] net: phy: air_an8801: add WAKE_PHY Wake-on-LAN support
2026-11-05 14:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[PATCH net-next 0/3] veth: link RX queues to their NAPI instances
2026-11-05 14:33 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/3] veth: refactor NAPI enable paths
` [PATCH net-next 2/3] veth: link RX queues to their NAPI instances
` [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: net: veth: test RX queue NAPI links
[PATCH v2] doc: develop/sending_patches: add tips for series
2026-11-05 14:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[RFC PATCH] tests/functional/ppc64: add pseries virtio-blk hotplug test
2026-11-05 14:33 UTC (3+ messages)
[RFC PATCH v2 0/4] mm/damon: introduce age_ms damos core filter type
2026-11-05 14:32 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v2] ftrace: speed up module enable by binary searching module symbols
2026-11-05 14:32 UTC (4+ messages)
[PATCH v16 0/7] Provide support for Trigger Generation Unit
2026-11-05 14:32 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v16 3/7] qcom-tgu: Add signal priority support
[RFC][PATCH] overlay: always follow metacopy into data-only layers
2026-11-05 14:31 UTC
[Outreachy][PATCH] promisor-remote: honor promisor.fetchOrder when trying remotes
2026-11-05 14:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] lib/tests: add KUnit tests for the priority sorted list (plist)
2026-11-05 14:30 UTC (2+ messages)
[BUG] kernel.sysrq sysctl race condition(s) / list corruptions
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC
[OE-core][PATCHv1] zip: set CVE product identifiers
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] vhost-user-fs: fix virtqueue array leak on realize failure
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: VMX: Formally define KVM's "0xdead" exit reason used for" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] KVM: VMX: Formally define KVM's "0xdead" exit reason used for failed VM-Enter
[PATCH v9 0/4] Add support for AAEON SRG-IMX8P MCU
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v9 2/4] mfd: aaeon: Add SRG-IMX8P MCU driver
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: bound da-node entry count against the correct geometry" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y] xfs: bound da-node entry count against the correct geometry
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: reject absurdly large xattr value lengths in" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y] xfs: reject absurdly large xattr value lengths in xchk_xattr_actor
[PATCH v4 00/16] Microchip OTPC driver on SAM9X60 exposing UIDxR as additional nvmem device
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (13+ messages)
` [PATCH v4 02/16] dt-bindings: clock: at91: Split up per SoC partially
` [PATCH v4 05/16] clk: at91: Allow enabling main_rc_osc through DT
` [PATCH v4 06/16] clk: at91: Add peripheral clock id for OTPC
` [PATCH v4 07/16] dt-bindings: nvmem: microchip-otpc: Add required clocks
` [PATCH v4 13/16] ARM: dts: microchip: sama7g5: Add OTPC clocks
` [PATCH v4 15/16] ARM: dts: microchip: sam9x60_curiosity: Enable OTP Controller
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: always report scrub errors in tracepoints" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:29 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y] xfs: always report scrub errors in tracepoints
[PATCH v4] leds: Add driver for MAX8907 LED cell
2026-11-05 14:28 UTC (5+ messages)
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: reduce new btree slack factor if free space is negative" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:28 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] xfs: reduce new btree slack factor if free space is negative
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: rescan the AGs if incore delalloc counter is negative" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:28 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.12.y] xfs: rescan the AGs if incore delalloc counter is negative
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: cross-reference the primary superblock" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:28 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.6.y] xfs: cross-reference the primary superblock
[PATCH char-misc-next] mei: mei_lb: add info prints in flow
2026-11-05 14:28 UTC
FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: VMX: Formally define KVM's "0xdead" exit reason used for" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
2026-11-05 14:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 6.18.y] KVM: VMX: Formally define KVM's "0xdead" exit reason used for failed VM-Enter
[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: 9K jumbo frame support
2026-11-05 14:27 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: add 9K jumbo frame
` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: skip page_pool for
[PATCH 0/2] Add SoundWire port constraints into SDCA stream
2026-11-05 14:27 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/2] ASoC: SDCA: Add port constraints into sdca_asoc_set_constraints()
[PATCH] libx11: stage the X11 locale data in all sysroots
2026-11-05 14:26 UTC (2+ messages)
` [OE-core] "
[PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix pernet use-after-free on UNREGISTER rebroadcast
2026-11-05 14:26 UTC (5+ messages)
[PATCH v2] dma-buf/sw_sync: Avoid taking references to released fences
2026-11-05 14:26 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
` [PATCH v4] "
[PATCH] ethdev/telemetry: fix hide_zero parameter being reset
2026-11-05 14:25 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] sysctl: Fix large millisecond-to-jiffies conversions
2026-11-05 14:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH] media: imagination: Release m2m device on probe failure
2026-11-05 14:24 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH 0/3] dma-buf: dma-fence: Remove dma_fence_init64()
2026-11-05 14:23 UTC (6+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/3] dma-buf: dma-fence: Add flags parameter to dma_fence_init()
[PATCH v2] ALSA: linear: Check frame count for all channels
2026-11-05 14:22 UTC
[PATCH v2 0/2] DRM scheduler fair policy fixups
2026-11-05 14:23 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH nf-next] selftests: netfilter: add ipset flush vs. concurrent insert perf test
2026-11-05 14:23 UTC
[PATCH v4 00/23] gpio: Improvements around device-id arrays
2026-11-05 14:22 UTC (7+ messages)
linux-next: Tree for Nov 5
2026-11-05 14:22 UTC
[PATCH v3] pinctrl: nxp: s32g2: Enable by default on ARCH_S32
2026-11-05 14:22 UTC (2+ messages)
[PATCH v3 00/39] [PATCH v2 00/39] [RISC-V] virtual interrupt controller (vAPLIC/vIMSIC) support
2026-11-05 14:21 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH v3 30/39] xen/riscv: implement APLIC-IMSIC-hart sync barrier for vCPU migration
[PATCH 1/7] MAINTAINERS: Move armada DRM under drm-misc
2026-11-05 14:21 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH 2/7] MAINTAINERS: Move Keem Bay "
` [PATCH 3/7] MAINTAINERS: Move Tegra "
` [PATCH 4/7] MAINTAINERS: Remove Jonas Karlman from bridge reviewers
` [PATCH 5/7] MAINTAINERS: Remove Andrzej Hajda from bridge maintainers
` [PATCH 6/7] MAINTAINERS: Remove myself for VC4 DRM driver
` [PATCH 7/7] MAINTAINERS: Add Dmitry Baryshkov as bridge maintainer
[PATCH 0/5] riscv: dts: spacemit: k3-com260: Describe SD card, SPI NOR and MAC
2026-11-05 14:20 UTC (5+ messages)
` [PATCH 4/5] riscv: defconfig: Enable AT24 EEPROM and ONIE TLV layout
[PATCH net-next v5 0/2] net: wwan: qcom_bam_dmux: Add restricted DMA pool support
2026-11-05 14:21 UTC (3+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v5 2/2] net: wwan: qcom_bam_dmux: Assign restricted DMA pool to remote processor
[PATCH v2] mc146818rtc: Make PF independent of PIE
2026-11-05 14:14 UTC (6+ messages)
[Buildroot] [PATCH] boot/ti-k3-r5-loader: bump to version 2026.10
2026-11-05 14:19 UTC
[PATCH v2] ring-buffer: Skip time delta validation for the counter clock
2026-11-05 14:19 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH v3] "
[PATCH 0/2] mm/huge_memory: take a reference on a device DAX PUD copied by fork
2026-11-05 14:19 UTC (4+ messages)
` [PATCH 1/2] mm/huge_memory: take a reference on a folio "
[PATCH] KVM: s390: arm64: Tolerate unused functions in extracted source
2026-11-05 14:19 UTC (2+ messages)
[scarthgap][PATCH 0/3] sqlite3: fix multiple High scored CVEs
2026-11-05 14:18 UTC (4+ messages)
` [scarthgap][PATCH 1/3] sqlite3: fix CVE-2026-119373
` [scarthgap][PATCH 2/3] sqlite3: fix CVE-2026-119374
` [scarthgap][PATCH 3/3] sqlite3: fix CVE-2026-119379
drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi_common.c:277:2-8: ERROR: missing put_device; call of_find_device_by_node on line 266, but without a corresponding object release within this function
2026-11-05 14:17 UTC
[PATCH v2 00/12] qom: resolve type name conflicts, avoid target_info() in class_init or type_init
2026-11-05 14:16 UTC (7+ messages)
` [PATCH v2 06/12] target/arm: register separate max-v8 CPU types for arm and aarch64
[PATCH net-next v4 0/8] net: dsa: Add support for SoC-e Ethernet switch IP cores
2026-11-05 14:16 UTC (2+ messages)
` [PATCH net-next v4 8/8] net: dsa: soce: Add VLAN membership table support
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