networking drivers · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
• M "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
• M Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• M Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• M Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/
• F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
• F drivers/connector/
• F drivers/net/
• F drivers/ptp/
• F drivers/s390/net/
• F include/dt-bindings/net/
• F include/linux/cn_proc.h
• F include/linux/etherdevice.h
• F include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
• F include/linux/fcdevice.h
• F include/linux/fddidevice.h
• F include/linux/if_*
• F include/linux/inetdevice.h
• F include/linux/netdev*
• F include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink*
• F include/uapi/linux/if_*
• F include/uapi/linux/net_shaper.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
• F tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/bluetooth/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/can/
• X Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/
• X drivers/net/can/
• X drivers/net/wireless/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM2d [PATCH 0/2] net/tap: fix Rx queue interrupt support
  2026-07-17 09:59 · 2 replies in 7d · Maxime Leroy <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/2] drivers: add support for async RTE FLOW APIs
  2026-07-18 09:18 · 0 replies in 7d · <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] net/iavf: harden reset recovery and data path on link flap
  2026-07-17 21:15 · 0 replies in 7d · Anurag Mandal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v1 00/17] net/dpaa: bug fixes for bus, net and fmlib drivers
  2026-07-13 10:19 · 22 replies in 7d · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 1/2] net/i40e: fix return value of close operation
  2026-07-15 12:48 · 2 replies in 7d · SidAli CHERRATI <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH] net/iavf: fix VLAN offload when inner VLAN is not supported
  2026-07-15 23:40 · 0 replies in 7d · Anurag Mandal <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] net/enic: check notify set return value during init
  2026-07-15 10:31 · 0 replies in 7d · Alexey Simakov <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH] net/mlx5: avoid wildcard drop flow in priority discovery
  2026-07-14 06:08 · 1 reply in 7d · Gavin Hu <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 0/7] intel network and pcapng updates
  2026-07-13 09:17 · 2 replies in 7d · Dawid Wesierski <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 26.11] net/mlx5: remove versioned symbols aliases
  2026-07-13 11:01 · 0 replies in 7d · Dariusz Sosnowski <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Jasper Tran O'Leary <hidden>
  33 attestations (33 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-09
• Mark Blasko <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-09
• Joshua Washington <joshwash@google.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Ye Chen <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-08
• Andrew Rybchenko <hidden>
  2 attestations (1 Acked-by, 1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-09
• David Marchand <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-25
• Jun Yang <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Ciara Loftus <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Morten Brørup <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-06-30

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on dpdk-dev (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/2] drivers: add support for async RTE FLOW APIs
  2026-07-18 · <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] net/iavf: harden reset recovery and data path on link flap
  2026-07-17 · Anurag Mandal <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: drain queue FD in Rx interrupt mode
  2026-07-17 · Maxime Leroy <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 1/2] net/tap: support Rx queue interrupt enable/disable
  2026-07-17 · Maxime Leroy <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH] net/iavf: fix VLAN offload when inner VLAN is not supported
  2026-07-15 · Anurag Mandal <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 2/2] net/ixgbe: fix return value of close operation
  2026-07-15 · Sid Ali Cherrati <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v2 1/2] net/i40e: fix return value of close operation
  2026-07-15 · Sid Ali Cherrati <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] net/enic: check notify set return value during init
  2026-07-15 · Alexey Simakov <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: avoid wildcard drop flow in priority discovery
  2026-07-14 · Gavin Hu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 26.11] net/mlx5: remove versioned symbols aliases
  2026-07-13 · Dariusz Sosnowski <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 18/18] net/dpaa: fix device remove
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 17/18] net/dpaa: fix mbuf leak in SG fd creation
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 16/18] net/dpaa: fix null l3_len check in checksum offload
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 15/18] net/dpaa: fix wrong buffer in xstats get by id
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 14/18] net/dpaa: remove duplicate ptype entries
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 13/18] net/dpaa: fix xstat string typos in BMI stats table
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 12/18] net/dpaa: fix xstat name for tx undersized counter
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 10/18] net/dpaa: fix port_handle leak in fm_prev_cleanup
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 09/18] net/dpaa: fix invalid check on interrupt unregister
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 05/18] net/dpaa/fmlib: add null check in scheme delete
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 04/18] net/dpaa: fix modify cgr to use index
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 18/18] net/dpaa: fix device remove
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 17/18] net/dpaa: fix mbuf leak in SG fd creation
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 16/18] net/dpaa: fix null l3_len check in checksum offload
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 15/18] net/dpaa: fix wrong buffer in xstats get by id
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 14/18] net/dpaa: remove duplicate ptype entries
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 13/18] net/dpaa: fix xstat string typos in BMI stats table
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 12/18] net/dpaa: fix xstat name for tx undersized counter
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 10/18] net/dpaa: fix port_handle leak in fm_prev_cleanup
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4 09/18] net/dpaa: fix invalid check on interrupt unregister
  2026-07-13 · Hemant Agrawal <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE191d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH] net/mlx5: add RSS TIR registration API
  2026-01-08 · Shani Peretz <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix HW flow counter query
  2026-01-12 · Dariusz Sosnowski <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix stack alignment for ASan compatibility
  2026-01-21 · Shani Peretz <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH] net/mlx5/hws: fix null dereference in rule skip
  2026-01-21 · Shani Peretz <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix HW flow counter query
  2026-01-21 · Mohand Alrasheed <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE178d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2] net/gve: add reset path
  2026-01-21 · Jasper Tran O'Leary <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE178d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v3] net/gve: add reset path
  2026-01-21 · Jasper Tran O'Leary <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE161d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: allow MTU mismatch for running shared Rx queues
  2026-01-29 · Shani Peretz <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE157d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 2/2] net/mlx5: add mlx5 prefix to remaining internal functions
  2026-02-08 · Maayan Kashani <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE153d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 2/2] net/mlx4: replace LIBRTE prefix with PMD
  2026-02-09 · Shani Peretz <hidden> · 1 Acked-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies [RFC PATCH] ethdev: update read time API in PMD to enable crosstimestamp
  2025-12-24 · Soumyadeep Hore <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 06/13] net/sxe: add filter function
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 10/13] net/sxe: add xstats function
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 05/13] net/sxe: support vlan filter
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 07/13] net/sxe: support rss offload
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 03/13] net/sxe: add tx rx setup and data path
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 08/13] net/sxe: add dcb function
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 04/13] net/sxe: add link, flow ctrl, mac ops, mtu ops function
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 09/13] net/sxe: support ptp
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>
• STALE118d [PATCH v13 11/13] net/sxe: add custom cmd led ctrl
  2025-12-25 · <hidden>