networking [general] · Maintained

Maintainers

• 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>
• R Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/core-api/netlink.rst
• F Documentation/netlink/
• F Documentation/networking/
• F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/
• F Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
• F Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/
• F include/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer-provider.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer.h
• F include/linux/in.h
• F include/linux/in6.h
• F include/linux/indirect_call_wrapper.h
• F include/linux/inet.h
• F include/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/linux/net.h
• F include/linux/netdev*
• F include/linux/netlink.h
• F include/linux/netpoll.h
• F include/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/linux/sctp.h
• F include/linux/seq_file_net.h
• F include/linux/skbuff*
• F include/net/
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/hsr_netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/in.h
• F include/uapi/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
• F lib/net_utils.c
• F lib/random32.c
• F net/
• F samples/pktgen/
• F tools/net/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
• X Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst
• X include/net/bluetooth/
• X include/net/cfg80211.h
• X include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h
• X include/net/iw_handler.h
• X include/net/mac80211.h
• X include/net/wext.h
• X net/9p/
• X net/bluetooth/
• X net/can/
• X net/ceph/
• X net/mac80211/
• X net/rfkill/
• X net/wireless/
• X tools/testing/selftests/net/can/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• [PATCH 00/11] Convert moduleparams to seq_buf
  2026-05-21 13:33 · 2 replies in 7d · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead overflow on 32-bit builds
  2026-05-21 12:47 · 0 replies in 7d · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v2] vsock: keep poll shutdown state consistent
  2026-05-19 16:57 · 0 replies in 7d · Ziyu Zhang <hidden>
• [PATCH net v4 0/2] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-18 09:07 · 2 replies in 7d · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• <hidden>
  2 attestations (1 Reported-by, 1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-04-24
• Maher Azzouzi <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-05-14
• Yiqi Sun <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-05-08

Recent patches

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

• [PATCH 09/11] treewide: Convert custom kernel_param_ops .get callbacks to seq_buf via cocci
  2026-05-21 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 04/11] treewide: Convert struct kernel_param_ops initializers to DEFINE_KERNEL_PARAM_OPS
  2026-05-21 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead overflow on 32-bit builds
  2026-05-21 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v2] vsock: keep poll shutdown state consistent
  2026-05-19 · Ziyu Zhang <hidden>
• [PATCH net v4 2/2] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-18 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v4 1/2] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow
  2026-05-18 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix zerocopy completion for multi-skb sends
  2026-05-14 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v3 2/2] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-13 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v3 1/2] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow
  2026-05-13 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v2] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-12 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net 2/2] vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers
  2026-05-08 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net 1/2] vsock/virtio: fix length and offset in tap skb for split packets
  2026-05-08 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-08 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• Re: [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue
  2026-05-07 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix potential unbounded skb queue
  2026-04-30 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• [PATCH] vsock/virtio: fix vsockmon info leak in non-linear tap copy
  2026-04-30 · Yiqi Sun <hidden>
• [RFC PATCH v1 5/9] uaccess: Switch to copy_{to/from}_user_partial() when relevant
  2026-04-27 · "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] vsock/virtio: fix memory leak in virtio_transport_recv_listen()
  2026-04-24 · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden>
• [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix MSG_ZEROCOPY pinned-pages accounting
  2026-04-20 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• [PATCH net v4 1/3] vsock/virtio: fix MSG_PEEK ignoring skb offset when calculating bytes to copy
  2026-04-15 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• [PATCH net v3 1/3] vsock/virtio: fix MSG_PEEK ignoring skb offset when calculating bytes to copy
  2026-04-14 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2] vsock/virtio: remove unnecessary call to `virtio_transport_get_ops`
  2026-04-08 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next] vsock/virtio: remove unnecessary call to `virtio_transport_get_ops`
  2026-04-07 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• [PATCH net v2 1/3] vsock/virtio: fix MSG_PEEK ignoring skb offset when calculating bytes to copy
  2026-04-07 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• [PATCH net 1/2] vsock/virtio: fix MSG_PEEK ignoring skb offset when calculating bytes to copy
  2026-04-02 · Luigi Leonardi <hidden>
• Re: [PATCH net-next v8 4/4] tun/tap & vhost-net: avoid ptr_ring tail-drop when a qdisc is present
  2026-03-25 · Simon Schippers <hidden>
• [PATCH 27/61] net/netlink: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 24/61] net/9p: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 28/61] net/sched: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <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.

• [PATCH net-next v11 01/13] vsock: a per-net vsock NS mode state
  2025-11-21 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v11 02/13] vsock: add netns to vsock core
  2025-11-21 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH v2 04/15] tap-solaris: Use error_setg_file_open() for better error messages
  2025-11-22 · Markus Armbruster <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH v2 10/15] error: Use error_setg_file_open() for simplicity and consistency
  2025-11-22 · Markus Armbruster <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v12 01/12] vsock: a per-net vsock NS mode state
  2025-11-27 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v12 03/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2025-11-27 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH Next] net: restore the iterator to its original state when an error occurs
  2025-11-28 · Edward Adam Davis <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• [PATCH Next V2] net: restore the iterator to its original state when an error occurs
  2025-11-28 · Edward Adam Davis <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• [PATCH RFC net-next v13 03/13] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2025-12-24 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v14 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-13 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-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.

• [PATCH 10/14] net/slirp: Improve file open error message
  2025-11-20 · Markus Armbruster <hidden>
• [PATCH 07/14] net/tap: Use error_setg_file_open() for a better error message
  2025-11-20 · Markus Armbruster <hidden>
• [PATCH RFC net-next v13 04/13] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
  2025-12-24 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH RFC 07/13] vsock/virtio: fix DMA alignment for event_list
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• [PATCH RFC 13/13] vsock/virtio: reorder fields to reduce struct padding
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• [PATCH 31/61] net/tipc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 26/61] net/core: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 29/61] net/sctp: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 27/61] net/netlink: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>