networking [sockets] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• M Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• M Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
• M Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/sock_diag.h
• F include/linux/socket.h
• F include/linux/sockptr.h
• F include/net/sock.h
• F include/net/sock_reuseport.h
• F include/uapi/linux/socket.h
• F net/core/*sock*
• F net/core/scm.c
• F net/socket.c

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• STALE132d [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: uapi: Provide an UAPI definition of 'struct sockaddr'
  2026-01-20 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE142d [PATCH net-next] net: uapi: Provide an UAPI definition of 'struct sockaddr'
  2026-01-05 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>
• STALE354d [RFC v2 21/22] net/socket: add API specification for socket()
  2025-06-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE377d [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] tcp: support writing to a socket in listening state
  2025-06-09 · Jeremy Harris <hidden>
• STALE395d [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] tcp: support writing to a socket in listening state
  2025-05-21 · Jeremy Harris <hidden>
• STALE400d [PATCH 1/6] tcp: support writing to a socket in listening state
  2025-05-16 · Jeremy Harris <hidden>
• STALE456d [RFC -next 05/10] fs: Add splice_write_sd to file operations
  2025-03-19 · Joe Damato <hidden>
• STALE689d [PATCH net-next v8 2/3] sock: add MSG_ZEROCOPY notification mechanism based on msg_control
  2024-07-30 · <hidden>
• STALE689d [PATCH net-next v8 1/3] sock: support copying cmsgs to the user space in sendmsg
  2024-07-30 · <hidden>
• STALE760d [PATCH v6 2/3] open: add O_CRED_ALLOW flag
  2024-04-27 · Stas Sergeev <hidden>
• STALE774d [PATCH v5 2/3] open: add O_CRED_ALLOW flag
  2024-04-26 · Stas Sergeev <hidden>
• STALE1937d [PATCH bpf 1/4] net: add SO_NETNS_COOKIE socket option
  2021-02-10 · Lorenz Bauer <hidden>
• STALE1924d LANDED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 24/40] fs: make helpers idmap mount aware
  2021-01-21 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE1924d LANDED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v6 08/40] acl: handle idmapped mounts
  2021-01-21 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE1978d [PATCH v5 32/42] fs: make helpers idmap mount aware
  2021-01-12 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE1978d [PATCH v5 14/42] acl: handle idmapped mounts
  2021-01-12 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2021d [PATCH v4 31/40] fs: make helpers idmap mount aware
  2020-12-04 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2021d [PATCH v4 14/40] acl: handle idmapped mounts
  2020-12-04 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2027d [PATCH v3 12/38] acl: handle idmapped mounts
  2020-11-28 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2027d [PATCH v3 29/38] fs: add helpers for idmap mounts
  2020-11-28 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2030d [PATCH v2 29/39] fs: add helpers for idmap mounts
  2020-11-15 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2030d [PATCH v2 12/39] acl: handle idmapped mounts
  2020-11-15 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• STALE2127d [PATCH v2 2/2] net: socket: implement SO_DESCRIPTION
  2020-08-22 · Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
• STALE2127d [PATCH 2/2] net: socket: implement SO_DESCRIPTION
  2020-08-15 · Pascal Bouchareine <hidden>
• STALE2143d [PATCH v7 1/9] net/compat: Add missing sock updates for SCM_RIGHTS
  2020-07-09 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2143d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v7 3/9] net/scm: Regularize compat handling of scm_detach_fds()
  2020-07-09 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2143d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v7 4/9] fs: Move __scm_install_fd() to __receive_fd()
  2020-07-09 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2143d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v7 5/9] fs: Add receive_fd() wrapper for __receive_fd()
  2020-07-09 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2173d [PATCH v6 1/7] net/scm: Regularize compat handling of scm_detach_fds()
  2020-07-06 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2173d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 3/7] fs: Add receive_fd() wrapper for __receive_fd()
  2020-07-06 · Kees Cook <hidden>

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.

• STALE132d [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] net: uapi: Provide an UAPI definition of 'struct sockaddr'
  2026-01-20 · Thomas Weißschuh <hidden>