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/batman-adv.rst
• 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/batman-adv/
• 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)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 0/9] RFC 6724 rule 5.5 support
  2026-07-14 09:46 · 9 replies in 7d · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next V6 0/4] devlink: Add boot-time eswitch mode defaults
  2026-07-14 06:18 · 3 replies in 7d · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 net-next 0/7] ptp: Add PHC timestamp quality attributes
  2026-07-14 02:04 · 1 reply in 7d · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v4 00/15][pull request] Introduce iXD driver
  2026-07-10 21:53 · 3 replies in 7d · Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] tun/tap & vhost-net: make qdisc backpressure opt-in via IFF_BACKPRESSURE
  2026-07-09 09:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Simon Schippers <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next v7 00/15] Support for onsemi's S2500 10Base-T1S MAC-PHY
  2026-07-08 17:12 · 1 reply in 7d · Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay <devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v21 net-next 00/12] nbl driver for Nebulamatrix NICs
  2026-07-08 06:48 · 1 reply in 7d · illusion.wang <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Carolina Jubran <hidden>
  7 attestations (7 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-01
• Jiri Pirko <hidden>
  7 attestations (7 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-01
• Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Bharath R <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Brett Sheffield <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-09
• Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-03
• Michal Swiatkowski <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Amritha Nambiar <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-07-10
• Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-10

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 7/9] net/ipv6: support RFC6724 rule 5.5 via subtrees
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 6/9] net/ipv6: flip IPV6_SUBTREES default to Y
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 5/9] net/ipv6: drop ip6_route_get_saddr
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 4/9] net/ipv6: use ipv6_fl_get_saddr in output
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 9/9] net: document RFC6724 rule 5.5 implementation
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 8/9] selftests: net: RFC6724 rule 5.5 tests
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 2/9] net/ipv6: flatten ip6_route_get_saddr
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 3/9] net/ipv6: create ipv6_fl_get_saddr
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 1/9] net/ipv6: fix lookup for ::/0 (non-)subtree route
  2026-07-14 · David 'equinox' Lamparter <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next V6 4/4] devlink: Apply eswitch mode boot defaults
  2026-07-14 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next V6 3/4] devlink: Parse eswitch mode boot defaults
  2026-07-14 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next V6 2/4] devlink: Factor out eswitch mode setting
  2026-07-14 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 net-next 6/7] net: ena: Add error bound to PHC communication layer
  2026-07-14 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 4 (2M) [PATCH net-next v4 15/15] ixd: add devlink support
  2026-07-10 · Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH net-next v4 12/15] ixd: add basic driver framework for Intel(R) Control Plane Function
  2026-07-10 · Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 3 (1M) [PATCH net-next v4 03/15] libeth: allow to create fill queues without NAPI
  2026-07-10 · Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] tun/tap & vhost-net: make qdisc backpressure opt-in via IFF_BACKPRESSURE
  2026-07-09 · Simon Schippers <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next v7 02/15] Documentation: networking: Add timestamp related APIs to OA TC6 framework
  2026-07-08 · Selvamani Rajagopal via B4 Relay <devnull+Selvamani.Rajagopal.onsemi.com@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v21 net-next 01/12] net/nebula-matrix: add minimum nbl build framework
  2026-07-08 · illusion.wang <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net-next v5 03/13] net: ethernet: oa_tc6: add OA_TC6_BROKEN_PHY quirk flag
  2026-07-07 · Ciprian Regus via B4 Relay <devnull+ciprian.regus.analog.com@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next V5 4/6] devlink: Apply eswitch mode boot defaults
  2026-07-07 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next V5 5/6] devlink: Add API to apply eswitch mode boot default
  2026-07-07 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next V5 3/6] devlink: Parse eswitch mode boot defaults
  2026-07-07 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net-next V5 2/6] devlink: Factor out eswitch mode setting
  2026-07-07 · Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net v2] tun/tap & vhost-net: make qdisc backpressure opt-in via IFF_BACKPRESSURE
  2026-07-06 · Simon Schippers <hidden>
• COOLING8d [PATCH net] tun/tap & vhost-net: make qdisc backpressure opt-in via IFF_BACKPRESSURE
  2026-07-04 · Simon Schippers <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH ipsec 8/8] docs: xfrm: include mark in XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE EEXIST tuple
  2026-07-03 · Antony Antony <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH ipsec 7/8] xfrm: pass extack through to xfrm_init_replay() from xfrm_init_state()
  2026-07-03 · Antony Antony <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH ipsec 6/8] xfrm: include mark in MIGRATE_STATE SA collision check
  2026-07-03 · Antony Antony <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH ipsec 5/8] xfrm: fix hw offload state leak on xfrm_do_migrate_state() error path
  2026-07-03 · Antony Antony <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.

• STALE187d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v8 1/5] net: devmem: rename tx_vec to vec in dmabuf binding
  2026-01-08 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE187d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v8 2/5] net: devmem: refactor sock_devmem_dontneed for autorelease split
  2026-01-08 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE181d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v9 1/5] net: devmem: rename tx_vec to vec in dmabuf binding
  2026-01-10 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE181d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v9 2/5] net: devmem: refactor sock_devmem_dontneed for autorelease split
  2026-01-10 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE160d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v10 1/5] net: devmem: rename tx_vec to vec in dmabuf binding
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE160d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v10 2/5] net: devmem: refactor sock_devmem_dontneed for autorelease split
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE174d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v15 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE174d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v15 03/12] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE167d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH iwl-next v6] ice: add support for unmanaged DPLL on E830 NIC
  2026-01-20 · Arkadiusz Kubalewski <arkadiusz.kubalewski@intel.com> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v16 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-21 · 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.

• STALE191d [PATCH RFC 07/13] vsock/virtio: fix DMA alignment for event_list
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• STALE191d [PATCH RFC 13/13] vsock/virtio: reorder fields to reduce struct padding
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• STALE182d [PATCH v7 net-next 02/13] gro: flushing when CWR is set negatively affects AccECN
  2026-01-03 · <hidden>
• STALE182d [PATCH v7 net-next 09/13] tcp: accecn: retransmit SYN/ACK without AccECN option or non-AccECN SYN/ACK
  2026-01-03 · <hidden>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 01/13] tools: ynl: pylint suppressions and docstrings
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 02/13] tools: ynl: fix pylint redefinition, encoding errors
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 03/13] tools: ynl: fix pylint exception warnings
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 04/13] tools: ynl: fix pylint dict, indentation, long lines, uninitialised
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 05/13] tools: ynl: fix pylint misc warnings
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
• STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 06/13] tools: ynl: fix pylint global variable related warnings
  2026-01-07 · Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>