netfilter · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
• M Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
• R Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

Paths

• F include/linux/netfilter*
• F include/linux/netfilter/
• F include/net/netfilter/
• F include/uapi/linux/netfilter*
• F include/uapi/linux/netfilter/
• F net/*/netfilter.c
• F net/*/netfilter/
• F net/bridge/br_netfilter*.c
• F net/netfilter/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf v2] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: fix offload counter verification for tunnel tests
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf-next v6 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf-next v6 5/6] net: netfilter: add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH nf-next v6 4/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH nf-next v6 3/6] net: netfilter: add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH nf-next v6 2/6] net: netfilter: add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH nf-next v6 1/6] net: netfilter: add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: check offload counters for IP6IP6 tunnel test
  2026-07-11 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf-next v5 4/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v5 2/6] net: netfilter: add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v5 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v5 5/6] net: netfilter: add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v5 3/6] net: netfilter: add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v5 1/6] net: netfilter: add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 5/6] net: netfilter: Add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 4/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 3/6] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 2/6] net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH nf-next v4 1/6] net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD33d IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes
  2026-06-18 · Yiyang Chen <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes
  2026-06-16 · Yiyang Chen <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf v2] netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify IP6IP6 tunnel handling
  2026-06-15 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf-next v3 5/6] net: netfilter: Add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD55d [PATCH nf-next v3 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD55d [PATCH nf-next v3 3/6] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD55d [PATCH nf-next v3 4/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD55d [PATCH nf-next v3 2/6] net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COLD55d [PATCH nf-next v3 1/6] net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-05-31 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v5 nf-next] selftests: netfilter: Add bridge_fastpath.sh
  2026-05-12 · Eric Woudstra <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.

• STALE189d [PATCH nf-next v3 1/5] netfilter: Add ctx pointer in nf_flow_skb_encap_protocol/nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto signature
  2026-01-16 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE189d [PATCH nf-next v3 2/5] netfilter: Introduce tunnel metadata info in nf_flowtable_ctx struct
  2026-01-16 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE189d [PATCH nf-next v3 5/5] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IP6IP6 flowtable selftest
  2026-01-16 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE184d [PATCH nf-next v4 1/5] netfilter: Add ctx pointer in nf_flow_skb_encap_protocol/nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto signature
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE184d [PATCH nf-next v4 2/5] netfilter: Introduce tunnel metadata info in nf_flowtable_ctx struct
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE184d [PATCH nf-next v4 3/5] netfilter: flowtable: Add IP6IP6 rx sw acceleration
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE184d [PATCH nf-next v4 4/5] netfilter: flowtable: Add IP6IP6 tx sw acceleration
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH nf-next v4 5/5] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IP6IP6 flowtable selftest
  2026-01-22 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE87d [PATCH 04/15] selftests/netfilter: remove unused variable 'plen' in conntrack_reverse_clash
  2026-04-29 · Eva Kurchatova <hidden>
• STALE87d [PATCH 03/15] selftests/netfilter: remove unused variables in conntrack_dump_flush
  2026-04-29 · Eva Kurchatova <hidden>