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/linux/platform_data/wiznet.h
• 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)

• [PATCH net-next 0/3] fbnic: Support larger io_uring zcrx buffers
  2026-05-22 11:32 · 3 replies in 7d · Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next 0/3] selftests: Use a master ssh connection for remote commands
  2026-05-18 09:37 · 3 replies in 7d · Cosmin Ratiu <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 0/3] vxlan: vnifilter: fix VNI add/update notifications
  2026-05-18 16:57 · 2 replies in 7d · Andy Roulin <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 0/6] io_uring/zcrx: add CQE based notifications and stats reporting
  2026-05-18 15:36 · 1 reply in 7d · Clément Léger <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
  14 attestations (14 Acked-by) · last on 2026-05-14
• Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@google.com>
  3 attestations (3 Acked-by) · last on 2026-05-14
• Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-05-18
• Chirag Shah <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-05-18
• Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-05-11

Recent patches

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

• [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: drv-net: Add zcrx payload offset check
  2026-05-22 · Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next 2/3] fbnic: Support larger zcrx receive buffers
  2026-05-22 · Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next 1/3] fbnic: Track BDQ fragment geometry per ring
  2026-05-22 · Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next 2/3] vxlan: vnifilter: fix spurious notification on VNI update
  2026-05-18 · Andy Roulin <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 1/3] vxlan: vnifilter: send notification on VNI add
  2026-05-18 · Andy Roulin <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests: iou-zcrx: add notification and stats test for zcrx
  2026-05-18 · Clément Léger <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: Use a master ssh connection for remote commands
  2026-05-18 · Cosmin Ratiu <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 2/3] selftests: Wrap remote command executions in PTYs
  2026-05-18 · Cosmin Ratiu <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 1/3] selftests: Disable stdin for remote commands over ssh
  2026-05-18 · Cosmin Ratiu <hidden>
• [PATCH v3 net-next 7/7] net: ena: Implement gettimexattrs64 callback for PTP attributes
  2026-05-15 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• [PATCH v3 net-next 6/7] net: ena: Add error bound to PHC communication layer
  2026-05-15 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• [PATCH v3 net-next 5/7] net: ena: Update PHC admin interface for error bound support
  2026-05-15 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• [PATCH v3 net-next 4/7] ptp: ptp_vmclock: Implement attributes ioctls
  2026-05-15 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• [PATCH v3 net-next 1/7] ptp: Add ioctls for PHC timestamps with quality attributes
  2026-05-15 · Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com>
• [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: align syscall writeback behavior with caller-declared size
  2026-05-15 · Yuyang Huang <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 8/8] selftests: drv-net: add netkit devmem tests
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 7/8] selftests: drv-net: add primary_rx_redirect support to NetDrvContEnv
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 6/8] selftests: drv-net: refactor devmem command builders into lib module
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 5/8] selftests: drv-net: make attr _nk_guest_ifname public
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 4/8] selftests: drv-net: ncdevmem: add -n flag to skip NIC configuration
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 2/8] net: netkit: declare NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA mode
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v5 1/8] net: convert netmem_tx flag to enum
  2026-05-14 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [RFC net-next 6/6] net: vxlan: remove unused vxlan_dev_create
  2026-05-13 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• [RFC net-next 4/6] net: geneve: remove unused geneve_dev_create_fb
  2026-05-13 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• [PATCH net-next v10 2/2] selftests: net: test PPPoE packets in gro.sh
  2026-05-13 · Qingfang Deng <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 8/8] selftests: drv-net: add netkit devmem tests
  2026-05-12 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 6/8] selftests: drv-net: refactor devmem command builders into lib module
  2026-05-12 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 7/8] selftests: drv-net: add primary_rx_redirect support to NetDrvContEnv
  2026-05-12 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 5/8] selftests: drv-net: make attr _nk_guest_ifname public
  2026-05-12 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 4/8] selftests: drv-net: ncdevmem: add -n flag to skip NIC configuration
  2026-05-12 · Bobby Eshleman <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 v3 1/4] netconsole: Simplify send_fragmented_body()
  2025-11-20 · Gustavo Luiz Duarte <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] netconsole: Split userdata and sysdata
  2025-11-20 · Gustavo Luiz Duarte <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] netconsole: Increase MAX_USERDATA_ITEMS
  2025-11-20 · Gustavo Luiz Duarte <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v3 04/12] selftests: drv-net: xdp: use variants for qstat tests
  2025-11-20 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• [RFC net-next 04/13] ovpn: pktid: use bitops.h API
  2025-11-21 · Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [RFC net-next 05/13] ovpn: notify userspace on client float event
  2025-11-21 · Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [RFC net-next 06/13] ovpn: add support for asymmetric peer IDs
  2025-11-21 · Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [RFC net-next 09/13] ovpn: consolidate crypto allocations in one chunk
  2025-11-21 · Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v7 2/5] netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management
  2025-11-26 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v7 4/5] netconsole: resume previously deactivated target
  2025-11-26 · Andre Carvalho <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 net-next v2 2/5] selftests: drv-net: psp: add assertions on core-tracked psp dev stats
  2025-10-28 · Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
• [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] netdevsim: implement psp device stats
  2025-10-28 · Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
• [PATCH net-next v6 6/6] net: devmem: add tests for SO_DEVMEM_AUTORELEASE socket option
  2025-11-05 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 3/4] netconsole: Dynamic allocation of userdata buffer
  2025-11-05 · Gustavo Luiz Duarte <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next 4/4] netconsole: Increase MAX_USERDATA_ITEMS
  2025-11-05 · Gustavo Luiz Duarte <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] selftests: drv-net: psp: add assertions on core-tracked psp dev stats
  2025-11-06 · Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
• [PATCH net-next v3 4/5] net/mlx5e: Add PSP stats support for Rx/Tx flows
  2025-11-06 · Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
• [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] netdevsim: implement psp device stats
  2025-11-06 · Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
• [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] netconsole: add target_state enum
  2025-11-09 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v3 3/6] netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
  2025-11-09 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>