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 v1] net: gro: avoid nesting GSO skbs in skb_gro_receive_list()
  2026-07-22 02:42 · 0 replies in 7d · <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v9 00/12] net: pcs: Introduce support for fwnode PCS
  2026-07-17 06:55 · 1 reply in 7d · Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Daniel Pawlik <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-30

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH net v1] net: gro: avoid nesting GSO skbs in skb_gro_receive_list()
  2026-07-22 · <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v9 06/12] net: Document PCS subsystem
  2026-07-17 · Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
• 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>
• COOLING9d [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>
• COOLING9d [PATCH nf-next v6 3/6] net: netfilter: add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH nf-next v6 2/6] net: netfilter: add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-13 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d [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-next v5 4/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH nf-next v5 2/6] net: netfilter: add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH nf-next v5 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH nf-next v5 5/6] net: netfilter: add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH nf-next v5 3/6] net: netfilter: add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH nf-next v5 1/6] net: netfilter: add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-07-09 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next] ipv6: initialize ipcm6_cookie before parsing control messages
  2026-07-09 · Wayen Yan <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v7] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
  2026-07-09 · Shiming Cheng <hidden>
• COOLING13d [PATCH v6] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
  2026-07-07 · Shiming Cheng <hidden>
• COLD15d [PATCH v5] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
  2026-07-06 · Shiming Cheng <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH nf-next v4 6/6] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add SIT flowtable selftest
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING14d [PATCH nf-next v4 5/6] net: netfilter: Add SIT tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING14d [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>
• COOLING14d [PATCH nf-next v4 3/6] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING14d [PATCH nf-next v4 2/6] net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• COOLING14d [PATCH nf-next v4 1/6] net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-07-03 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
  2026-07-02 · Shiming Cheng <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 5/5] netfilter: nf_flow_table_path: add VLAN passthrough support
  2026-06-30 · Daniel Pawlik <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 4/5] netfilter: nf_flow_table_path: handle DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA in path info
  2026-06-30 · Daniel Pawlik <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 3/5] netfilter: nf_flow_table_path: add L2 bridge offload
  2026-06-30 · Daniel Pawlik <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 2/5] net: bridge: add flow offload helpers
  2026-06-30 · Daniel Pawlik <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH 1/5] net: export __dev_fill_forward_path
  2026-06-30 · Daniel Pawlik <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.

• STALE121d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1.y 2/3] net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list
  2026-03-02 · Li hongliang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE125d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list
  2026-03-02 · Li hongliang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v12 nf-next] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: Add DEV_PATH_MTK_WDMA to nft_dev_path_info()
  2026-03-17 · Eric Woudstra <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.

• STALE104d [PATCH RFC net-next 1/4] net: flow_offload: let drivers report byte counter semantics
  2026-04-09 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE104d [PATCH RFC net-next 2/4] nf_flow_table: track sub-interface and bridge ifindex in flow tuple
  2026-04-09 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE104d [PATCH RFC net-next 3/4] nf_flow_table: convert hw byte counts and update sub-interface stats
  2026-04-09 · Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
• STALE76d [PATCH nf-next 1/4] net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-05-05 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE76d [PATCH nf-next 2/4] net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-05-05 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE76d [PATCH nf-next 3/4] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-05-05 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE76d [PATCH nf-next 4/4] selftests: netfilter: nft_flowtable.sh: Add IPv4 over IPv6 flowtable selftest
  2026-05-05 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH nf-next v2 1/6] net: netfilter: Add ether_type to net_device_path_ctx
  2026-05-06 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH nf-next v2 2/6] net: netfilter: Add encap_proto to flow_offload_tunnel
  2026-05-06 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
• STALE63d [PATCH nf-next v2 3/6] net: netfilter: Add IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel flowtable acceleration
  2026-05-06 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>