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/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/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)

• [PATCH v2 3/7] net: arcnet: remove ISA and PCMCIA support; modernize documentation
  2026-05-21 00:17 · 0 replies in 7d · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH 5/7] net: arcnet: remove ISA and PCMCIA support; modernize documentation
  2026-05-18 01:09 · 0 replies in 7d · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>

Recent patches

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

• [PATCH v2 3/7] net: arcnet: remove ISA and PCMCIA support; modernize documentation
  2026-05-21 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH 5/7] net: arcnet: remove ISA and PCMCIA support; modernize documentation
  2026-05-18 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [RFC PATCH v1 5/9] uaccess: Switch to copy_{to/from}_user_partial() when relevant
  2026-04-27 · "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-deletions v2] net: remove unused ATM protocols and legacy ATM device drivers
  2026-04-22 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove unused ATM protocols and legacy ATM device drivers
  2026-04-21 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-deletions] net: remove ax25 and amateur radio (hamradio) subsystem
  2026-04-21 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 27/61] net/netlink: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 24/61] net/9p: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 28/61] net/sched: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 29/61] net/sctp: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 30/61] net/sunrpc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 26/61] net/core: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 31/61] net/tipc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2] net: ethernet: neterion: s2io: remove unused driver
  2026-01-26 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: neterion: s2io: remove unused driver
  2026-01-23 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next] net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver
  2026-01-19 · Ethan Nelson-Moore <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 2/4] copy_process: pass clone_flags as u64 across calltree
  2025-09-01 · Simon Schuster via B4 Relay <devnull+schuster.simon.siemens-energy.com@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 25/26] ipv6: Switch to higher-level SHA-1 functions
  2025-07-12 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 17/26] sctp: Use HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-SHA256 library functions
  2025-07-12 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 18/26] ipv6: sr: Use HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-SHA256 library functions
  2025-07-12 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 02/26] lib/crypto: sha1: Rename sha1_init() to sha1_init_raw()
  2025-07-12 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
• Re: mips gcc-12 malta_defconfig 'SOCK_COREDUMP' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'SOCK_RDM'?
  2025-05-22 · "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
• [PATCH net-next v7 4/4] sock: Introduce SO_RCVPRIORITY socket option
  2024-12-13 · Anna Emese Nyiri <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v7 3/4] selftests: net: test SO_PRIORITY ancillary data with cmsg_sender
  2024-12-13 · Anna Emese Nyiri <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v7 2/4] sock: support SO_PRIORITY cmsg
  2024-12-13 · Anna Emese Nyiri <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v7 1/4] sock: Introduce sk_set_prio_allowed helper function
  2024-12-13 · Anna Emese Nyiri <hidden>
• Re: [PATCH net-next v25 10/13] net: add SO_DEVMEM_DONTNEED setsockopt to release RX frags
  2024-10-10 · Mina Almasry <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v26 13/13] netdev: add dmabuf introspection
  2024-09-10 · Mina Almasry <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v26 11/13] net: add devmem TCP documentation
  2024-09-10 · Mina Almasry <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.

• [PATCH 31/61] net/tipc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 26/61] net/core: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 29/61] net/sctp: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• [PATCH 27/61] net/netlink: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>