networking [general] · Maintained

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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>

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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 0/6] xsk: harden TX metadata validation against races
2026-07-27 16:20 · 6 replies in 7d · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v4] net/smc: order the CDC receive path against buffer publication
2026-07-28 16:52 · 0 replies in 7d · Bryam Vargas <hidden>
WARM2d [PATCH net v3 0/3] net/rds: Bug fix ports
2026-07-26 23:04 · 3 replies in 7d · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
HOTtoday [PATCH] rds: synchronize info callbacks with connection teardown
2026-07-27 17:48 · 1 reply in 7d · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-27 09:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>
WARM1d [PATCH net] net/smc: clamp peer supplied CDC cursors to the buffer size
2026-07-27 04:08 · 0 replies in 7d · Nguyen Le Thanh Tung <hidden>
WARM1d [PATCH net] net/smc: drain the rx tasklet before detaching the ghost sndbuf
2026-07-27 02:14 · 0 replies in 7d · Bryam Vargas <hidden>
WARM1d [PATCH net-next 0/3] net/rds: Bug fix ports
2026-07-25 08:29 · 3 replies in 7d · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v5 0/3] net/smc: bound wire-controlled CDC cursors against the local buffers
2026-07-24 00:23 · 3 replies in 7d · Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <devnull+hexlabsecurity.proton.me@kernel.org>
WARM3d [PATCH net] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-24 04:53 · 1 reply in 7d · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

Jiri Pirko <hidden>
11 attestations (11 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
7 attestations (6 Reviewed-by, 1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-27
Carolina Jubran <hidden>
7 attestations (7 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-01
Weiming Shi <hidden>
5 attestations (5 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-22
Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>
4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-24
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-11
<hidden>
3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-27
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-23
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-16

Recent patches

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

HOTtoday [PATCH net v4] net/smc: order the CDC receive path against buffer publication
2026-07-28 · Bryam Vargas <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v2] rds: synchronize info callbacks with module unload
2026-07-27 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 6/6] xsk: validate metadata when processing requests
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 5/6] xsk: move xsk_tx_metadata_request() to xdp_sock_drv.h
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 4/6] xsk: validate launch-time metadata size
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 3/6] xsk: clear metadata pointer when no timestamp is requested
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 2/6] xsk: pass TX metadata pointer by reference
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net 1/6] xsk: require at least 16 bytes of TX metadata
2026-07-27 · Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-27 · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>
WARM1d [PATCH net] net/smc: clamp peer supplied CDC cursors to the buffer size
2026-07-27 · Nguyen Le Thanh Tung <hidden>
WARM1d [PATCH net] net/smc: drain the rx tasklet before detaching the ghost sndbuf
2026-07-27 · Bryam Vargas <hidden>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v3 3/3] net/rds: fix rds_message leak in the rds_send_xmit() drop path
2026-07-26 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM2d [PATCH net v3 1/3] net/rds: don't use unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock() from atomic context
2026-07-26 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM2d [PATCH net v3 2/3] net/rds: hold the socket while an rds_mr references it
2026-07-26 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM1d [PATCH net-next 3/3] net/rds: fix rds_message leak in the rds_send_xmit() drop path
2026-07-25 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM1d [PATCH net-next 2/3] net/rds: hold the socket while an rds_mr references it
2026-07-25 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM1d [PATCH net-next 1/3] net/rds: don't use unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock() from atomic context
2026-07-25 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
WARM1d [PATCH net v2] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-24 · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>
WARM3d [PATCH net v2] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-24 · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>
HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v5 3/3] net/smc: bound the send length to the send buffer in smc_tx_sendmsg()
2026-07-24 · Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <devnull+hexlabsecurity.proton.me@kernel.org>
HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v5 2/3] net/smc: bound the receive length to the RMB in smc_rx_recvmsg()
2026-07-24 · Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <devnull+hexlabsecurity.proton.me@kernel.org>
HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v5 1/3] net/smc: bound the wire-controlled producer cursor to the RMB
2026-07-24 · Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <devnull+hexlabsecurity.proton.me@kernel.org>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v1] net/smc: fix socket use-after-free during link group termination
2026-07-23 · <hidden>
WARM3d [PATCH net] net/smc: fix out-of-bounds read of rkey array in SMC-Rv2 LLC processing
2026-07-23 · Yehyeong Lee <hidden>
WARM1d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH net-next V4 2/2] net/mlx5: implement max_sfs parameter
2026-07-23 · Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
WARM1d REVIEWED: 7 (5M) [PATCH net-next V4 1/2] devlink: add generic device max_sfs parameter
2026-07-23 · Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
COOLING5d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v4] rds: tcp: hold the RCU lock across ipv6_chk_addr() in rds_tcp_laddr_check()
2026-07-22 · Xiang Mei <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net v2] net/smc: validate peer CDC cursor against RMBE size before accepting it
2026-07-22 · Ibrahim Hashimov <hidden>
HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v2 7/7] net: mana: add dynamic HWC queue depth with reinit path
2026-07-21 · Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v2 5/7] net: mana: fix HWC teardown safety with setup_active flag and destroy ordering
2026-07-21 · Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>

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.

STALE175d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 1/3] net/smc: cap allocation order for SMC-R physically contiguous buffers
2026-01-23 · "D. Wythe" <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE181d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH v5 4/5] RDMA/core: add rdma_rw_max_sge() helper for SQ sizing
2026-01-28 · Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE179d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net] Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"
2026-01-28 · "D. Wythe" <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com> · 2 Reviewed-by
STALE161d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v3] net/rds: rds_sendmsg should not discard payload_len
2026-02-13 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE162d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind
2026-02-15 · Tabrez Ahmed <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
STALE159d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind
2026-02-17 · Tabrez Ahmed <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
STALE145d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [net-next V4 1/5] net: ethtool: Track pause storm events
2026-03-02 · Mohsin Bashir <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE142d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net-next,V3, 2/3] net: mana: Add support for RX CQE Coalescing
2026-03-06 · Haiyang Zhang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE142d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net-next,V3, 3/3] net: mana: Add ethtool counters for RX CQEs in coalesced type
2026-03-06 · Haiyang Zhang <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE138d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net-next,V4, 2/3] net: mana: Add support for RX CQE Coalescing
2026-03-09 · Haiyang Zhang <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.

STALE207d [PATCH 4/5] net: make cfi_stubs globals const
2025-12-31 · Caleb Sander Mateos <hidden>
STALE206d [PATCH net-next, 2/2] net: mana: Add ethtool counters for RX CQEs in coalesced type
2026-01-02 · Haiyang Zhang <hidden>
STALE194d [PATCH net-next v8 1/9] net: memzero mp params when closing a queue
2026-01-09 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
STALE194d [PATCH net-next v8 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
2026-01-09 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
STALE194d [PATCH net-next v8 9/9] io_uring/zcrx: document area chunking parameter
2026-01-09 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
STALE196d [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] net/rds: Add per cp work queue
2026-01-09 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
STALE196d [PATCH net-next v5 2/2] net/rds: Give each connection path its own workqueue
2026-01-09 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
STALE189d [PATCH net-next v9 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
2026-01-15 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
STALE189d [PATCH net-next v9 9/9] io_uring/zcrx: document area chunking parameter
2026-01-15 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
STALE188d [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] net/rds: Change return code from rds_send_xmit() when lock is taken
2026-01-18 · Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>

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