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

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
  2 attestations (2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-05-15
• Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
  2 attestations (2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-05-15

Recent patches

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

• [PATCH v3 09/11] net: devlink: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-05-15 · Vineeth Pillai (Google) <hidden>
• [PATCH v3 02/11] net: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-05-15 · Vineeth Pillai (Google) <hidden>
• [PATCHv5 bpf-next 15/28] bpf: Add support for tracing_multi link session
  2026-04-17 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv5 bpf-next 10/28] bpf: Add multi tracing attach types
  2026-04-17 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv5 bpf-next 08/28] bpf: Add struct bpf_tramp_node object
  2026-04-17 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [RFC PATCH 1/2] kernel/notifier: replace single-linked list with double-linked list for reverse traversal
  2026-04-15 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] mptcp: better mptcp-level RTT estimator
  2026-04-07 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv4 bpf-next 12/25] bpf: Add support for tracing_multi link session
  2026-03-24 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv4 bpf-next 07/25] bpf: Add multi tracing attach types
  2026-03-24 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv4 bpf-next 05/25] bpf: Add struct bpf_tramp_node object
  2026-03-24 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2 16/19] net: devlink: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-03-23 · Vineeth Pillai (Google) <hidden>
• [PATCH v2 04/19] net: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-03-23 · Vineeth Pillai (Google) <hidden>
• [PATCHv3 bpf-next 11/24] bpf: Add support for tracing_multi link session
  2026-03-16 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv3 bpf-next 06/24] bpf: Add multi tracing attach types
  2026-03-16 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCHv3 bpf-next 04/24] bpf: Add struct bpf_tramp_node object
  2026-03-16 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] tun/selftests: add RX truesize injection for TCP window tests
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 11/14] selftests: tcp_ao: cover legacy, v1, and retracted repair windows
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 09/14] mptcp: refresh TCP receive-window snapshots on subflows
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 08/14] tcp: extend TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW for live and max-window snapshots
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 07/14] tcp: honor the maximum advertised window after live retraction
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 06/14] tcp: regrow rcvbuf when scaling_ratio drops after advertisement
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 05/14] tcp: grow rcvbuf to back scaled-window quantization slack
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 04/14] tcp: snapshot the maximum advertised receive window
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] tcp: refresh rcv_wnd snapshots at TCP write sites
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 02/14] tcp: snapshot advertise-time scaling for rcv_wnd
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v2 01/14] tcp: factor receive-memory accounting helpers
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• [PATCH 04/15] net: Use trace_invoke_##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-03-12 · Vineeth Pillai (Google) <hidden>
• [PATCH net-next v4 12/13] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation
  2026-03-12 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH net-next v4 11/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-03-12 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH net-next v4 10/13] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device
  2026-03-12 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>

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 04/15] trace: mptcp: add mptcp_rcvbuf_grow tracepoint
  2026-02-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] mptcp: better mptcp-level RTT estimator
  2026-04-07 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 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.

• [RFC bpf-next 03/12] bpf: Add struct bpf_struct_ops_tramp_link object
  2026-02-03 · Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
• [PATCH net-next v2 01/10] devlink: expose devlink instance index over netlink
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH net-next v2 02/10] devlink: store bus_name and dev_name pointers in struct devlink
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH net-next v2 03/10] devlink: avoid extra iterations when found devlink is not registered
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH net-next v2 05/10] devlink: support index-based lookup via bus_name/dev_name handle
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• [PATCH 54/61] net: update socket dname format for u64 i_ino
  2026-02-26 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• [PATCH 60/61] net: update legacy protocol format strings for u64 i_ino
  2026-02-26 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2 052/110] net: use PRIino format for i_ino
  2026-03-02 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2 058/110] net: use PRIino format for i_ino
  2026-03-02 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2 108/110] net: replace PRIino with %llu/%llx format strings
  2026-03-02 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>