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/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)

• COOLING4d [PATCH v7 0/6] sched: Add support for long task name
  2026-09-12 01:24 · 1 reply in 7d · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v6 0/6] sched: Add support for long task name
  2026-09-10 16:49 · 1 reply in 7d · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>

Recent patches

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

• COOLING4d [PATCH v7 1/6] treewide: Get rid of get_task_comm()
  2026-09-12 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v6 1/6] treewide: Get rid of get_task_comm()
  2026-09-10 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH v5 1/6] treewide: Get rid of get_task_comm()
  2026-08-27 · André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
• COLD40d [PATCH] tools: Use fputc() calls in some functions
  2026-07-23 · Markus Elfring <hidden>
• STALE154d Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] trace: Allow kprobes to override livepatched functions
  2026-04-02 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v2 14/14] netdevsim: release pinned PSP ext on drop paths
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] netdevsim: add peer RX truesize support for selftests
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] tun/selftests: add RX truesize injection for TCP window tests
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• STALE153d [PATCH net-next v4 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-03-12 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• STALE153d [PATCH 38/61] net: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH net-next v3 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-03-04 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• STALE198d [PATCH net-next v2 10/10] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• STALE301d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 14/21] net: dsa: sja1105: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-13 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE301d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 09/21] e1000e: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-13 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE301d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v3 17/21] ptp: ocp: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-13 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE301d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 10/21] igb: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-13 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE307d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 17/21] ptp: ocp: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-11 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE307d [PATCH v2 09/21] e1000e: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-11 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE307d [PATCH v2 10/21] igb: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-11 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE307d [PATCH v2 14/21] net: dsa: sja1105: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-11 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE309d [PATCH v1 19/23] ptp: ocp: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-10 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE309d [PATCH v1 16/23] net: dsa: sja1105: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-10 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE309d [PATCH v1 10/23] e1000e: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-10 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE309d [PATCH v1 11/23] igb: Switch to use %ptSp
  2025-11-10 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE359d [PATCH 04/15 6.6.y] minmax: make generic MIN() and MAX() macros available everywhere
  2025-09-22 · Eliav Farber <hidden>
• STALE359d [PATCH 03/15 6.6.y] minmax: add a few more MIN_T/MAX_T users
  2025-09-22 · Eliav Farber <hidden>
• STALE375d [PATCH v8 3/5] treewide: Replace 'get_task_comm()' with 'strscpy_pad()'
  2025-08-21 · Bhupesh <hidden>
• STALE399d [PATCH v7 3/4] treewide: Replace 'get_task_comm()' with 'strscpy_pad()'
  2025-08-11 · Bhupesh <hidden>
• STALE431d LANDED: 12 (12M) [PATCH bpf-next v4 7/7] netkit: Remove location field in netkit_link
  2025-07-10 · Tao Chen <hidden>
• STALE431d LANDED: 10 (10M) [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/7] bpf: Add attach_type in bpf_link
  2025-07-10 · Tao Chen <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.

• STALE198d [PATCH net-next v2 10/10] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-02-25 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• STALE193d [PATCH net-next v3 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip
  2026-03-04 · Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v2 14/14] netdevsim: release pinned PSP ext on drop paths
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>