mac80211 · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
• F Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/mac80211_hwsim.rst
• F drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim*.[ch]
• F include/net/mac80211.h
• F net/mac80211/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 00/18] wifi: Add Seamless Mobility Domain (SMD) AP support
  2026-09-08 17:11 · 10 replies in 7d · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 00/10] mac80211 syzbot fixes - part 2
  2026-09-08 12:28 · 10 replies in 7d · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM2d [PATCH wireless-next 00/18] wifi: Add Seamless Mobility Domain (SMD) AP support
  2026-09-07 20:34 · 10 replies in 7d · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] mac80211: fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in ieee80211_tx_control_port()
  2026-09-10 04:10 · 0 replies in 7d · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH wireless-next 0/2] wifi: S1G radiotap support
  2026-09-09 07:31 · 1 reply in 7d · Lachlan Hodges <lachlan.hodges@morsemicro.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH wireless v2 0/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
  2026-09-09 06:01 · 1 reply in 7d · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] wifi: mac80211: don't reset the TXQ scheduling round number
  2026-09-08 14:42 · 0 replies in 7d · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: mac80211: scale the airtime queue limit by the station's weight
  2026-09-08 13:53 · 0 replies in 7d · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: keep the TXQ scheduling round number across a closed round
  2026-09-08 13:52 · 0 replies in 7d · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RESEND v2] wifi: mac80211: queue frames while off-channel
  2026-09-08 12:47 · 0 replies in 7d · Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• <hidden>
  5 attestations (4 Reported-by, 1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• Vega <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-09
• Sidhanta Sahu <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• Johannes Berg <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-07
• Luxing Yin <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-09
• Rohan Dutta <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• Pooventhiran G <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• Aditya Sathish <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-08
• <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-08

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] mac80211: fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in ieee80211_tx_control_port()
  2026-09-10 · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH wireless-next 2/2] wifi: mac80211: report 900MHz channel for S1G band radiotap header
  2026-09-09 · Lachlan Hodges <lachlan.hodges@morsemicro.com>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH wireless v2 1/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
  2026-09-09 · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 18/18] wifi: mac80211: Add mac80211 support to handle NL80211_CMD_GET_SMD_CTX
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 16/18] wifi: mac80211: Add mac80211 support to handle NL80211_CMD_SET_SMD_CTX
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 13/18] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Handle UHR Link Reconfiguration frame
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 11/18] wifi: mac80211: Enable skb extensions along with mac80211
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 10/18] wifi: mac80211: Define SMD BSS Transition context for transport
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 09/18] wifi: mac80211: Send BlockAck policy in AMPDU action
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 08/18] wifi: mac80211: Add driver_op for SMD substate changes
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 07/18] wifi: nl80211/mac80211: Add SMD BSS Transition sub-state STA flags
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 05/18] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Parse SMD parameters in STA addition/modification
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RESEND wireless-next 04/18] wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Configure AP with SMD capabilities
  2026-09-08 · Pooventhiran G <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v2] wifi: mac80211: don't reset the TXQ scheduling round number
  2026-09-08 · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: mac80211: scale the airtime queue limit by the station's weight
  2026-09-08 · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: keep the TXQ scheduling round number across a closed round
  2026-09-08 · Julius Bairaktaris <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RESEND v2] wifi: mac80211: queue frames while off-channel
  2026-09-08 · Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RESEND wireless 09/10] wifi: mac80211: mesh: release the channel if start fails
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RESEND wireless 10/10] wifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 07/10] wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 08/10] wifi: mac80211: mesh: reset the CSA state when leaving
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 05/10] wifi: mac80211: don't RCU-dereference the mesh CSA settings we just set
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 06/10] wifi: mac80211: don't access the TSF of a down interface
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 04/10] wifi: mac80211: don't allow link changes when iface is down
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 02/10] wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 03/10] wifi: mac80211: require a peer station for TDLS setup confirm
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• WARM1d [PATCH RESEND wireless 01/10] wifi: mac80211: don't allow injecting frames wider than the chanctx
  2026-09-08 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] mac80211: tx: Use info->flags in ieee80211_tx_h_select_key()
  2026-09-08 · Bert Karwatzki <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH wireless 1/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
  2026-09-08 · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH wireless-next 18/18] wifi: mac80211: Add mac80211 support to handle NL80211_CMD_GET_SMD_CTX
  2026-09-07 · Pooventhiran G <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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211: remove keys after disabling beaconing
  2026-03-03 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: validate HE 6 GHz operation when EHT is used
  2026-03-03 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> · 2 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON_ONCE in ieee80211_tdls_oper
  2026-03-10 · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2] wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper
  2026-03-13 · Deepanshu Kartikey <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: use for_each_chanctx_user_* in one more place
  2026-03-20 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: ignore reserved bits in reconfiguration status
  2026-03-20 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: make ieee80211_find_chanctx link-unaware
  2026-03-20 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: extract channel logic from link logic
  2026-03-20 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: properly handle error in ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor
  2026-03-20 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE170d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH wireless-next] wifi: mac80211: fix AEAD functions not handling errors
  2026-03-23 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com> · 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.

• STALE208d [PATCH wireless-next v2 1/2] wifi: mac80211: set band information only for non-MLD when probing stations using NULL frame
  2026-02-13 · Suraj P Kizhakkethil <hidden>
• STALE204d [PATCH iwlwifi-next 03/15] wifi: nl80211/cfg80211: support stations of non-netdev interfaces
  2026-02-16 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
• STALE204d [PATCH iwlwifi-next 08/15] wifi: cfg80211: add support for NAN data interface
  2026-02-16 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
• STALE204d [PATCH v3 wireless-next 03/15] wifi: nl80211/cfg80211: support stations of non-netdev interfaces
  2026-02-17 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
• STALE201d [PATCH v4 wireless-next 08/15] wifi: cfg80211: add support for NAN data interface
  2026-02-19 · Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
• STALE198d [RFC PATCH 6/8] wifi: mac80211: report to cfg80211 when no STA is known for a frame
  2026-02-20 · Benjamin Berg <hidden>
• STALE198d [RFC PATCH 7/8] wifi: mac80211: pass station to ieee80211_tx_skb_tid
  2026-02-20 · Benjamin Berg <hidden>
• STALE198d [RFC PATCH 8/8] wifi: mac80211: pass error station if non-STA transmit was requested
  2026-02-20 · Benjamin Berg <hidden>
• COLD40d [RFC PATCH v2 3/8] wifi: mac80211: refactor RX link_id and station handling
  2026-02-23 · Benjamin Berg <hidden>
• COLD40d [RFC PATCH v2 4/8] wifi: mac80211: rework RX packet handling
  2026-02-23 · Benjamin Berg <hidden>