batman advanced · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Marek Lindner <marek.lindner@mailbox.org>
• M Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• M Antonio Quartulli <antonio@mandelbit.com>
• M Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
• F include/uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h
• F include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
• F net/batman-adv/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 0/9] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-09-30
  2026-09-30 09:48 · 9 replies in 7d · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• WARM1d [PATCH 00/16 net-next v3] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack
  2026-09-30 13:54 · 1 reply in 7d · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 00/16 net-next v2] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack
  2026-09-28 19:31 · 1 reply in 7d · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net] batman-adv: Close OGM aggregation before transmission
  2026-09-26 17:27 · 0 replies in 7d · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
  10 attestations (10 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-30
• Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-09-30

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/16 net-next v3] ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-30 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 4/9] batman-adv: tt: soften kernel-doc for batadv_tt_local_remove_now()
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 3/9] batman-adv: tt: clarify responsibility for roam flag during removal
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 1/9] batman-adv: bla: avoid double free after failed backbone_hash alloc
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 2/9] batman-adv: tt: clarify kernel-doc for batadv_tt_global_purge_local
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 9/9] batman-adv: use assign_bit() where applicable
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 8/9] batman-adv: tt: reject VLAN/TT entries before reaching size limit
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 7/9] batman-adv: tt: queue local DEL event before marking entry as pending
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 5/9] batman-adv: tt: only queue local del event after successful unlink
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 6/9] batman-adv: tt: queue local DEL event under bucket lock
  2026-09-30 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/16 net-next v2] ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-28 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net] batman-adv: Close OGM aggregation before transmission
  2026-09-26 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 14/15] batman-adv: bat_iv: fix ogm_neigh_is_sob parameters references
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 15/15] batman-adv: correct batadv_hash_remove kdoc return type
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 13/15] batman-adv: tt: clarify kernel doc for batadv_tt_local_set_pending_event()
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 12/15] batman-adv: tt: drop the cleanup label from batadv_tt_local_remove()
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 11/15] batman-adv: tt: extract immediate purge of a local entry
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 10/15] batman-adv: tt: extract marking of a removed local entry
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 09/15] batman-adv: tt: extract removal of the superseded local entry
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 06/15] batman-adv: tt: extract allocation of new global entries
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 05/15] batman-adv: tt: extract update of dynamic client flags
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 07/15] batman-adv: tt: extract merging of flags into existing global entries
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 08/15] batman-adv: tt: replace add_orig_entry goto in batadv_tt_global_add()
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 04/15] batman-adv: tt: extract refresh of existing local entries
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 03/15] batman-adv: tt: replace forward gotos in batadv_tt_local_add()
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 02/15] batman-adv: tt: extract allocation of new local entries
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next 01/15] batman-adv: tt: look up wifi state of incoming interface in helper
  2026-09-07 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next 09/15] batman-adv: tt: extract code handling a roam on add
  2026-08-31 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next 07/15] batman-adv: ensure u16 aligned mac address in structs
  2026-08-31 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>

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.

• STALE183d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] batman-adv: reject oversized global TT response buffers
  2026-04-02 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE177d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/2] batman-adv: reject oversized global TT response buffers
  2026-04-08 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE137d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 13/14] batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment
  2026-05-15 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE137d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 11/14] batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error
  2026-05-15 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE137d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 12/14] batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid use of uninit sender vars
  2026-05-15 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE103d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 01/15] batman-adv: gw: don't deselect gateway with active hardif
  2026-06-19 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de> · 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.

• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 1/8] batman-adv: tp_meter: fix tp_num leak on kmalloc failure
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 2/8] batman-adv: bla: prevent use-after-free when deleting claims
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 3/8] batman-adv: bla: only purge non-released claims
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 4/8] batman-adv: tt: fix negative tt_buff_len
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 5/8] batman-adv: tt: reject oversized local TVLV buffers
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 6/8] batman-adv: tt: fix TOCTOU race for reported vlans
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 7/8] batman-adv: tt: avoid empty VLAN responses
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE150d [PATCH batadv 8/8] batman-adv: tt: prevent TVLV entry number overflow
  2026-05-03 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH batadv-next] batman-adv: use neigh_node's orig_node only as id
  2026-05-04 · Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
• STALE145d [PATCH net 6/8] batman-adv: bla: prevent use-after-free when deleting claims
  2026-05-08 · Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>