ethernet bridge · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• M Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>

Paths

• F include/linux/if_bridge.h
• F include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
• F include/linux/netfilter_bridge/
• F net/bridge/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH v2 net 0/4] vlan: ensure sufficient headroom in vlan_dev_hard_header()
  2026-09-24 08:29 · 1 reply in 7d · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net v6 0/2] net: prevent partial checksums from modifying network headers
  2026-09-22 03:03 · 1 reply in 7d · Paulos Yibelo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v4 0/2] net: prevent partial checksums from modifying IPv4 headers
  2026-09-21 02:53 · 1 reply in 7d · Paulos Yibelo <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next v3 0/2] bridge: report an oversized IFLA_AF_SPEC nest instead of truncating
  2026-09-19 13:43 · 2 replies in 7d · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] net: bridge: mdb: restart port group walk after deletion
  2026-09-20 11:09 · 0 replies in 7d · Fourie Zhang <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH] net: protocol: use assign_bit() where applicable
  2026-09-20 02:30 · 0 replies in 7d · Peng Fan (OSS) <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
  9 attestations (2 Acked-by, 4 Reviewed-by, 3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-03
• Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
  4 attestations (3 Reviewed-by, 1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-14
• Paulos Yibelo <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-22
• Vega <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-03
• Yilin Zhu <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-03
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-04
• Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• Nikolay Aleksandrov <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-31
• TencentOS Corvus AI <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-31

Recent patches

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

• WARM1d [PATCH v2 net 2/4] bridge: check llc_mac_hdr_init() return value in br_send_bpdu()
  2026-09-24 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net v6 2/2] ip: reject partial checksums covering network headers
  2026-09-22 · Paulos Yibelo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v5 2/2] ip: reject partial checksums covering network headers
  2026-09-21 · Paulos Yibelo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] net: bridge: mdb: restart port group walk after deletion
  2026-09-20 · Fourie Zhang <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH] net: protocol: use assign_bit() where applicable
  2026-09-20 · Peng Fan (OSS) <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: bridge: fail link info that does not fit in a netlink attribute
  2026-09-19 · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] rtnetlink: pass extack to ndo_bridge_getlink()
  2026-09-19 · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 9/9] net: bridge: avoid VLAN lookups for flood neighbour suppression
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: bridge: avoid egress VLAN lookups when flooding
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: bridge: introduce a forwarding destination structure
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 6/9] net: bridge: vlan: use an RCU array for large flood sets
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 5/9] net: bridge: consider only port-VLAN members when flooding
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 4/9] net: bridge: vlan: introduce a list of port-VLANs in the master VLAN
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 3/9] net: bridge: vlan: cache the pvid vlan entry directly
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 2/9] net: bridge: factor out port flooding
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next 1/9] net: bridge: factor out common flood completion handling
  2026-09-18 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net v2] net: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors
  2026-09-14 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COOLING11d Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: bridge: vlan: fix leaks on switchdev deletion errors
  2026-09-14 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: bridge: fail link info that does not fit the IFLA_AF_SPEC nest
  2026-09-12 · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] rtnetlink: pass extack to ndo_bridge_getlink()
  2026-09-12 · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net] net: bridge: mst: move switchdev call outside rcu
  2026-09-11 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• WARM3d [PATCH v3 1/3] umh, treewide: Explicitly include linux/umh.h where needed
  2026-09-11 · Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
• COOLING11d [PATCH net 2/2] net: bridge: vlan: avoid NULL dereference on flush errors
  2026-09-11 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COOLING11d [PATCH net 1/2] net: bridge: vlan: fix leaks on switchdev deletion errors
  2026-09-11 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COOLING10d [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD15d [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: bound the port VLAN lists in the IFLA_AF_SPEC nest
  2026-09-06 · Artem Lytkin <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH net] net: bridge: dynamically allocate frame_type instances for CFM and MRP
  2026-09-04 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• COLD17d [PATCH net-next v2 9/9] net: bridge: use br_vlan_get_state to get vlan state
  2026-09-03 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH net-next v2 8/9] net: bridge: vlan: add missing tinfo.tunnel_id annotations
  2026-09-03 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
• COLD17d [PATCH net-next v2 7/9] net: bridge: vlan: annotate lockless use of msti
  2026-09-03 · Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>

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.

• STALE180d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 11/11 net-next v5] netfilter: remove nf_ipv6_ops and use direct function calls
  2026-03-25 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE162d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers
  2026-04-13 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE149d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net] bridge: mcast: Fix a false positive lockdep splat
  2026-04-26 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE148d REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH net v2] bridge: mcast: Fix a false positive lockdep splat
  2026-04-30 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by
• STALE129d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net v4] net: neigh: Reallocate headroom if necessary in neigh_hh_bridge()
  2026-05-14 · Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE128d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next] bridge: Add missing READ_ONCE() annotations around FDB destination port
  2026-05-17 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE113d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 net-next 01/11] bridge: add a READ_ONCE() in br_timer_value()
  2026-06-03 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE113d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 net-next 02/11] bridge: add bridge_flags_bit enum
  2026-06-03 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE113d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 net-next 04/11] bridge: use BR_ADMIN_COST_BIT
  2026-06-03 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE113d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v2 net-next 03/11] bridge: use BR_PROMISC_BIT
  2026-06-03 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.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.

• STALE206d [PATCH net-next v3 08/14] net: bridge: mcast: track active state, if snooping is enabled
  2026-03-02 · Linus Lüssing <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH net-next v3 09/14] net: bridge: mcast: track active state, VLAN snooping
  2026-03-02 · Linus Lüssing <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH net-next v3 10/14] net: bridge: mcast: track active state, bridge up/down
  2026-03-02 · Linus Lüssing <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH net-next v3 11/14] net: bridge: mcast: track active state, prepare for outside lock reads
  2026-03-02 · Linus Lüssing <hidden>
• STALE206d [PATCH net-next v3 04/14] net: bridge: mcast: track active state, IGMP/MLD querier appearance
  2026-03-02 · Linus Lüssing <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH 05/10 net-next] drivers: net: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls
  2026-03-09 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH 10/10 net-next] netfilter: remove nf_ipv6_ops and use direct function calls
  2026-03-09 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE197d [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: use ndo_set_features to set offload features for bonding/bridge/team
  2026-03-10 · Hangbin Liu <hidden>
• STALE197d [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: no need to disable LRO specifically
  2026-03-10 · Hangbin Liu <hidden>
• STALE193d [PATCH 10/10 net-next v2] netfilter: remove nf_ipv6_ops and use direct function calls
  2026-03-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>