netconsole · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
• F drivers/net/netconsole.c
• F tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh
• F tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v8 0/9] BIG TCP for UDP tunnels
  2026-07-06 18:20 · 1 reply in 7d · Alice Mikityanska <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] netconsole: stop charging netpoll users for netconsole-only data
  2026-07-02 12:21 · 7 replies in 7d · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-06
• Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH net-next v8 1/9] net: Use helpers to get/set UDP len tree-wide
  2026-07-06 · Alice Mikityanska <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] netconsole: move remote_mac from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] netconsole: move local_port / remote_port from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 6/8] netconsole: move skb_pool / refill_wq from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 5/8] netconsole: move skb_pool_flush() from netpoll
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] netconsole: move refill_skbs() and skb-pool sizing macros from netpoll
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] netconsole: move refill_skbs_work_handler() from netpoll
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 2/8] netconsole: take over skb pool lifecycle from netpoll
  2026-07-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COOLING7d [PATCH net-next 1/2] netconsole: do not warn when the best-effort skb allocation fails
  2026-06-29 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD19d [PATCH net] netconsole: don't drop the last byte of a full-sized message
  2026-06-16 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v7 03/11] net: Use helpers to get/set UDP len tree-wide
  2026-06-11 · Alice Mikityanska <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH net-next] netconsole: clear cached dev_name on resume-window cleanup
  2026-06-10 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] netconsole: close netdevice unregister window during target resume
  2026-06-04 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v3 4/5] netconsole: clean up deactivated targets dropped before the cleanup worker
  2026-06-04 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v3 3/5] netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()
  2026-06-04 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] netconsole: do not dequeue pooled skbs that cannot satisfy len
  2026-06-04 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD28d [PATCH net-next v3 1/5] netconsole: do not schedule skb pool refill from NMI
  2026-06-04 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()
  2026-06-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] netconsole: do not dequeue pooled skbs that cannot satisfy len
  2026-06-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] netconsole: do not schedule skb pool refill from NMI
  2026-06-02 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD26d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v6 03/11] net: Use helpers to get/set UDP len tree-wide
  2026-06-02 · Alice Mikityanska <hidden>
• COLD36d [PATCH net 3/3] netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()
  2026-05-29 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD36d [PATCH net 2/3] netconsole: do not dequeue pooled skbs that cannot satisfy len
  2026-05-29 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD36d [PATCH net 1/3] netconsole: do not schedule skb pool refill from NMI
  2026-05-29 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD40d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v5 03/11] net: Use helpers to get/set UDP len tree-wide
  2026-05-26 · Alice Mikityanska <hidden>
• COLD42d [PATCH net-next] netconsole: Constify struct configfs_item_operations and configfs_group_operations
  2026-05-25 · Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
• COLD41d [PATCH 9/9] netconsole: move remote_mac from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-05-24 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD41d [PATCH 8/9] netconsole: move remote_port from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-05-24 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD41d [PATCH 7/9] netconsole: move local_port from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-05-24 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD41d [PATCH 6/9] netconsole: move skb_pool / refill_wq from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
  2026-05-24 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.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.

• STALE184d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v9 2/6] netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management
  2026-01-04 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE184d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v9 6/6] selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
  2026-01-04 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE171d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v10 2/7] netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE171d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v10 7/7] selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE166d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v11 2/7] netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management
  2026-01-18 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE166d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v11 7/7] selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
  2026-01-18 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE165d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into send_msg_udp()
  2026-01-20 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into send_msg_udp()
  2026-01-22 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE160d REVIEWED: 6 (6M) [PATCH net-next v4 2/5] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into send_msg_udp()
  2026-01-23 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE158d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v2] netconsole: selftests: Move netconsole selftests to separate target
  2026-01-27 · Andre Carvalho <hidden> · 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.

• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v9 1/6] netconsole: add target_state enum
  2026-01-04 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v9 3/6] netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
  2026-01-04 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE184d [PATCH net-next v9 4/6] netconsole: clear dev_name for devices bound by mac
  2026-01-04 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE171d [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] netconsole: add target_state enum
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE171d [PATCH net-next v10 3/7] netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE171d [PATCH net-next v10 4/7] netconsole: clear dev_name for devices bound by mac
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE171d [PATCH net-next v10 5/7] netconsole: introduce helpers for dynamic_netconsole_mutex lock/unlock
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE171d [PATCH net-next v10 6/7] netconsole: resume previously deactivated target
  2026-01-12 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE166d [PATCH net-next v11 1/7] netconsole: add target_state enum
  2026-01-18 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>
• STALE166d [PATCH net-next v11 3/7] netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
  2026-01-18 · Andre Carvalho <hidden>