networking [mptcp] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>
• M Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
• R Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml
• F Documentation/networking/mptcp*.rst
• F include/net/mptcp.h
• F include/trace/events/mptcp.h
• F include/uapi/linux/mptcp*.h
• F net/mptcp/
• F tools/testing/selftests/bpf/*/*mptcp*.[ch]
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH net v2 0/8] mptcp: misc fixes for v7.2-rc6
  2026-08-03 16:17 · 8 replies in 7d · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net] mptcp: hold msk reference when cloning request sockets
  2026-08-04 09:50 · 0 replies in 7d · David Lee <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] mptcp: out-of-order queue pruning
  2026-07-31 14:24 · 5 replies in 7d · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net 0/2] tcp: diag: fix unbounded bucket lock hold in diag dump paths
  2026-07-29 11:29 · 1 reply in 7d · Zihan Xi <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
  19 attestations (1 Reported-by, 18 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
  8 attestations (4 Acked-by, 4 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-31
• Gang Yan <hidden>
  6 attestations (6 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-31
• Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
  4 attestations (1 Acked-by, 3 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-07-21
• Yuan Tan <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• Yifan Wu <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• Juefei Pu <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• Zhengchuan Liang <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• Xin Liu <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-03
• David Lee <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-08-04

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH net] mptcp: hold msk reference when cloning request sockets
  2026-08-04 · David Lee <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 8/8] mptcp: reclaim forward-allocated memory on RX path errors
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 7/8] mptcp: fastopen: only mark MPTFO subflows with SYN data
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 6/8] mptcp: pm: fix memory leak from alloc-during-teardown race
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 5/8] selftests: mptcp: join: mark tests with data corruption as failed
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 4/8] mptcp: pm: fix data race in add_addr timer callback
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2 3/8] mptcp: remove MPC && MPJ check
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2 2/8] mptcp: avoid combining some incoming suboptions
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2 1/8] mptcp: options: reset DSS fields in case of unexpected size
  2026-08-03 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] mptcp: implemented OoO queue pruning
  2026-07-31 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] mptcp: enforce hard limit on backlog flushing
  2026-07-31 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] mptcp: explicitly drop over memory limits
  2026-07-31 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] mptcp: let the retrans scheduler do its job
  2026-07-31 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] mptcp: move the retrans loop to a separate helper
  2026-07-31 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net 2/2] mptcp: diag: fix unbounded listener bucket lock hold
  2026-07-29 · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 5/5] mptcp: reclaim forward-allocated memory on RX path errors
  2026-07-28 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 4/5] mptcp: fastopen: only mark MPTFO subflows with SYN data
  2026-07-28 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 3/5] selftests: mptcp: join: mark tests with data corruption as failed
  2026-07-28 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 2/5] mptcp: pm: fix data race in add_addr timer callback
  2026-07-28 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net 1/5] mptcp: avoid combining some incoming suboptions
  2026-07-28 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH net-next 5/5] mptcp: implemented OoO queue pruning
  2026-07-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 4/5] mptcp: enforce hard limit on backlog flushing
  2026-07-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 3/5] mptcp: explicitly drop over memory limits
  2026-07-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH net-next 2/5] mptcp: let the retrans scheduler do its job
  2026-07-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING8d REVIEWED: 3 (2M) [PATCH net-next 1/5] mptcp: move the retrans loop to a separate helper
  2026-07-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d [PATCH] tools: Use fputc() calls in some functions
  2026-07-23 · Markus Elfring <hidden>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 5/5] mptcp: fix BUILD_BUG_ON on legacy ARM config
  2026-07-21 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 4/5] selftests: mptcp: userspace_pm: fix undefined variable port
  2026-07-21 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net 3/5] mptcp: fix stale skb->sk reference on subflow close
  2026-07-21 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING12d REVIEWED: 2 (1M) [PATCH net 2/5] mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id
  2026-07-21 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.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.

• STALE190d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v3] mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
  2026-01-24 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 1/5] mptcp: avoid dup SUB_CLOSED events after disconnect
  2026-01-27 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 2/5] selftests: mptcp: check no dup close events after error
  2026-01-27 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 3/5] mptcp: only reset subflow errors when propagated
  2026-01-27 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 4/5] selftests: mptcp: check subflow errors in close events
  2026-01-27 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE188d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net 5/5] selftests: mptcp: join: fix local endp not being tracked
  2026-01-27 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE186d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 6/6] selftests: mptcp: connect: cover splice mode
  2026-01-29 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE183d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] mptcp: add eat_recv_skb helper
  2026-01-30 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE183d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] mptcp: implement .read_sock
  2026-01-30 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE183d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] mptcp: implement .splice_read
  2026-01-30 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> · 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.

• STALE146d [PATCH net 5/7] mptcp: refresh tcp rcv_wnd snapshot when syncing receive windows
  2026-03-11 · Wesley Atwell <hidden>
• STALE146d [PATCH net 6/7] tcp: expose rmem and backlog accounting in rcvbuf_grow tracepoints
  2026-03-11 · Wesley Atwell <hidden>
• STALE141d [PATCH net-next v2 09/14] mptcp: refresh TCP receive-window snapshots on subflows
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• STALE141d [PATCH net-next v2 10/14] tcp: expose rmem and backlog in tcp and mptcp rcvbuf_grow tracepoints
  2026-03-14 · <hidden>
• STALE105d [PATCH 1/3] mptcp: propagate RECVERR sockopts to subflows
  2026-04-21 · David Carlier <hidden>
• STALE105d [PATCH 2/3] mptcp: support MSG_ERRQUEUE on the parent socket
  2026-04-21 · David Carlier <hidden>
• STALE105d [PATCH 3/3] selftests: mptcp: cover RECVERR and MSG_ERRQUEUE
  2026-04-21 · David Carlier <hidden>
• STALE90d [PATCH mptcp-next v6 4/4] selftests: mptcp: cover IP_RECVERR sockopt propagation
  2026-05-06 · David Carlier <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: [PATCH] mptcp: serialize subflow->closing with RX path
  2026-05-07 · Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
• STALE62d [PATCH net v2 11/11] mptcp: add-addr: always drop other suboptions
  2026-06-02 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>