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openvswitch · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
• M Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>
• M Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/openvswitch.rst
• F include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
• F net/openvswitch/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday PENDING · 2 of 5 reviewed [PATCH net v2 0/5] net: fix eth_type_trans() crashes on skbs coming from the stack
  2026-10-28 12:27 · 1 reply in 7d · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/9] tracing: Use trace_call__FOO() for tracepoints behind trace_FOO_enabled()
  2026-10-27 15:44 · 1 reply in 7d · Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
• WARM1d SUPERSEDED [PATCH net 0/5] net: fix eth_type_trans() crashes on skbs coming from the stack
  2026-10-27 08:26 · 1 reply in 7d · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
• WARM2d PENDING · 5 of 6 reviewed [PATCH net v3 0/6] net: pull short linear Ethernet headers before eth_type_trans()
  2026-10-24 14:29 · 2 replies in 7d · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• WARM3d SUPERSEDED [PATCH net v2 0/6] net: pull short linear Ethernet headers before eth_type_trans()
  2026-10-23 11:59 · 2 replies in 7d · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
  6 attestations (4 Reviewed-by, 2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-10-24
• Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-24
• Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-28
• <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-10-08
• Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
  2 attestations (1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-10-28
• Jiri Benc <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-24
• Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-10-27
• Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-10-27
• Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-10-08

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net v2 4/5] openvswitch: use eth_type_trans_careful() in internal_dev_recv()
  2026-10-28 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 1/9] net: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites
  2026-10-27 · Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
• WARM1d SUPERSEDED [PATCH net 4/5] openvswitch: use eth_type_trans_careful() in internal_dev_recv()
  2026-10-27 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 4 (3M) [PATCH net v3 6/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop
  2026-10-24 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net v3 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop
  2026-10-24 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• WARM3d SUPERSEDED: 3 (2M) [PATCH net v2 6/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop
  2026-10-23 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• WARM3d SUPERSEDED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop
  2026-10-23 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net 5/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop
  2026-10-22 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net 4/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop
  2026-10-22 · Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
• COOLING8d LANDED [PATCH 2/2 net-next] net: openvswitch: drop IP fragments on SCTP set action
  2026-10-15 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COOLING8d LANDED [PATCH 1/2 net-next] net: openvswitch: skip IPv4 later fragments on TCP/UDP set actions
  2026-10-15 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH net v2] selftests: openvswitch: Test SET on later IPv6 fragments
  2026-10-12 · Sahaj Chaudhari <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH net] selftests: openvswitch: Test SET on later IPv6 fragments
  2026-10-09 · Sahaj Chaudhari <hidden>
• COLD20d LANDED [PATCH net v3] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr
  2026-10-08 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD15d LANDED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v5 3/6] net: gso: support re-segmentation of TCP GSO skbs
  2026-10-08 · Wang Zhan <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH net-next v2] net: openvswitch: do not set transport header on later IPv4 fragments
  2026-10-05 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH net-next] net: openvswitch: do not set transport header on later IPv4 fragments
  2026-10-02 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH net v2] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr
  2026-10-02 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: validate transport header presence in set_ipv6_addr
  2026-10-01 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD25d SUPERSEDED [PATCH net-next v4 3/5] net: gso: support re-segmentation of TCP GSO skbs
  2026-09-30 · Wang Zhan <hidden>
• COLD24d [PATCH net v3] openvswitch: fix soft lockup in the netlink flow dump
  2026-09-29 · Denis V. Lunev <hidden>
• COLD24d [PATCH net v3] openvswitch: fix soft lockup in the netlink flow dump
  2026-09-29 · Denis V. Lunev <hidden>
• COLD27d LANDED [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: drop unused LLC-related includes
  2026-09-28 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COLD29d [PATCH net-next v3 3/5] net: gso: support bounded TCP segmentation
  2026-09-28 · Wang Zhan <hidden>
• COLD30d [PATCH v7 3/4] net: dropreason: use new __print_sym() in tracing
  2026-09-22 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• COLD30d Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] net: dropreason: use new __print_sym() in tracing
  2026-09-21 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
• COLD34d LANDED [PATCH net 3/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: fix helper UAF due to extensions realloc
  2026-09-21 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• COLD34d LANDED [PATCH net 2/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: remove 'add_helper' dead code
  2026-09-21 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• COLD34d LANDED [PATCH net 1/6] net: openvswitch: conntrack: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry
  2026-09-21 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• COLD30d LANDED [PATCH net-next v5 2/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key test across conntrack NAT
  2026-09-18 · Minxi Hou <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.

• STALE174d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] openvswitch: reject oversized NSH MD2 metadata in push_nsh
  2026-04-25 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE167d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v10 1/2] selftests: openvswitch: add vlan() and encap() flow string parsing +1 more in this series
  2026-05-12 · Minxi Hou <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next v4] selftests: openvswitch: add dec_ttl action support and test
  2026-05-28 · Minxi Hou <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE99d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free
  2026-07-20 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE79d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: core: propagate unreadable flag in skb_zerocopy
  2026-08-10 · Mina Almasry <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE75d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next 01/12] netfilter: add DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE to skb_set_nfct() +11 more in this series
  2026-08-10 · Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE75d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v3 1/2] net: core: propagate unreadable flag in skb_zerocopy
  2026-08-11 · Mina Almasry <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 v3 1/2] net: openvswitch: make flow_table an rcu pointer +1 more in this series
  2026-04-27 · Adrian Moreno <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net] openvswitch: vport: fix race between linking and the device notifier
  2026-05-13 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
• STALE168d [PATCH net-next 1/5] selftests: openvswitch: convert %-formatting to f-strings +4 more in this series
  2026-05-13 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] selftests/openvswitch: guard command substitutions against empty output
  2026-06-02 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] selftests/net/openvswitch: guard command substitutions against empty output
  2026-06-03 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• STALE135d [PATCH net-next 03/11] netfilter: nf_conncount: callers must hold rcu read lock +10 more in this series
  2026-06-14 · Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next v3] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key test
  2026-07-15 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• STALE96d [PATCH net-next v6 2/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key test +1 more in this series
  2026-07-24 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• STALE91d [PATCH 1/2] selftests/net/openvswitch: add SCTP flow key parsing to ovs-dpctl.py +1 more in this series
  2026-07-29 · Minxi Hou <hidden>
• STALE83d LANDED [PATCH net-next 1/6] openvswitch: remove support for legacy tunnel types +5 more in this series
  2026-08-04 · Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>