page pool · Supported

Maintainers

• M Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
• M Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
• F include/net/page_pool/
• F include/trace/events/page_pool.h
• F net/core/page_pool.c

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 0/4] docs: page_pool: tweaks and updates
  2026-05-26 15:57 · 4 replies in 7d · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-05-15

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: make page_pool_get_stats() void
  2026-05-26 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 3/4] docs: page_pool: drop the mention of the legacy stats API
  2026-05-26 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 2/4] docs: clarify page pool NAPI consumer requirement
  2026-05-26 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next 1/4] docs: net: page_pool: drop reference to removed PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG
  2026-05-26 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d LANDED [PATCH] Revert "mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type"
  2026-05-15 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• COLD27d [PATCH] page_pool: fix memory-provider leak in page_pool_create_percpu() error path
  2026-04-28 · Hasan Basbunar <hidden>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v11 05/14] net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq
  2026-04-02 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• COLD56d [PATCH net-next v10 05/14] net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq
  2026-03-27 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• STALE64d [PATCH net-next v9 05/14] net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq
  2026-03-20 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 24 (21M) [PATCH v5] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
  2026-03-16 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE78d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] page_pool: store detach_time as ktime_t to avoid false-negatives
  2026-03-10 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• STALE72d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH net-next] net: page_pool: scale alloc cache with PAGE_SIZE
  2026-03-09 · Nimrod Oren <hidden>
• STALE79d [PATCH net] page_pool: store detach_time as ktime_t to avoid false-negatives
  2026-03-07 · Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 6 (3M) [PATCH v4] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
  2026-02-24 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE90d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [RFC net-next] net: page_pool: cap alloc cache size and refill by pool ring size
  2026-02-23 · Nimrod Oren <hidden>
• STALE105d REVIEWED: 5 (3M) [PATCH v3] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
  2026-02-10 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE109d [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] page_pool: add page_pool_frag_offset_add() helper
  2026-02-06 · Vishwanath Seshagiri <hidden>
• STALE82d [PATCH net-next v8 05/16] net: Slightly simplify net_mp_{open,close}_rxq
  2026-01-29 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 19 (19M) [PATCH net-next v4] page_pool: Add page_pool_release_stalled tracepoint
  2026-01-19 · Leon Hwang <hidden>
• STALE127d [PATCH net-next v9 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
  2026-01-15 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v7 05/16] net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues
  2026-01-15 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• STALE133d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v6 05/16] net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues
  2026-01-13 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• STALE134d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v5 05/16] net: Proxy net_mp_{open,close}_rxq for leased queues
  2026-01-09 · Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
• STALE132d [PATCH net-next v8 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
  2026-01-09 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE128d [PATCH net-next v3] page_pool: Add page_pool_release_stalled tracepoint
  2026-01-02 · Leon Hwang <hidden>
• STALE145d [PATCH net-next v2] page_pool: Add page_pool_release_stalled tracepoint
  2026-01-02 · Leon Hwang <hidden>
• STALE155d REVIEWED: 5 (3M) [PATCH v2 1/1] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
  2025-12-16 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 5 (3M) [PATCH 1/2] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
  2025-12-15 · Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
• STALE166d [PATCH net-next v7 4/9] net: let pp memory provider to specify rx buf len
  2025-11-30 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE166d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v7 2/9] net: page_pool: sanitise allocation order
  2025-11-30 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>

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.

• STALE90d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [RFC net-next] net: page_pool: cap alloc cache size and refill by pool ring size
  2026-02-23 · Nimrod Oren <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE72d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH net-next] net: page_pool: scale alloc cache with PAGE_SIZE
  2026-03-09 · Nimrod Oren <hidden> · 2 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.

• STALE181d [PATCH net-next v6 3/8] net: let pp memory provider to specify rx buf len
  2025-11-27 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE166d [PATCH net-next v7 1/9] net: page pool: xa init with destroy on pp init
  2025-11-30 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE132d [PATCH net-next v8 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
  2026-01-09 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE127d [PATCH net-next v9 4/9] net: pass queue rx page size from memory provider
  2026-01-15 · Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
• STALE109d [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] page_pool: add page_pool_frag_offset_add() helper
  2026-02-06 · Vishwanath Seshagiri <hidden>