tipc network layer · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
• M Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>

Paths

• F include/uapi/linux/tipc*.h
• F net/tipc/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] tipc: reject attaching bearer of different media to the same occupied device
  2026-10-01 13:44 · 0 replies in 7d · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 00/16 net-next v3] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack
  2026-09-30 13:54 · 1 reply in 7d · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net] tipc: protect received keys from concurrent flush
  2026-09-30 11:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Jérémy Jean <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/4] rbtree: declare augmented callbacks per field, fix rb_add_augmented_cached() descent
  2026-09-29 15:24 · 1 reply in 7d · Yiwei Lin <hidden>
• WARM2d [RFC net-next 0/2] tipc: notify pending connects of peer node loss
  2026-09-29 06:48 · 1 reply in 7d · liushike <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name
  2026-09-28 12:17 · 1 reply in 7d · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 00/16 net-next v2] Allow compiling an IPv6-only kernel network stack
  2026-09-28 19:31 · 1 reply in 7d · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH net v2] tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name
  2026-09-28 16:12 · 0 replies in 7d · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net v3 0/1] tipc: fix connection lifetime during netns teardown
  2026-09-28 08:26 · 1 reply in 7d · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2] tipc: reject name table updates with invalid origin node
  2026-09-28 02:18 · 0 replies in 7d · Jun Yang <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Vega <hidden>
  5 attestations (5 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Jiakai Xu <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-10-01
• Ren Wei <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-09-30
• TencentOS Corvus AI <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Ren Wei <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-18
• James Burton <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-13

Recent patches

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

• HOTtoday [PATCH net v3] tipc: reject attaching bearer of different media to the same occupied device
  2026-10-01 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/16 net-next v3] ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-30 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net] tipc: protect received keys from concurrent flush
  2026-09-30 · Jérémy Jean <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 2/4] rbtree: declare augmented callbacks per field with RB_AUG()
  2026-09-29 · Yiwei Lin <hidden>
• WARM2d [RFC net-next 1/2] tipc: abort pending connects when the peer node is lost
  2026-09-29 · liushike <hidden>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH 01/16 net-next v2] ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-28 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH net v2] tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name
  2026-09-28 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• WARM1d RE: [PATCH net] tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name
  2026-09-28 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v3 1/1] tipc: destroy topsrv workqueues before closing connections
  2026-09-28 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2] tipc: reject name table updates with invalid origin node
  2026-09-28 · Jun Yang <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] tipc: serialize publication purging with name table updates
  2026-09-27 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] tipc: hold a reference to nodes found by link name
  2026-09-27 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH] tipc: prevent GCM nonce reuse on peer key changes
  2026-09-24 · Jérémy Jean <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net v2] tipc: reject attaching bearer of different media to the same occupied device
  2026-09-24 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net] tipc: reject attaching bearer of different media to the same occupied device
  2026-09-23 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING7d Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] tipc: stop the listener before draining connections
  2026-09-23 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net] tipc: Fix a data race on mon->peer_cnt in mon_timeout()
  2026-09-22 · Ginger Li <hidden>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2 2/2] tipc: make conn_idr teardown safe
  2026-09-21 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2 1/2] tipc: stop the listener before draining connections
  2026-09-21 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• COOLING10d RE: [PATCH] tipc: refuse to attach a second bearer to a netdevice
  2026-09-21 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING8d [PATCH] tipc: fix TLV out-of-bounds read in tipc_nl_compat_net_set() and depth mask
  2026-09-19 · Hui Peng <hidden>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 2/2] tipc: make conn_idr teardown safe
  2026-09-18 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/2] tipc: stop the listener before draining connections
  2026-09-18 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH] tipc: refuse to attach a second bearer to a netdevice
  2026-09-18 · Jiakai Xu <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net] tipc: fix memory leaks in bundle and fragment paths
  2026-09-16 · <hidden>
• COOLING13d [PATCH net-next v6] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-15 · Ajith Parappalliyalil Venugopal <hidden>
• COOLING12d [PATCH net] tipc: reject invalid and unexpected GRP_ACK_MSG to prevent bc_ackers underflow
  2026-09-13 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• WARM2d [PATCH 01/13 net-next] net: ipv4: introduce CONFIG_IPV4 to decouple the IPv4 stack
  2026-09-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• COLD21d [PATCH] tipc: validate data size before reading Gap ACK block header
  2026-09-06 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next v5] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-03 · Ajith P V <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.

• STALE178d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: validate Gap ACK blocks in STATE message
  2026-04-05 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE174d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 net-next] net: use get_random_u{16,32,64}() where appropriate
  2026-04-07 · David Carlier <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE171d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: validate Gap ACK blocks in STATE message
  2026-04-10 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE108d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
  2026-06-10 · Doruk Tan Ozturk <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE106d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v3] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
  2026-06-15 · Doruk Tan Ozturk <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE104d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net v4] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
  2026-06-17 · Doruk Tan Ozturk <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE98d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 6.12 1/2] net: ipv6: Make udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() void
  2026-06-25 · Alexander Martyniuk <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE96d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH 5.15/6.1/6.6 1/2] net: ipv6: Make udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() void
  2026-06-25 · Alexander Martyniuk <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE70d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH net v5] tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation
  2026-07-14 · Cen Zhang (Microsoft) <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE70d REVIEWED: 5 (5M) [PATCH net v3] tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create()
  2026-07-14 · Daehyeon Ko <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.

• STALE183d [PATCH 07/10 net-next] net: convert remaining ipv6_stub users to direct function calls
  2026-03-09 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE168d [PATCH 31/61] net/tipc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE199d [PATCH 07/10 net-next v2] net: convert remaining ipv6_stub users to direct function calls
  2026-03-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH net-next v8 11/11] net: tipc: convert tipc_udp_xmit to use a noref dst
  2026-03-12 · Marek Mietus <hidden>
• STALE177d [PATCH net-next v8 03/11] net: tunnel: convert udp_tunnel{6,}_xmit_skb to noref
  2026-03-12 · Marek Mietus <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies RE: [PATCH net] tipc: fix UAF in tipc_buf_append via tipc_msg_validate
  2026-03-31 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• DORMANTno replies RE: [PATCH net] tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG
  2026-04-01 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• STALE148d [PATCH v1 net-next 02/15] udp_tunnel: Pass struct sock to setup_udp_tunnel_sock().
  2026-05-02 · Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• STALE120d [PATCH net 1/4] tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators
  2026-06-02 · Michael Bommarito <hidden>
• STALE120d [PATCH net 2/4] tipc: validate discovery message length before reading media address
  2026-06-02 · Michael Bommarito <hidden>