networking [general] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
• M Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• M Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
• M Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
• R Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/core-api/netlink.rst
• F Documentation/netlink/
• F Documentation/networking/
• F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/
• F Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
• F Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/
• F include/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer-provider.h
• F include/linux/framer/framer.h
• F include/linux/in.h
• F include/linux/in6.h
• F include/linux/indirect_call_wrapper.h
• F include/linux/inet.h
• F include/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/linux/net.h
• F include/linux/netdev*
• F include/linux/netlink.h
• F include/linux/netpoll.h
• F include/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/linux/sctp.h
• F include/linux/seq_file_net.h
• F include/linux/skbuff*
• F include/net/
• F include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
• F include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/hsr_netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/in.h
• F include/uapi/linux/inet_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net.h
• F include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
• F include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
• F include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
• F lib/net_utils.c
• F lib/random32.c
• F net/
• F samples/pktgen/
• F tools/net/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/
• X Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
• X Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
• X Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst
• X include/net/bluetooth/
• X include/net/cfg80211.h
• X include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h
• X include/net/iw_handler.h
• X include/net/mac80211.h
• X include/net/wext.h
• X net/9p/
• X net/batman-adv/
• X net/bluetooth/
• X net/can/
• X net/ceph/
• X net/mac80211/
• X net/rfkill/
• X net/wireless/
• X tools/testing/selftests/net/can/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 10 (9M) [PATCH 6.12] vsock/virtio: fix zerocopy completion for multi-skb sends
  2026-07-16 16:37 · 0 replies in 7d · Alexander Martyniuk <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RFC net-next v3 0/3] net: sysctl: Const Qualify sysctl ctl_table arrays
  2026-07-13 11:07 · 3 replies in 7d · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Brien Oberstein <hidden>
  4 attestations (2 Reported-by, 2 Tested-by) · last on 2026-07-08
• Maher Azzouzi <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-16
• Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-16
• Arseniy Krasnov <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Acked-by) · last on 2026-07-16
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-22
• Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-22

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 10 (9M) [PATCH 6.12] vsock/virtio: fix zerocopy completion for multi-skb sends
  2026-07-16 · Alexander Martyniuk <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RFC net-next v3 1/3] net: enforce net sysctl registration
  2026-07-13 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RFC net-next v3 2/3] net: Const qualify ctl_tables that kmemdup unconditionally
  2026-07-13 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RFC net-next v3 3/3] net: Const qualify network templated ctl_tables Arrays
  2026-07-13 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2 1/2] vsock/virtio: collapse receive queue under memory pressure
  2026-07-08 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD16d [PATCH net-next v4] vsock/virtio: rewrite MSG_ZEROCOPY flag handling
  2026-06-28 · Arseniy Krasnov <hidden>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/2] vsock/virtio: collapse receive queue under memory pressure
  2026-06-26 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD22d [PATCH net-next v3] vsock/virtio: rewrite MSG_ZEROCOPY flag handling
  2026-06-23 · Arseniy Krasnov <hidden>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v3 2/2] vsock/virtio: restore msg_iter on transmission failure
  2026-06-22 · Octavian Purdila <hidden>
• COLD30d [PATCH v2] vsock/virtio: rework MSG_ZEROCOPY flag handling
  2026-06-14 · Arseniy Krasnov <hidden>
• COLD29d [PATCH net v2 2/2] vsock/virtio: restore msg_iter on transmission failure
  2026-06-13 · Octavian Purdila <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v2] vsock/vmci: use sk_acceptq_is_full() helper
  2026-06-12 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_removed() into vsock_remove_pending()
  2026-06-12 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_enqueue_accept()
  2026-06-12 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_add_pending()
  2026-06-12 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD33d [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] vsock: introduce vsock_pending_to_accept() helper
  2026-06-12 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net-next 3/3] xsk: replace sk_busy_loop with sk_tx_busy_loop in __xsk_sendmsg()
  2026-06-11 · <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: busy-poll: introduce sk_tx_busy_loop()
  2026-06-11 · <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next] vsock/vmci: use sk_acceptq_is_full() helper
  2026-06-11 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_removed() into vsock_remove_pending()
  2026-06-11 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_enqueue_accept()
  2026-06-11 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next 2/2] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_removed() into vsock_remove_pending()
  2026-06-10 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next 1/2] vsock: fold sk_acceptq_added() into vsock_enqueue_accept()
  2026-06-10 · Raf Dickson <hidden>
• COLD37d Re: [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: restore msg_iter on transmission failure
  2026-06-09 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD37d [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: restore msg_iter on transmission failure
  2026-06-09 · Octavian Purdila <hidden>
• COLD40d [PATCH] vsock/virtio: fix memory leak in virtio_transport_recv_listen
  2026-06-05 · Divya Mankani <hidden>
• COLD37d [PATCH v1] vsock/virtio: rework MSG_ZEROCOPY flag handling
  2026-06-05 · Arseniy Krasnov <hidden>
• COLD48d [PATCH RESEND net] Revert "vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead overflow on 32-bit builds"
  2026-05-27 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD48d REVIEWED: 12 (11M) [PATCH net v2] vsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb
  2026-05-27 · Lin Ma <hidden>
• COLD42d [PATCH] vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake
  2026-05-26 · Raf Dickson <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.

• STALE183d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v14 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-13 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE176d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v15 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE176d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v15 03/12] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
  2026-01-16 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE148d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v16 02/12] virtio: set skb owner of virtio_transport_reset_no_sock() reply
  2026-01-21 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE148d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v16 01/12] vsock: add netns to vsock core
  2026-01-21 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE148d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net-next v16 03/12] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
  2026-01-22 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE120d REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-5.10] vmw_vsock: bypass false-positive Wnonnull warning with gcc-16
  2026-02-14 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 3 Reviewed-by
• STALE134d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] vsock: add G2H fallback for CIDs not owned by H2G transport
  2026-03-03 · Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE126d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v4] vsock: add G2H fallback for CIDs not owned by H2G transport
  2026-03-04 · Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE100d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net-next v2] vsock: avoid timeout for non-blocking accept() with empty backlog
  2026-04-02 · Laurence Rowe <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 RFC net-next v13 04/13] vsock: add netns support to virtio transports
  2025-12-24 · Bobby Eshleman <hidden>
• STALE191d [PATCH net v2 1/2] vsock: Make accept()ed sockets use custom setsockopt()
  2025-12-29 · Michal Luczaj <hidden>
• STALE192d [PATCH RFC 07/13] vsock/virtio: fix DMA alignment for event_list
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• STALE192d [PATCH RFC 13/13] vsock/virtio: reorder fields to reduce struct padding
  2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
• STALE159d [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] page_pool: add page_pool_frag_offset_add() helper
  2026-02-06 · Vishwanath Seshagiri <hidden>
• COLD56d [PATCH net v4 1/2] vsock/virtio: reset connection on receiving queue overflow
  2026-05-18 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD56d [PATCH net v4 2/2] vsock/virtio: fix skb overhead accounting to preserve full buf_alloc
  2026-05-18 · Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
• COLD57d [PATCH net v3] vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake
  2026-05-19 · Minh Nguyen <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net-next 3/3] xsk: replace sk_busy_loop with sk_tx_busy_loop in __xsk_sendmsg()
  2026-06-11 · <hidden>