Linus Torvalds posts his first AI-assisted patch to the Linux kernel, synthetic test clocks 23x performance leap
After a few revisions of his position on AI-assisted contributions to the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds has posted his own first LLM-assisted patch. The development branch purports to fix an old issue with massive cache contention when many CPUs are reading the same file — a scenario potentially encountered when using shared libraries, databases, and web servers. Several developers had already made attempts over the years at fixing the issue, all with varied results, none quite ideal as an all-encompassing solution.
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Torvalds posted his own draft for solving the problem in early 2024, and has used it on …
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