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Torvalds Uses AI Assistant to Enhance Linux Kernel Memory Management
Linux creator Linus Torvalds is improving the Linux kernel's memory management system with help from the Claude Code AI assistant. A new Git branch focuses on allowing memory management code to access the page cache without needing folio references, which significantly reduces performance issues when multiple threads read a single file. Torvalds stated that the AI tool assisted with generating the code, test programs, review documentation, and the initial draft of the cover letter under his guidance.
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