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(HU) CW: mérési eredmények/technikai részletek Linus Torvalds Claude Code (Anthropic) használatával készített egy kísérleti patch-sorozatot, ami RCU-val csökkenti a

Linus Torvalds experiments with Anthropic's Claude Code for Linux kernel performance boost

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Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has experimented with using Anthropic's Claude Code to generate a series of experimental patches for the Linux kernel. These patches aim to reduce page-cache folio references, and initial local tests under specific workloads showed a threefold increase in read/s performance, reaching 30M read/s. Torvalds noted that these results are highly context-dependent and were observed on a laptop with ext4 and some mitigations disabled. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for AI code generation to assist in kernel development and performance optimization.

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Linus Torvalds experiments with Anthropic's Claude Code for Linux kernel performance boost

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 (HU) · linuxmint_hun ·

    CW: Measurement Results/Technical Details Linus Torvalds created an experimental patch series using Claude Code (Anthropic), which reduces RCU

    CW: mérési eredmények/technikai részletek Linus Torvalds Claude Code (Anthropic) használatával készített egy kísérleti patch-sorozatot, ami RCU-val csökkenti a page-cache folio-referenciáit. Lokális méréseken egy specifikus terhelésnél ~10→30M read/s (x3) lett; ez nagyon kontextf…

    LINKS linuxmint.hu/…/linus-torvalds-ai-generalt…

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