Linus Torvalds's first LLM-assisted patch series

Global Tech Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:55:16 GMT Moderate confidence — 64/100

At the recently concluded Maintainers Summit, Linus Torvalds said that he had been using a large language model to work on a patch series addressing a longstanding problem; he has now posted that series for review.
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At the recently concluded Maintainers Summit, Linus Torvalds said that he had been using a large language model to work on a patch series addressing a longstanding problem; he has now posted that series for review.
No refcount taking needed for the fastpat

Sources: Lwn