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…and non-standard communications. See for example the number of vendors of ethernet drivers ( https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers/net/et... ). And that is just a small part of the code. 3. Interesting? A lot. You get to…

comment by gjulianm · 2016-03-19 · in Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust

…like checking out the current codename in the Makefile[1], currently it's "Blurry Fish Butt". [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Makefile#L5

comment by rhinoceraptor · 2016-03-14 · in Linux 4.5 released

…have stumbled across, is the text documentation scattered throughout the kernel source. Most are in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/tools/perf/Doc... , but the most useful one is up one directory at…

comment by nkurz · 2016-03-13 · in How does perf work? (in which we read the Linux kernel source)

…a massive open-source organization (e.g. Fedora, Apache) decided to use it This one is pretty big. https://github.com/torvalds/linux

comment by discreditable · 2016-03-08 · in CocoaPods downloads max out five GitHub server CPUs

…file. So of all of those, literally 1 is changing the licence to LGPL. A better search is https://github.com/torvalds/linux/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%2... , which reveals 147 results in the code. This is still tiny , given that the kernel…

comment by ajdlinux · 2016-02-26 · in GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux

…was trying to communicate. I have no particular knowledge of the actual business organization. [0] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/drivers/gpu... [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/daenzer

comment by dmm · 2016-02-16 · in Moore’s law really is dead this time

Github says 11 494 gotos in the kernel: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=go...

comment by vmorgulis · 2016-02-08 · in “GOTO Considered Harmful” Considered Harmful (1987) [pdf]

Somebody important seems unconvinced: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/kernel/module....

comment by tyingq · 2016-02-03 · in LVE: an alternative container technology to Docker and Virtuozzo/LXC

> For example Linux, hosted on Github, ( https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master ) is also mirrored and hosted on kernel.org ( https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ ). It's the opposite: Linux is hosted on kernel.org, and the mirror on…

comment by cesarb · 2016-01-29 · in Update on 1/28 service outage

…(AFAIK). Git, (and like most other DVCS) supports mirroring. For example Linux, hosted on Github, ( https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master ) is also mirrored and hosted on kernel.org ( https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ ). Or, the…

comment by nemothekid · 2016-01-29 · in Update on 1/28 service outage

Well, for one he doesn't like GitHub pull requests. ;) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546...

comment by throwaway999888 · 2016-01-15 · in Dear GitHub

…[0] [1] and I find RoI of doing that very low. [0] https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pulls [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pulls

comment by notabot · 2016-01-15 · in Dear GitHub

…a "dumb" disk backup node for repositories, they have to get these UI workflow issues fixed. [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_lifecycle_manageme...

comment by jasode · 2016-01-14 · in Dear GitHub

Same with https://github.com/torvalds/linux

comment by striking · 2016-01-11 · in IBM ported Go to s390x mainframes

…days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip! https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1da177e

comment by bhaak · 2016-01-07 · in Please do not delete this commented-out version

"Hint: the NOP thing has nothing to do with exploits and everything to do with https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e16e4cfde70e1cf00f... " https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/682283793831587840 So maybe the GPU firmware doesn't…

comment by landr0id · 2015-12-30 · in Fai0verflow: Linux on the PS4 [video]

…this until i realized you can use rss which can also watch directories easily enough for example https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/Documentati... . Also unfortunately i found that using the api is probably not going to scale…

comment by zoidb · 2015-12-09 · in Show HN: GitHub File Watcher – get notified when files change in a GitHub repo

Oh GH. e.g. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master.atom

comment by okasaki · 2015-12-09 · in Show HN: GitHub File Watcher – get notified when files change in a GitHub repo

…read from a socket... Why didn't they extract the CRC32 code from the kernel and try it directly? https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/lib/crc32.c https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/...

comment by ambrop7 · 2015-12-04 · in The search for a faster CRC32

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Git commit with 66 parents

story by oxplot · 2015-11-15 · 0 comments

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Why is the Linux kernel is tied to LILO for make install?

story by opensourcedude · 2015-10-29 · 5 comments

…kernel mirror indicates it has gone into the 4.3rc series, so presumably it will go into 4.3. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30927520dbae2971829...

comment by richardkmichael · 2015-10-27 · in Thanks Google for Open Source TCP Fix

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Linux kernel source tree – /torvalds/linux

story by aaronchall · 2015-10-22 · 0 comments

…approach could also be plugged in via seccomp filters, as well as LD_PRELOAD hooks? The docs at https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/5634347dee31373a8faf0... seem to suggest syscall capture and reroute might be capable of this. This…

comment by heavenlyhash · 2015-10-02 · in Introducing Network Containers

…ople.cs.clemson.edu/~westall/853/notes/vanjtcp.pdf Stumbled upon when reading the linux receive path: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/dd5cdb48edfd344017990...

comment by majke · 2015-09-22 · in TCP in 30 instructions (1993)

…, http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/84823/focus=85436 and https://github.com/torvalds/linux/search?q=goto for some discussion and examples. From Mr Torvalds (as diplomatic as ever...): >I think goto's are fine, and t

comment by Intermernet · 2015-09-21 · in Goto in Python

…complicated and slower method will used to return to usespace should a few conditions not be met. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/x86/entry... The original fix is from 2006, then at x86_64/kernel/entry.S…

comment by cnvogel · 2015-09-17 · in The Intel SYSRET privilege escalation (2012)

…people to the Linux kernel `git log`[1] when talking about the value of good commit messages. [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master

comment by themckman · 2015-09-14 · in How to Write a Git Commit Message

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A Search in Linux GitHub Repo

story by renlinx · 2015-09-04 · 0 comments

…4) A little appeal to authority: http://www.wired.com/2012/05/torvalds_github/ 5) and a bit more: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56637... 6) Efficiency lost w regards to minor changes. Youd actually write a comment…

comment by delinquentme · 2015-09-03 · in Ask HN: What is the best pre-commit code review workflow?

…its internal XPCOM APIs than the Linux kernel has been to break its internal in-kernel APIs. [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/...

comment by pcwalton · 2015-08-21 · in The likely end of DownThemAll

…like RDRAND since they can't be easily trusted. Looks like you get one extra bit per interrupt: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/char/r... You'll note no other use of arch_get_random_* throws anything at…

comment by Freaky · 2015-08-09 · in Web's random numbers are too weak, researchers warn

It's worth noting that KVM doesn't allow remapping the APIC base address at all: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/49d7c6559bf2ab4f1d56b...

comment by nathan7 · 2015-08-07 · in Mitigations to the “Memory Sinkhole”

If you don't know where to look it can take a surprisingly long time to find things like: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/... . It is obvious once you know, but unless you know are in the habit of checking all…

comment by hyperion2010 · 2015-08-05 · in Things I would build if I worked at GitHub

…on this lack of identity handling in 2012 in his famous explanation of why he doesn't use GitHub: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17 "since github identities are random, I expect the pull request to be a signed tag, so that I can…

comment by jrv · 2015-08-04 · in Linus Torvalds did not commit this

…if the "trim list" link in the article (libdata-core.c) is current or not, but it's worth reading: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/e64f638483a21105c7ce3... Unfortunately, the product name "CT512MX100SSD1" in your Amazon may not…

comment by jcr · 2015-07-15 · in Did anyone actually get any good deals from Amazon Prime Day?

"powers of three" - see the comment on line 653 [1] of the same file [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/d158fc7f36a25e19791d2...

comment by delta1 · 2015-06-23 · in Fourier series

It's much better than this: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/d158fc7f36a25e19791d2...

comment by cosmolev · 2015-06-23 · in Fourier series

But isn't the blacklist you link to in the article specifically for queued TRIM? E.g. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a9324d . SO either that blacklist has nothing to do with this issue (in which case it probably shouldn't be…

comment by asayler · 2015-06-16 · in When Solid State Drives Are Not That Solid

…a look at the Linux Kernel patch they link to (search for "don't properly handle queued TRIM"): https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/e64f638483a21105c7ce3... There are Crucial SSDs on the list. I'm going to be keeping a closer eye on…

comment by u02sgb · 2015-06-16 · in When Solid State Drives Are Not That Solid

…you're running a kernel that was released within the last couple of weeks and includes this patch: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a9324d

comment by teraflop · 2015-06-16 · in When Solid State Drives Are Not That Solid

A little ironic to see this on github given: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546... But perhaps these issues have been fixed now?

comment by phaemon · 2015-06-15 · in How to write the perfect pull request

I don't know what issues tmux has, but these are the reasons Linus also refuses to use Github PRs: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17

comment by dagw · 2015-06-04 · in Tmux has left SourceForge

Seesh, you weren't kidding either, check this out: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/network "Couldn't load network graph. Too many forks to display."

comment by zatkin · 2015-06-03 · in GitUp makes Git painless

…paths take null-terminated strings. See for example the implementation of the open() syscall: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/fb65d872d7a8dc629837a... (Hence the need for the strncpy_from_user()-function:…

comment by reipahb · 2015-05-19 · in Asmttpd – Web server for Linux written in amd64 assembly

…that the actual kernel patch references arm64, so it's definitely not limited just to Haswell: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76835b0ebf8a7fe85be...

comment by matheweis · 2015-05-14 · in Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now

…they were never affected by the bug, if we believe the commit message of the fix commit and OP. [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b0c29f79ecea0b6fbce...

comment by kasabali · 2015-05-14 · in Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now

…an aggressive tone, huh? Maybe you should try to be more polite in your next refutal tries? [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b0c29f79ecea0b6fbce...

comment by kasabali · 2015-05-14 · in Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76835b0ebf8a7fe85be... 30 lines commit message for 2 lines of code. Kernel developers sure are disciplined.

comment by olalonde · 2015-05-14 · in Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now

…and the number working on the Linux kernel full-time will be much lower than that also. [0] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/graphs/contributors Both Microsoft and Apple can compete.

comment by unfunco · 2015-05-03 · in OS X 10.10.3 seems to have done something bad to wifi drivers