Improving Linux Development with better tools
Andi Kleen
Oct 2013
Intel Corporation
Linux complexity growing
Source lines in Linux kernel
All source code
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Kernel version
Source lines Linux Kernel core
Linux kernel source lines IO
kernel/ lib
net/ fs/ block/
0.35
2.5 0.3
2 0.25
1.5 0.2
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