Linus Torvalds Uses Claude Code to Speed Up Linux Kernel Reads

Linus Torvalds merged a Linux kernel patch whose code, tests, review and draft email were produced with Claude Code under his guidance. Phoronix reports the page-cache readahead optimization boosts read performance up to 3x.

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