Linux Kernel Developer Chris Mason's New Initiative: AI Prompts for Code Reviews

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By EditorDavidFeb 2, 2026, 9:34 am182 ptsTrendingTop
Phoronix reports: Chris Mason, the longtime Linux kernel developer most known for being the creator of Btrfs, has been working on a Git repository with AI review prompts he has been working on for LLM-assisted code review of Linux kernel patches. This initiative has been happening for some weeks now while the…

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