linux-kernel - Re: Follow-up on Linux-kernel code accessibility

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Message-ID: <ea508f45-240f-46a0-97d3-31e42220b043@paulmck-laptop>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:20:33 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: David Laight <david.laight.linux@...il.com>
Cc: Gabriele Paoloni <gpaoloni@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckwolber@...il.com>,
	"Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr" <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Follow-up on Linux-kernel code accessibility

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 10:09:21PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:49:21 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> ...
> > The Linux kernel's mm system weighs in at about 200KLoC, and Lorenzo
> > wrote a book on its design that weighs in at about 1300 pages, or
> > about 150 LoC/page.
> 
> TL;DR :-)

Well, there is the old saying "First, we must code.  Only then is there
incentive to think."  Perhaps as with thinking, also with reading?

							Thanx, Paul