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joshlk 7 hours ago

Asking a silly question… what piece of kernel code do you find the most awe-inspiring or impressive?

throwaway29303 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe fs/select.c or the polling machinery.

suprjami 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Agree. The VFS is a delight to read. It's a good intro to the kernel pattern of using function pointers to provide a generic API which other functionality can plug into, simply by implementing the appropriate functions. In this case you'll see all the filesystem drivers implement the VFS operations.