Linus Torvalds removes legacy kernel helpers with help from Claude
10/23/2026 — 10/23, 11:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Linus Torvalds removed the legacy __get_user() and __put_user() helpers from the Linux kernel, writing in the commit message that they shoul…
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On October 23, 2026, Open Source China reported that Linus Torvalds carried out what he described as a long-overdue cleanup in the Linux kernel, removing two legacy functions, __get_user() and __put_user(), from the codebase. According to the report, Claude was used to assist with the cleanup.
In the commit message, Torvalds was blunt about the two functions, saying the change should have been made long ago: they are purely historical leftovers, were never the right choice, and had been misused over time. The report did not specify how much code the change touched, which kernel version it landed in, or what exactly Claude contributed to the work.
The verifiable state of the story ends with this commit: the two functions have been removed, the reasoning in the commit message comes from Torvalds himself, and Claude is named as the assisting tool. The report offers no further details beyond that.
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Latest turnLinus Torvalds has removed the long-standing __get_user() and __put_user() helpers from the Linux kernel, writing in the commit message that the cleanup was long overdue and the functions were frequently misused. Open Source China reports that Claude was used to assist the cleanup.
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Linus Torvalds has removed the long-standing __get_user() and __put_user() helpers from the Linux kernel, writing in the commit message that the cleanup was long overdue and the functions were frequently misused. Open Source China reports that Claude was used to assist the cleanup.
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