Understanding the genetic makeup of Linux device drivers

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Peter Senna Tschudin, Laurent Réveillère, Lingxiao Jiang, David Lo, Julia Lawall, Gilles Muller

Published: 01 Jan 2013, Last Modified: 14 Jun 2024PLOS@SOSP 2013EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Attempts have been made to understand driver development in terms of code clones. In this paper, we propose an alternate view, based on the metaphor of a gene. Guided by this metaphor, we study the structure of Linux 3.10 ethernet platform driver probe functions.