Linux kernel subsystem maintainers
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Linux kernel subsystem maintainers are developers responsible for overseeing, reviewing, and integrating changes within specific areas of the Linux kernel codebase.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux kernel maintainers | 2 |
| Linux kernel subsystem maintainers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9945574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers Context triple: [Linux kernel staging tree, relatedTo, Linux kernel subsystem maintainers]
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A.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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D.
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers Target entity description: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers are developers responsible for overseeing, reviewing, and integrating changes within specific areas of the Linux kernel codebase.
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A.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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D.
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux kernel governance role
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open source project maintainer ⓘ software development role ⓘ |
| canDelegate |
maintenance tasks to co-maintainers
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patch review to subsystem reviewers ⓘ |
| collaborateWith |
Linux kernel architecture maintainers
ⓘ
Linux kernel contributors ⓘ Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds ⓘ
linked to:
Linus Torvalds
Linux kernel release maintainers ⓘ |
| contributeTo |
scalability of Linux kernel development
ⓘ
stability of Linux kernel releases ⓘ |
| documentedIn | MAINTAINERS file in the Linux kernel source tree ⓘ |
| ensure |
subsystem changes compile on supported architectures
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subsystem changes do not break other subsystems ⓘ subsystem changes pass relevant tests ⓘ |
| follow |
Developer Certificate of Origin
ⓘ
Linux kernel coding style guidelines ⓘ
linked to:
Linux kernel coding style
Linux kernel contribution process ⓘ Signed-off-by process ⓘ |
| haveAuthorityOver |
accepting patches for their subsystem
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rejecting patches for their subsystem ⓘ requesting changes to submitted patches ⓘ subsystem API changes ⓘ subsystem coding style enforcement ⓘ |
| mayMaintain |
architecture-specific subsystems
ⓘ
block layer subsystem ⓘ device drivers subsystems ⓘ filesystems subsystems ⓘ memory management subsystem ⓘ networking subsystems ⓘ power management subsystems ⓘ security subsystems ⓘ virtualization subsystems ⓘ |
| operateWithin | hierarchical maintainer model ⓘ |
| oversee | specific Linux kernel subsystems ⓘ |
| partOf |
Linux kernel development process
ⓘ
Linux kernel governance model ⓘ |
| reportTo | Linus Torvalds in the patch flow hierarchy ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
ensuring code quality in their subsystem
ⓘ
integrating changes into their subsystem ⓘ maintaining subsystem design consistency ⓘ reviewing patches for their subsystem ⓘ subsystem regression management ⓘ subsystem release readiness ⓘ |
| selectedBy |
Linux kernel community consensus
ⓘ
existing maintainers ⓘ |
| use |
Git for version control
ⓘ
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) ⓘ mailing lists for patch review ⓘ subsystem-specific mailing lists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers Description of subject: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers are developers responsible for overseeing, reviewing, and integrating changes within specific areas of the Linux kernel codebase.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers
linked to: Linux kernel subsystem maintainers