Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Then reviewers found a race.

Linus Torvalds allowed Claude Code to fix the Linux page cache. Reviewers then identified a race condition in the result. Kernel developers still bear the responsibility of catching concurrency defects in automated patches.

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