It sounds like you've defined "slop" as "anything an LLM produces". Seems unlikely you're going to get much agreement here.
Why yes, it is "slop" and Linus introduced a bug based on what the LLM produced.
He didn't even review the code. [0] Someone else did.
[0] https://lwn.net/ml/all/as6vBoWQGglxXxb0@thinkstation/
This is what happens when you use LLMs and this is far more irresponsible of Linus because he is vibe coding C code in the kernel.
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Why yes, it is "slop" and Linus introduced a bug based on what the LLM produced.
He didn't even review the code. [0] Someone else did.
[0] https://lwn.net/ml/all/as6vBoWQGglxXxb0@thinkstation/
This is what happens when you use LLMs and this is far more irresponsible of Linus because he is vibe coding C code in the kernel.