Google's Sashiko AI Reviews 191k Kernel Patches
Google's Sashiko AI completed over 191k Linux kernel patch reviews and was cited in 463 CVEs within less than a year of operation.
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Google engineer Roman Gushchin disclosed at the Linux Plumbers Conference on October 6 that Sashiko, an AI-powered code review tool, has completed more than 191,000 patch reviews in under a year.
The tool covered 99 mailing lists, performed over 19 million Git lookups, and received 7,600 replies from 1,100+ kernel developers. This year, 463 Linux kernel CVEs have cited Sashiko, along with 1,277 upstream commits and 1,567 linux-next commits.
These figures come from conference presentation materials; the specific criteria for “citation” and details on independent audits were not specified in the public summary.