> There is, instead, a somewhat involved (if somewhat informal) process designed to ensure that each patch is reviewed for quality and that each patch implements a change which is desirable to have in the mainline.

- https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.htm...

That's basically the process by which gatekeepers tell newcomers to go away. It doesn't really apply to the vast majority of changes from established contributors. You only have to hang out on l-k for a few minutes to get the flavor of things.

The only patches getting thorough code reviews are getting them from organizations with their own internal code review culture.

Do you have evidence for your claims?

> Wonder no more: hardly anything in Linux has ever been meaningfully reviewed.

Incorrect.

> Code looks like it couldn't possibly pass review because it can't, and didn't.

What's this supposed to mean? Are you talking about a specific piece of code, all of Linux, or some strange general statement? No matter what it seems wrong, if nothing else because you seem to be ascribing your own unique definition to the concept of "review" or what code must look like in order to "pass review".

It's clear that you have some dislike for Linux, maybe technical maybe personal, maybe justified maybe not. Unfortunately though even if it is a well founded technical dislike, it has clouded your vision so much that you're lashing out and making trivially disproven nonsense like this on an internet forum. I think it's time for you to take a breath and think what you are hoping to achieve.

Linux has extensive review efforts many of which are public but also many more private ones that you nevertheless can see the evidence of, both pre and post code merge, which I'm almost certain you would know of unless you're just a complete clueless troll.

So given that, do you think it bolsters your credibility or achieves your goals of readjusting peoples' opinion of Linux, by blurting out such garbage? I don't think it does, but I think you sound frustrated and angry, perhaps because nobody will listen to you.

Let's start with a clean slate and let's hear your misgivings about Linux, the people involved with it, the process, etc.