A Study of Linux File System Evolution
Lixing Lu, Andrea Carol Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Shan Lu · ACM Transactions on Storage · 2014
We conduct a comprehensive study of file-system code evolution. By analyzing eight years of Linux file-system changes across 5079 patches, we derive numerous new (and sometimes surprising) insights into the file-system development process; our results should be useful for both the development of file systems themselves as well as the improvement of bug-finding tools.