Analysis of the Linux Kernel Evolution Using Code Clone Coverage

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Title	Analysis of the Linux Kernel Evolution Using Code Clone Coverage
Publication Type	Conference Paper
Year of Publication	2007
Authors	Livieri, S, Higo, Y, Matsushita, M, Inoue, K
Secondary Title	Fourth International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories (MSR'07:ICSE Workshops 2007)
Pagination	22 - 22
Publisher	IEEE
Place Published	Minneapolis, MN, USA
ISBN Number	0-7695-2950-X
Keywords	ccfinder, clone, cloning, kernel, linux, metrics, source code
Abstract	Most studies of the evolution of software systems are based on the comparison of simple software metrics. In this paper, we present our preliminary investigation of the evolution of the Linux kernel using code-clone analysis and the code-clone coverage metrics. We examined 136 versions of the stable Linux kernel using a distributed extension of the code clone detection tool CCFinder. The result is shown as a heat map.
DOI	10.1109/MSR.2007.1
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