Linus Torvalds Takes On A Performance Patch: "I Relax By Playing With Inline Assembly" ( www.phoronix.com )
'Some people relax with a nice drink by the pool, I relax by playing around with inline [Assembly code],' as a nice quote of the day as Linus Torvalds explained after he took on improving upon a performance optimization patch that was proposed for the ongoing Linux 6.5 merge window.
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