How do _you_ read the linux source?

[Jeff Haran]

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> From: kernelnewbies-bounces at kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-
> bounces at kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of r00nk at simplecpu.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:58 PM
> To: kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
> Subject: How do _you_ read the linux source?
> 
> The following question gets asked a lot, "I know C, but reading the kernel
> source is hard, what should I do?" and the common response is "ctags."
> It's a lot like asking "how can I build a house?" and receiving the response
> "screwdriver."

I'll put in another plug for Coverity's source code browser here.

https://scan.coverity.com/

To use it you need to sign-up for an account, but that is free and it's much better for browsing large projects than ctags, cscope, grep, etc., IMHO.

Jeff Haran