README.md

metadata

license: gpl-2.0
task_categories:
  - text-generation
  - other
language:
  - en
tags:
  - linux
  - kernel
  - c
  - c++
  - bug-fix
  - SFT
  - instruction-tuning
  - security
  - code-generation
size_categories:
  - 100K<n<1M

🐧 Linux Kernel Bugfixes & Patches Dataset (Instruction-Tuned)

📖 Dataset Description

This dataset is a highly curated, instruction-tuned collection of problem-solution pairs extracted directly from the official Linux Kernel Git repository (torvalds/linux). It is specifically designed to train Large Language Models (LLMs) on low-level C programming, kernel architecture, memory management, and security vulnerability patching.

Unlike raw commit histories, this dataset has been strictly filtered to include only meaningful bug fixes and excludes noisy data such as typos, documentation updates, and version bumps.

• Language: English (Commit messages), C / Assembly (Code)
• License: GPL-2.0 (Inherited from Linux Kernel)
• Format: Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) ready (Instruction / Input / Output)

🚀 Intended Uses & Applications

This dataset is perfect for training AI Agents and local LLMs for:

1. Low-Level Code Repair: Teaching models to fix memory leaks, use-after-free errors, null pointer dereferences, and race conditions.
2. Patch Generation: Generating valid git diff outputs based on issue descriptions.
3. Cybersecurity Analysis: Fine-tuning models to recognize and patch CVEs and kernel panics.

📊 Dataset Structure

Each row in the dataset represents a single bug-fix commit. The data is formatted for immediate use in SFT pipelines (like Unsloth, QLoRA, Axolotl).

Example Instance:

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f6...",
  "instruction": "Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: net: sched: fix memory leak in tc_action",
  "input": "Problem Details:\nWhen a filter action fails to initialize, the memory allocated for option parameters is not properly freed, resulting in a memory leak under high load.",
  "output": "```diff\n--- a/net/sched/act_api.c\n+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c\n@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static int tcf_action_init(struct net *net...\n+    kfree(opt);\n```"
}