Can't tell how many LoC but there is an initiative about producing tiny linux kernel that you can read about here https://www.linux.com/news/event/open-source-

Can't tell how many LoC but there is an initiative about producing tiny linux kernel that you can read about here https://www.linux.com/news/event/open-source-summit-na/2017/4/shrinking-linux-kernel-and-file-system-iot https://www.linux.com/news/event/open-source-summit-na/2017/... In the video, it is show that the binary size of "core" linux has barely grown https://youtu.be/ynNLlzOElOU?t=14m45s https://youtu.be/ynNLlzOElOU?t=14m45s