Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Annotating patches containing AI-assisted code

[<dan.j.williams@intel.com>]

Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 05:38:36PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
[..]
> It seems like a "show your work" approach for commit logs would be
> valuable regardless of tools involved. I've been struggling to find a
> short way to describe this, though. Initially I thought we wanted to
> ask "Why is this contribution correct?" but we actually already expect
> that to be answered in the commit log. We want something more specific,
> like "How did you construct this solution?" But that is unlikely to be
> distilled into a trailer tag.

Is this something more than "declare assumptions and tradeoffs"? One of
the trust smells of a patchset is understanding earnest alternatives,
and the author's willingness to entertain alternatives.

If a submitter is not prepared to to argue *against* the patch being
included in its current form, then that can indicate more homework is
needed.