From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62638C61DD3 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:14:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x24Sg-0004Vr-Eb; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:14:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x24Se-0004Vj-K9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:14:24 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1x24Sc-0000ok-KV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:14:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1788430461; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=f7rhymgnk9AbRjTSee4UU+/OgRhOtkXkex/Gls60TTI=; b=U/pc4GJX4LFbcqNjBZrc2JbSJhWOQNOjgMjaTpUPbwVb0x51iOAExw0XLxF1dVXUSKH/CP baOlzgT+EBCZxHODb86I4rNrA5db2SOXoeYGxTTenwOym/UhlaYkAPc2/jXlS3xIA0hPrh wJyGu6wVelY/RkrUINNKZ/4MM4u9VUk= Received: from mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-323-As3RXAC1NYaZnDwfvyoRdw-1; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:14:19 -0400 X-MC-Unique: As3RXAC1NYaZnDwfvyoRdw-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: As3RXAC1NYaZnDwfvyoRdw_1788430458 Received: from mx-prod-int-10.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-10.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.95]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72CFC185CE9F for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (headnet03.pony-001.prod.iad2.dc.redhat.com [10.2.32.114]) by mx-prod-int-10.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 988A1434; Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:14:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:14:14 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: reject trailers that credit an AI agent Message-ID: References: <20260903100441.781277-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20260903100441.781277-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.4.0 (2026-06-19) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.6 on 10.30.177.95 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 12:04:40PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > The QEMU community has broad consent to not accept assisted-by and similar > trailers, and much less fake co-authored-bys, independent of any AI policy. > Implement this in checkpatch.pl already, so that there is another way for > contributors to discover the AI policy. > > Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini > --- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > index 03f35e75012..90cb40dfe1f 100755 > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > @@ -1811,6 +1811,18 @@ sub process { > } > } > > +# Reject trailers that credit an AI agent. > + if ($realfile =~ /^$/ && > + ($line =~ /🤖/ || Oh wow, is that something people actually do :-) > + $line =~ /^\s*(?:Assisted|Generated)-by:/i || > + ($line =~ /^\s*Co-authored-by:\s*(.*?)\s*$/i && > + $1 =~ /\bcopilot\b | \bchatgpt\b | \bcodex\b | \bcursor\b | \[bot\] | > + \bllama\b | \bgemini\b.*(?:pro|flash|ultra|google\.com) | > + \bclaude\b.*(?:opus|sonnet|fable|haiku|anthropic\.com)/xi))) { I presume the qualifiers after gemini/claude are a mitigation against accidentally matching a real person's name ? > + ERROR("QEMU does not allow using AI for contributions, " . > + "see docs/devel/code-provenance.rst\n" . $herecurr); > + } Reviewed-by: Daniel P. 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