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 vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A562EB64DC for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2023 22:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229477AbjGAWxl (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2023 18:53:41 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58794 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229446AbjGAWxk (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2023 18:53:40 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A78B10DC; Sat, 1 Jul 2023 15:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E035C011A; Sat, 1 Jul 2023 18:53:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 01 Jul 2023 18:53:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1688252014; x=1688338414; bh=9gVEP9d6+EePr 8PbKRKG0QcFNdRRUpleSuiZLlsIZic=; b=gMpqwRueNBRwKjmboqn0TjWMtR5Jl OuUbp+zvBbOUYj8elbJVxbSmES8w0tGB1Cn1ClQGaWgov7UDnMufZtXs2UPJsBSm Jjo6sHe4ciobfDY9cuTcc5IJhaDI3RgY8XMxbzjyv38nu2o4XG8mA5lfLM4Yj9Ow +92g+e0Z4qIXxB26dKt39lPT6QguP0CE2dLAqhcEbZc5Urtgs8fvwnHLZ2RPCFM1 kJnHdM0fPbdt37iVhVzOiGwRreGLv0iV2vPN+qYC1yhZUXoEGCeQK3QQpv3qsbH6 WjZFqPyZIM1zflPM8X1bfgmD6bPrGAFCkH/01opV1W8sWW58nfhX4Oz0Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedviedrtdelgdduhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpeffhffvvefujgfkfhggtgesthdtredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhephfhinhhnucfv hhgrihhnuceofhhthhgrihhnsehlihhnuhigqdhmieekkhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepleeuheelheekgfeuvedtveetjeekhfffkeeffffftdfgjeevkeegfedvueeh ueelnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepfh hthhgrihhnsehlihhnuhigqdhmieekkhdrohhrgh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i58a146ae:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 1 Jul 2023 18:53:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 08:54:28 +1000 (AEST) From: Finn Thain To: Greg Kroah-Hartman cc: Steven Rostedt , tech-board-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Measurement, was Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Linux Contribution Maturity Model and the wider community In-Reply-To: <2023070113-trimming-undecided-4923@gregkh> Message-ID: <2b3c665e-331e-3262-5874-a2e6755f6b0e@linux-m68k.org> References: <20230620212502.GI286961@mit.edu> <5490402b-8b9f-f52d-3896-41090e639e51@linux-m68k.org> <20230621100845.12588f48@gandalf.local.home> <1f5b0227-dbf6-4294-8532-525b3e405dc2@linux-m68k.org> <2023070113-trimming-undecided-4923@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 1 Jul 2023, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2023 at 11:46:18AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > > BTW. I assume that 'Fixes' tags are already being used to train AI > > models to locate bugs in existing code. If this could be used to > > evaluate new patches when posted, it might make the code review > > process more efficient. > > That has been happening for many many years now with papers being > published about it and many conference presentations. It shouldn't be a > secret it's been happening and directly helping with stable kernel > maintenance for a long time. > Many years ago it struck me that the deficiencies of checkpatch.pl could be addressed with coccinelle but I still don't see this happening on the lists I read. I see reviewers being spared from having to examine many flawed patches because the zero-day bot intercepted them and fed them to static analyzers. But I still don't see coccinelle being used to the same end i.e. to reduce the burden on reviewers and maintainers. Has no-one tried it, or did it not work out?