From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09A052192EE; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 22:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762554927; cv=none; b=VEMmWm+StNGd9+3I2NLgfIvkLmxKS3F3IuT6lOsChqK49yfSWqrhBm6EeytqgewZGUsWot0DB2Da34oMteEa5Z+jCRg3Gjw0uQ7I4xpZZBxORlA+7OA2Jjz6kTYvpDiNM0AU+cA+KSjUmqND0kKnuNvbOaAi/0fqNrFDhkei2pU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762554927; c=relaxed/simple; bh=XFl4H7zlaSjNeZC0YFUU21tNjZ/wnYPimecT/uq5tKQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=S1xtH2u4rErEkLWHkV8kpO0zban8Az3Fo5CgS3FzsfqI7gAcBe9jwQcf/kEBHs/+oD0CROQFAF5+/7CmLYxDyVKG0JtNYN6j17lP22Sxuz8necqIIgcp6xrjpwNdZRVyOj2kZL8+zlc08KJQvi+MxucdhheR5s4Z9MjQV2dvD/0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=gwskUpuJ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="gwskUpuJ" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 65A4040AED DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1762554918; bh=1SMRxhNRshB8vecJq42CGMcQSf+tMG9pcOEmrtJR/2o=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=gwskUpuJ4a2g0JY5PiFttMjCeJQuS5S9UEPZocWG6S53nMlyt4gNfosYgLoQ6Jwhj dtsb6S+afpYrUIi0QfyDP5S6e0bDBizWxKwt/uIC0tV/2BUoFA5ZIOjasCC/wOB6C5 IvBnQSvlGwdiy84Vv7DtwNnU0ThlI1+rpNmvLMNs2Mlba7j5UvudGA8dWS/wNWoEhb QQZECfmiJHj8aTYEDJFrkXseci/C7M7RQmHvvaOKNnK8EDDOg1KshyEqtA+pwvZFub CJuACGdj/HuNVrTYEYhxm/X8rI6+e/rYpIzGlIZWWTn5T4qJ87Gv51ZI5YPYmAqjvD ATLFFKQC18bmQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:2da9::1fe]) (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 ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 65A4040AED; Fri, 7 Nov 2025 22:35:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: NeilBrown , Jeff Layton Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen , Latchesar Ionkov , Dominique Martinet , Christian Schoenebeck , David Sterba , David Howells , Marc Dionne , Alexander Viro , Christian Brauner , Jan Kara , "Tigran A. 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Silva" , "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs@lists.linux.dev, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, codalist@coda.cs.cmu.edu, ecryptfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, gfs2@lists.linux.dev, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, jfs-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org, ntfs3@lists.linux.dev, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-karma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, devel@lists.orangefs.org, linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Layton Subject: LLM disclosure (was: [PATCH v2] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation) In-Reply-To: <176255458305.634289.5577159882824096330@noble.neil.brown.name> References: <20251107-create-excl-v2-1-f678165d7f3f@kernel.org> <176255458305.634289.5577159882824096330@noble.neil.brown.name> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:35:17 -0700 Message-ID: <87ikfl1nfe.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain NeilBrown writes: > On Sat, 08 Nov 2025, Jeff Layton wrote: >> Full disclosure: I did use Claude code to generate the first >> approximation of this patch, but I had to fix a number of things that it >> missed. I probably could have given it better prompts. In any case, I'm >> not sure how to properly attribute this (or if I even need to). > > My understanding is that if you fully understand (and can defend) the > code change with all its motivations and implications as well as if you > had written it yourself, then you don't need to attribute whatever fancy > text editor or IDE (e.g. Claude) that you used to help produce the > patch. The proposed policy for such things is here, under review right now: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251105231514.3167738-1-dave.hansen@linux.intel.com/ jon