Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add agent coding assistant configuration to Linux kernel

Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-07-30T15:34:46Z

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:27:53AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:52:47 +0100
> Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:35:02PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > So to me:
> > > >
> > > > - We should establish an official kernel AI policy document.
> > >
> > > Steven Rostedt is working on this right now, hopefully he has something
> > > "soon".
> >
> > Great! Thanks for looking at that Steve.
> >
> > I think a key element here has to be maintainer opt-in.
> >
>
> I had started looking into what to write, as in the TAB meeting we were
> going to pass a document around before we posted it to the mailing list,
> but then I was made aware of this thread:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250724175439.76962-1-linux@treblig.org/
>
> Which looked like someone else (now Cc'd on this thread) took it public,
> and I wanted to see where that ended. I didn't want to start another
> discussion when there's already two in progress.

OK, but having a document like this is not in my view optional - we must
have a clear, stated policy and one which ideally makes plain that it's
opt-in and maintainers may choose not to take these patches.

I'm not at all a fan of having a small entry hidden away in the submitting
patches doc, this is a really major issue that needs special consideration
and whose scope may change over time, so a dedicated document seems more
appropriate.

Thanks, Lorenzo