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 62C003502B5; Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:32:16 +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=1766442737; cv=none; b=itKtgduwa9OgH9spWITvoypRMZ6xWRmjxyWy04zxfHrwCex5O6bFcueE3zxN86EDYvO0icVUivx8OEsNQVW5FRrc355qmFdhJ3Dpg+6GeqJjMQkKj9fF0OO3mjKwobJRF/aJ+6LYMyTtxajO8NSHQ1+k2iWiVj239UoQ03YawPI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1766442737; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rnl6LPlXJY1hSehZCBoBPhchRuPj+aMWLccmQUfggdQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ajrpNCnynwPuncN4gTP5cJD5jk9scrXoq3ve4F5bEk92uOn+y0Wwl6Qv0K+WaSEZkUIdXfsS/JDCi6SoDOcWFc28CZOxlQalXBJA/X+kzM8TLu5S6ip0EsHcRZOz8gF//hvFnGZamiRHyWYvPO75Z4Qx6nDWOT7hSE5ssCMZNcE= 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=fqY6Ars8; 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="fqY6Ars8" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net A3FBD4040B DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1766442735; bh=Cuba3d6JCayuvJyvcU3QU1YphvfA7YFawtTJESfHhug=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=fqY6Ars8UEkq6lMNXMQxLBldilSyxvAYoPPViPuuMB9fO8JZzbOX7YBKOpkCdulAR jZBr0jv2FIQiMvkTl3V/ymLaWmtl+nzj/jnjIf1gXeXFhG+qEDALdy9PBjMsRq9Be6 IjcwNxCpM20eDXnk0MnvxGKXPI3jG0zQJrR1WfHSm3srDLsejOYd/gJPHPOLL0S8Ua Gk0/DpSR+CIHUn/Zb/qKmyUuENI7kFpGyRgjT97cltr5HNPAzCWHbOsGJyKLgRKnb/ /PoQutmzXe92oSLRKdOV1EAdfAhy7iNzYw3xswvcCPIX/tlJ8DKAlTtHRnLo8FwpN6 kDKoWy4jf5STg== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3FBD4040B; Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:32:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Greg KH , Willy Tarreau Cc: Security Officers , kees@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: insist on the plain-text requirement for security reports In-Reply-To: <2025120112-sublet-parasitic-18da@gregkh> References: <20251129141741.19046-1-w@1wt.eu> <2025120112-sublet-parasitic-18da@gregkh> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:32:14 -0700 Message-ID: <874ipiywpd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Greg KH writes: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 03:17:41PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: >> As the trend of AI-generated reports is growing, the trend of unreadable >> reports in gimmicky formats is following, and we cannot request that >> developers rely on online viewers to be able to read a security report >> full for formatting tags. Let's just insist on the plain text requirement >> a bit more. >> >> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau >> --- >> Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst | 6 +++++- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Looks good to me! Given the number of non-plain-text emails with binary > attachments we still get there, it's obvious not many people seem to > read this file, but it can't hurt! :) > > I'll queue this up if Jon doesn't, after -rc1 is out. If he wants to > take it, here's my: > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman I grabbed it, thanks. jon