From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (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 355A5211A14; Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785844184; cv=none; b=Yh0UN1NF6/68BcsN/KBx3fludIGYEBmtkmZIGzsoe+e4rkVVJe/yaqx6RB+eKWeLJqu7k8ikn7gSVHFwsRJh+qZo1IUPszTLeGYY7JGizOhlXTPMVJCUmzhwPF0zENfuOuH2wsjFdBOA66V7sbHM1CyM5VdAMDn8p3R+AvsRnrU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785844184; c=relaxed/simple; bh=S+SVcoNnMHR2XRZnn0KcYkKbIRf+OvVulnpBLWnYKSQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=U5akJwJo73yLEw/2VruoIp06qTA6LiisQDxKeqGrtWnyt95iyaqF1DyDKnO1COZ0sXfQrEYXWtNKrzZ0ousFq8Q9cTGnmLF1odOl6rQNsAuk5ijHW10O3JoSu9sZ2ujYLoUbAN504CQw/sRcmlYzD6FPnvPQMFtL8iWKfgOHjWs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=jyBygSLd; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="jyBygSLd" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70FBB1F000E9; Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:49:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785844182; bh=DiYfTq9eyPOKZXhsLWl6mUtAMuwyP7fS48qDMnzuV4g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=jyBygSLdciyDsGuhfq3cwHKEwctJ93zaLnWew3TbgYkrtJiQqflpCT7XOLDvjV6ad ihfu+wTdmezM3FI4f0grHnc7aPcoguVMicYykgcMg0WvvR/Ve6LOgt7M8GXPJ+uyo3 fLdiLBtYagbfU5ZaySuxo56wKC3q5vY+rY8SAtkAk+TFNFYG5Pl9BL1NOyWNDeuzFa LM+c8FYaAWzUq7mE/GhDBkdHynKcDO0U8X+CzKJ6W/ZJvoFXYLz6JK6i1hMMngPfX4 gfg3RJdv40wof5RqflXyCJgY9kza6tnFagOQGAEzNRAKL0UgMYmLgOpdKeGZ3pWC9S v3y5s2YsAafbA== Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 12:49:25 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Jori Koolstra Cc: Konstantin Ryabitsev , Jonathan Corbet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christian Brauner , Jeff Layton , Sasha Levin , tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org, Jakub Kicinski , workflows@vger.kernel.org, "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution Message-ID: References: <87qzkuahlr.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <20260722-accurate-defiant-puma-a7e23b@meerkat> <1135422962.153066.1785841763574@kpc.webmail.kpnmail.nl> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1135422962.153066.1785841763574@kpc.webmail.kpnmail.nl> On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 01:09:23PM +0200, Jori Koolstra wrote: > > > Op 04-08-2026 10:10 CEST schreef Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) : > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 04:48:03PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 02:34:40PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > > - Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse > > > > + Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle sparse > > > > > > I've been playing with this a bit, and it's pretty easy to teach the agent to > > > add a few tag-like notes as to how exactly it was used, e.g.: > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git/commit/?id=018b87444d32eb2ffee7cb25f0785e54aa35f7bf > > > > > > This has: > > > > > > | Assisted-by: LLM [design, codegen, tests] > > > > > > It tells us a bit more about *how* the LLM was used, without introducing the > > > advertisement or pinning exact models. > > > > > > This format should allow for multiple tool usage: > > > > > > | Assisted-by: LLM [triage, tests], coccinelle > > > > > > I don't suggest this is included in this version, but it *is* fairly > > > straightforward to add to AGENTS.md and tells reviewers just how exactly the > > > LLM was used. > > > > I think perhaps this should be a follow-up (this stuff is so fraught that I am > > super-glad to see Christian's suggestion fly through and want to take gains > > iteratively on this :), but completely agree. > > > > David suggested something like: > > > > Assisted-by: LLM # < what it actually did in the patch > > > > > We should have some format to explain what the assistant was used for, > but not sure if a single line after the tag is going to cut it. I agree > it is the most simple, but I have personally used an LLM for a patch where > the explanation of what exactly it was put to do would have been very > hard to fit in a format like this without significant loss of information. > > So, maybe below the ---? I guess that most maintainers don't want this kind > of explanation to be part of the commit message (or maybe they do?) I think best to keep discussion of this to the follow up patch to avoid the usual combinatorial thread explosion on this topic :) > > Best, > Jori. -- Cheers, Lorenzo