Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: adapt to new Assisted-by: format

[Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 09:23 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 12:13 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > There is a new format for the 'Assisted-by:' tag. Change checkpatch.pl
> > to just check that it has a value rather than testing for a specific
> > format.
> > 
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> 
> Did an LLM really help produce this?  Why?
> 

Why not? It was simple to have it do it, and my perl skills are a bit
rusty. I don't love typing, fwiw...

> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[jlayton@kernel.org](mailto:jlayton@kernel.org)>
> > ---
> > This is a companion patch to the one to change the format in
> > Documentation/. See:
> > 
> >     [https://lore.kernel.org/workflows/87qzkuahlr.fsf@trenco.lwn.net/](https://lore.kernel.org/workflows/87qzkuahlr.fsf@trenco.lwn.net/)
> []
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -3124,11 +3124,12 @@ sub process {
> >  				}
> >  			}
> >  
> > -			# Assisted-by uses AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION format, not email
> > +			# Assisted-by uses a free-form value (e.g. "LLM"), not an
> > +			# email address, so skip the email format checks below.
> >  			if ($sign_off =~ /^Assisted-by:/i) {And
> > -				if ($email !~ /^\S+:\S+/) {
> > +				if ($email =~ /^\s*$/) {
> >  					WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
> > -					     "Assisted-by expects 'AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]' format\n" . $herecurr);
> > +					     "Assisted-by requires a value\n" . $herecurr);
> >  				}
> >  				next;
> >  			}
> > 
> []
> > Best regards,
> 
> Sure, whatever.
> 
> cheers

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>