Re: [PATCH] docs: link AI coding assistants and tool-generated content pages

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 05:49:01PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Both of these guidelines are complimentary to one another - one specifying
> guidelines on AI coding assistants, and the other specifying those for
> tool-generated content.
> 
> Since they are complimentary to one another, provide a link to each in the
> other.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 4 ++++
>  Documentation/process/generated-content.rst | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
> index 899f4459c52d..6125ee4914c5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
> @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ kernel development process:
>  * Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>  * Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> 
> +For guidelines on content generated by AI coding assistants see:
> +
> +* Documentation/process/generated-content.rst
> +

It could be worth it checking if this increases the likelyhood that an
agent would include a disclosure statement in patches. I would have
assumed that the "Attribution" section in this file to be enough. Has
anyone ever tried to understand why it doesn't work and if it can be
improved ?

Maybe a stronger statement would help here:

"Furthermore, AI tools must follow the guidelines for generated content
documented in Documentation/process/generated-content.rst."

>  Licensing and Legal Requirements
>  ================================
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst
> index 08621e50a462..aad2caad9f8b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst
> @@ -107,3 +107,10 @@ the resulting changes.
> 
>  If you do so anyway, maintainers are entitled to reject your series
>  without detailed review.
> +
> +References
> +==========
> +
> +For specific guidelines on AI coding assistants, see:
> +
> +* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart