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 AD8512DFA4A; Fri, 3 Jul 2026 08:18:58 +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=1783066739; cv=none; b=gFI1t/X7frXUqTpB5BC8jBGY0ZH53mu4CCtxSrVYT1UHykf3pzn8FJFjJcIhM/C5fB+6gaX3OHwMe3kIf9kBSnJjf2mL8kgrYrHUr08C943MVFD8GqrDy47ycclgnBMe3LnBIXyY9sLRw08yy0Ksi6mmrZdRU9Fz1yakJR++hK8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783066739; c=relaxed/simple; bh=7xiCS+LW/hpUxAtoORyHdSsXhPaej2VMVnF4af3E7zw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=fHCRrusME3EWCAl+P5EclqaHeMXLMz37BqOZgRwOfcmbtqWzbnkDPZOJC4SAjJbfcUY24iXhXrFScMg7eObUoeW5y5+SqerkQ+CwHH2eTq/yfAYaqnvVAr2inEQC2E61RDO3blgyNJqg+pZc+OY4cHp7WLNuTOLA4bJqD8+v7bo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=fxrGGfNm; 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="fxrGGfNm" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AE4881F000E9; Fri, 3 Jul 2026 08:18:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1783066738; bh=mxu4stcCENodA3+tKKQflfouRvjUw7ufWxrAbD2T02M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=fxrGGfNme8F5iyNhEvWIFJ3Iv1sPdlQzCHHKSTMyxLE1V3yCs/6uP+ZdLnycl50Oe NMsmKsTmR8zwEdZCT15UF3wJmwVuKKYj8kLmBNvQ3DQaNI4XU2n8ITHLemoprY77AO PWqENCPgcPsZcx/CBr5fF59WFdOzvU5WAM40YxBlyZZh5l2aVXcAUrBmiiHTHDbuFK ArFL5ZT4AWQDzCQGpK+egl9AJ0aaO6SI7QhGKTfvrE2R4Dj4Zf4hjNV0qJzOirePbb W3L80ediaU0K1AVRpep5gnCXig4Kop5QRdXgG01V4ZWT9eDQCsS3Ydlpr9Gds/l87y KI3uen+03j+Tg== Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 09:18:46 +0100 From: Lorenzo Stoakes To: Laurent Pinchart Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Linus Torvalds , Justin Stitt , Carlos Maiolino , Jakub Kicinski , Jori Koolstra , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Brian Foster , Christoph Hellwig , David Disseldorp , Mark Brown , Jani Nikula , Jens Axboe , David Hildenbrand , Vlastimil Babka , Christian Brauner , Jeff Layton , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: link AI coding assistants and tool-generated content pages Message-ID: References: <20260702164901.121128-1-ljs@kernel.org> <20260702182632.GK3534761@killaraus.ideasonboard.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@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: <20260702182632.GK3534761@killaraus.ideasonboard.com> On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 09:26:32PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > 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 > > --- > > 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 ? I don't think so AFAIK. I think people generally are aware of the Assisted-by as a thing, but perhaps less so of the generated content guidelines, so hopefully this helps that a little! > > Maybe a stronger statement would help here: > > "Furthermore, AI tools must follow the guidelines for generated content > documented in Documentation/process/generated-content.rst." I mean I would like that actually, _but_, I wanted to keep this as neutral as possible for the time being so we can first establish the links without controversy ;) Then we can perhaps separately think about making the language a little more insistent :) > > > 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 Cheers, Lorenzo