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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7/22/26 22:34, Jonathan Corbet via groups.linuxfoundation.org wrote: > As suggested by Christian, I have applied his patch to a branch and > simplified the changelog, see below. > > I'm nervous about applying it still because I don't think it's my role > to set this sort of policy; I really want to feel that there is a > consensus behind it. So there's some additional CCs here because I > would like to hear from some folks: > > - This policy document originally came out of the TAB; is the TAB (on > CC) OK with this change? > > - At least one maintainer (on CC) have said that they currently strip > Assisted-by tags out of patches before applying them, a practice that > would seem to undermine the whole policy. Would this change be > sufficient to end that practice? > > Thanks, > > jon > > From c31aa376a355e3b84b9e87ae1dbe19b394d4c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Christian Brauner > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:54:48 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution > > The requirement to identify specific models used in the Assisted-by tag > provides free advertising to proprietary software companies while adding > little or no useful information. Change the requirement to simply: > > Assisted-by: LLM > > to capture the fact that an LLM was used without tracking which one. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) > Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton > Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra > Message-ID: <20260701-work-coding-assistants-v1-1-a20a94d1d606@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet > --- > Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 8 ++------ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > index 899f4459c52d..fe34f3e7e828 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > @@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ When AI tools contribute to kernel development, proper attribution > helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process. > Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the following format:: > > - Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2] > + Assisted-by: LLM [TOOL1] [TOOL2] > > -Where: > - > -* ``AGENT_NAME`` is the name of the AI tool or framework > -* ``MODEL_VERSION`` is the specific model version used > * ``[TOOL1] [TOOL2]`` are optional specialized analysis tools used > (e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy) > > @@ -56,4 +52,4 @@ Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed. > > Example:: > > - Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse > + Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle sparse LGTM Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) -- Cheers, David