Re: [PATCH v2] docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation
From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 12:32:49 EST
On 12/23/25 4:21 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
+Attribution
+===========
+
+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]
This patch requires the use of a new tag but does not add support in
checkpatch for the new tag. Checkpatch complains about this tag. An
example is available below. Does anyone plan to add support in
checkpatch for this new tag?
Thanks,
Bart.
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$ git format-patch -1 457965c13f0837a289c9164b842d0860133f6274
0001-tracing-Add-NULL-pointer-check-to-trigger_data_free.patch
$ scripts/checkpatch.pl 0001-tracing-Add-NULL-pointer-check-to-trigger_data_free.patch
WARNING: Non-standard signature: Assisted-by:
#23:
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
ERROR: Unrecognized email address: 'Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro'
#23:
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
total: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 9 lines checked
NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
0001-tracing-Add-NULL-pointer-check-to-trigger_data_free.patch has style problems, please review.
NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
bvanassche@bvanassche:~/software/linux-kernel$ git log Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
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