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

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 14:54:26 EST


Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is a companion patch to the one to change the format in
> Documentation/. See:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/workflows/87qzkuahlr.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied... we don't have a Sure-whatever-by tag, so I didn't add
Joe's...

Thanks,

jon