Re: AI slop (was Re: [PATCH] mm/huge_memory: let special huge VMAs bypass the THP) policy check

[John Hubbard]

On 8/6/26 9:50 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 01:45:17PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 04:47:07PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>>> Just to be clear: Unchecked AI slop in any form is making my life
>>> worse every day.
>>
>> I think eveyone's life who contributes reguarly to the kernel.. The
>> only ones who seem to benifit are people doing drive by patches!
> 
> And they shouldn't - we should make sure that nobody doing this can
> benefit.
...
>> Yet responsible use of AI seems genuinely helpful and quality improving :\
> 
> Yes and I use it daily. It's really helpful when kept on a short leash...

haha so true. A *very* short leash! :)

> 
> We're going to have to move to a trust model eventually IMO where random
> new people just don't get to apply anything until they build trust with
> smaller changes (and with measures for established people who start
> sloppping).

That sounds like a good move! It really is all about who sends these patches,
and what their stance is toward creating patches.

And furthermore, that's not even a change in policy! Because traditionally,
that's how people started anyway: with small patches and patience. It's
only with AI that they've been able to skip that step, to everyone's
detriment.

There are some patchsets in my inbox that I instinctively just skipped,
because they were huge new patchsets from new AIs (not people, really),
only to watch in dismay as they burned up other people's time in
review attempts.

thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard