LLM disclosure (was: [PATCH v2] vfs: remove the excl argument from the ->create() inode_operation)
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Nov 07 2025 - 17:35:25 EST
NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sat, 08 Nov 2025, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> Full disclosure: I did use Claude code to generate the first
>> approximation of this patch, but I had to fix a number of things that it
>> missed. I probably could have given it better prompts. In any case, I'm
>> not sure how to properly attribute this (or if I even need to).
>
> My understanding is that if you fully understand (and can defend) the
> code change with all its motivations and implications as well as if you
> had written it yourself, then you don't need to attribute whatever fancy
> text editor or IDE (e.g. Claude) that you used to help produce the
> patch.
The proposed policy for such things is here, under review right now:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251105231514.3167738-1-dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
jon