On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 10:32:48AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > We've had this requirement in place in the Documentation for several > months, but it's becoming clear that the signal to noise ratio from this > is quite low. > > 1/ It's not universally followed. While many people do try to attribute > the LLMs in good faith, not everyone does for various reasons. > > 2/ It basically serves as free advertising for proprietary LLM companies. > > 3/ It's not clear why we want to collect this info in the first place. > > Given that the data this provides is flawed at best and is being > collected for a purpose that isn't clear, let's just kill the > requirement for these tags from the kernel at large. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> > --- > Christian had proposed watering down the LLM attribution, but I think > it's not productive to try and track this until we have a clearer sense > of what we want to do with this information and how to make it more > reliable. > --- > Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 22 ---------------------- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ----------
You're missing scripts/checkpatch.pl. > 2 files changed, 32 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > index 899f4459c52d..c4cc0917fc92 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > @@ -35,25 +35,3 @@ is responsible for: > * Ensuring compliance with licensing requirements > * Adding their own Signed-off-by tag to certify the DCO > * Taking full responsibility for the contribution > - > -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] > - > -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) > - > -Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed. > - > -Example:: > - > - Assisted-by: Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse Documentation/process/generated-content.rst still clearly requests contributors to disclose usage of code-generation tools. Even if we drop the Assisted-by tag, I think it is useful to mention the requirement here (probably including a link to generated-content.rst). > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > index cc6a1f73d7f2..b74c38aa9770 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -634,16 +634,6 @@ bugzilla.kernel.org is a public place in this sense, but > email addresses > used there are private; so do not expose them in tags, unless the person > used them in earlier contributions. > > -Using Assisted-by: > ------------------- > - > -If you used any sort of advanced coding tool in the creation of your patch, > -you need to acknowledge that use by adding an Assisted-by tag. Failure to > -do so may impede the acceptance of your work. Please see > -Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst for details regarding the > -acknowledgment of coding assistants. > - > - > .. _the_canonical_patch_format: > > The canonical patch format > > --- > base-commit: 665159e246749578d4e4bfe106ee3b74edcdab18 > change-id: 20260702-aidoc-7e18f221d63a -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
