Hi David, Thanks for your patch!
On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 at 11:53, David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]> wrote: > --- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst > @@ -40,20 +40,37 @@ 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:: > +helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process. Further, > +for reviewers and maintainers it is also crucially important to know how > +AI tools were used. > > - Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2] > +Contributions that used AI to generate significant portions of code, > +comments, or patch descriptions must include an Assisted-by tag in the > +following format:: > > -Where (preferred): > + Assisted-by: LLM # brief description of usage > + > +Or alternatively:: > + > + Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION # brief description of usage > + > +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) > + > +If other tools were used, they should be specified through a dedicated > +Assisted-by tag in the following format:: > + > + Assisted-by: [TOOL1] [TOOL2] > + > +Where ``[TOOL1] [TOOL2]`` are specialized analysis tools used > +(e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy) Unlike LLMs above, all of these are deterministic... > > Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed. ... just like these. So why treat them different? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
