linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] agents: add core development references

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Message-ID: <202507271937.EC44B39@keescook>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:39:06 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	josh@...htriplett.org, konstantin@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] agents: add core development references

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 03:58:00PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/agents/core.rst  | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/agents/index.rst |  3 ++-
>  Documentation/agents/main.rst  |  5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/agents/core.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/agents/core.rst b/Documentation/agents/core.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..da171dde1f9d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/agents/core.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +========================================
> +Core Linux Kernel Development References
> +========================================
> +
> +Essential documentation for Linux kernel development:
> +
> +How to do Linux kernel development
> +----------------------------------
> +
> +The comprehensive guide for becoming a Linux kernel developer and learning to work with the kernel development community.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/howto.rst <process_howto>`
> +
> +Submitting patches
> +------------------
> +
> +The essential guide to getting your code into the kernel, covering everything from patch formatting to the submission process.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
> +
> +Submission checklist
> +--------------------
> +
> +A checklist of items to review before submitting code to ensure patches are accepted more quickly.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst <submitchecklist>`

If an Agent needs the above list, then so does a human. Everything above
should already be discoverable by the Agent. If it's not, then we need a
better summary document _for humans_ that reads like the above.

-- 
Kees Cook