linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] README: restructure with role-based documentation and guidelines

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Message-ID: <bee3cea19d9fc1c97b1816f516fdd5283cebc1e1.camel@perches.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:44:58 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: corbet@....net, josh@...htriplett.org, kees@...nel.org, 
	konstantin@...uxfoundation.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] README: restructure with role-based
 documentation and guidelines

On Sat, 2025-08-09 at 19:40 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Reorganize README to provide targeted documentation paths for different
> user roles including developers, researchers, security experts,
> maintainers, and AI coding assistants. Add quick start section and
> essential docs links.
> 
> Include proper attribution requirements for AI-assisted contributions
> using Assisted-by tags with agent details and tools used.

Nicely done.

Perhaps the 'Assisted-by:' tag should not be limited to AI
assistance but could also be used when accepted notes were
given on any revised patch submission.

Oh, and maybe a checkpatch update like this?
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e722dd6fa8ef3..d17661141da79 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
 	Reviewed-by:|
 	Reported-by:|
 	Suggested-by:|
+	Assisted-by:|
 	To:|
 	Cc:
 )};