linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:56:29 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Laurent Pinchart
	<laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
CC: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Dave Hansen
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated
 content

> I think we should treat any AI generated patches similarly: people
> should mention the tool it was done with, and the script (ok, the
> "scripts" are called "prompts", because AI is so "special") used.

AI is also special in that it is effectively non-deterministic. You probably won't get
the same output from the same prompt.

Maybe still helpful to include the prompt, but it has less utility that a
sed or coccinelle script.

-Tony