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

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:05:44 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	"workflows@...r.kernel.org" <workflows@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"ksummit@...ts.linux.dev" <ksummit@...ts.linux.dev>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, 
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 10:39, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The novelty here is that AI does not only transform the code, it can
> generate it from scratch en masse.

And why would that make any difference to the basic rules for us?

  "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

It's a change in degree, not in any fundamentals.

                Linus