linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v3] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

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Message-ID: <b76a8b47-b226-420c-be23-b187ff272783@lucifer.local>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 10:14:57 +0000
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...mail.net>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        workflows@...r.kernel.org, ksummit@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v3] Documentation: Provide guidelines for
 tool-generated content

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 04:20:04PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/7/26 13:15, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Thinking LLMs are 'just another tool' is to say effectively that the kernel
> > is immune from this. Which seems to me a silly position.
>
> I had a good chat with Lorenzo on IRC. I had it in my head that he
> wanted a really different document than the one I posted. After talking,
> it sounds like he had some much more modest changes in mind. I caught
> him at the end of his day, but I think he's planning to send out a small
> diff on top of what I posted so I can get a better idea of what he wants
> to see tweaked.

Ack thanks Dave, FWIW if that'd be useful I can do that just to really clarify
what I mean here rather than hand wave.

Will take a look at doing that a little later.

Cheers, Lorenzo