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.
I enclose the suggested incremental change below. Cheers, Lorenzo ----8<---- >From ccefc4da6b929914c754c2f898b0eb17d7fb3ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:55:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] suggestion Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]> --- Documentation/process/generated-content.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst index 917d6e93c66d..1423ed9d971d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/generated-content.rst @@ -95,3 +95,11 @@ choose how they handle the contribution. For example, they might: - Ask the submitter to explain in more detail about the contribution so that the maintainer can feel comfortable that the submitter fully understands how the code works. + +If tools permit you to generate series entirely automatically, expect +additional scrutiny. + +As with the output of any tooling, maintainers will not tolerate 'slop' - +you are expected to understand and to be able to defend everything you +submit. If you are unable to do so, maintainers may choose to reject your +series outright. -- 2.52.0
