kernel/git/stable/linux.git/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst, branch master

Merge tag 'docs-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux

2026-08-20T17:31:50+00:00

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It has been a not-too-busy cycle for docs; here's the highlights: - A (hopefully) consensus change to our LLM-attribution requirements, removing the specific model name from the Assisted-by tag - A couple of new realtime documents - Various docs-build-system fixes - Ongoing work with the Chinese, Portuguese, and Japanese translations ...and lots of typo fixes, grammar tweaks, etc" * tag 'docs-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux: (85 commits) Doc: admin-guide: pm: Remove unnecessary backticks and fix a spell Documentation: Extend the real-time hardware bits with some firmware bits docs: pt_BR: Reorganize process/index.rst to follow english structure docs: conf.py: fix the 'utf-8' typo doc tools: fix 'path' typos Documentation: real-time: Add kernel configuration guide docs: python: abi_regex: convert adjacent index placeholders docs: python: abi_regex: catch the right exception for a bad regex docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: include localversion in kernel version string Documentation: html: adjust sidebar section titles styling Documentation: html: show sections in the sidebar checkpatch.pl: adapt to new Assisted-by: format MAINTAINERS: update Traditional Chinese documentation maintainers docs: pt_BR: process: Translate CVE documentation docs: pt_BR: translate the management-style.rst to Brazilian Portuguese docs: xforms_lists: support DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IRQ() coding-assistants: simplify attribution docs: translations: pt_BR: translate email-clients.rst docs: pt_BR: process: Translate the security-bugs.rst doc:it_IT: align doc-guide translation ...

docs: coding-assistant: explain important steps when looking for bugs

2026-08-04T14:24:50+00:00

Due to the increasing capabilities of available AI models, it's becoming common to see them used to find bugs anywhere. Unfortunately the quality of reports (especially when they're believed to be security relevant) is still lacking a lot. Let's add a section dedicated to bug finding, explaining the few mandatory steps (noting commit ID, writing the fix from the session that found the bug, building and testing, etc). This was tested both against Qwen3.6-27B-Architect-Polaris2-Fable-B-F451 running under Hermes, and Opus-5, and both followed the instructions to the letter, verifying their results and checking threat-model.rst to decline the vulnerability aspect. At least in the current form it's expected to improve the situation a little bit. Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802203540.3453-5-w@1wt.eu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

coding-assistants: simplify attribution

2026-08-03T18:57:13+00:00

The requirement to identify specific models used in the Assisted-by tag provides free advertising to proprietary software companies while adding little or no useful information. Change the requirement to simply: Assisted-by: LLM to capture the fact that an LLM was used without tracking which one. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) Message-ID: <20260701-work-coding-assistants-v1-1-a20a94d1d606@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

docs: link AI coding assistants and tool-generated content pages

2026-07-22T20:36:03+00:00

Both of these guidelines are complimentary to one another - one specifying guidelines on AI coding assistants, and the other specifying those for tool-generated content. Since they are complimentary to one another, provide a link to each in the other. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: SJ Park Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260702164901.121128-1-ljs@kernel.org>

docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation

2026-01-06T21:55:06+00:00

Add guidance for AI assistants and developers using AI tools for kernel contributions, per the consensus reached at the 2025 Maintainers Summit. Create Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst with detailed guidance on licensing, Signed-off-by requirements, and attribution format. The README points AI tools to this documentation. This will allow coding assistants to easily parse these instructions and comply with guidelines set by the community. Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/1049830/ Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251223122110.2496946-1-sashal@kernel.org>