Re: [MAINTAINERS / KERNEL SUMMIT] AI patch review tools

[Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>]

On 10/8/25 1:57 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 10/8/25 10:04 AM, Chris Mason wrote:
>> 2) A code indexing tool with MCP server that Claude can use to find
>> functions, types, and call chains more effectively.  This makes it more
>> likely Claude can trace complex relationships in the code:
> 
> Different kernel developers may prefer different AI systems. As an
> example, my employer expects me to use Gemini and I have seen it
> producing interesting code reviews. So I would prefer that any AI
> code review prompts that are developed for kernel developers support at
> least the most widely used AI systems.

The prompts aren't specific to any AI, but so far I've only tested with
claude.  I'd gladly take patches that enable other tools, but if you
read through things, you can see it's really just a basic framework
around gathering context about the kernel code.

Claude really needs aggressive use of checklists to get it to stay
focused, other AIs may need other tricks.

-chris