From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B63583A9DA9 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768946208; cv=none; b=UobbfbhCttftwUOtPcOaI3Nznlyu1Q8sz0P0+YQeMbY2lzotnhjmLAh0Ulr+RKZre8E3l1AAx9UQ8EoIh0j3TqITnUVPaEeRADGqpiIktg888xoznc+CHB6CHHNVAJ37ZyauzCdgF4q7fgxxjuTeETrexSu3aA0c9Hkb273qpa0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768946208; c=relaxed/simple; bh=FzMdzP56GstVKF3ZixDpDHYfJlLiP7DaiRtIzsPUWEo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=gFFRECVhkunc419eV28P24MsM3XEJQJWnLeTbTB7M5GFaAW6Y+KLf0ce3DZr0BpZeVrUymtE8X7ntuHQhxVOMCaRgSwxit/3jPxTZnodYH0lQ4z6VIEelZbjmS3oC+TCemsIM3yEWb0B9nyVQJNqmJxUWWEvBZm1DF9SLue/g14= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=ILXJTjV6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="ILXJTjV6" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net AFDFB40C27 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1768946205; bh=FzMdzP56GstVKF3ZixDpDHYfJlLiP7DaiRtIzsPUWEo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=ILXJTjV6WVHwCAaJbaVr5hmn9Ig2K/FElbm3cj3MR2ai1xd6MBPm1W2bEC4EEe/pL gLZSEajMQMvp0tAXbmrx+skTYKI+fYr/6PaHLbdh9maXaiLlGj5CG8x6WZRm8BSJ0T TpibuAa6Jxe1AiCeeiiMXgEBSdGK7yIRdo7WlfuP9l1NIM+xIlnVDwLLOSwEcLJ8ql ctsE09YIy2th0RPGQ83JFzh8lFtfJbmO4x8J8fp6CW0j2rEQzUXmlKXrJrXT9x7DOt 1i+YWZ0TgcKPqqTsXpC+qe7cS9J/7sCeMrS6q/uiyco6ATiD7tU2JxfFdxOOInClWB FW7Jobfyx2neg== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AFDFB40C27; Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:56:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Dave Hansen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Dave Hansen , Shuah Khan , Kees Cook , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Miguel Ojeda , Luis Chamberlain , SeongJae Park , Dan Williams , Steven Rostedt , "Paul E . McKenney" , Simon Glass , Lee Jones , Lorenzo Stoakes , NeilBrown , Theodore Ts'o , Sasha Levin , Vlastimil Babka , workflows@vger.kernel.org, ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v6] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content In-Reply-To: <20260119200418.89541-1-dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> References: <20260119200418.89541-1-dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:44 -0700 Message-ID: <87cy34hrs3.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Dave Hansen writes: > In the last few years, the capabilities of coding tools have exploded. > As those capabilities have expanded, contributors and maintainers have > more and more questions about how and when to apply those > capabilities. > > Add new Documentation to guide contributors on how to best use kernel > development tools, new and old. > > Note, though, there are fundamentally no new or unique rules in this > new document. It clarifies expectations that the kernel community has > had for many years. For example, researchers are already asked to > disclose the tools they use to find issues by > Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst. This new document > just reiterates existing best practices for development tooling. > > In short: Please show your work and make sure your contribution is > easy to review. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen OK, it seems this is ready, so I've just applied it, thanks. jon