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a=lCpzRmAYbLLaTzLvsPZ7Mbvzbb8=:19 a=wKuvFiaSGQ0qltdbU6+NXLB8nM8=:19 a=Ol13hO9ccFRV9qXi2t6ftBPywas=:19 a=TBfmRqh3tgPmFEpE:21 a=xqWC_Br6kY4A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2OwXVqhp2XgA:10 a=GoEa3M9JfhUA:10 a=3nyJuhjyvBhbsV68f4UA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: tb4uXz-g66kCAIYrmJnW4cZukBbsRIb0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjUwODA2MDEzMCBTYWx0ZWRfX3GbaB3i6xojj ZzSyi97gUs+gBrAeWvQWFMwH3DNtBonqcDnndeALDwQcO5p2rO7rXuVAgvkFZQQAs9bDa/t7Yn9 9lgezfGbIoW3QkgORNI8qFj2ukHtz7m1u3pTuuIOgeJqNR4IltCiN6avZtO0EiV+ttnSOsM4yF6 zjGJPHx10xNH94/T6/MpiXIowtwY45VAs3UC11DLcS7iEatgNrXb/6z9e1LG9AjrFYuWSWAxSXx HR5e/oM/Ic4QUMGLisWHLXpDFnbklr9LdiDFfiCUJz5Co/C/EktzO/A2hwRXxhBsFwOSwCasNuI fV1gk3xkczDxkbcqSuKrt+pDO8U/YB77+sXCgDY5sl3+U9SVdSlIyLJNWkGOQ0iFQc3Z38XnzH0 eHhb709CXU6C0s4s8yeBh7gaPMerDJa29n95nEUm4p1aTB55GmK/YMFFA/+HTpy7UIT35V2s X-Proofpoint-GUID: tb4uXz-g66kCAIYrmJnW4cZukBbsRIb0 On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 04:02:02PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote: > > > > > > I don't think we should expect a bar for AI that is higher than the > > > one we set for humans. > > > > I'm not, rather I'm saying let's be aware of the kinds of issues we > > might encounter from LLMs and take them into account when > > establishing policy. > > Well, if we set a policy, it should be flexible enough to adapt as the > AI does and not be locked to what would prevent the AI mistakes I can > find today from happening. If we're going to codify this rigidly we > could arguably have a policy not to accept patches from humans who > might be (and often are) wrong as well. Sure, I think any policy should be broad and reasonable. Probably we want something simple and practical to begin with, e.g. categorising by: 1. Was most or all of this patch generated by an LLM? (>=90%) 2. Was a large part of this patch generated by an LLM? (>30%) 3. Was a small part of this patch generated by an LLM? (<30%) In addition to: - Was the commit message of this patch generated in large part by an LLM (excluding non-native speakers using an LLM to simply assist writing it in english)? All of which could have tags, and each entry in MAINTAINERS could have an opt-in entry indicating which will be acceptable. We could then explicitly indicate that we're fine with and no need to disclose uses that are simple day-to-day use of LLM tools such as: - Simple, supervised use of LLM-based 'smart' autocomplete features. - Research being assisted by an LLM. - Any use of an LLM for non-upstreamed code used in development of the series. etc. Then we can leave the decision as to what's acceptable to individual maintainers. > > I think we should stick to indicators of trustworthiness that AI is > already generating at let that guide maintainer taste without > necessarily having something more detailed. Well, it's an interesting data point but I'm not sure asking the LLM to rate its own trustworthiness is a reliable measure, and at any rate I think we need to keep things simple to begin with. > > Regards, > > James > A really key thing to consider here too is maintainer resource. We're already strained on this with human submissions, so perhaps we want to make very clear in AI policy document that this is emphatically not an invitation for pointing automated tools at the kernel and generating tonnes of patches, and trying to do so might result in your patches being ignored. Cheers, Lorenzo