Re: [PATCH] mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based NUMA memory tiering module

[Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>]

On 26 March 2026 12:50:40 GMT, "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org> wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 01:40:19PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 26/03/2026 13:29, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Answering to reviewers with whatever confirmation they look for is also
>> >> a warning sign of non-trustworthy behavior. Or rather behavior trying to
>> >> get trust.
>> >>
>> >> [1]
>> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/D47F8215-FD08-45ED-AB01-0A5C48CD41DD@objecting.org/
>> >>
>> >> [2]
>> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/2F84DD09-2880-45E0-AA98-204F10848F85@objecting.org/
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Krzysztof
>> >
>> > Yeah this is really adding up to somebody abusing the kernel process. I think
>> > 'Josh Law' or any other pseudonym that can be traced back to whoever's behind
>> > this should be banned from the mailing list altogether.
>> >
>> > Also, as per Christian ([3]), it seems this guy was using the pseudonym
>> > "techyguyperplexable".
>>
>> Yes, repos on that Github carry commits like:
>>
>> commit c04af501bacbef54cf97cdfb904ddf295f8327c1
>> Author:     techyguyperplexable <objecting@objecting.org>
>> AuthorDate: Sun Jan 11 04:21:53 2026 +0530
>> Commit:     techyguyperplexable <objecting@objecting.org>
>> CommitDate: Sun Jan 11 04:21:53 2026 +0530
>>
>>     ANDROID: sched/rt: reduce lock hold time in update_curr_rt
>>
>>     Move resched_curr and do_start_rt_bandwidth outside the spinlock
>>     critical section to reduce lock contention
>>
>>     Change-Id: I8dfb4e33460ae4eeb0bb854cc2cb084ab5edf7e4
>>     Signed-off-by: techyguyperplexable <objecting@objecting.org>
>>
>
>Thanks, it looks pretty clear cut then that 'Josh Law' is an openclaw bot.
>
>To think he was scheduled to be added as a reviewer for literally all of lib/
>recently (5) until various of us pushed back on it :/
>
>[5]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260308202425.C9EE4C116C6@smtp.kernel.org/
>
>Is it really that easy to game the system?...
>
>I hate the asymmetry of this - we have to jump on these every time and they can
>send WAY more mail than we can reasonably reply to.
>
>I think we need a clear 'yeeting' mechanism to block these people on everything
>once discovered.
>
>Sadly the kernel has been historically very poor on getting rid of problem
>people (The CoC is essentially a swear monitor at this stage).
>
>In the face of this new kind of threat we probably need to do a lot better.
>
>> >
>> > There's a github with the same name ([4]), and that same user made a comment on an
>> > openclaw issue relating to linking it to gemini ([5]).
>> >
>> > So it seems likely he/she is likely using openclaw to fully automate this 'Josh
>> > Law' user and we're speaking to a bot here.
>> >
>> > (Screenshots have been taken for the (possibly inevitable) deleting that will
>> > happen later.)
>> >
>> > [3]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260313-halskette-annahme-94e782eb4ae4@brauner/
>> > [4]:https://github.com/techyguyperplexable
>> > [5]:https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/44134#issuecomment-4106247302
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>
>Thanks, Lorenzo


Hello! Wow i came back to a lot.


I can promisw you now i am a human, hand on the bible, and i will improve! 


So i will add assisted by to any commit descriptions written by AI, or anything even touching AI, i understand your apprehension and i apoligize very deeply.


V/R


Josh Law