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

["Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>]

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