From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 420B41482E7; Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1753678961; cv=none; b=NVluwOUytseGOu1UPgKsRsV7c7NkaBNOHT2qXUpcAqHO1qMlmeHOFTODZFObbeyHXvwyYWgQH5wZrLjn3TYrsPXtkHU9Nf2f5yvluYJKLR++3n01uSiX5d7yikm6cWaDfy/q3MeszZq6Uhvruwpqnh96hnA5r/SZ2q6B6FQf96k= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1753678961; c=relaxed/simple; bh=L9PzLfyCXvKlm2QI40VeVwFfnjlEJsJwTN+gdfR8XJM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Evk1ygQxd0BpADe4r3yLQRqBQWaMCuSRn8raBSUjhPFEuD8juQbALUrfDIW/hEpjt2BG2r8kqWJ6c+JHJUvXrK37VHrSzYE3LhBRtqLcyPbxMMhXabnx/abKae0Y9XlVn3WZ78SyoLTzUQ2UkWslcGRVTzD83K+m8Gr8XLWYEHs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=UlXSQHhy; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="UlXSQHhy" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AE7DBC4CEE7; Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:02:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1753678959; bh=L9PzLfyCXvKlm2QI40VeVwFfnjlEJsJwTN+gdfR8XJM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=UlXSQHhylEKWK7GxDue/UFWDCSnwJLSqqVcrhThgscHRbiSOZPKAnf8dN4qIAvdzD Rk4+0huwAklS1gE5p+j1uIvYn7h3PpII3qW3p5xBV49XyDBG72jSryJQjmYTfuHMuK ndm8XYAJ4oF3rLaczXzRcjCg2kPWjyRhMNuys4acMXXjyDPCtjGGPAJ5AkJlsVY0Jz U1n37vCdwR2fFi8trN5m2AxqXOUuLwmASJ9hhFQjDT3EtemBYmKFz5Y4I390MwYZ7K hPa5SvQYSB3IqlkF6N1CUBHV3y8/LWYbLqqkoPryIIeiuASFKBs35Ab7DcBJgs/QHN bwyl97W0rc5KQ== Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:02:39 -0700 From: Kees Cook To: Sasha Levin Cc: Greg KH , corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, josh@joshtriplett.org, konstantin@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] agents: add core development references Message-ID: <202507272201.56FF81C25@keescook> References: <20250727195802.2222764-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20250727195802.2222764-3-sashal@kernel.org> <2025072825-gotten-cupbearer-449a@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:52:21AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > An an example, look at the wiki page for LF's kernel mentorship > program[1]. The first step it lists is: > > Complete the project prerequisite tasks assigned to you when you apply for the project: > Step 1: You should have completed the A Beginner’s Guide to > Linux Kernel Development e-course during the planning phase. > Upload the certificate of completion. > > Where the course is basically going over all the processes and rules > around kernel development ("This course is intended for developers who > need to know about the Linux kernel development process and the explicit > and implicit “rules of the road”."). > > This patchset is effectively the equivalent of the course for agents :) But this just reinforces my point: if we need this for humans, write it for humans, and the agents can follow it. -- Kees Cook