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 5FB051E47C5; Mon, 1 Dec 2025 06:38:20 +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=1764571100; cv=none; b=HBPFuqHGB/s7ITxbwKCgvS7qySwYXfQ3O3EsdCEpGSb+V08J8pARcqM2sVVMkVcylgo92FtXAI52EEDVzDkdeofRwXqdUSQMuTpLY/LP2iql/ExIij+KYTaz62xDiWEDOKFCOsOYoLKLnFkRZwpsL76Kr39uAawYiStL7WZw8Hc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1764571100; c=relaxed/simple; bh=tc21357+IqlJiB1Y0fjXyP3jGW8IhiDMMCrs/Xc6yBw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Ycw4b+TeWZz7kBQhSGqMpgaGwDoFGfm7vMc/fNeUbplElvQV8HYNvNpSDK60DojqI/MhFpl4tNDFiRtSYJb6YGv/91h4U+jx5CwXZJy23aVgwAInRc6SZcv2NtonOReOBVOdW+8uhOQnmC50WjdV+v+WjloDE7yBFy4LnhXBgsE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=uNqA3Qbh; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="uNqA3Qbh" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B023AC4CEF1; Mon, 1 Dec 2025 06:38:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1764571100; bh=tc21357+IqlJiB1Y0fjXyP3jGW8IhiDMMCrs/Xc6yBw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=uNqA3Qbhub+NOvdCxPnu+f+33MiBsyWdMkUG/7/vKi617cDmW58EdRuPAb0dvF+Qk N8KoCh+kTjJ4i9WM+pXFxnkSfdXOPhgSgoo9FHu18pAxb+21fTZhN5LKD4oAhdLxao zMeD/PkFXzsp0xpyhka8IvIKhgx14x7dodofxzZg= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 07:38:17 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Willy Tarreau Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Security Officers , kees@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: insist on the plain-text requirement for security reports Message-ID: <2025120112-sublet-parasitic-18da@gregkh> References: <20251129141741.19046-1-w@1wt.eu> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251129141741.19046-1-w@1wt.eu> On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 03:17:41PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > As the trend of AI-generated reports is growing, the trend of unreadable > reports in gimmicky formats is following, and we cannot request that > developers rely on online viewers to be able to read a security report > full for formatting tags. Let's just insist on the plain text requirement > a bit more. > > Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau > --- > Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Looks good to me! Given the number of non-plain-text emails with binary attachments we still get there, it's obvious not many people seem to read this file, but it can't hurt! :) I'll queue this up if Jon doesn't, after -rc1 is out. If he wants to take it, here's my: Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman