From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from perceval.ideasonboard.com (perceval.ideasonboard.com [213.167.242.64]) (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 F3033369203; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:19:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.167.242.64 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790320747; cv=none; b=JJAh3Fxn2lIVaad2XbfrorFaycgjBEbBUSYjbc9d9ge5fv9R3jGja5F2TlhuY5IbEc8t2zJs/E9VVgNg7WqbA+LcRUbfv5j7oWGdaO6IPmOaKXFYsFnj6N/+nn+fZ+TH1izYvcGdB56cdNzOQ0xl6syKcNNWQ547hrRZTFmkQLQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790320747; c=relaxed/simple; bh=hyCIdzMe5cFRUeQbDr1a500AVEKKbWIWBG+sczLDz1Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=TtTTUwOIZweTYUK7nX2wXrvfFm09u1xERwae2/XGPg2WzITLV2VtYMPW4BT9txuQjxtayHkkgs93x09b5WxR2Pn+0qRA4vx7/xHqszAy5IdLLz6Blv98CPSGvQi91ALIw3XFL1Wvr7ciOONUfZsf5uYbz6wMCdBxSmBxevgVTKs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ideasonboard.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ideasonboard.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b=o3DX3Pp+; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.167.242.64 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ideasonboard.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ideasonboard.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b="o3DX3Pp+" Received: from killaraus.ideasonboard.com (2001-14ba-70f3-e800--a06.rev.dnainternet.fi [IPv6:2001:14ba:70f3:e800::a06]) by perceval.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C14D5C1; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:17:08 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1790320628; bh=hyCIdzMe5cFRUeQbDr1a500AVEKKbWIWBG+sczLDz1Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=o3DX3Pp+ZE8i3nhJ/qjMTkDL5xKpNn4X8+XqX1z8IF20J6O5cu/XJArHFAWn2oqul MzPXAKptWZqMrXYInqOp423Yqo1UaAaalDLatqotjT854NmFxLJJEk2XTdfXVSyQoF EdP+TDmykA3e7LIfLTcpmNoDKSACiWrE5NXJSf98= Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:18:56 +0300 From: Laurent Pinchart To: Kees Cook Cc: Sasha Levin , corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, rdunlap@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: add AGENTS.md as a symlink to README Message-ID: <20260925071856.GH135998@killaraus.ideasonboard.com> References: <20260924134945.3095661-1-sashal@kernel.org> <202609241709.8B710211@keescook> 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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202609241709.8B710211@keescook> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 05:12:15PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 09:49:45AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > > Add a top-level AGENTS.md symlink to README, so agents load it on their > > own and follow its pointer to the AI guidelines. This keeps a single > > entry point for every reader, and avoids adding a separate copy of the > > policy that could drift from the RST. > > Yeah, I think this is fine. I don't want a separate file just for > Agents: we intentionally designed the README to work for them. That > there are Agents missing it is sad, but okay. And the Agents are already > trained to deal with for-human docs, so that it adds more tokens > shouldn't matter here since it's tiny. (If it reads the contribution > docs before every patch creation that seems like a good thing?) > > Acked-by: Kees Cook It won't come as a surprise, but I want to voice opposition to encouraging users to use AI agents for kernel development. This patch does so, so NAK. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart