From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (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 BB42B37FF4D for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:28:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774646925; cv=none; b=RMsucJCLNEWo/Wq/9R5zr4SaE8X35FsnyBcj0NAO9wbYpt+rukvsgDm/W3u/kotOy+Gyh6fSj+V3SDzSPTko68IZFtrlW0P+Q0NsjbXTpfswAAX7H/Sz66V9IqQipne8Ve6zyf1xVkhY7jbI9PECpNgdmCtP4Mejm3zxXcTji48= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774646925; c=relaxed/simple; bh=SE1vtdZUpP+bcrNqszfopZFl8y4nzs/Df9MgW5t3r/4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=YWQ9qSeEYjdXvVFs9DWKVnlbpBkzqNJ0Wxv5AiYCIJXU4q2YU5p6H50zsT7odYBMf7+awV+ljB2z5Zb/89ppg12xS3EK9JUEDhH/qZfTUZZv6wcD1v/m445N5dpkj6GLz2MLOm2xmc1uNkBnaMsH/8jWscNe+JXIPsk+ZbDro9k= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=dArlDVmp; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="dArlDVmp" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 31601411E2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1774646917; bh=RV8TYfsIRQ3T/NOLz7nT5vSXzukKvuKEDsH9NLZnb4A=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=dArlDVmpZq3l8JvzKAfXG8zXO7m+Didmd2GZIRDkxpHTT9shPTWR2xH9R7Vcj1Aa/ WZhtiEHTU2szHjs4O20y16gAYKih9TsyW6FGvatoyJwrQuYBoHzV9JWuBQCP5bjBVt JlMYtTmz/Hrnct7y+Gp8dWVhWIXpGdE8qdLkDIteiLyuA0Rwkvj0TEcptgxu14haPk GKl65NbmoTh/iGVeOpHtVMnPmQLjUyH7QVOf8XzZdg7YrndQVRyvSbFxTBEeUd/Xm0 JMqb8QvosxuODJ1nSKC4PkYlurzR7D1aBZuuF02BB4KVyWRDBykaxrmnoeoqySntPi FMQOxUsLq5D0w== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 31601411E2; Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:28:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Harry Wentland , apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: dwaipayanray1@gmail.com, lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, Harry Wentland , Jani Nikula , Alex Hung Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/checkpatch: add Assisted-by: tag validation In-Reply-To: <20260327154157.162962-1-harry.wentland@amd.com> References: <20260327154157.162962-1-harry.wentland@amd.com> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:28:36 -0600 Message-ID: <87341l6jy3.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Harry Wentland writes: > The coding-assistants.rst documentation defines the Assisted-by: tag > format for AI-assisted contributions as: > > Assisted-by: AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2] > > This format does not use an email address, so checkpatch currently > reports a false positive about an invalid email when encountering this > tag. > > Add Assisted-by: to the recognized signature tags and standard signature > list. When an Assisted-by: tag is found, validate it instead of checking > for an email address. > > Examples of passing tags: > - Claude:claude-3-opus coccinelle sparse > - FOO:BAR.baz > - Copilot Github:claude-3-opus > - GitHub Copilot:Claude Opus 4.6 > - My Cool Agent:v1.2.3 coccinelle sparse > > Examples of tags triggering the new warning: > - Claude coccinelle sparse > - JustAName > - :missing-agent > > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Jani Nikula > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6 > Co-developed-by: Alex Hung > Signed-off-by: Alex Hung > Signed-off-by: Harry Wentland > --- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 +++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Given that people are running into this problem, and that we *do* want people using that tag, it would make sense to go ahead and get this in, perhaps even with a CC: stable. Would you like me to route it Linusward, or did you have another path in mind? Joe, does this look good to you? Thanks, jon