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 7F0EE376492 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:02:25 +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=1774886546; cv=none; b=dw7fktwGrujJuok7lWpy0LRMhDKWNyO5fjHHzWLriREXBru1yhyXH5VMXELFfK5msrR1CZdqQ18+dfsFtkbbjlV48PdfqapVBICDbu/bj0VMLySeozC5JSasKTqWlzJIvnTWxHBSP+Df0IrezK7owb8SXGPHQi66au7JPUfaV2w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774886546; c=relaxed/simple; bh=dT5Che3EP1p8/S3NTEKl9ZD0UUf5tzCsRLDPPApmL+w=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=EtVsIdONJdQlQf0bWMnEQz/ke55yXQXEBibxsBp8k3bYCREeH31YAOIBZR0cC/rNVhmVtuc1g955R5CxtxHjYOCmkyHpEqdvphmZ2madLI2YrWnNukmM9l0tWKWl3WxtT2C7vjFAy2Xo2ehcuZGIaHoF0Lx/ttQrq6XHiE5Ek90= 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=BqyNLZXC; 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="BqyNLZXC" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net C75DE411C2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1774886544; bh=jLdDOcLSMbur5JkbEpm3cnS7e7T65mkIe79v2wvErfk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=BqyNLZXCMMwXiSkYC1MdzvYENw+PS1jsqlyOmd7XVZ5T/ysnljfr8LNCEB7KnlvdZ /Ia+Io9e5zOjCKMwKskb2hh2mZ7bCkrhruSkriYqHD7skTCbR7KXX1YjDO/5u4rcjS mUu9wdiTu8c4w/fRcXjDKeEYkNCEXv8m+y0NOZbut+ygbRjpSArqBXf1EoRfXe4if3 /8+5zt2cvg4ORt0+AEQ7mVDYP2SJhoBh5eamOnvTJwIvc2EQOpJHcR5E82vIV1E9UN GywVM/RD3yC77Cqh+UhL24yQsshSaLtS68zhKeAhSjt2VIiAGkBDUap9laErOTspDF PTGFIHQsX38Tg== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (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 C75DE411C2; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:02:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Joe Perches , Harry Wentland , apw@canonical.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: dwaipayanray1@gmail.com, lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, Jani Nikula , Alex Hung Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/checkpatch: add Assisted-by: tag validation In-Reply-To: <5fd1b5413dfaaa6968086dbe8a9f4917bee68c24.camel@perches.com> References: <20260327154157.162962-1-harry.wentland@amd.com> <87341l6jy3.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <5fd1b5413dfaaa6968086dbe8a9f4917bee68c24.camel@perches.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:02:23 -0600 Message-ID: <87v7ednw4w.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 Joe Perches writes: > On Fri, 2026-03-27 at 15:28 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> Harry Wentland <[harry.wentland@amd.com](mailto:harry.wentland@amd.com)> 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 <[corbet@lwn.net](mailto:corbet@lwn.net)> >> > Cc: Jani Nikula <[jani.nikula@linux.intel.com](mailto:jani.nikula@linux.intel.com)> >> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6 >> > Co-developed-by: Alex Hung <[alex.hung@amd.com](mailto:alex.hung@amd.com)> >> > Signed-off-by: Alex Hung <[alex.hung@amd.com](mailto:alex.hung@amd.com)> >> > Signed-off-by: Harry Wentland <[harry.wentland@amd.com](mailto:harry.wentland@amd.com)> >> > --- >> > 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? > > Looks good. > > If you want to take it and push it, fine by me. OK, I have applied it, will ship it upward before too long. Thanks, jon