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[68.48.65.54]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d75a77b69052e-50d4b32b59csm190589491cf.13.2026.04.08.01.33.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:33:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Bommarito To: Joe Perches , Andy Whitcroft Cc: Dwaipayan Ray , Lukas Bulwahn , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Bommarito Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: recognize Assisted-by: tag Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 04:32:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20260408083258.2547451-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst defines an Assisted-by: trailer for disclosing AI coding tool assistance. Recognize it and skip Name validation; format is AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5-4 Cc: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Dwaipayan Ray Cc: Lukas Bulwahn Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index e56374662ff7..3b246c915ce8 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ our $signature_tags =3D qr{(?xi: Reviewed-by:| Reported-by:| Suggested-by:| + Assisted-by:| To:| Cc: )}; @@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ sub find_standard_signature { my ($sign_off) =3D @_; my @standard_signature_tags =3D ( 'Signed-off-by:', 'Co-developed-by:', 'Acked-by:', 'Tested-by:', - 'Reviewed-by:', 'Reported-by:', 'Suggested-by:' + 'Reviewed-by:', 'Reported-by:', 'Suggested-by:', 'Assisted-by:' ); foreach my $signature (@standard_signature_tags) { return $signature if (get_edit_distance($sign_off, $signature) <=3D 2); @@ -3107,7 +3108,10 @@ sub process { my ($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment) =3D parse_ema= il($email); my $suggested_email =3D format_email(($email_name, $name_comment, $emai= l_address, $comment)); - if ($suggested_email eq "") { + if ($sign_off =3D~ /^assisted-by:$/i) { + # Assisted-by: uses AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION + # format, not Name . + } elsif ($suggested_email eq "") { ERROR("BAD_SIGN_OFF", "Unrecognized email address: '$email'\n" . $herecurr); } else { -- 2.49.0