From nobody Wed Apr 1 09:43:48 2026 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 6F64D3DCDB7; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:25:14 +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=1774909522; cv=none; b=GiGhyCzWQ8h8l2KHyYHUOa+wyTDwiHrlbcFlNx9QxPwXzH6dTYnArMVYiXF0kVCmaWlGEsV55hHF3UL/eanli9ihRYBZJ/8kMP0BI746UNkz6aU3qJt1FiRADC+hKU8Uc5Sp3BDYthSYh9dsQGwy5wMjpdNGLw3Mowvj+2Qqiz4= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774909522; c=relaxed/simple; bh=sY0GzAPz8yfoMj/tPmempQZtsnUPu5PhuDGMbN3++7U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DgGYRssJprT0CImeyAjMMQD16TqQ4WMwW5oVQolUig1CJ4c4PM8EQGmV2JL8o9CGDDHifvHuGTHIE0ubVZ1hY3fQ7wlh4Ysz3vK3DoH+wwY0wbumqsBnNRAMeTeHOIEFPH/mHjn+tfjVWe4BWy/nTIfoE4VbXySgJ2B4u480igs= 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=EBAA8MhV; 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="EBAA8MhV" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net DBFDB40C6F DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1774909513; bh=4ZARZtsrrLUcEIaQpCWrYUcz3219IMAQyiUB+GsmbjM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=EBAA8MhV9igZ6YH4rjgqJ8Lyvurb9zSY7MkC5uCYlUKHR0K94w8w4Ki+nwWgSd/q3 F5YJrl/8CB9WH4oVxsJJfB0LV+WjF+8MX3blTEFZMOl93c54v+mg6oyT86j1o/TrMs d9TimPggaIoDOThvbriyFRedssl7hwwpp1epYMP7pVfL0JWHK1XQiGpe3rPfSiyPXB dRnConx4KQmbjHPnxo3tvSeVku14fflJ96IpLx9I5ytSvlC2U3FF3Wwp9yu2DdSGW4 ubU8UCkawgNw5W9vcxdKmX8mlwrmnwpnwRjxAcidMcp06ACFhNRJELd1Ur2ER1eTpY qPT/tYWEkMk/g== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::824]) (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 DBFDB40C6F; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:25:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH] docs: add an Assisted-by mention to submitting-patches.rst Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:25:11 -0600 Message-ID: <877bqtlzug.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-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We now require disclosure of the use of coding assistants, but our core submitting-patches document does not mention that. Add a brief mention with a pointer to Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- This is just a minimal change in the hope that a few more contributors will see it. I realize that this document needs a rather more serious thrash, but that's for later. Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/p= rocess/submitting-patches.rst index c88e75bf0534..d7290e208e72 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -634,6 +634,16 @@ bugzilla.kernel.org is a public place in this sense, b= ut email addresses used there are private; so do not expose them in tags, unless the person used them in earlier contributions. =20 +Using Assisted-by: +------------------ + +If you used any sort of advanced coding tool in the creation of your patch, +you need to acknowledge that use by adding an Assisted-by tag. Failure to +do so may impede the acceptance of your work. Please see +Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst for details regarding the +acknowledgment of coding assistants. + + .. _the_canonical_patch_format: =20 The canonical patch format --=20 2.53.0