Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/checkpatch: add Assisted-by: tag validation

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2026-03-27 at 15:28 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Harry Wentland <[harry.wentland@xxxxxxx](mailto:harry.wentland@xxxxxxx)> 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@xxxxxxx](mailto:corbet@xxxxxxx)>
> > Cc: Jani Nikula <[jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx](mailto:jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)>
> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
> > Co-developed-by: Alex Hung <[alex.hung@xxxxxxx](mailto:alex.hung@xxxxxxx)>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Hung <[alex.hung@xxxxxxx](mailto:alex.hung@xxxxxxx)>
> > Signed-off-by: Harry Wentland <[harry.wentland@xxxxxxx](mailto:harry.wentland@xxxxxxx)>
> > ---
> >  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.