[PATCH] docs: remove Assisted-by references
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 04:31:58 EST
The Maintainers Summit reached consensus to deprecate the Assisted-by
tag. Remove the documentation requiring it.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst | 21 +------------------
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ---------
.../it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ---------
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 ----------
4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 51 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
index 051f0d819f68e..509dbf23a099b 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst
@@ -40,24 +40,6 @@ is responsible for:
* Adding their own Signed-off-by tag to certify the DCO
* Taking full responsibility for the contribution
-Attribution
-===========
-
-When AI tools contribute to kernel development, proper attribution
-helps track the evolving role of AI in the development process.
-Contributions should include an Assisted-by tag in the following format::
-
- Assisted-by: LLM [TOOL1] [TOOL2]
-
-* ``[TOOL1] [TOOL2]`` are optional specialized analysis tools used
- (e.g., coccinelle, sparse, smatch, clang-tidy)
-
-Basic development tools (git, gcc, make, editors) should not be listed.
-
-Example::
-
- Assisted-by: LLM coccinelle sparse
-
Procedure for finding and fixing bugs
=====================================
@@ -82,8 +64,7 @@ these steps:
another one. The fix must not add build warnings and must pass the
checkpatch.pl checks (see submitting-patches.rst).
6. Commit the working fix with a detailed message describing the problem, the
- solution and a Fixes tag. Do not add a Signed-off-by tag, and add an
- Assisted-by tag, as described above.
+ solution and a Fixes tag. Do not add a Signed-off-by tag.
7. Identify the maintainers and lists using scripts/get_maintainer.pl.
Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst shows how to do that.
8. Indicate what could not be done. If the fix could not be built or tested, or
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 7ae79452e1b46..5f4e0156cca78 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -632,16 +632,6 @@ bugzilla.kernel.org is a public place in this sense, but email addresses
used there are private; so do not expose them in tags, unless the person
used them in earlier contributions.
-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:
The canonical patch format
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst
index a742610cb0709..d0e0d6c9ecc2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -691,16 +691,6 @@ un luogo pubblico, ma gli indirizzi email usati lì sono privati; quindi non
esponeteli nelle etichette, a meno che la persona non li abbia già usati in
contributi precedenti.
-Usare Assisted-by:
--------------------
-
-Se avete usato un qualsiasi tipo di strumento di assistenza avanzata alla
-scrittura del codice per la creazione della vostra patch, dovete darne atto
-aggiungendo un'etichetta Assisted-by. Non farlo può ostacolare
-l'accettazione del vostro lavoro. Fate riferimento a
-Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst per i dettagli su come dare
-atto dell'uso di assistenti alla scrittura del codice.
-
.. _it_the_canonical_patch_format:
Il formato canonico delle patch
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8a7787d228a63..c9840f5219c2a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
Reviewed-by:|
Reported-by:|
Suggested-by:|
- Assisted-by:|
To:|
Cc:
)};
@@ -3124,16 +3123,6 @@ sub process {
}
}
- # Assisted-by uses a free-form value (e.g. "LLM"), not an
- # email address, so skip the email format checks below.
- if ($sign_off =~ /^Assisted-by:/i) {
- if ($email =~ /^\s*$/) {
- WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
- "Assisted-by requires a value\n" . $herecurr);
- }
- next;
- }
-
my ($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment) = parse_email($email);
my $suggested_email = format_email(($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment));
if ($suggested_email eq "") {
--
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