From 6252e5c1c20e381adadfc91fa8af691017a268f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:25:11 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add an Assisted-by mention to submitting-patches.rst 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 Message-ID: <877bqtlzug.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/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, 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