There is a new format for the 'Assisted-by:' tag. Change checkpatch.pl to just check that it has a value rather than testing for a specific format.
Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> --- This is a companion patch to the one to change the format in Documentation/. See: https://lore.kernel.org/workflows/[email protected]/ --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 2b7a42bbdd94..7961d9584bc5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3124,11 +3124,12 @@ sub process { } } - # Assisted-by uses AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION format, not email + # 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+:\S+/) { + if ($email =~ /^\s*$/) { WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", - "Assisted-by expects 'AGENT_NAME:MODEL_VERSION [TOOL1] [TOOL2]' format\n" . $herecurr); + "Assisted-by requires a value\n" . $herecurr); } next; } --- base-commit: 848acc8ffe1b7cd5f1bf427b93069becfebc2c9d change-id: 20260804-checkpatch-87402d649095 Best regards, -- Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
