Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] The place of AI code review in the Linux Kernel process

On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:14:02 -0700
Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/17/26 18:17, Linus Torvalds wrote:
...
> > And I think that when there is AI review, people are less likely to
> > see it as a positive thing when the AI then points out pre-existing
> > problems.
> >   
> 
> I agree, and I have seen that pattern.
> 
> I do not expect patch authors to fix pre-existing issues in my
> scope of responsibility, though I appreciate it if they do it.
> I actually asked Roman if it would be possible to add a per-subsystem
> prompt to Sashiko's reply. That would let me inform authors that
> I do not mandate fixing such issues.

IMO, instead of using a prompt to add per-subsystem instructions
is a token waste and it is prone to errors, as LLMs might fall
adding it or and modifying it.

A much simpler approach would be to have something like this:

	https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/pull/364
	(build-tested only)

adding a body prefix on the top of the e-mails, set via sashiko.dev
email policy.

Thanks,
Mauro