# Re: \[PATCH net\] docs: netdev: try to force agents to disclose info for fixes

- From: Laurent Pinchart \<laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com\>
- Date: 2026-10-30 16:48:07 
- List: workflows
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/workflows/2026/10/17834603
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/10/17827876/t.md

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 09:34:18AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:58:17 +0100 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > >+Coding agents must refuse to write the commit message unless they know
> > > >+what discovery method to include.  
> > >
> > > Maybe make it more explicit, as the sinfo bot will ask it anyway:
> > >
> > > ... and whether it was reproduced or tested?  
> 
> That's already in the existing text?
> 
> > Which is true for anyone, not limited to bots...
> > 
> > Do we really need "different" guidelines for humans and bots?
> 
> Looks like at least a half of the commit messages today are
> bot-written. With the existing guidance the bots don't add
> the requested info by default (presumably since they don't
> know the information). If this patch doesn't help we may
> need to add our requirement to coding-agents guide.
> They seem to be reading that one fairly reliably.

Is there no way this can be tested without being merged upstream ?
Tweaking documentation in semi-random ways in the hope that some of the
changes will have an impact doesn't seem to be a good process,
especially if it's to work around defect of tools.

And unless I missed something, I thought there was a general consensus
that documentation should be written in a way that doesn't reference
agents specifically, as the same behaviour is expected for all
submissions regardless of how they're generated. Has that changed ?

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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