From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
To: Roman Gushchin <[email protected]>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>,
Derek Barbosa <[email protected]>,
Matthieu Baerts <[email protected]>,
Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]>,
Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]>,
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>,
[email protected],
Linux Media Mailing List <[email protected]>,
Stephen Finucane <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Linking Patchwork with Sashiko?
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:06:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 19:01, Roman Gushchin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think it makes the point of sashiko - helping maintainers - unachievable. If the point to not use
> LLMs in general, let’s discuss this, not how to make each use case more complex.
>
> It seems like [1] expresses a very anti-LLM position in general
Yes.
And no, that's not the position of the Linux kernel.
I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area
where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level
maintainer.
Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues
with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.
Or just walk away.
AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no
longer in question today.
There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will
actually look like in the end), but "is it useful" is no longer one of
those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used
it.
Yes, it can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer
workloads and just from a "it keeps finding embarrassing bugs"
standpoint.
But the solution is not to put your head in the sand and sing "La La
La, I can't hear you" at the top of your voice like some people seem
to do.
The solution is to make sure those LLM tools _help_ maintainers
instead of just causing them pain. There's no question on that side.
We're not forcing anybody to use it, but I will very loudly ignore
people who try to argue against other people from using it.
And no, AI isn't perfect. But Christ, anybody who points to the
problems at AI had better be looking in the mirror and pointing at
themselves at the same time.
Because it's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either.
The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology.
Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and
often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a
side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.
This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been,
and never will be.
In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better
technology, not because of religious reasons.
And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear
of new tools.
Linus
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2026-05-30 8:30 ` Linking Patchwork with Sashiko? Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-05-30 15:57 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-05-30 18:00 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-05-30 18:49 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-05-30 18:53 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-02 15:51 ` Derek Barbosa
2026-06-02 16:51 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-02 18:39 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-06-02 20:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-02 20:13 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-06-02 20:39 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-02 20:44 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-06-02 23:50 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-06-03 3:35 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-03 3:49 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-06-04 6:52 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-07 17:56 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-06-30 20:32 ` Derek Barbosa
2026-07-10 5:45 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-10 6:39 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-11 1:01 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-13 7:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-13 9:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-13 20:04 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-14 22:55 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 0:59 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 2:00 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 3:06 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2026-07-15 12:21 ` Jori Koolstra
2026-07-15 16:50 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-15 18:13 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-15 19:12 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 19:27 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-15 20:03 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 16:43 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 23:28 ` lyude
2026-07-15 7:59 ` Jacopo Mondi
2026-07-15 8:40 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-15 17:31 ` Theodore Tso
2026-07-15 12:38 ` Mark Brown
2026-07-15 16:28 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 21:08 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 23:20 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-16 0:09 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 3:54 ` Theodore Tso
2026-07-15 7:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2026-07-15 12:42 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-15 16:18 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 16:53 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-15 17:09 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 16:11 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 17:00 ` Jan Kara
2026-07-15 20:28 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 20:36 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-15 20:42 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-16 0:14 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 23:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-16 0:03 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-07-15 17:14 ` Theodore Tso
2026-07-15 17:35 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-07-15 17:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 18:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-07-15 18:51 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 19:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-07-15 20:13 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 16:28 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-15 16:39 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 17:12 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-15 17:35 ` Mark Brown
2026-07-15 18:39 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-15 20:32 ` Mark Brown
2026-07-15 19:06 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 21:13 ` Theodore Tso
2026-07-16 3:00 ` Nicolas Dufresne
2026-07-16 3:53 ` Theodore Tso
2026-07-15 17:41 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-07-15 19:10 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-07-15 19:55 ` Mark Brown
2026-07-15 19:38 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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