--- title: While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg... description: Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced a policy rejecting LLM-generated patches for the Linux kernel's drivers/staging subsystem. His reasoning: staging exists as a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/while-torvalds-makes-peace-with-ai-in-linux-greg-kroah-hartman-draws-a-line-sort-of--uvls2rc5t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of) | daily.dev og:description: Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced a policy rejecting LLM-generated patches for the Linux kernel's drivers/staging subsystem. His reasoning: staging exists as a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/while-torvalds-makes-peace-with-ai-in-linux-greg-kroah-hartman-draws-a-line-sort-of--uvls2rc5t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UvLs2Rc5T.png og:image:alt: While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of) **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced a policy rejecting LLM-generated patches for the Linux kernel's drivers/staging subsystem. His reasoning: staging exists as a training ground for newcomers to learn the kernel contribution process, and having AI do the cleanup work defeats that purpose. He notes it's 'very obvious' when patches are AI-generated and warns against trying to sneak them through. The only exception is genuine security fixes found by an LLM, provided the submitter has tested on real hardware and can explain the testing process. This comes as Linus Torvalds has publicly stated Linux is not an anti-AI project, so GKH's rule is a narrowly scoped restriction within the broader AI Coding Assistants policy rather than a reversal of Linux's overall stance on AI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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